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Jaysuz Jones from Wasaga Beach (Canada) on 2003-11-06 08:09 [#00937368]
Points: 888 Status: Addict

Fantastic album.

It's got Seventies bashing, Eighties synth, and Nineties -
grade irony (disco songs dissing disco? C'mon, that's
classic !)

Plus, some genuinely chilling moments (Winter Kills) and one
of the saddest & frightening suicide ballads ever (In My
Room) (at least, it SEEMS like a suicide ballad...)

Even the pisstake (I Before E Except After C) is a
reconstruction of a conversation held upstairs at Eric's.

Overall, it's a sterling work, with my only complaint being
the sparseness of lyrics on some songs and their running
length on others.

9.1 / 10

Intruder from Chicago (United States) on 2003-11-06 08:33 [#00937440]
Points: 581 Status: Lurker

Yaz, right?

Jaysuz Jones from Wasaga Beach (Canada) on 2003-11-06 08:43 [#00937474]
Points: 888 Status: Addict

Yep, Yaz's debut album.

Three years before My brother was born.

Jaysuz Jones from Wasaga Beach (Canada) on 2003-11-06 08:44 [#00937476]
Points: 888 Status: Addict

*decapitalises 'm' in 'My'*

aphextriplet from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2003-11-06 08:46 [#00937482]
Points: 4731 Status: Lurker | Followup to Intruder: #00937440

Yaz as in Yazz? As in 'the only way is up, baby, for you and
me now...'

god i hope not

Jaysuz Jones from Wasaga Beach (Canada) on 2003-11-06 09:02 [#00937499]
Points: 888 Status: Addict

aphextriplet: once again, a great avatar.

Yes, but their debut was AWESOME.

AWESOME in a 'singing along with a slightly happier Depeche
Mode' way.

Which makes some sense, given that Vince Clarke DM after
Speak & Spell.

Jaysuz Jones from Wasaga Beach (Canada) on 2003-11-06 09:03 [#00937501]
Points: 888 Status: Addict

*inserts 'left' between 'Clarke' & 'DM'*

ambsace from canaDUH. on 2003-11-06 17:16 [#00938328]
Points: 6326 Status: Lurker

FUCKING YAAAZZZ!!!

nobody gives them enough credit around here.
drives me crazy. yaz > everything.

Oddioblender from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2003-11-06 17:20 [#00938332]
Points: 9601 Status: Lurker

stop it. at this rate, if i were to ever get a credit card
and buy everything you people on this board make me want,
me, my children, their children, and their children would be
in debt their entire lives.

earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2003-11-06 17:33 [#00938364]
Points: 27795 Status: Regular

isnt it YAZOO? bit strange you don't know the proper name of
one of your favourite groups

no its not the same as yazz as in coldcut featuring yazz and
the plastic population

earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2003-11-06 17:35 [#00938365]
Points: 27795 Status: Regular

don't go is a classic

and never never by the assembly (vincent clarke avec feargal
'80s haircut' sharkey)

ambsace from canaDUH. on 2003-11-06 17:41 [#00938377]
Points: 6326 Status: Lurker

yazoo was the original name. but it was taken so they
shortened it. and i think they released an album a few years
back under yazoo. but i've not heard it. *shrugs*

earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2003-11-06 17:59 [#00938393]
Points: 27795 Status: Regular

i'm confused

jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2003-11-07 02:36 [#00938844]
Points: 5975 Status: Moderator | Show recordbag

It's YAZOO....as in Alison Moyet & Vince Clarke (post
Depeche Mode)...

YAZZ was that blond late 80s singer...Coldcut collaborator
in the early days...

hehe...I used to be able to play the bassline to The Only
Way is Up...lovely early 303 shit....

(You lot make me feel OLD...:)...

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