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[16], "Don't Go" was released in July 1982 as the second single in the UK and also reached the top three of the UK charts.

Up in my room, tryin' to find the chords Learnin' all the words, to all my favorite songs I love to hear those voices talk in rhymes I know I've played this one a hundred times And I know the songs will end too soon When I'm listenin' to the music in my room Up in my bed by … Moyet added that their differing personalities had not helped matters, saying, "He was, I think, sad at the time after leaving Depeche and remote, a bit angry, but it was all internalised. Moyet recalled that Clarke "was creatively very encouraging, very open to hearing my ideas for songs. [5] In North America, "Situation" had been a hit in the clubs in a version remixed by New York City-based DJ François Kevorkian, and against the band's wishes, it was released as Yazoo's debut single in the US and Canada, where it reached number 73 on the Billboard Hot 100. By this point Clarke had already written "Don't Go", but both he and Moyet felt it was too good to be the B-side of "Only You", so they quickly wrote the song "Situation" together for the single's B-side. Whereas I was this disaffected, slightly aggressive ex-punk rocker where nothing was internalised. Following Yazoo's split, Clarke formed the Assembly with Eric Radcliffe. [18] In the US, initial success was more modest and the album peaked at number 92 on the Billboard 200 album chart,[19] but by 1989, seven years after its release, word of mouth had helped to push the album to platinum status for sales of over one million copies. In 2008, 25 years after splitting, Clarke and Moyet reconciled and reformed Yazoo to play a successful tour of the UK, Europe and North America in support of the reissue of Yazoo's two studio albums and a box set, In Your Room of their material. The set was released by Mute Records (in North America by Sire Records) on May 26, 2008 and contains four discs. [21] Unlike their first record, the second album was made over a longer period of four months and with Clarke and Moyet rarely in the studio together at the same time; Clarke would record instrumental tracks in the morning and Moyet would come in during the evening and record her vocals. The pair briefly reunited in May 2011 to play three Yazoo songs at a music festival organised by their record label. Although their musical career was short, Yazoo's combination of electronic instrumentation and soulful female vocals has been cited as an influence on the house music scene that emerged in the mid-1980s,[6] as well as on bands such as LCD Soundsystem (who name-checked the duo on their debut single "Losing My Edge"), Hercules and Love Affair (whose leader Andy Butler has said that "Situation" was his biggest musical inspiration as a child),[6][9] La Roux, Shiny Toy Guns and Blaqk Audio. The remastered release will be pressed on two 180g heavyweight vinyl discs packaged in a gatefold sleeve and will be available on April 13th 2019 from all participating Record Store Day retailers. It's like going home. Over the next 18 months the duo released two albums, Upstairs at Eric's and You and Me Both, which received critical acclaim for their production, particularly the blending of Clarke's synthesizer melodies with Moyet's blues- and soul-influenced vocals. Clarke was worried that by walking out of Depeche Mode he would lose his record deal with Mute Records and wanted to show the label that he still had something to offer them, saying in a 2008 interview, "When I left Depeche I wasn't sure I'd still have a record deal and was keen to play the label something of my own, so I wrote the song 'Only You' but needed someone to demo it with. [6][7][8], Clarke went on to form Erasure, another successful and longer-lasting synth-pop duo, while Moyet embarked on a highly successful solo career. I wanted to feel more likeable, and you can't feel likeable if someone doesn't want to interact with you." "Only You" was released as Yazoo's second single in North America and reached number 67.[17]. Alison happened to be advertising in a local paper so I called her.

"Situation" was finally released as a single in the UK in 1990 in another remixed form, which was moderately successful, reaching number 14 on the UK singles chart. The thing I found difficult was the lack of warmth. I was probably quite difficult to be around."[8]. FOUR PIECES – A YAZOO COMPENDIUM 4-VINYL BOXSET & THREE PIECES – A YAZOO COMPENDIUM 3-CD BOXSET. [32] A double album titled Reconnected Live, featuring tracks recorded on the "Reconnected" tour, was eventually released in September 2010. Three parts of a whole. Despite growing up in the same town and having attended the same Saturday music school when they were eleven years old,[8] Moyet and Clarke did not know each other well and had never spoken to each other previously. It is the first Yazoo release since Only Yazoo, a 1999 greatest hits compilation album. In Your Room is a box set by British synthpop duo Yazoo, also known in North America as Yaz.It is the first Yazoo release since Only Yazoo, a 1999 greatest hits compilation album.. Many of them have never been played live. Around this time, Clarke also produced the album The Peter Pan Effect for singer Robert Marlow, an old friend of both his and Moyet's. [29] The tour was rapidly expanded to include concerts in Europe and in the US, as well as extra dates in the UK. Clarke had always seen Upstairs at Eric's as a one-off project and had to be persuaded to make another Yazoo record by his publishers, who felt it would not go down well if he was seen to walk out of a second band within a year of the first. Exploring the meaning of songs from every genre of music. Moyet had been in the same class at school as Clarke's future Depeche Mode bandmates Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher[13] but had little contact with Clarke himself, remembering him as an outsider who, with his brothers, would wear T-shirts proclaiming their Christianity. A salmon cycle. ", "Playing this material live is not about revision for me, it is about finishing something we started – writing, recording, performing. The band's output was book-ended with yet another release of "Situation", accompanied by many remixes. However, with no further singles or live appearances to promote it, it did not sell as well as Upstairs at Eric's, although it still achieved gold status in the UK for sales of 100,000 copies.

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[Chorus] Swear to god you better never call my line I'ma mark it on my checklist Leave me the digits, I ran, yeah, ayy. [19], Reflecting in 2008 on the group's split, both Moyet and Clarke agreed that a lack of communication between the pair had been a major reason for the breakdown of the partnership. Clarke welcomed her message, but replied that he was now committed to his current band Erasure and felt it would be disloyal to his musical partner Andy Bell if he returned to work with Moyet. SIDE 1 Nobody’s Diary, Bad Connection, Mr. Blue, Good Times, Tuesday, SIDE 2 Ode To Boy, Goodbye ’70s, Too Pieces, In My Room, Anyone, Walk Away From Love, SIDE 3 State Farm, Sweet Thing, Winter Kills, Midnight, Unmarked, SIDE 4 Bring Your Love Down (Didn’t I), Don’t Go, Only You, Situation. From whom Carly Simon thought was so vain to why, exactly, the walrus was Paul, we strive to leave no lyric uninterpreted. It was also the first time Yazoo toured North America. The cover is white, soft-touch, matt laminate printed with silver foil on the front and back. [33], On 14 May 2011, Moyet appeared as a guest on stage before Erasure's set on the second day of Mute Records' Short Circuit music festival at the Roundhouse in London.

Clarke had seen Moyet sing live a few times, as his best friend had been in her punk band. The fact that we never talked, never socialised together, meant that when problems came up we didn't know how to communicate and sort things out." Glory To Glory Bpm, Blind Faith is the self-titled and only album by the English supergroup Blind Faith, originally released in 1969 on Polydor Records in the United Kingdom and Europe and on Atlantic Records in the United States.

A compilation entitled Only Yazoo: The Best of was released in 1999 and was preceded by a re-release of Yazoo's debut single, "Only You", featuring a new remix of the title track and several more of "Don't Go". 1 UK album, the band’s second and final record, featuring ‘Nobody’s Diary’, ‘Ode To Boy’, ‘Mr. As part of this year’s Record Store Day celebrations Yazoo will be releasing the first ever vinyl edition of 2010’s ‘Reconnected Live’.

[18] In the US, You and Me Both peaked at number 69 on the Billboard 200.

", "Yazoo confirms 'Reconnected Live' formats and tracklisting", Four Pieces – A Yazoo Compendium 4-Vinyl Boxset, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yazoo_(band)&oldid=984657239, CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2019, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2008, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 21 October 2020, at 09:44. "[8], The pair came to the project with different tastes in music. For the American actor and rapper, see, CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (, List of number-one dance hits (United States), List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart, "Alison Moyet Interviewed: Only You – The Story & End of Yazoo", "How We Met: Alison Moyet & Vince Clarke", "Personality Clash: Vince Clarke vs Andy Butler", "Synthesizer Soul: Yazoo's Upstairs At Eric's 30 Years On", "Yazoo reunion for reissue albums and first live gig in 25 years", "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross – Series 14, Episode 17", "Yazoo announces more European dates for 'Yazoo reunion Reconnected Tour, "US Yazoo concert to be broadcast on satellite radio", "Yazoo – It wasn't a well keened out marketing ploy! Three Pieces is a 3-CD set featuring exactly the same tracklisting as the vinyl release and is housed in a hardback mediabook with a 32-page booklet containing lyrics and photos. Clarke admitted that "I lacked the life-skills of communication in a relationship. We never really knew each other. Includes ‘Don’t Go’, ‘Situation’, ‘Too Pieces’ and ‘Winter Kills’. Having re-established contact, Clarke and Moyet met on 8 April 2008 in a private members' club in London's Covent Garden, with the occasion filmed by the press: it was the first time they had met since a mutual friend's wedding in the early 1990s. [15] Upstairs at Eric's was released in the UK in August 1982, peaking at number two on the UK Albums Chart[5] and going on to sell more than 300,000 copies and achieving platinum status.

This decision led to a £3.5 million lawsuit threat by the label over the band's name[15] and, coupled with the fact that the name Yazoo was already in use by a small American rock band, the group was renamed Yaz for the North American market. In 1988, "In My Room", "Ode to Boy" and "Only You" were used in the film The Chocolate War (an adaption of the book of the same title). Four Pieces is a deluxe vinyl box of 4 LPs set in hardback book format, exclusively remastered and pressed on heavyweight black 180g vinyl. As the studio had already been booked during the day by fellow Mute artist Fad Gadget, Yazoo recorded most of the album during the early mornings. [22] The album, ironically titled You and Me Both, was released in the UK in July 1983 and topped the UK album charts,[5] a feat it would also achieve in New Zealand. [7], A single, "Nobody's Diary", was released in May 1983 ahead of the album and reached number three in the UK charts,[5] but within days of the single's release, Yazoo announced that they were splitting up. UPSTAIRS AT ERIC’SThe classic debut album including ‘Only You’, ‘Don’t Go’, ‘Goodbye 70’s’ and ‘Winter Kills’. Yazoo enjoyed worldwide success, particularly in their home country, where three of their four singles reached the top three of the UK Singles Chart and both their albums made the top two of the UK Albums Chart.

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