Well that just goes to show that even on the Yello list people's tastes can vary. Now that I've had my Eye for a month I happen to think it is one of the best albums Yello has produced. It harkens back to the days when you could "expect the unexpected" in each track, and each track is interesting and fresh. I like the entire album, though I could do without Junior B and Planet Dada Flamboyant. The only thing good about the last track is that it leaves me sad that the album is ending. I just finished listening to Motion Picture 1/2 hour ago (by coincidence) and I was thinking to myself just how bleak it sounded. Kind of like Boris and Dieter felt they had to release something, so they threw it together. I've never heard Pocket Universe :-( so I can't comment, although I'm curious to know who comes into Resistor (OK so I've heard one track or two) at about 5:40 and sings the "Dow chicka Dow" in the background. It sounds like a woman, but it could also be Billy. And I happen to like Jade Davies' singing in The Eye. She exhibits a range of styles in the tracks she's in and the style fits the song to a tee in most cases. A very nice voice, though a bit distorted in some of the tracks. - RF -----Original Message----- From: yello-bounces+rfiler=sierrawireless.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:yello-bounces+rfiler=sierrawireless.com@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Paul Anderson Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 5:29 PM To: The moon: beautiful. The sun: even more beautiful. Subject: Re: [Yello] English Translation of the shitty review The reviewer wrote:
"'The Eye' is a altbackenes, completely redundant album, which reaches really deeply into the 80's-mothball box."
The reviewer might be wrong about some things, but he's right about "The Eye". It's easily Yello's worst album and a big disappointment after the pleasant "Motion Picture" and the superb "Pocket Universe".
"On the point Yello drive it, by copying their own sounds in each second song simply."
I agree. The album is a poor rehashing of some of their earlier sounds, except without good songwriting.
"Only small light view is a singer Jade Davie, which strives itself fairly around nice melodies."
I disagree. Although her voice is OK on some of the songs, by the third or fourth song her presence becomes annoying and I've got to just take the CD out of the player. Don't get me wrong. I love Yello, but their "good" production is now below 50% over their career. I consider the good albums to be: Stella One Second Flag Pocket Universe Motion Picture The rest I can do without, but even Baby and Zebra shine in comparison to The Eye. Sorry I don't like the new one, really, I am, since I was expecting so much from it. But I will always buy the next one hoping for something even better. At least Yello doesn't do the same thing from album to album; it's just that I don't always like the surprise. Paul _______________________________________________ Yello mailing list Yello@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/yello