You and Me Both

Infobox Album | Name = You and Me Both
Type = Album
Artist = Yazoo


Released = 4 July, 1983
Recorded = 1982-1983
Genre = Synth pop
Length = 40:32
Label = Mute - STUMM 12
Producer = E.C. Radcliffe, Yazoo
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fpfexqq5ld0e link]
*Robert Christgau (B) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=yaz link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/yaz/albums/album/99195/review/5946348/you_and_me_both link] | Last album = Upstairs at Eric's
(1982)
This album = "You and Me Both"
(1983)
Next album = "Only Yazoo" (1999)

"You and Me Both" is the second, and final, album released by British synthpop duo Yazoo in 1983. As was their debut, the record was produced by Yazoo members Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet along with E.C. Radcliffe. Upon its release "You and Me Both" received positive reviews from music critics who noted that the album showed strong progression in songwriting and production from both Moyet and Clarke from their debut. The album peaked at #1 in the UK and #193 in the US.

The duo, however, announced their split on the eve of the album's UK release. Moyet would soon begin a successful solo career and Clarke eventually formed the synthpop duo Erasure.

Moyet would later re-record "Ode to Boy" for her 1994 album "Essex" in a more acoustic style, which she explained was more consistent with how she envisioned the song should have sounded when she originally wrote it.

Track listing

LP: Mute / Stumm 12 (UK)

# "Nobody's Diary" (Moyet) - 4:30
# "Softly Over" (Clarke) - 4:01
# "Sweet Thing" (Moyet) - 3:41
# "Mr. Blue" (Clarke) - 3:24
# "Good Times" (Moyet) - 4:18
# "Walk Away from Love" (Clarke) - 3:18
# "Ode to Boy" (Moyet) - 3:35
# "Unmarked" (Clarke) - 3:34
# "Anyone" (Moyet) - 3:24
# "Happy People" (Clarke/Moyet) - 2:56
# "And On" (Moyet) - 3:12

LP: Sire / 23903-1 (US)

# "Nobody's Diary" (Moyet) - 4:30
# "Softly Over" (Clarke) - 4:01
# "Sweet Thing" (Moyet) - 3:41
# "Mr. Blue" (Clarke) - 3:24
# "Good Times" (Moyet) - 4:18
# "Walk Away from Love" (Clarke) - 3:18
# "Ode to Boy" (Moyet) - 3:35
# "Unmarked" (Clarke) - 3:34
# "Anyone" (Moyet) - 3:24
# "State Farm" (Clarke/Moyet) - 3:35
# "And On" (Moyet) - 3:12

*The track "State Farm" does not appear on the UK version of the album. In its place is a song called "Happy People," which is the only song in Yazoo's repertoire that features Vince Clarke on lead vocals.

* In Germany, a special 2LP set was released which comprised "You and Me Both" and "Upstairs at Eric's".

External links

* [http://www.mutelibtech.com/mute/yazoo/yazbiog.htm Mute info]
* [http://www.alisonmoyet.com/ Alison Moyet's official website]