Yello / Solid Pleasure
Artist Yello
Album Title: Solid Pleasure
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Primary Genre Electronica/Dance: Electronica
Format CD
Released 10/15/1980
Reissue Date 03/24/1984
Label Vertigo/Polygram Records, Inc.
Catalog No 818 339-2 Q
Bar Code No 0 42281 83392 2
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Bimbo (3:39)
2. Night Flanger (4:55)
3. Reverse Lion (1:21)
4. Downtown Samba (2:38)
5. Magneto (2:47)
6. Massage (1:27)
7. Assistant's Cry (1:49)
8. Bostich (2:14)
9. Rock Stop (2:33)
10. Coast To Polka (1:57)
11. Blue Green (5:28)
12. Eternal Legs (4:08)
13. Stanztrigger (2:56)
14. Bananas To The Beat (3:05)
Date Acquired 02/02/1990
Personal Rating
Acquired from Northern Lights
Purchase Price 16.00

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Notes

Composed By – Boris Blank (tracks: 1 to 6, 8 to 10, 12, 14), Blank (tracks: 7, 11, 13), Peron (tracks: 7, 11, 13)
Design [Back Cover] – Nick Urbaniak
Drums – Felix Haug, Walt Kaiser
Effects, Tape [Tapes] – Carlos Peron
Electronics – Boris Blank
Guitar – Chico Hablas
Lyrics By – Dieter Meier
Producer, Engineer – Ursli Weber, Yello
Vocals – Dieter Meier
Pressed By – PDO, Germany
Printed By – Johannes Alt GmbH
Recorded At – Yello Studio
Recorded At – Platinum One Studio
Release with double red swirl design, "Made in W.Germany" printed on disc.
Recorded 1980 at Yello Studio and Platinum One Studio.
Manufactured by PolyGram in Hannover, West Germany (printed on booklet)
Printed in West Germany by J. Alt, Niederdorfelden (printed on backsleeve)
℗ 1980 a Yello Prod. under agreement with Ralph Records
Catalog# on booklet, backlet and spine "818 339-2 Q", on CD "818 339-2"
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Analyzed: Yello / Solid Pleasure
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR12      -1.31 dB   -15.78 dB      3:39 01-Bimbo
DR12      -2.51 dB   -16.71 dB      4:55 02-Night Flanger
DR13      -3.20 dB   -18.39 dB      1:21 03-Reverse Lion
DR11      -1.62 dB   -15.81 dB      2:39 04-Downtown Samba
DR13      -5.74 dB   -23.55 dB      2:48 05-Magneto
DR10      -5.40 dB   -18.51 dB      1:28 06-Massage
DR12      -1.78 dB   -17.28 dB      1:49 07-Assistant's Cry
DR14      -1.58 dB   -19.17 dB      2:15 08-Bostich
DR14      -1.76 dB   -17.87 dB      2:33 09-Rock Stop
DR12      -2.15 dB   -15.41 dB      1:57 10-Coast to Polka
DR13      -3.51 dB   -19.91 dB      5:28 11-Blue Green
DR13      -3.84 dB   -19.58 dB      4:09 12-Eternal Legs
DR11      -0.70 dB   -17.25 dB      2:57 13-Stanztrigger
DR15      -1.02 dB   -19.39 dB      3:06 14-Bananas to the Beat
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Number of tracks:  14
Official DR value:    DR13

Samplerate:          44100 Hz
Channels:              2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:                  724 kbps
Codec:                   FLAC
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review by John Bush:

The most varied and accomplished of any synth pop debut, Yello's first album presents a few irresistible pop songs (the hit "Bostich," plus "Bimbo" and "Eternal Legs"), Boris Blank's synthesizer interpretations of several different forms of music ("Downtown Samba," "Bananas to the Beat," "Rock Stop," "Coast to Polka"), and even a three-song suite of atmospheric industrial music that functions as a miniature invisible soundtrack. The dark lyrical concerns and futurist electronics immediately lifted Yello above the rut of Kraftwerk imitators.

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