Track Listing 1. Desire 2. Vicious Games 3. Oh Yeah 4. Desert Inn 5. Stalakdrama 6. Koladi-Ola 7. Domingo 8. Sometimes (Dr. Hirsch) 9. Let Me Cry 10. Ciel Ouvert 11. Angel No 12. Blue Nabou 13. Oh Yeah 14. Desire 15. Vicious Games
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Annie Hogan, Beat Ash, Chico Hablas, Dianne Brill, Petia, Rush Winters | | Producer: | Yello | | Distributor: | Fontana Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | ADD |
Album Notes Yello exploded like the sun with STELLA, their claim to big-time fame. Dieter Meier and Boris Blank's modus operandi was creating a sophisticated type of dance music that managed to have wide appeal without sacrificing its strangeness. Meier's vocals, often more songspiel than singing, jump from film noir and back again. From the twinkling starlight, disco grooves of "Vicious Games" and "Domingo," to the shuffling synthesizers and air of menace broached on "Desire," Meier's vocals suggest more than a whiff of panther-esque sexuality. Of course, STELLA's piece de resistance is the vocoder-laced chunk-funk of "Oh Yeah," which has shown up in films from FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF to THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS. An effective little chiller, it features Meier's most perverse (and studio-processed) vocal FX layered over outer-space synth washes, rattling bass sounds, interstellar whistles and cries in the night, and a seriously pumping beat. Its three minutes of pure dancehall ecstasy doesn't diminish the rest of the album a bit, but it's quite a centerpiece all the same.
Editorial Reviews 4 stars out of 5 - STELLA saw further refinements in sound and a more pronounced Euro-pop agenda... Mojo
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