Yello - One Second

With their fifth album “One Second” from 1987, YELLO continue the success of their predecessor. The album charted at number 11 in Germany, number 6 in Austria and number 4 in Switzerland, where it won a Gold Award. The singles “Call It Love”, “Goldrush” and the Shirley Bassey feature “The Rhythm Divine” are taken from the ten-song longplayer, with which YELLO celebrate their most prominent collaboration to date. Like their previous releases, the sound of “One Second” is characterized by ever new sound architectures, which the self-proclaimed “hunter and gatherer” Boris Blank sketches musically in his studio in Zurich under the motto “No repetitions”. “Boris opens up a new, surprising grab bag with every track,” says Dieter Meier, describing the duo's stylistic development. "It's only when he's finished with his backing tracks that the lyricist or singer kicks in - in this case me - and is inspired by the sounds. On the one hand, the surge in popularity was a nice thing, although neither Boris nor I ever aimed for commercial success. The main thing has always been that we both enjoy what we do", as YELLO demonstrate with tracks such as ‘Moon On Ice’, ‘Santiago’ and ‘Si Senor The Hairy Grill’.

“The recordings with Shirley Bassey were very short; an hour at most, she only needed three takes,” adds Boris Blank.

Tracks on the album:

 1. LA HABANERA

  2. MOON ON ICE

  3. CALL IT LOVE

  4. LE SECRET FARIDA

  5. HAWAIIAN CHANCE

  6. THE RHYTHM DIVINE

  7. SANTIAGO

  8. GOLDRUSH

  9. DR VAN STEINER

10. SI SENOR THE HAIRY GRILL

11. L’HOTEL