- Audio CD (27 Sep 2010)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Format: Limited Edition
- Label: Mute
- ASIN: B003XOAJ7O
- Other Editions: MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 90,218 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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While other – and frequently lesser – 80s bands have been dancing to the tune of the reunion cash till every year virtually since they split up, synth-pop duo Alison Moyet (voice of a blues diva) and Vince Clarke (keyboards that whirr and plink), waited over a quarter of a century to share the stage again.
Reforming after so long could have been messy, patchy, embarrassing even. Especially since they’d only ever played 24 gigs together (Yazoo lasted a mere 18 months) and had gone their separate ways because of a total breakdown in communication. But then, we are talking about Clarke, Depeche Mode alumnus and half of Erasure, who turns everything he touches to platinum; and Moyet, squillion-selling solo artist with the voice that made us all go weak in the presence of its deep, raw beauty.
2008’s Reconnected tour, was, if anything, even better than the one they went on when Alison wore Siouxsie make-up and Vince still had hair. Forget resentment simmering over the speaker stacks – they now have so much chemistry they aren’t averse to the odd bit of hugging.
It’s hard to hear hugging through the magic of CD or download, but Moyet’s charisma travels well over the ether. Bantering with the audience, whose unrestrained appreciation seems to surprise her, she is excited, gleeful; she’s savouring every moment of performing. "Here’s another track we never got to play!" she cries joyfully as Mr Blue begins.
She and Clarke had already called it a day when their second album, 1983’s You and Me Both, was released. So, incredibly, some of its tracks – such as the era-defining single Nobody’s Diary, which opens this very comprehensive set – are being played live for the first time, although not on Clarke’s original equipment. He’s ditched the old synths in favour of modern digital technology, softening the tinnier elements but making a doppelgänger of every bleep and swoosh. The toy box of squiggles and whirrs does come out in an extended version of dance stomper Situation, but it’s a necessary indulgence, offsetting Moyet’s powerful, impassioned and newly untamed tones.
It was that juxtaposition that really made the band, gave their melancholic torch songs and electro ballads a warmth that other synth bands lacked, while adding soul to their camp disco and storming pop. These days, when borrowing from the 80s is practically an imperative, Yazoo are more relevant than ever. But who would have thought that a tour, recorded 25 years after they split, would make such essential listening?
--Alix BuscovicFind more music at the BBC This link will take you off Amazon in a new window
CD Description
Reconnected Live documents one of pop's most anticipated tours: in summer 2008 Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet reunited for the first time in over 25 years.
Produced by Yazoo, recorded by Martin Hildred and mixed by Vince Clarke, Reconnected Live features classic tracks from Yazoo's albums Upstairs At Eric's and You And Me Both, including "Only You", "Don't Go and Situation", plus tracks such as "Nobody's Diary", performed live for the first time ever.
This edition includes a 32-page booklet.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good,
By Christian Jongeneel (Rotterdam, Netherlands) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Reconnected Live: Experience Edition (Audio CD)
Yazoo, performing live 25 after Vince and Alison split up, show that their songs are as good as ever, easily dwarfing most of 80's synthpop. This cd is a good reminder of that.
However, where competing grandees like Kraftwerk have reinvented their songs over and over, Yazoo have just tried to recreate them as faithfully as possible. Only on the second cd Vince starts to vary on his melodies. Perhaps this is inevitable for a reunion cd, but I was left with the feeling that Yazoo could have made a much better album if they had dared to be a bit more adventurous with their proven songs.
5.0 out of 5 stars
awsome live disc!!,
This review is from: Reconnected Live: Experience Edition (Audio CD)
Ok first off alison and vince are a gift to music!! Yazoo is amazing and this is one of my fav live cds ever!! Not to mention alison's solo works are great too and vince and andy in erasure are amazing as well. Going to there hollywood show and vegas show!! :)
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Indeed....they are the THE cheese,
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This review is from: Reconnected Live: Experience Edition (Audio CD)
I agree...Yazoo is one of the brighest names in the Synthpop scene. I agree: Alf Moyet was and still is one of the UK's biggest female voices...ever! And I also agree: Vince's talents are timeless! My only complain: WHY IN GOD'S NAME THERE ARE NO DVD!!!!! It would have been a blessing to have an endurable memory on HOW GENIUS this pair is!!!!
So, Mute: PLEASE PUT OUT A "ULTIMATE, DEFINITIVE, LEGACY EDITION" or whatever have you and put a live DVD with it!!!!!! I promise WE ALL WILL BUY AGAIN!!!!
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