Most of this music is good

I'm almost a little bit suspicious about remixes, they tend to be not as good as the original ones. Yello's mixes though, use to be at least as good as the original ones. This album is both.
I was quite disappointed by The Race mix, and both the How How mixes were quite bad, to be honest. More and Topaz are very good and On Track is even better than the original. She's Got A Gun is exellent and To The Sea is just OK.
My final conclusion: THIS ALBUM IS WORTH THE MONEY

Much less than I hoped for

I've never understood why so many people seem compelled to take Yello's work, which is already tight and precise and, well, perfect, why would someone want to try to make it better? Inevitably they fail, and all we are left with is a dumbed-down version of really excellent music.



When Boris Blank remixes his own work, we are certain to get some new music that is a variation on a theme of the original. We get something that is as good and sometimes better than the original. We get something that is worth spending our money. We get complex compositions, a feast for the ears, an exciting and exotic mix of new and unusual sounds, samples, vocals, all wrapped up into enjoyable music.



When anyone else attempts to remix Yello, we get the usual thump, thump, thumping of some ordinary rhythm, and then just before we get too bored, another rhythm comes in, and then sometimes another, and somewhere along the road we get a small snippet of the original song, but truncated and teased, and this goes on for sometimes 3 or 4 minutes, sometimes as much as 7 or 8 minutes. ::yawn::



I purchased this album primarily based upon the reviews here on Amazon. I should have known better.



Here is a rundown of what is REALLY on this album:



Track one, a new unrealeased version of The Race, by Boris himself, but really nothing to get excited about. (Hasn't The Race been released in about a dozen different versions?) With so many choices, why didn't a better one end up on this CD? I'd rather listen to my favorite version, a 13 minute and 22 second verson I have on vinyl.



Track two, How How, from the Fluke single CD. I already owned it before buying this CD and I never listen to it anyway because it stinks.



Track three, a new version of More by Boris, but not really that great. Get the original on the album Pocket Universe.



Track four, Do It by Marky P and Teri B. Also on the single CD if you already own it (which I do) and not worth listening to anyway.



Track five, an excellent and totally new song, Topaz, by Boris, and not on any album I own. Almost worth the price of this over-priced import just for the one new song.



Track six, yet another version of How How, not by Boris, and available on another single CD that I never bothered to buy because the Fluke one stank so badly.



Track seven, a really lame version of On Track, by someone other than Boris. Again, get the original on the album Pocket Universe.



Track eight, a new version of Vicious Games, rather unremarkable, and remixed by Boris and some other guy.



Track nine, Rubberbandman, remixed by Boris, but also available on another CD single, which I already own...::sigh::



Track ten, She's got a gun, live at the Palladium, NY. I already have it somewhere on vinyl, but I guess it's good to get it finally on CD.



Track eleven, To the Sea, another non-Boris version of the most awful vocals on any Yello song. Why oh why did Stina Nordenstam ever catch the ears of Boris? And why is she living on in remixes of that awful song?



If you want Yello at their best, and all Yello, do not pick up this album. When will Yello stop letting others remix/destroy their work?



This album really deserves two stars, but for the excellent new song, Topaz, it gets bumped up a notch.

Yello Is Still Going

This album is a great thing to own. Out of 11 tracks, I only found about 3 tracks that I hardly listen too. Thealbum is balanced, so ifthre is a dull track, it i followed by a great track. I'm a Yello fan and I will say this is a great piece, in the Yello story.