Re: Yazoo - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)

by Guest Sat Apr 25, 2020 7:37 pm

Hold your, *Gulp* Reins!

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Apr 25, 2020 7:38 pm

This is very basic, as a song.

by Nightjar Sat Apr 25, 2020 7:38 pm

:tapsfingers:

by Nightjar Sat Apr 25, 2020 7:39 pm

I've voted.

by Nightjar Sat Apr 25, 2020 7:39 pm

I do not expect it to take a sudden upturn in quality now.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Apr 25, 2020 7:40 pm

This is going on a bit.

by Nightjar Sat Apr 25, 2020 7:41 pm

Interesting comment on Youtube.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Apr 25, 2020 7:42 pm

It is over.

I didn't find it offensively bad but it suffered from the fact that Moyet wasn't much of a songwriter and Clarke basically gave every song the same arrangement. Overall, it felt a bit lifeless.

Now to look back at the thread and see what everyone else made of it. Excited

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Apr 25, 2020 7:43 pm

Nightjar wrote:Interesting comment on Youtube.

by Guest Sat Apr 25, 2020 7:45 pm

★★ And that's pushing it.

Never heard it before, probably never listen to it again.

NEXT!

by Guest Sat Apr 25, 2020 7:46 pm

To be honest, all these Synth Duo types, Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, :blabblah: none of them are as good as Soft Cell. Who did earlier.

Bronski Beat were alright, yes

by Guest Sat Apr 25, 2020 8:35 pm

Only 2 votes. hmm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Apr 25, 2020 9:28 pm

I have now given it two stars. In fairness, I feel it's probably a two and a half stars album.

by Butterfield Thu Mar 02, 2023 1:59 pm

Listened to this again. My American CD version (EDIT: where on the front cover they're called "Yaz") replaces "Tuesday" with an extended version of the single "Situation", which isn't otherwise on the album, and I do really like that song.

It's alright as an album, but it just doesn't feel groundbreaking like something from Depeche Mode or the Human League.

3/5

by Butterfield Thu Mar 02, 2023 2:10 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Alison Moyet laughing.

Fun fact: That laugh from Alison Moyet is re-used as a sample on the Macarena!

Heard at about 6 seconds.

Her laugh is also re-used on Yazoo's own Situation.

At 0:21

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