Only Yazoo
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Only Yazoo is a greatest hits compilation album released by British synthpop
duo Yazoo
in 1999. At the point of its release, the band had been broken up for over 15 years.
The collection includes the best bits of their two studio albums - Upstairs at Eric's
and You and Me Both
as well as non-album tracks like "State Farm". The album also included a number of new remixes that were featured on re-issued singles.
The album's title is a play on their biggest single, "Only You
". In the US, however, where the band were known as Yaz, the album was called The Best Of.
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
duo Yazoo
Yazoo (band)
Yazoo are a British synthpop duo from Basildon, Essex. They had a number of Top 10 hits in the UK charts in the early 1980s...
in 1999. At the point of its release, the band had been broken up for over 15 years.
The collection includes the best bits of their two studio albums - Upstairs at Eric's
Upstairs at Eric's
Upstairs at Eric's is Yazoo's first album produced by the band and E.C. Radcliffe with assistance from Daniel Miller. It reached # 2 in UK and # 92 in US...
and You and Me Both
You and Me Both
You and Me Both is the second, and final, album released by British synthpop duo Yazoo in 1983. As was their debut, the record was produced by Yazoo members Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet along with E.C. Radcliffe...
as well as non-album tracks like "State Farm". The album also included a number of new remixes that were featured on re-issued singles.
The album's title is a play on their biggest single, "Only You
Only You (Yazoo song)
-Track listing:7": Mute/7 MUTE 20 # "Only You" - 3:10# "Situation" - 3:447": Sire/9 2-98447 # "Only You" - 3:10# "Winter Kills" - 4:0112": Mute/12 MUTE 20 # "Only You" - 3:10# "Situation" - 5:20CD: Mute/CD MUTE 20...
". In the US, however, where the band were known as Yaz, the album was called The Best Of.
CD : Mute / CD Mutel 6 ( UK )
- "Only You" – 3:12
- "Ode To Boy" – 3:38
- "Nobody's Diary" – 4:31
- "Midnight" – 4:20
- "Goodbye 70's" – 2:33
- "Anyone" – 3:25
- "Don't Go" – 3:06
- "Mr. Blue" – 3:26
- "Tuesday" – 3:19
- "Winter Kills" – 4:03
- "State Farm" – 3:35
- "Situation" (U.S. 12" Mix) – 5:46
- "Don't Go" (Tee's Freeze Mix) – 6:12
- "Situation" (Club 69 Future Phunk Mix) – 8:48
- "Only You" (1999 Version) – 2:53