Solid Pleasure

Solid Pleasure
Studio album by Yello
Released	15 October 1980
Recorded	1980
Studio	Yello Studio, Zürich; Platinum One Studio, Zürich
Genre	Synthpop electronic experimental ambient
Length	41:05
Label	Ralph (original US release) Mercury (1985 US reissue) Do It (original UK release) Vertigo (1984 European release)
Producer	Yello, Ursli Weber
Yello chronology
Solid Pleasure (1980) Claro Que Si (1981)
Singles from Solid Pleasure
"Bimbo" Released: 1980 (US & UK) "Night Flanger" Released: 1980 (FR) "Bostich" Released: 25 September 1981

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Guardian	[2]
Mojo	[3]

Solid Pleasure is the debut album from Swiss electronic trio Yello. It was first released in 1980 and was reissued in 2005 in part of Yello Remaster Series with rare bonus tracks.[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bimbo"	Boris Blank, Dieter Meier	3:38
2.	"Night Flanger"	Blank, Meier	4:53
3.	"Reverse Lion"	Blank, Meier	1:21
4.	"Downtown Samba"	Blank, Meier	2:37
5.	"Magneto"	Blank	2:47
6.	"Massage"	Blank	1:37
7.	"Assistant's Cry"	Blank, Meier, Carlos Perón	1:40
8.	"Bostich"	Blank, Meier	2:13
9.	"Rock Stop"	Blank, Meier	2:31
10.	"Coast to Polka"	Blank	1:55
11.	"Blue Green"	Blank, Perón	5:26
12.	"Eternal Legs"	Blank	4:16
13.	"Stanztrigger"	Blank, Perón	2:49
14.	"Bananas to the Beat"	Blank, Meier	3:03
Total length:			41:05

2005 reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"Thrill Wave"	Blank, Meier	2:05
16.	"I.T. Splash"	Blank, Meier	2:37
17.	"Gluehead"	Blank, Meier	2:53
18.	"Smirak's Train"	Blank	4:39
19.	"Bostich (N'est-ce Pas)"	Blank, Meier	4:35

Personnel

Yello

• Dieter Meier – vocals
• Boris Blank – keyboards, sampling, vocals on "Eternal Legs"
• Carlos Perón – tape effects

with:

• Chico Hablas – guitar
• Felix Haug – drums
• Walt Keiser – drums

Charts

Solid Pleasure was released in 1980, and later spent a solitary week on the Australian ARIA charts at number 146 in July 1991, with their album Baby debuting the same week.

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[5]	146

References

1. Bush, John. "Solid Pleasure – Yello". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
2. Peschek, David (14 October 2005). "Yello, Solid Pleasure". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
3. Harrison, Ian (November 2005). "Yello: Solid Pleasure". Mojo. No. 144. p. 116.
4. Yello - Solid Pleasure
5. "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 22 July 1991". Retrieved 23 July 2022.