Yazoo "In Your Room" box set

[busyboy]

Disc 1 (Upstairs at Eric's)

1. "Don't Go"
2. "Too Pieces"
3. "Bad Connection"
4. "I Before E Except After C"
5. "Midnight"
6. "In My Room"
7. "Only You"
8. "Goodbye '70s"
9. "Tuesday"
10. "Winter Kills"
11. "Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I)"

Disc 2 (You And Me Both)

1. "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. "Happy People"
11. "And On"

Disc 3 (b-sides and remixes)

1. "Situation"
2. "Situation" (Extended Version)
3. "Don't Go" (Re-mix)
4. "Don't Go" (Re-re-mix)
5. "Situation" (U.S. 12" Mix)
6. "Situation" (U.S. 12" Dub)
7. "The Other Side of Love"
8. "The Other Side of Love" (12" Remix)
9. "State Farm"
10. "Nobody's Diary" (Extended)
11. "State Farm" (Extended)
12. "Situation" (Re-recorded)

Disc 4 (DVD)

* "2 albums, 4 singles and that was it..." (documentary featuring interviews with Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet, archive footage).

Music videos:

*"Don't Go"
*"The Other Side of Love"
*"Nobody's Diary"
*"Situation" (1990)
*"Situation" (Alternative Version) (1990)
*"Only You" (1999)

BBC appearances:

1. "Only You" (Top of the Pops) 29 April 1982
2. "Only You" (Cheggers Plays Pop) 24 May 1982
3. "Don't Go" (Top of the Pops) 15 July 1982
4. "Don't Go" (Saturday Live) 24 July 1982
5. "Don't Go" (Top of the Pops) 12 August 1982
6. "The Other Side of Love" (Top of the Pops) 25 November 1982
7. "The Other Side of Love" (Top of the Pops) 09 December 1982
8. "Nobody's Diary" (Top of the Pops) 19 May 1983
9. "Nobody's Diary" (Top of the Pops) 02 June 1983

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Now this is the ULTIMATE box set. Discuss!

Oh... First, bitches!

[oscillations.]

lmao.
CHOICE premiere post. I have to confess that "Situation" is still totally my favorite Yazoo/Yaz track.

[galvanize]

Yazoo & Alison Moyet. <3333 Her voice suits well on anything whether it be with synths or with lush strings.

[WotUNeed]

This set is excellent in terms of content (mastering - well, I'll let other people fight that out.)

Singles-wise, I will never get over "Only You." They've released a lot of great songs, but that one - man. Heart-rending. Just perfect. Definitely my favourite.

Obviously, of the two albums, Upstairs at Eric's is the one that's still revered and whatnot today, and to a degree I can understand why that's true. I do skip "I Before E Except After C" a good part of the time, in no small part because it kinda creeps me out. You and Me Both is not short on great material, though. I think "Walk Away From Love" is their truly under-appreciated selection.

I'm glad they chose to do the box with disc 3 as it is, as opposed to distributing the extras on discs 1 and 2. The albums are better appreciated as they were artistically released, with the non-album singles, b-sides, and remixes collected as such. I'll never understand why "The Other Side of Love" seems to be their forgotten single. No, I wouldn't say it's the strongest in their catalogue, but that doesn't stop it from being damn good.

Rambling over.

[Mic Technique]

Sept 24, 2008 13:34:39 GMT -5 WotUNeed said:

Singles-wise, I will never get over "Only You." They've released a lot of great songs, but that one - man. Heart-rending. Just perfect. Definitely my favourite.

Yes.

[jazklash]

Well, looks like I finally left my mark on Pulse.

[busyboy]

Sept 24, 2008 16:49:10 GMT -5 jazklash said:

Well, looks like I finally left my mark on Pulse.

It also took roughly nine months to get this section in Nostalgia. It's like your newborn baby, awww!

I'm still trying to find this box set at a reasonable price. But as of now, no luck.

[Deleted]

Yazoo. Midnight is a staple of my childhood lol, my parents were so into them and wouldn't stop playing that song (which was weird cause it was a good 20 years after it was released lol). Alison is an incredible vocalist, and this song still gives me chills. I need to revisit more of their material!