Essential

Yello | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 30, 1993)
• Original Release Date: 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fontana Island
• ASIN: B000005HU8
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,956 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #1 in Music > World Music > Europe > Continental Europe > Switzerland

Track Listings

1. Oh Yeah

2. The Race

3. Drive/Driven

4. Rubberbandman

5. Vicious Games

6. Tied Up

7. Lost Again

8. I Love You

9. Of Course I'm Lying

10. Pinball Cha Cha

11. Bostich

12. Desire

13. Jungle Bill

14. Call It Love

15. Goldrush

16. Rhythm Divine

Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: CD
Artist: YELLO
Title: ESSENTIAL
Street Release Date: 03/29/1993
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars ORIGINAL MIXES ARE BETTER, July 28, 2001

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dphilips2002 (ROYAL OAK, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Essential (Audio CD)

I LIKE YELLO MORE THAN MOST BUT I JUST COULD NOT GET INTO THE "RE-MIXES" I HEAR ON THIS. I KNOW WE'RE TALKING MORE MONEY HERE, BUT BUY "FLAG","STELLA" &"YOU GOTTA SAY YES" INSTEAD. THOSE ARE CLASSIC PIECES OF ORIGINAL MUSIC THAT SHOULD NOT BE MESSED WITH. RE-MIXES ARE FOR HARD-CORE FANS ONLY. "BEST OFS" SHOULD PROVIDE NEW FANS WITH A PROPER INTRO TO THE GROUP, AND THIS DOES NOT. THAT SAID, I CANNOT GIVE LESS THAN 3 STARS TO A GROUP THIS TALENTED. "FLAG" IS THE ONE TO BUY.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars ok but not great, February 9, 2008

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ahren "Life enthusiast" (Ft. Huachuca, Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Essential (Audio CD)

I am a Yello fan through and through. I am such a fan that I am having to re-buy some of their earlier albums on CD because I only have them on cassette(they didn't have CDs when I first got into them). So, that being said, here are my thoughts on this album. This is a "best of" with most of the tracks being slightly remixed. I can think of several tracks that are much better than most of the ones that were selected, especially from their "Claro Que Si" and "You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess" albums. The remixes are not as good as the originals either. I was pretty disappointed with this album. I would suggest you just skip this and get the rest of their albums instead. You will appreciate them a lot more.

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bostitch., March 22, 2000

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Jason Stein (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essential (Audio CD)

Yello is one of those duos that everyone knows their music but no one can say who they are. Their song "Oh Yeah" was featured in the 80's classic "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" starring Matthew Broderick, and it was also featured in the not-so-classic "The Secret Of My Success" starring Michael J. Fox. Some of the other tracks here were used in the film "Nuns On The Run" starring Eric Idle of Monty Python fame. This career spanning collection of 16 tracks is a great compilation. Call them what you will, weird, eccentric, bizarre, they still know how to make unique and interesting, and even funny music. Yello doesn't sound like any one else on the market, that's for sure. For those interested in having a great snapshot of Yello this essential collection is perfect. For those wishing to dive deeper into Yello's repertoire, the individual cds are mostly available in America. This is a must have for any rock collector.