YELLO / Stella (1985)

Yello delivered a very unique kind of musical art on their fourth album, using synthesisers, traditional vocals, spoken word, drum machines and a heavy dose of Dada-esque imagery. Stella is a musical onion - the more you explore it, the more layers it throws up, and the more you examine those layers, the more you realise just how bizarre the song structures really are; they shouldn't work but they do.
It sounds dated but equally timeless. I'm aware that's a contradiction, but so are Yello; it fits and so it remains.

Songs of Note: Vicious Games; Oh Yeah

4 days off out of 5