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5.0 out of 5 stars
Catchy 80's Electro/Pop At It's Best!, August 29, 2003
This review is from: Upstairs at Erics (Audio CD)
Yaz appeared on the "New Wave" scene in 1982 with the hits "Situation", "Don't Go" and "Only You". Fronted by Vince Clark (ex-Depeche Mode) on synthesizers and an unknown female vocalist named Allison Moyet, Yaz (originally Yazoo) created catchy electro/pop. Yaz's debut album "Upstairs At Eric's" produced several huge club hits with "Situation" (here in it's entire "Club Mix" version), "Don't Go" and the moderately successful "Only You". The first two songs are synthesized discoish club tunes with strong vocals courtesy of Moyet. Club jocks pumped these songs thru their sound systems to packed dancefloors (I know cause I was one of the jocks that spun both these tunes, sometimes several times a night) worldwide. But the album also had other great songs such as "Bad Connection", "Goodbye Seventies", and "Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I)" to name a few. If you enjoy artists such as Soft Cell, Depeche Mode, New Order, Human League, Heaven 17 and Ultravox then this cd is a must have. Highly Recommended!
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
everything you've read about this is true...., February 8, 2005
This review is from: Upstairs at Erics (Audio CD)
This is the FINEST piece of electronic pop music to come out of the Eighties. The marriage of Vince Clarke's cold electronics and the gospel/blues influenced vocals of Alison "Alf" Moyet is a match made in music heaven. Even the more experiental pieces here work really well, although casual fans slag them off as being overblown and pretentious. Filled with hits, both ballads and dance floor fillers ( "Only You", "Situation", "Don't Go") Even the deeper album cuts are great - "( Didn't I ) Bring Your Love Down" is a stomper we STILL play at our house parties,the haunting "Winter Kills" just might well be Alison's finest vocal performance on record ( and this was on her DEBUT for God's sake )and the bluesy "Midnight" still sends shivers down my spine. A few of more pop-flavoured songs round out this collection, making it very perfectly balanced. It's not "just a dance record" it's a piece of music history, an undeniable classic.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Don't go....., November 27, 2005
This review is from: Upstairs at Erics (Audio CD)
You'll NEVER remove this disc from your player. This is a promise to all the music lovers out there. Young and old alike. This collection of tracks sways from the digital orgasm of Clarke's instrumentation to the bassa boom of Moyet's vocals.
This collection is started with the energy inducing "Don't Go": Moyet pleads with you not to exit, you'll never want to as Clark's keyboard hugs you as tight as Moyet's voice. The other "shiners" here are "Goodbye Seventies", "Situation", "Bad Connection" and the mega-looped "I Before E Except After C": an eloquent vocal conocotion. "Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I)" is another crooner. You'll be dazzled by both the odd instrumentation and the oddly masculine femininity of Moyet's voice. Lather, rinse and repeat.
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