Yello – Stella (Ltd. Re-Issue 2022)

YELLO celebrate their global breakthrough in 1985 with their fourth longplayer „Stella”., with which Dieter Meier and Boris Blank shoot to the top of the Swiss hit parade – and thus represent the first local band to number 1 in the Swiss charts. In Germany, the album entered the 6th place in the hit list and was awarded a gold record. While YELLO has been treated as a well-kept insider tip up to now, the focus of the entire pop world is now on the Zurich duo. With the megahit „Oh Yeah”, YELLO left their mark on international pop culture for the first time: After the song, which was not originally planned as a single, entered the international charts, the hype took on a life of its own at the latest when „Oh Yeah” appeared in the soundtrack of the cinema The blockbusters „Ferris macht blau” (1986) and „Das Secret meines Förderungs” (1987) thrilled millions of viewers around the world.

„Boris played me an instrumental that I couldn’t think of anything about ,” remembers Dieter Meier. „He asked me to imagine sitting on a beach while the sun goes down, the first martini is served and you slowly fall asleep. That’s how the exclamation ‘Oh yeah’ came about – probably the shortest Dadaist text in the history of pop music. When I enter America, customs always asks me if I’ve already published something known when I enter ‘musician’ as my occupation. I then answer ‘Oh yeaaaaaaah’ every time and can usually go straight through…”

„Stella” is released on black vinyl with the original tracklist, the bundle is complemented by a bonus 12” in colored vinyl with the bonus tracks „Desire” and „Oh Yeah” (Extended Versions).

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