If you are going to only get one Yello album, get "One Second". If you are going to get two, get "One Second" and "Baby". I have got all their CD's and I have to say "Baby" has really revived that "One Second" musical art. Every track on "Baby" is unique and moving. Get it.
Baby
Greetings friends, down from the cloud of Lester Bangs comes Tal Klein and a seemingly harmless review of possibly the most creative bunch of electric fart and burp noises put over synth saxes and latino drums. I tell you kiddies, this is Yello's best album, and it was never released in the states because of Mercury's eagerness to keep my favorite Yello album from me. Yes, you know Yello, they did that Oh yeah ferris beauler song, and the sountrack to Ford Fairlane, which is basically this album without the lyrics. Look, go somewhere else, this is too good for you and you're more likely going to laugh at it as those who laughed at marcell duchamp giggled at their own stupidity, at it's heart, latin beats, wonderful musical playthings jump around and make this album the perfect Yello album, I wish they sold this album with The Race, Oh yeah, Tied up, and ciel ouvert. Then I'd never have to spend a dime on Yello's otherwise crappy music. This is the essential album, not that humdrum they'd like you to buy, and may Lester Bangs' wrath have mercy on those who buy best-of albums anyway. Buy it or don't buy it, this one's too good for you.
When I first got this CD, I was kind of sceptic, but after some days of listening everything was clear. Baby is, together with Essentials and Flag, Yello's best album. Homage to the mountain is good, Rubberbandman is funny, but at the same time exellent composed and Jungle Bill as well. Ocean Club is somewhat boring to listen to (because I'm not so fond of songs with just talking), Who's Gone is just GREAT! and Capri Calling is, together with Drive Driven, extremely good and nice to listen when you want relaxing music. On the Run is good (and I mean really good) and Blender is just...divine. Sweet Thunder is exellent too.
blows away all other albums. Except
A true Yello classic. Includes solid hits like Rubberbandman, Jungle Bill, Who's Gone, as well as the quick and decidedly Latin On the Run which also appeared in the movie Ford Fairlane. But it is another track that is the real crowd puller - Blender - which seems to be composed with the objective of putting the dynamics and base register of loudspeakers to the test. The base is unbelievably deep and snappy and current hits like the Warp Brother's Phat Base and We will Survive are nothing but fiddly baroqe in comparison. Homage to the Mountain is short but intense, and as one Swedish Yello fan put it: "turn Homage to the Mountain on really loud and I guarantee that no one will leave the room unaffected!" One track is missing from this excellent collection though, namely Unbelievable, released 1990, which was specificially written as the main theme to the motion picture Ford Fairlane. Had Unbelievable been included this album would have scored a clean five stars and entered the all time top 10 chart of outstanding albums! Possibly Electra or TCF kept exclusive publishing rights to the track (it is sad when business goes before pleasure). Scoring four stars Baby is still a top record and if you enjoy experimental music that goes a step further from 'A Teen' and main stream and like to feel a heavy base, then Baby can not go wrong!
// J. Silvennoinen
I saw their Jungle Bill video and was amazed by the music I heard: I bought the album. But the version of Jungle Bill on the record is not nearly the same as the video version. Still, the version on here is fanastic, as well as the rest of this record. Yello are musical and studio geniuses. When "One Second" came out, I couldn't believe the value of production on the record - even though I truly hated "computer music" at the time. Soon, I found nearly all Yello to be of this same high standard. The richness, clarity and depth of each & every sound in Yello's music leaves a deep mark in your memory. Each song painting a vivid picture and leaving a lasting impression. This record stacks up well against their others and any fan of Yello could not be displeased. Maintains a tribal tom-tom beat which recurs through various points in the CD. Boris and Dieter bring us the famous Billy Mackenzie, drummer Beat Ash and guitarist Marco Colombo - as well as a host of other fine musicians for yet another masterpiece from the most well-produced band of all time. WARNING: This band's impact on my idea of music changed me from an 80's punk rocker into a "computer musician".
Swedish sythn/dance pop duo Yello is Boris Blank & Dieter Meier. 'Baby' (1991) is their seventh overall release. Includes the single 'Jungle Bill', plus 'Rubberbandman', 'Sweet Thunder' & seven more.
