Upstairs At Eric's
by Yazoo
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Upstairs At Eric's is ranked as the best album by Yazoo.
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Upstairs At Eric's track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Upstairs At Eric's rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 72 Music Albums of 1982 | 27/72 | 3 |
| 2026 | pjpaul | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 33/50 | 33 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 42 Music Albums of 1982 | 8/42 | 4 |
| 2026 | Gendjar | Top 28 Music Albums of the 1980s | 23/28 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 501-600 | 77/100 | - |
| 2026 | Gendjar | Top 7 Music Albums of 1982 | 5/7 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Ilolahti | Top 12 Music Albums of the 1980s | 7/12 | 10 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1982 | 57/100 | - |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 65 Music Albums of 1982 | 63/65 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 165 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 823 | |||
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Upstairs At Eric's ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/12/2026 23:54 |  serpico | 914 | 85/100 |
| ! | 08/11/2026 19:44 | jnmayles | 2,393 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/04/2026 13:59 | Ilolahti | 163 | 82/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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BestEverAlbums 09/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5428): By ExTeaSeaUpstairs At Eric's comments
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OK, maybe it was my more up-beat sensibility at the time (which hasn't really changed that much in the thirty-odd years since - a killer riff in an upbeat pop song is still irresistible), but I think this album is a classic and one of my all-time favourites. Basic synth pop of its time but the bare Vince & Allison combo I found to be enchanting and every track lives with me to this day!
TheDude85 06/27/2019 15:09 | #238456 | TOP COMMENT
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A tremendous debut for synth-pop duo Yaz featuring Vince Clarke (formerly of Depeche Mode) and soulful singer Alison Moyet. "Don't Go" "Situation" and "Only You" are still dancefloor classics, heard in numerous re-mixes long into the 2010s. Moyet's vocals proved to be the human element needed to breathe life into Clarke's mechanical musical textures. He found a perfect vocal male sound alike in his next project Erasure.
A nearly perfect album, with the exception of "I Before E Except After C", which is... well, let's just ignore that. Pretend it never happened. Also, the North American replacement of "Tuesday" (which is still a good song) with "Situation" (a great song) is an improvement that again, makes this near perfection. Just leave that 1 track off your playlist, you know the one. (Edited)
Its definetely better Depeche Mode than Depeche Mode in 1982.
ExTeaSea TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/31/2019 04:15 | #236936 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is a spectacular synth pop 80s album. Hell of a voice!
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