Upstairs At Eric's - Album
Upstairs At Eric's (Album) by Yazoo
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Yazoo Aka "Yaz" In The United States Was An English Synthpop Duo From Basildon UK. Yazoo Were Formed In Early 1982 By Former Depeche Mode Songwriter Vince Clarke Synthesizers And English Singer Alison Moyet Vocals And Signed To Mute Records In The United Kingdom. Their Debut Single "Only You" Was Released On 15 March 1982 And Rose To Number 2 On The UK Charts. They Also Released Two Studio Albums Upstairs At Eric's In 1982 And You And Me Both In 1983. Shortly After The Release Of The Second Album Moyet And Clarke Decided To Break Up. Moyet Pursued A Solo Career While Clarke First Founded The Short Lived The Assembly Followed By The Successful Erasure. Vince Clarke And Alison Moyet Briefly Reunited In 2008 And Toured Europe And The United States As Yazoo For The First Time In Twenty-Five Years. Also In 2008 Their Record Company Issued A 4-Disc Box Set Called In Your Room Containing Remastered Editions Of Both Of Their Original Albums A Disc Of B-Sides And Remixes Imaginitively Titled B-Sides And Remixes And A DVD Containing Promotional Videos Interviews Etc. Official Website Is At Www.Yazooinfo.Com
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Yazoo Aka "Yaz" In The United States Was An English Synthpop Duo From Basildon UK. Yazoo Were Formed In Early 1982 By Former Depeche Mode Songwriter Vince Clarke Synthesizers And English Singer Alison Moyet Vocals And Signed To Mute Records In The United Kingdom. Their Debut Single "Only You" Was Released On 15 March 1982 And Rose To Number 2 On The UK Charts. They Also Released Two Studio Albums Upstairs At Eric's In 1982 And You And Me Both In 1983. Shortly After The Release Of The Second Album Moyet And Clarke Decided To Break Up. Moyet Pursued A Solo Career While Clarke First Founded The Short Lived The Assembly Followed By The Successful Erasure. Vince Clarke And Alison Moyet Briefly Reunited In 2008 And Toured Europe And The United States As Yazoo For The First Time In Twenty-Five Years. Also In 2008 Their Record Company Issued A 4-Disc Box Set Called In Your Room Containing Remastered Editions Of Both Of Their Original Albums A Disc Of B-Sides And Remixes Imaginitively Titled B-Sides And Remixes And A DVD Containing Promotional Videos Interviews Etc. Official Website Is At Www.Yazooinfo.Com
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Upstairs At Eric's 1982 Is Yazoo's First Album Produced By The Band And Eric Radcliffe With Assistance From Daniel Miller. It Reached # 2 In UK And # 92 In US. It Was Later Released As An Audio CD In October 25 1990. The Album Is An Influential Synth Pop Release Which Did Much To Establish The Link Between American-Style R&B And European Electronica A Marriage Which Defined Much Of The Top 40 Throughout The 1980s. The Album Named After The Duo's Living Space In Producer Eric Radcliffe's Home During The Recording Contains Three Classic Singles Don't Go The Dance-Club Staple Situation And The Ballad Only You. When Issued On Compact Disc In 1986 I Before E Except After C Which Is Composed Mostly Of Cut-Up Speech And Is Generally Considered Not To Fit In With The Rest Of The Album Was Dropped From The Tracklisting. The Track Still Appears On The U.S. Version. However None Of The American Releases Include Tuesday Which Was Unreleased In The USA Until Included On A "Best Of" Package In 1999. Professional ReviewsAllMusic -
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