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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Nobody's Diary (Live) | |||
| 2. Bad Connection (Live) | |||
| 3. Mr Blue (Live) | |||
| 4. Good Times (Live) | |||
| 5. Tuesday (Live) | |||
| 6. Ode To Boy (Live) | |||
| 7. Goodbye '70s (Live) | |||
| 8. Too Pieces (Live) | |||
| 9. In My Room (Live) | |||
| 10. Anyone (Live) | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. State Farm (Live) | |||
| 2. Sweet Thing (Live) | |||
| 3. Winter Kills (Live) | |||
| 4. Midnight (Live) | |||
| 5. Unmarked (Live) | |||
| 6. Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I) (Live) | |||
| 7. Don't Go (Live) | |||
| 8. Only You (Live) | |||
| 9. Situation (Live) | |||
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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
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.
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One or two of the tracks are approached a little differently, and the result is very rewarding. Even as a CD you can still take in some of the concert atmosphere.
The first time i listened to this album I couldnt believe it. The duo and the audience are clearly loving every minute of it. Every track is lovingly reproduced and performed. Alison sings beautifully as ever and it just makes you wonder what they might have come up with had they lasted longer than two short glorious years. The end of the cd builds to the classics 'Only You', 'Dont Go' and 'Situation'. This is a cd you just want to listen to over and over. One gripe, the applause between the fake finale and the encore goes on forever which is fine if you were there but gets a bit tedious when listening on cd in the car. I always have to press the skip button. Finally a question for fans . Yazoo only had four or five hits one of which was 'The Other Side of Love'. This track never appeared on an album, best of compilations and does not appear here. Do Alison and Vince not like the song?
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