Yello - You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess (1983)

“You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess” is Yello's third album and was released in 1983. It was the last Yello album to feature founding member Carlos Peron.
Yello is a Swiss electronic band consisting of Dieter Meier and Boris Blank.
The band was originally formed by Boris Blank (keyboards, sampling, percussion, backing vocals) and Carlos Perón (tapes) in the late 1970s.
The seeds of Euro-dance sown on Claro Que Si reached fruition on Yello's next record, naturally titled “You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess”. There are fewer novelty synth tracks than before, those being replaced by a series of sleazy, deep-throated vocals on "I Love You," "Lost Again," "Heavy Whispers," and the title track. There are also a few exercises in worldbeat synth pop, with heavy percussion on the title track as well as the closing number, "Salut Mayoumba." Though Blank's production doesn't sound as consistently innovative as on the first two Yello records, that's probably due more to other synth pop groups catching up than any comedown on his part.
"Lost Again" has a real emotional quality that many songs are lacking. The gravally vocals compliment the lyrics and guitars. "Crash Dance" is short and sweet, with the basic layout of a techno track. "Great Mission" and "You Gotta Say Yes..." are pretty bizarre, but that's part of Yello's charm, and it's all good fun (once you work out what the lyrics are...). "Swing" never fails to make my foot tap, and "Salut Mayomba" is a haunting latin-influenced piece of class.
Of course, you can take Yello, or you can leave them, before they got way too commercial, before the REAL excess of the eighties, Yello were one of the best. And this album is one of the best as well.

Track listing

01. "I Love You"  (Boris Blank, Dieter Meier)  - 3:14
02. "Lost Again"  (Boris Blank)  - 4:18
03. "No More Words"  (Boris Blank)  - 3:58
04. "Crash Dance"  (Boris Blank)  - 2:08
05. "Great Mission"  (Boris Blank)  - 2:56
06. "You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess"  (Boris Blank, Dieter Meier)  - 2:08
07. "Swing"  (Boris Blank)  - 3:26
08. "Heavy Whispers"  (Boris Blank)  - 3:56
09. "Smile on You"  (Boris Blank)  - 3:09
10. "Pumping Velvet"  (Boris Blank)  - 3:18
11. "Salut Mayoumba"  (Boris Blank)  - 4:40
12. "Two Worlds" (bonus track on some cassette releases)

Credits
Performer – Boris Blank, Carlos Peron, Dieter Meier
Drums – Beat Ash
Guitar – Chico Hablas 
Composed By, Arranged By – Boris Blank
Design [Cover] – Ernst Gamper
Photography By – Ray Photography
Producer, Engineer – Ursli Weber, Yello
Producer - Boris Blank

Notes
Genre: Electronic, Synthpop
Length: 37:35

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