Tracklist
Don't Go | 3:08 | ||
Too Pieces | 3:14 | ||
Bad Connection | 3:20 | ||
I Before E Except After C | 4:36 | ||
Midnight | 4:22 | ||
In My Room | 3:52 | ||
Only You | 3:14 | ||
Goodbye 70's | 2:35 | ||
Tuesday | 3:22 | ||
Winter Kills | 4:06 | ||
Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I) | 4:40 |
Credits (8)
- E.C. Radcliffe*Engineer
- J. Fryer*Engineer
- JA*Lacquer Cut By
- Clarke*Noises
- Joe Lyons (3)Photography By
- E.C. Radcliffe*Producer
Notes
Named after producer Eric Radcliffe's house, where the album was recorded upstairs (they had to build a studio in ten days because Blackwing Studios was fully booked) from Vince Clarke's Splendid Studios. The "Eric's Mum" vocal credit on the album belongs to the Eric's mother who provided them all with "egg and chips" and also appeared on the record.
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![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album, Jacksonville pressing | Sire – 1-23737, Sire – 9 23737-1 | US | 1982 | US — 1982 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album, Stereo | Mute – 540037 | France | 1982 | France — 1982 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album, Musitech Plating | Mute – STUMM 7 | UK | 1982 | UK — 1982 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's = Arriba Donde Eric LP, Album | RCA Victor – SPL1-7366 | Spain | 1982 | Spain — 1982 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album, Stereo | Mute – INT 146.803, Mute – Stumm 7 | Germany | 1982 | Germany — 1982 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album, Stereo | Mute – STUMM 7, Mute – STUMM-7 | Scandinavia | 1982 | Scandinavia — 1982 | ||||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album | Edisom, Lda. – 607102 | Portugal | 1982 | Portugal — 1982 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album | Mute – MUT 20326 | Italy | 1982 | Italy — 1982 | ||||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's Cassette, Album | Mute – C STUMM 7 | UK | 1982 | UK — 1982 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album, Gatefold | Mute – POW 6044 | Australia | 1982 | Australia — 1982 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's Cassette, Album, Reissue, SR, Dolby | Sire – 9 23737-4 | US | 1982 | US — 1982 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album, Stereo | Mute – Mute 4502, Mute – STUMM 7 | Greece | 1982 | Greece — 1982 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album | Sire – 92 37371, Mute – 92 37371 | Canada | 1982 | Canada — 1982 | ||||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album | Palacio – LPS-99.616 | Venezuela | 1982 | Venezuela — 1982 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo | Mute – 29 580 8, Mute – Stumm 7 | Germany | 1982 | Germany — 1982 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's Cassette, Album, No Barcode, Dolby | Sire – 9 23737-4, Mute – 4-23737 | US | 1982 | US — 1982 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album, Reissue | Sire – 1-23737, Sire – 9 23737-1 | US | 1982 | US — 1982 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album | Warner Bros. Records – LWB-6157, Sire – LWB-6157, Mute – LWB-6157 | Mexico | 1982 | Mexico — 1982 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo | Mute – 27 962-0, Mute – Stumm 7 | Germany | 1982 | Germany — 1982 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album | Sire – P-11257, Mute – P-11257 | Japan | 1982 | Japan — 1982 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album, Test Pressing | Polygram – 4502 | Greece | 1982 | Greece — 1982 | ||||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album | Powderworks – POW 6044, Mute – POW 6044 | New Zealand | 1982 | New Zealand — 1982 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's = Arriba Donde Eric Cassette, Album | RCA – SPK1-7366 | Spain | 1982 | Spain — 1982 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album | Mute – STUMM 7 | Iceland | 1982 | Iceland — 1982 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album, Winchester pressing | Sire – 1-23737, Sire – 9 23737-1 | US | 1982 | US — 1982 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album, White Label | Mute – STUMM 7 | UK | 1982 | UK — 1982 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album | Mute – STUMM 7 | Israel | 1982 | Israel — 1982 | ||||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album, Misprint | CBS – ASF 2803, Mute – STUMM 7 | South Africa | 1982 | South Africa — 1982 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album, Promo | Sire – P-11257, Mute – P-11257 | Japan | 1982 | Japan — 1982 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album | Yeh Eum Records – YMPL-012, Mute – STUMM 7 | South Korea | 1982 | South Korea — 1982 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album, Club Edition | Sire – W1 23737, Mute – W1 23737 | US | 1982 | US — 1982 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album | Mute – STUM 7 | Israel | 1982 | Israel — 1982 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album | ZKP RTVL – LL 0839, Mute – STUMM 7 | Yugoslavia | 1982 | Yugoslavia — 1982 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album, Gedmal | Mute – STUMM 7 | UK | 1982 | UK — 1982 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album | Mute – MUT 20326 | Italy | 1982 | Italy — 1982 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's Cassette, Album | Powderworks – POWC 6044, Mute – POWC 6044 | Australia | 1982 | Australia — 1982 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album | Sire – 92 37371, Mute – 92 37371 | Canada | 1982 | Canada — 1982 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's Cassette, Album, Stereo | Mute – INT 446.803, Mute – Stumm 7 | Germany | 1982 | Germany — 1982 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album, Unofficial Release | High Stereo Light – 060 | South Korea | 1982 | South Korea — 1982 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Upstairs At Eric's LP, Album | Sire – 92 37371, Mute – 92 37371 | Canada | 1982 | Canada — 1982 | Recently Edited |
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Reviews
- this is a great pressing, virtually no surface noise. it is quiet like others have said but i don’t find it to be an issue if i turn it up all the way. definitely an
upgrade from my older pressing!! - After track 1, there is noise in quiet places. It's like a cassette tape. Side B is excellent %12991
referencing Upstairs At Eric's (LP, Album) P-11257
I have the Mofi pressing as well, this possibly outshines it..! Warmth, clean and Alison’s voice is magic. Great pressing..!- I'm, playing this at the moment . . .
A strange thing happens on "Too Pieces". I heard it when it first came out, and I still hear it now, even when I forget about it for years and then play it again. It's (silly) and haunting.
At the end of the piece, a sort of electronic snare-drum bit, repeats, and it sounds like ("You're something to me, you know you are, you know you are, you're someting to me" . . . repeated for a long time as a loop"). It's so clear as a sort of vocal mantra, but not a vocal, like a vocoder.
It always makes me wonder whether it is a Vince Clark electronic gimmick / joke. So, cool, but it might just be in my head . . .
. . . you know you are you know you are you're something to me . . . - The Yazoo duo was a much better canvas for Vince Clarkes song writing and the right move away from Depeche Mode, also forcing DM in a new direction (the rest is history). There’s clearly a few hangover pop ditty tracks destined for future DM release had he not left, and as others have said some of the experimentation has not dated well.
That aside, this is a must have album highlighting the transition to electronica in the early 80’s (Goodbye 70’s!). Don’t go is a stone cold pop classic, an instantly recognisable melody with such a powerful vocal. - They really should've put "Situation" on the LP instead of "I Before E Except After C" - that way it would've been perfect instead of very good. Such experiments are not Clarke's forte, and to place it right in the middle of side A - what were they thinking? Very unwise, taints the experience. At least put it at the end of the side of even the album itself, if you're for some perverse reason's so fond of it. Or better leave it off completely - blabbering in "In my room" is quite enough.
Otherwise - cool album, much better than what DM were doing at the time. - My copy has no surface noise like others have reported. Gotta turn the volume up as it is on the quiet side but overall sounds decent. Vocals are very nice on this. Overall happy with it.
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