Timeless, ageless vintage album
This is an amazing cd. Well ahead of its time. Still awesome today. Great original music, mixes and vocals. Well worth every penny.

New Wave Classic
I used to go to teen night clubs in Kansas City back in the 1980's where you would find new wave teenagers, a couple of punk rockers and maybe a preppie or two. Upon walking in there would be clouds of smoke, intellectual looks of those involved in the Thespians or Drama Club with the latest European fashion and much unlike today, everyone smoked at Under the Starz and Pogo's. Pumping out of the speakers one would typically hear "Don't Go" off the Upstairs at Eric's album by Yaz - one of the New Wave genre's finest. Yaz leaded by Alison Moyet's hearty voice with a soul-type sound coupled with her modern English accent and techno beat made for a truly impacting sound for the ultra-modern youth of the 1980's at Under the Starz and Pogo's.

Upstairs at Eric's shaped a generation of the avante-garde youth from the 1980's, whether in Kansas City or elsewhere, thjs album is also packed with several other New Wave goodies aside from "Don't Go." "Situation," "Goodbye Seventies," "Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I)" and "Winter Kills" are a few of my favorites. Most of the music is very dance rhythmic with the exception of "Winter Kills" which carries a much slower sound and very deep dramatic melody.

Even today you can here "Situation" or "Don't Go" at a disco. It is truly a dance music fanatic's and New Wave fan collector item.

hear
I Before E Except After C -- My hearing is very acute. Crowds of people sound much like this song to me.

Still sounds great
Don't pay any attention to the review that says this sounds dated - still sounds great! Of course there are couple songs you have to skip over (or leave off your iPod or whatever) but the rest are great. I play this CD every time I have to paint around the house because I can listen to the same CD a couple times before having clean my hands to change the disk. Highly recommended. I only wish I could get into Alison's other albums.

Doesn't hold up well.
I loved this album when it first came out. In a fit of nostalgia, I bought the CD (the old tape I had owned was long gone). Alison Moyet has a fabulous voice but the music of Yaz is now unbearably dated. I played the CD once and blushed with embarrassment that I had ever liked this type of electronic pop music.