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

by Guest Sat 25 Apr 2020 - 19:37

Hold your, *Gulp* Reins!

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat 25 Apr 2020 - 19:38

This is very basic, as a song.

by Nightjar Sat 25 Apr 2020 - 19:38

:tapsfingers:

by Nightjar Sat 25 Apr 2020 - 19:39

I've voted.

by Nightjar Sat 25 Apr 2020 - 19:39

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

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat 25 Apr 2020 - 19:40

This is going on a bit.

by Nightjar Sat 25 Apr 2020 - 19:41

Interesting comment on Youtube.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat 25 Apr 2020 - 19:42

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 25 Apr 2020 - 19:43

Nightjar wrote:Interesting comment on Youtube.

by Guest Sat 25 Apr 2020 - 19:45

★★ And that's pushing it.

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

NEXT!

by Guest Sat 25 Apr 2020 - 19:46

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 25 Apr 2020 - 20:35

Only 2 votes. hmm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat 25 Apr 2020 - 21:28

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

by Butterfield Thu 2 Mar 2023 - 13:59

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 2 Mar 2023 - 14:10

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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