The Collection (Yazoo album)

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The Collection
Yazoo The Collection 2012 Compilation Album Cover.jpg
Compilation album by
Released10 September 2012 [1]
Genre Synth-pop [2] [3]
Length133:06
Label Music Club Deluxe
Producer
Yazoo chronology
Essential
(2012)
The Collection
(2012)
Four Pieces
(2018)
Professional ratings
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The Collection is a two-disc compilation album by English synth-pop duo Yazoo, released under licence from Mute Records by Music Club Deluxe, a division of Demon Music Group, in September 2012. It features all of the band's singles, remixes, and their two studio albums Upstairs at Eric's and You and Me Both in entirety (with the exception of "I Before E Except After C" and "In My Room" from the former). [5]

Contents

Track listing

Disc one

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Only You" Vince Clarke 3:12
2."Situation"Clarke, Alison Moyet 2:22
3."Don't Go"Clarke3:05
4."Nobody's Diary"Moyet4:30
5."Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I)"Moyet4:40
6."Happy People"Clarke2:56
7."Bad Connection"Clarke3:17
8."Good Times"Moyet4:20
9."Mr. Blue"Clarke3:25
10."Ode to Boy"Moyet3:35
11."Tuesday"Clarke3:19
12."Too Pieces"Clarke3:11
13."Goodbye '70s"Moyet2:31
14."The Other Side of Love"Clarke, Moyet3:04
15."Situation (US 12" Mix)" 5:44
16."Only You (1999 Version)" 2:53

Disc two

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Situation" (Hercules and Love Affair remix) 5:10
2."Sweet Thing"Moyet3:42
3."Softly Over"Clarke3:59
4."Winter Kills"Moyet4:02
5."Anyone"Moyet3:24
6."Midnight"Moyet4:20
7."Nobody's Diary" (extended) 6:07
8."State Farm"Clarke, Moyet3:35
9."Unmarked"Clarke3:34
10."Walk Away from Love"Clarke3:18
11."The Other Side of Love" (remixed extended version) 5:23
12."Ode to Boy" (Das Shadow re-work) 8:19
13."Don't Go" (Todd Terry Freeze mix) 6:10
14."Goodbye '70's" (Black Light Odyssey remix) 5:01
15."Winter Kills" (Electronic Periodic's Sub/Piano remix) 5:12
16."Situation" (original US dub mix) 5:46

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