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| | You and Me Both | | | Music Artist : | | Yaz | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Sire / London/Rhino | | Release Date : | | 1990-10-25 | | Store Price : | | $8.96 | | Artistopia's Price: $8.96 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Nobody's Diary
2. Softly Over
3. Sweet Thing
4. Mr. Blue
5. Good Times
6. Walk Away from Love
7. Ode to Boy
8. Unmarked
9. Anyone
10. State Farm
11. And On
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 Great Import Yaz (Yazoo)
Submitted on: 2008-12-28 |
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| This is a non-US release. New material for folks who are sad that they only have "Upstairs at Eric's". Great, typical Yaz (Yazoo). |
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No collection is complete without it
Submitted on: 2008-12-24 |
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I dont care what kind of music you listen to this cd is a must have. There is not one song that got major airplay but when you listen to the cd from start to finish you will not find a dud. My favorites are Nobody's Diary and Mr. Blue (one of my favorite songs of all time).
Some might argue that you can get the best songs on the greatest hits album (Yaz only had 2 cds) but I think your money is better spent by buying both albums.
You and Me Both can be bought used for a $1.99 and I would stronly suggest you buy it. Once you play it you will never put it down. |
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Awesome Classic Yaz!
Submitted on: 2007-05-17 |
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| Love this album! I had it stolen a few years ago and its great to finally get it again. You can't go wrong with Yaz. Allison Moyet has an amazing voice! |
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A certain person got my dander up
Submitted on: 2006-08-12 |
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"Don't bother with this one"? Somebody needs to open his ears, because there's not much rational explanation for liking the first Yaz album but not liking this. Sure, it's darker by maybe 10 or 20 percent, but the melodies are as strong as ever, and Moyet's vocal turns can move and hurt and uplift here just as they did on the debut, if not more.
The opening and closing tracks alone make this one indispensable to any fan of eighties synth. Very few albums have stood the test of time this well. This is a classic. Get used to it. |
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 vince clark might be my dad...
Submitted on: 2006-06-01 |
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as a thirty-someething dood, whenever i look back on my defining teenage years, i realize that vince clark perhaps had a bigger impact than anyone else. it started with erasure in about 87, and i quickly discovered both depeche mode and yazoo -- it's not YAZ, either, people. YazOO. :) from age 14-18, i pretty much listened to all three bands non-stop. and now everytime i listen to a vince clarke incarnation, i can't help but look back fondly.
yazoo's second album, while not hugely different from 'upstairs at eric's' does represent a band's evolution. for one, alison moyet's presence is much more apparent. the album opener, 'nobody's diary,' might be the album standout--and that's no small compliment given vince's insanse proficiency at birthing high-quality tunes. secondly, the production on 'you and me both,' is much sparser, as is the instrumentation. much of vince's keyboard work feels restained and choppy, almost minimalistic. nothing on 'you and me both' is on par with synth classics like 'only you,' 'situation,' and 'the other side of love' (available only the import version of 'upstair's at eric's), but 'you and me both' is much more intimate album. it's almost as though vince and alison invited you over to tea. thirdly, it's a lot more experimental than 'upstairs.' songs like 'good times' and 'sweet thing' don't sound like anything off 'upstairs.' listen to 'sweet thing' and it's not hard to imagine prince singing it. fortunately, we don't have to because alison moyet was and is a first-rate vocalist. i wish more people were familiar with her work because you'd be hard-pressed to find a purer, more expressive voice. it's a compliment to her that blessed with those pipes she resists the tendency great vocalists have to over-sing and over utilize the vibrato (anyone who's watched 'american idol' lately knows what i'm talking about).
vince, for his part, experiments with sounds like he never had before upto that point. it's really quite something to hear him layer tiny synths bleeps and blips over faux-strings. and to think he was probaly 23 or 24 at the time is nothing short of amazing. when you take a look back at the vince clark canon, it's pretty remarkable. i doubt anyone has ever had more UK top 40 singles.
the real gem, however, of 'you and me both' is 'state farm.' i couldn't really get into it the first time i heard it. as i got little older, though, the song's brilliance really came shining throught. it's a funk-inspired stomper accented by alf's clever word play and spot-on delivery. and it's always fun to sing 'who buys the tickets and who buys the clothes, puts the liquor in his stomach and the powder up his nose.'
i always wonder what a third yazoo album might've sounded like. i like to imagine that they would continue to grow darker, more experimental, and more seductive. unfortunately we'll never know. fortunately, however, we'll always two stellar albums by one of the most underrated duos in history.
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