Solid Pleasure

The most varied and accomplished of any synth pop debut, Yello's first album presents a few irresistible pop songs ("Bostich," plus"Bimbo" and"Eternal Legs"), Boris Blank's synthesizer interpretations of several different forms of music ("Downtown Samba,""Bananas to the Beat,""Rock Stop,""Coast to Polka"), and even a three song suite of atmospheric industrial music that functions as a miniature invisible soundtrack. The dark lyrical concerns and futurist electronics immediately lifted Yello above the rut of Kraftwerk imitators.