48. Erasure

 

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What synth pop king Vince Clarke did next after leaving Depeche Mode & Yazoo & The Assembly splitting was form this duo with the camper larger than life Andy Bell who had a string of UK Top 20 hits in the late 1980s/early 1990s.

 

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Key Studio Album: The Innocents (1988)

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Key Compiliations: Total Pop! The First 40 (2009)

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Career Defining Song:

A Little Respect (1988 UK#4; 1989 USA#14)

Some Other Key Songs:

 

Sometimes (1986 UK#2)

 

Stop (1988 UK#2)

 

Blue Savannah (1990 UK#3)

 

Take A Chance On Me (Abba-esque EP) (1992 UK#1)

 

Were any of you fans of this synth pop duo or did you always regard them as a second rate Pet Shop Boys?

second rate psb, but i didnt like the psb either.

 

by and large i pretty much hated erasure, BUT , 'sometimes' and 'always' were very good tracks that both featured highly in my personal charts.

A classy pop act. Vince Clarke had never stayed with any act for long wwhen he formed Erasure but he seems to have found a partnership he's comfortable with and stuck to it. It's still a shame that their only number one was with an EP of Abba covers and that Vince Clarke's only number one was not performed by him - Flying Pickets a capella cover of Yazoo's Only You.

Erasure are my ultimate guilty pleasure. I grew up listening to them as a kid which has a part to play with it I guess. I ADORE Love To Hate You, Chorus, Sometimes and Am I Right? You Surround Me is one of my favourites of all time.

 

 

I can think of worse ideas then listening to an Erasure "Best Of" comp, I love "Sometimes".

They might be a clone of the PSB, but they still made some great records, " A little respect" and "Sometimes" were my favourites.

A classy pop act.

 

classy?... not how id discribe them m8... grubby more like..

That's weird, Rob! Put the titles of your two favourite Erasure tracks together and you get the title of a Jesus & Mary Chain hit ("Sometimes Always") :D

 

I like most of what Erasure put out up to around 1992. Favourite is "Breath Of Life" which tends to get overlooked as it was followed up by the "Abba-esque" EP!