''Solid Pleasure'' is the debut album from Swiss electronic trio
Yello
Yello is a Swiss electronic music band, which formed in Zürich in 1979. For most of the band's history, Yello has been a duo consisting of Dieter Meier and Boris Blank; founding member Carlos Perón left in 1983.
Their sound is often charac ...
. It was first released in 1980 and was reissued in 2005 in part of Yello Remaster Series with rare bonus tracks.
Yello - Solid Pleasure
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Track listing
Personnel
;Yello
*Dieter Meier
Dieter Meier (born 4 March 1945) is a Swiss industrialist, musician and conceptual artist. He is the frontman of the electronic music group Yello, which was co-founded (with ex-member Carlos Perón) by music producer Boris Blank. He is a vocal ...
– vocals
* Boris Blank – keyboards, sampling, vocals on "Eternal Legs"
*Carlos Perón
Carlos Perón (born 9 June 1952) is a Swiss musician. He was a founding member of the band Yello.
Career
Born in Zürich, Switzerland, his first solo album was ''Impersonator'' (1981). Perón founded the TRANCEONIC studio in Zürich together wit ...
– tape effects
with:
*Chico Hablas – guitar
*Felix Haug
Felix Haug (March 27, 1952 – May 1, 2004) was the drummer and keyboardist for the Swiss band Double from the time of its creation in 1981 to its disbandment in 1987. He died of a heart attack
A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as ...
– drums
*Walt Keiser – drums
Charts
''Solid Pleasure'' was released in 1980, spent a solitary week on the Australian (ARIA charts
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offic ...
) at number 146 this week in July 1991, with their album ''Baby'' debuting the same week.
References
Yello albums
1980 debut albums
Ralph Records albums
Mercury Records albums
Vertigo Records albums
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