Upstairs at Eric's

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Upstairs at Eric's
Studio album by Yazoo
Released 23 August 1982
Recorded 1982
Genre Synthpop
New Wave
Length 42:31
Label Mute - STUMM 7
Producer E.C. Radcliffe, Yazoo
Yazoo chronology
Upstairs at Eric's
(1982)		 You and Me Both
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars [1]
Robert Christgau B+ [2]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars [3]

Upstairs at Eric's is Yazoo's first album, produced in 1982 by the band and E.C. Radcliffe with assistance from Daniel Miller. It reached # 2 in the UK Albums Chart and # 92 in the US Billboard 200. It was re-released on CD on 25 October 1990.

The album is an influential synth pop release which did much to establish the link between American-style R&B and European electronica, a marriage which defined much of the Top 40 throughout the 1980s.[citation needed] The album, named after the duo's makeshift studio location in producer Eric Radcliffe's home, contained two hit singles: "Don't Go" and the ballad "Only You". The song "Midnight", track 5 in this album, was later sampled by Rex The Dog in his 2008's hit, "Bubblicious".

Contents

[edit] Track listing

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[edit] LP: Mute / STUMM 7 (UK, 1982)

  1. "Don't Go" (Vince Clarke) - 3:08
  2. "Too Pieces" (Clarke) - 3:14
  3. "Bad Connection" (Clarke) - 3:20
  4. "I Before E Except After C" (Clarke) - 4:36
  5. "Midnight" (Alison Moyet) - 4:22
  6. "In My Room" (Clarke) - 3:52
  7. "Only You" (Clarke) - 3:14
  8. "Goodbye 70's" (Moyet) - 2:35
  9. "Tuesday" (Clarke) - 3:22
  10. "Winter Kills" (Moyet) - 4:06
  11. "Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I)" (Moyet) - 4:40

[edit] LP: Sire / 9 23737-1 (US, 1982)

  1. "Don't Go" (Vince Clarke) - 3:08
  2. "Too Pieces" (Clarke) - 3:14
  3. "Bad Connection" (Clarke) - 3:20
  4. "I Before E Except After C" (Clarke) - 4:36
  5. "Midnight" (Alison Moyet) - 4:22
  6. "In My Room" (Clarke) - 3:52
  7. "Only You" (Clarke) - 3:14
  8. "Goodbye Seventies" (Moyet) - 2:35
  9. "Situation" (Clarke/Moyet) - 5:35
  10. "Winter Kills" (Moyet) - 4:06
  11. "Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I)" (Moyet) - 4:40

[edit] CD: Mute / CD STUMM 7 (UK, 1986)

  1. "Don't Go" (Vince Clarke) - 3:08
  2. "Too Pieces" (Clarke) - 3:14
  3. "Bad Connection" (Clarke) - 3:20
  4. "Midnight" (Alison Moyet) - 4:22
  5. "In My Room" (Clarke) - 3:52
  6. "Only You" (Clarke) - 3:14
  7. "Goodbye 70's" (Moyet) - 2:35
  8. "Tuesday" (Clarke) - 3:22
  9. "Winter Kills" (Moyet) - 4:06
  10. "Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I)" (Moyet) - 4:40
  11. "The Other Side Of Love" (12") (Clarke/Moyet) - 5:21
  12. "Situation" (U.S. 12" Remixed By François Kevorkian) (Clarke/Moyet) - 5:46

[edit] CD: Sire / 9 23737-2 (US, 1987)

  1. "Don't Go" (Vince Clarke) - 3:08
  2. "Too Pieces" (Clarke) - 3:14
  3. "Bad Connection" (Clarke) - 3:20
  4. "I Before E Except After C" (Clarke) - 4:36
  5. "Midnight" (Alison Moyet) - 4:22
  6. "In My Room" (Clarke) - 3:52
  7. "Only You" (Clarke) - 3:14
  8. "Goodbye 70's" (Moyet) - 2:35
  9. "Situation" (US remix) (Clarke/Moyet) - 5:46
  10. "Winter Kills" (Moyet) - 4:06
  11. "Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I)" (Moyet) - 4:40

[edit] CD: Intercord Tonträger / INT 846.803, Mute / CD STUMM 7 (DE, 1990)

  1. "Don't Go" (Vince Clarke) - 3:07
  2. "Too Pieces" (Clarke) - 3:11
  3. "Bad Connection" (Clarke) - 3:18
  4. "I Before E Expect After C" (Clarke) - 4:41
  5. "Midnight" (Alison Moyet) - 4:19
  6. "In My Room" (Clarke) - 3:49
  7. "Only You" (Clarke) - 3:10
  8. "Goodbye 70's" (Moyet) - 2:34
  9. "Tuesday" (Clarke) - 3:18
  10. "Winter Kills" (Moyet) - 4:02
  11. "Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I)" (Moyet) - 4:40
  12. "The Other Side Of Love" (12") (Clarke/Moyet) - 5:19
  13. "Situation" (U.S. 12" Remixed By François Kevorkian) (Clarke/Moyet) - 5:45

When issued on compact disc in 1986, "I Before E Except After C", which is composed mostly of cut-up speech, was dropped from the tracklisting (reinstated on the 2008 remaster). The track still appears on the U.S. version. However, none of the American releases include "Tuesday", which was unreleased in the USA until included on a "Best Of" package in 1999.

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (1982) Peak
position
Canadian Albums Chart[4] 49
German Albums Chart[5] 14
New Zealand Albums Chart[6] 9
Swedish Albums Chart[7] 11
UK Albums Chart[8] 2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] 92

[edit] Single data

Single (/b-side) UK Chart[10] Weeks on chart[10] US Chart[11] Released[12]
"Only You" / "Situation" 2 14 Adult Contemporary #38 15 March 1982
"Don't Go" / "Winter Kills" 3 11 Club Play Singles #1 5 July 1982
"The Other Side of Love" / "Ode to Boy" 13 11 - November 1982
"Situation" / "Situation (dub version)" - - Club Play Singles #1 1982
"Situation ('90 remix)" / "State Farm (madhouse mix edit)" 14 8 Hot Dance Music/Club Play #46 26 November 1990

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Upstairs at Eric's". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r22431/review. Retrieved 7 January 2012. 
  2. ^ "CG: Yaz". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=4135&name=Yaz. Retrieved 2012-01-07. 
  3. ^ [1][dead link]
  4. ^ www.collectionscanada.gc.ca
  5. ^ "Charts-Surfer". Charts-surfer.de. http://www.charts-surfer.de/. Retrieved 2012-01-07. 
  6. ^ Steffen Hung (2006-06-15). "Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. http://www.norwegiancharts.com/. Retrieved 2012-01-07. 
  7. ^ Steffen Hung. "Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. http://www.swedishcharts.com/. Retrieved 2012-01-07. 
  8. ^ "UK Singles & Albums Chart Archive". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/. Retrieved 2012-01-07. 
  9. ^ "AllMusic". AllMusic. 2012-01-02. http://www.allmusic.com/. Retrieved 2012-01-07. 
  10. ^ a b polyhex.com UK charts
  11. ^ AMG.com US charts
  12. ^ Release dates

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