Upstairs at Eric's

Upstairs at Eric's
Studio album by
Yazoo (Yaz)
Released20 August 1982 (1982-08-20)
Recorded1982
StudioBlackwing (London)
Genre
Length40:29
LabelMute
Producer
Yazoo (Yaz) chronology
Upstairs at Eric's
(1982) 		You and Me Both
(1983)
Singles from Upstairs at Eric's
  1. "Only You"
    Released: 15 March 1982 (UK)
  2. "Don't Go"
    Released: 2 July 1982 (UK)
  3. "Situation"
    Released: July 1982 (US/Canada)

Upstairs at Eric's is the debut studio album by English synth-pop duo Yazoo (known in North America as Yaz). It was released on 20 August 1982 by Mute Records.[4] It was produced by the band and E.C. Radcliffe, with assistance from Mute label boss Daniel Miller on some of the tracks. Named after producer Radcliffe's Blackwing Studios where the album was recorded, Upstairs at Eric's was preceded by two UK top-three singles, the ballad "Only You" and the more uptempo "Don't Go". The album reached number two on the UK Albums Chart and has been certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), denoting shipments in excess of 300,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[5]

Against the group's wishes, "Situation", originally the B-side of "Only You" in the UK and Europe, was released as the band's debut single in the United States and Canada, where a remixed version of the song by DJ François Kevorkian reached number one on Billboard's Club Play Singles chart. "Situation" peaked at number 73 on the US Billboard Hot 100, while it reached the top 40 in Canada, peaking at number 31. The North American version of the album subsequently replaced the remixed version of "Situation" for the UK album track "Tuesday". Upstairs at Eric's reached number 92 on the Billboard 200 in the US and number 49 on RPM's albums chart in Canada.

  1. ^ Mitchell, Matt (21 July 2023). "The 50 Greatest Synth-Pop Albums of All Time". Paste. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  2. ^ Evans, Richard (6 August 2024). "1982.2". Listening to the Music the Machines Make: Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983. Omnibus Press. p. 354. ISBN 978-1-915841-45-2.
  3. ^ "Top 15 Electropop Albums". Classic Pop. 25 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Record News". Melody Maker. 21 August 1982. p. 4.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference BPI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).