Yazoo
Album Of The Week: The 39th Anniversary Of 'Upstairs At Eric's' By Yazoo
By Andrew Lockwood in Music / Festivals on 20 August 2021
Before there was Alf, The Assembly or Erasure there was the synth-pop duo Yazoo and their defining debut album, 'Upstairs At Eric's'
The inspired partnership of soul singer Alison Moyet with the developing electronic talents of Vince Clarke proved to be a huge and swift success on Yazoo's debut album Upstairs At Eric's. Quite quickly after the departure of Vince Clarke from his former band Depeche Mode, the founding member started to record songs with Moyet. Upstairs At Eric's was released, via Mute records, less than a year after Depeche Mode released their debut album, and the only album to feature Vince Clarke, Speak And Spell. Whilst that album had been a relative success Clarke had become frustrated with the band's direction and chose to leave to form Yazoo. His choice, whilst not wholly appreciated by DM at the time, was to prove very fruitful as Yazoo quickly eclipsed the successes that Depeche Mode had experienced up until that point.
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