Erasure

zarq — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:47:35 -0800

While their song Always may be forever enshrined in the minds of a generation of Adult Swim fans as the theme to the online game Robot Unicorn Attack, 80's synth-pop duo Erasure are still around, touring and putting out albums after 26 years.

Their 14th studio album, Tomorrow’s World, was released in the UK on Monday (October 11 in the U.S.), along with an official video for its first released song, When I Start To (Break It All Down). A (better) non-autotuned version labeled "Rehearsal Video" is on YouTube. (An abbreviated history of their work, with official music videos and links to several concerts, can be found within.) (OK, perhaps not so abbreviated.) ;) Background Erasure was formed in 1985, after former Depeche Mode, Yazoo and The Assembly band member Vince Clarke decided to form his own band. Clarke put an ad in Melody Maker (now NME's official magazine for a singer and Andy Bell applied for the job. They are Erasure. "Bell has said being so open about his sexuality meant they only remained an underground dance act in the US telling Spin magazine, "If I'd never said I was gay I think Erasure would've taken off years ago in America." Clarke explained to Kirk of Melody Maker magazine, "It came back to us that people in the record company in New York were saying it was really bad that Andy was making it plain he was gay because they were worried 'it would affect our sales.'"" Music Albums / Released Tracks (The following are a list of all of Erasure’s studio albums and two EP's, and links to their official videos. Audio only or concert performances have been substituted when no official video was created, or locatable online.) Wonderland (1986) * Who Needs Love Like That * Heavenly Action * Oh L'amour The Circus (1987) * It Doesn’t Have To Be * Sometimes * The Circus * Victim of Love (Live) The Innocents (1988) * A Little Respect * Chains of Love * River Deep, Mountain High (Audio Only) * Ship of Fools Crackers International (1988 / EP) * Stop! Wild! (1999) * Blue Savannah * Drama * Piano Song * Star * You Surround Me Chorus (1991) * Am I Right? * Breath of Life * Cho rus * Love to Hate You Abba-Esque (1992 / EP): * Lay All Your Love On Me * SOS * Take a Chance On Me * Voulez Vous ** (Not included, but also an ABBA cover: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) I Say I Say I Say (1994) * Always * I Love Saturday * Miracle * Run to the Sun Erasure (1995) * Fingers and Thumbs (Cold Summer’s Day) * Rock Me Gently (Only released in Germany and the Czech Republic) * Stay With Me Cowboy (1997) * Don’t Say Your Love Is Killing Me * In My Arms * Rain * Rapture (Live) Loveboat (2000) * Freedom Other People’s Songs (2003) * Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) * Solsbury Hill Nightbird (2005) * All This Time Still Falling Out Of Love * Breathe * Don’t Say You Love Me * Here I Go Impossible Again (Audio Only) * I Bet You’re Mad At Me Light at The End of the World (2007) * I Could Fall In Love With You (Background: An official video was created for this song but the band was unsatisfied with it, so “a call was put out for fans to submit pictures or video footage of themselves and loved ones in scenes depicting love or falling in love. These scenes (also including Clarke and Bell) were then edited together into a montage with a "falling in love" theme.) * Storm in a Teacup (Live) * Sucker for Love (Live) * Sunday Girl * When a Lover Leaves You (Live) Union Street (2005) (All songs on this album were previously released on other albums, but had been newly recorded as acoustic versions. Some have a distinct country & western feel. No official videos were released. All listed are audio only) * How Many Times (originally from Wild!) * Oh L’Amour (Originally from Wonderland) * Piano Song (originally from Wild!) * Rock Me Gently (originally from Erasure) * Stay with Me (originally from Erasure) Tomorrow’s World (2011) * When I Start (To Break It All Down) (Official video, autotuned.) * When I Start (To Break It All Down) (Rehearsal video: Non-autotuned) Live Concerts The Innocents Tour (1988) * One * Two * Three * Four * Five * Bonus Tracks The Wild Tour (1989) * YouTube Playlist Wild! Party Live, at the San Francisco Shoreline Amphitheatre (1990) * YouTube Playlist The Tank, The Swan and The Balloon (1992) (nsfw warning: some bare butts in a few of the videos) 1) Siren Song 2) Ship of Fools 3) Chorus 4) Breath of Life 5) Chains of Love 6) Love to Hate You 7) Joan 8) Voulez Vous 9) Take a Chance on Me 10) SOS 11) Lay All Your Love On Me 12) Am I Right? 13) Oh L'amour 14) Waiting For The Day (and Heart of Stone) 15) Stop! 16) The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly 17) Who Needs Love Like That? 18) Stand By Your Man 19) The Soldiers' Return 20) Turns The Love To Anger 21) Star 22) Blue Savannah 23) Over The Rainbow 24) Love is a Loser 25) A Little Respect 26) Sometimes The Tiny Tour (1996) YouTube Playlist Extras Mixes / Audio Only (As a band whose music is frequently played in clubs, Erasure often releases sanctioned remixes and extended versions of their songs as singles and on EPs. This is a small sampling:) * A Little Respect (Big Train Mix) * A Little Respect (Mark Saunders Remix) * Blue Savannah (Razormaid Remix) * Breathe (Erasure Interactive Remix) * Chains of Love (Truly in Love with the Marks Bros Mix) * Chorus (Deep Cut Mix) * Chorus (Youth Aggressive Trance Mix) * Fingers and Thumbs (Cold Summer’s Day) (Tin Tin Out Remix) * The Hardest Part (Extended Mix) * I Love Saturday (JX Mix) * If I Could (Japanese Mix) * Knocking On Your Door (12” Remix) * Oh L’Amour (Extended Dance Mix) * Oh L’Amour (Carsten Kroeyer Remix) * River Deep, Mountain High (Private Dancer Mix) * Runaround on the Underground (12” Mix) * Ship of Fools (Shiver Me Timbers Mix) * Snappy (The Spice Has Risen Mix) * The Soldier’s Return (The Return of the Radical Radcliffe Mix) * SOS (Perimeter Mix) * Star (William Orbit Interstellar Remix) * Stop! (12” Remix) * Supernature (William Orbit Remix) * Who Needs Love Like That? (Club Mix) Acoustic Versions * A Little Respect Live * Always Audio Only * Because You’re So Sweet Live * Breathe Video * Chains of Love Live * How Many Times Live * Oh L’Amour Live * Oh L’Amour, Audio Only * Sometimes Live / (C&W Style) * Stay With Me Audio Only * Sunday Girl, Live Worth A Listen For Die-Hard Fans * Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (Live) * In the Name of the Heart (Audio Only) * Phantom Bride (Audio Only) * She Won’t Be Home (fan video) * Witch in the Ditch (fan video set to footage from the Wizard of Oz) And finally... * Chains of Love, performed live on the The Rosie O’Donnell Show (Couldn't resist including this one, as Rosie sings backup behind Andy Bell.) Links * Official homepage * Wikipedia: Main Article / Discography * BBC Music * MySpace * Last.fm

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urbanwhaleshark — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:01:45 -0800

Vince Clarke welcomes Motherboard.tv to his electronic cabin in the woods. Clarke, formally of Depeche Mode and Yazoo, and currently still working with his Erasure partner, Andy Bell, relocated first to NYC, and then wandered into the Maine wilderness. His workshop is something to behold.

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