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Upstairs at Eric’s 1982

new wave, synth-pop, synth pop, synthpop 41 min 11 tracks Mute

Upstairs at Eric's is the debut album by English synth-pop duo Yazoo. It was released on 20 August 1982 by Mute Records. It was produced by the band and E.C. Radcliffe, with assistance from Mute label boss Daniel Miller on some of the tracks.

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Character

Character-led, classical in form, grave and spare.

character-ledplot-driven
classical in formformally daring
grave

Tracks

1Don’t Go3:11
2Too Pieces3:15
3Bad Connection3:21
4I Before E Except After C4:42
5Midnight4:23
6In My Room3:55
7Only You3:15
8Goodbye 70’s2:37
9Tuesday3:22
10Winter Kills4:04
11Bring Your Love Down (Didn’t I)4:42

11 tracks, 41 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Yazoo
Label: Mute
Type: Album
Format: CD
Country: DE

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