This whole album is a prime slice of solid flowing sound, and moreover it's pefectly settled and quite and undemanding listen, listening to the album, does not make you feel anything is omitting, and although I bet the sound collage is really cool. Matrix / Runout (A side runout. Variant 4): STUMM-7-A2 MT-6 JA TAPE ONE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING D.A.D.!

Singles [ edit ] List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, year released and album name The rest of the disc ranges from the pop confection “Bad Connection” to the dance floor staple “Situation” to the sassy, commanding “Bring Your Love Down (Didn’t I)” to the driving “Goodbye Seventies” and the appropriately chilling “Winter Kills.”

Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1sted.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5. In 1982, we already knew about Vince Clarke. He'd been in Depeche Mode when they'd released the singles 'New Life' and 'Just Can't Get Enough'. The tough Human League lads at school thought Depeche Mode were too weedy but I (again) quietly liked them. In November 1981, Clarke had quit the Mode citing a combination of touring boredom and a disdain for pop stars' goldfish bowl existence. However, he'd written a new song and wanted to find someone to record the vocals. Situation '99": "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. 7 November 1999 . Retrieved 7 December 2021. Upstairs at Eric's was Yazoo's debut, and Moyet's vocals aside, it was pretty standard synth pop stuff. "Don't Go" and "Only You" were the big hits - both hitting the top 3 and cementing the band's reputation here in the UK. Sure, they both sound pure 1982, but they're still strong pop singles regardless, and Moyet's voice lift both above other synth-heavy stuff that was charting at the time. Contrasting the band's big hits, "I Before E Except After C" is a real love it / hate it number, and I'm afraid the experimental cut-up vocal stuff just doesn't work for me. In fact, outside of the two big hits, "Goodbye Seventies", "Winter Kills", and Moyet's voice, there's not a lot on Upstairs at Eric's that would encourage me to return to it on even an irregular basis. As celebrated as Vince Clarke has been throughout his career as a vital founding member of both Depeche Mode and Erasure, for me the most compelling member of Yazoo was Clarke's bandmate Alison Moyet. A far superior vocalist to anyone else fronting a Synthpop act at the time outside of Sparks' Russell Mael. Moyet also had the type of stage presence which could not be taught. While Yazoo enhanced Clarke's reputation, it made Moyet a star.

a b Miller, Jonathan (2008). Stripped: Depeche Mode (3rd reviseded.). London, England: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1-84772-444-1. B-#####" secondary matrix numbers (# being a number), along with the known relationship between this label and the manufacturer/pressing plant, indicate that this record was pressed at Allied Record Company.in my room, only you, bring your love down.. don't go. charming good easy flowing numbers are here, plenty. Seen as one of the best albums of 1982 and one of the finest from the decade, Upstairs at Eric’s reached number two in the U.K. Although Yazoo’s second and final studio album, You and Me Both, was released a year later and hit number one in the U.K., I still feel their debut is their peak and crowning glory. I knew about Yazoo as a child and, as a fan of theirs, I was especially interested in Alison Moyet’s solo career. There is nobody in music quite like her. The same goes for Vincent Clarke. An amazing duo who released a wonderous debut album, it is no wonder so many critics lined up to give it praise at the time. Since its release, Upstairs at Eric’s has gained a lot of respect and inspection. This is what AllMusic said in their assessment: SPAR" etching and the "-SP#" at the end of the matrix number (# being a number) indicates that the B Side was sourced from metal parts (metal mother disc) created at Specialty Records Corporation for use at Allied Record Company. From 1980 to 1989: Lazell, Barry (1997). "Yazoo". Indie Hits 1980–1989: The Complete U.K. Independent Charts (Singles & Albums). Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008 . Retrieved 2 August 2022.