aaamusic | On 21, Sep 2010

RECONNECTED LIVE documents one of pop’s most anticipated tours: in summer 2008 Vince Clarke & Alison Moyet reunited for the first time in over 25 years. The Times said: “Clarke has unobtrusively retooled the band’s music for the digital age, making their vintage 1980s synthesizer ditties sound crisp, fluid and timeless” ” – “Performing on a minimalist stage of high-tech steel and neon, Moyet slipped easily into turbo-throated blues-diva mode”, while The Guardian noted, “Yazoo’s first tour in 26 years finds the chemistry behind their smash hits unchanged.”

RECONNECTED LIVE, produced by Yazoo, recorded by Martin Hildred and mixed by Vince Clarke 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 from ‘You And Me Both’, such as Nobody’s Diary, performed live for the first time ever.

RECONNECTED LIVE TRACKLISTING:

CD 1

Nobody’s Diary

Bad Connection

Mr. Blue

Good Times

Tuesday

Ode To Boy

Goodbye ’70s

Too Pieces

In My Room

Anyone

Walk Away From Love

CD 2

State Farm

Sweet Thing

Winter Kills

Midnight

Unmarked

Bring Your Love Down (Didn’t I)

Don’t Go

Only You

Situation

The joyous, unlikely coming together of Vince Clarke, who had just left Depeche Mode, and Alison Moyet lasted for only 2 albums, saw them originally only performing only 24 concerts worldwide, but they left an indelible mark on pop. Yazoo released ‘Upstairs At Erics’ in July 1982 then parted company just 12 months later on release of the second album ‘You And Me Both’, which reached Number 1 in the UK.

Speaking prior to the Reconnected tour, Vince Clarke said: “It’s been really good going back to these songs after such a long while.  Many of them have never been played live.  I’m looking forward to performing them with Alison for all the fans who’ve enjoyed our music through the years but never had a chance to see Yazoo in concert”

And Alison Moyet said: “Playing this material live is not about revision for me, it is about finishing something we started – writing, recording, performing. Three parts of a whole. A salmon cycle. It’s like going home.”