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Call It Love
Electronic · 1987

Call It Love

Yello

Sophisticated 80s synth-pop featuring Billy Mackenzie’s soaring vocals over Yello’s signature high-fidelity, clockwork percussion and neon-lit textures.

March 2, 1987 · Star Line (7)

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Call It Love represents the pinnacle of Yello's mid-80s transition into high-concept, sophisticated pop. While Boris Blank provides the clockwork precision of the production, the track is defined by the guest appearance of Billy Mackenzie. His voice, a volatile and operatic instrument, provides a startling human contrast to the cold, digital perfection of the synthesizers. It is a sound that feels both incredibly expensive and deeply lonely, like a luxury apartment filled with beautiful objects but no people.

Moments Worth Listening For
The transition where the mechanical beat yields to Mackenzie's glass-shattering high note
The precisely placed metallic clinks that serve as rhythmic counterpoint to the lush pads
The synthetic string swell that anchors the chorus's emotional peak with cinematic gravity
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Call It Love sound next to the rest of Yello's catalogue?

Romantic+4.0σ

Romantic saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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