| Product Summary | | Label: Caroline Distribution | | UPC: 00724596935521 | | Release Date: 5/22/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 204518374 | | Item#: M3LQ37 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Sunday Girl ~ Erasure |  | | 2. I Could Fall In Love With You ~ Erasure | | | 3. Sucker For Love ~ Erasure | | | 4. Storm In A Teacup ~ Erasure | | | 5. Fly Away ~ Erasure | | | 6. Golden Heart ~ Erasure | | | 7. How My Eyes Adore You ~ Erasure | | | 8. Darlene ~ Erasure | | | 9. When A Lover Leaves You ~ Erasure | | | 10. Glass Angel ~ Erasure | |
| Leave it to Erasure to hole up in a cottage abutting the woods of Mid-Coast Maine, surrounded by ocean, forest and mountains to produce one of the most computer-based, modern albums of their career. In a setting perhaps better suited to the creation of last year's critically-acclaimed acoustic Union Street project, Vince Clarke, Andy Bell and producer Gareth Jones (Depeche Mode, Wire, Clinic, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) spent six weeks last autumn recording the songs that comprise the new CD Light at the End of the World. The most recent release in an incredibly fertile and prolific period, Light at the End of the World proves Erasure's creative vitality, musical influence and cultural relevance is just nearing its peak more than twenty years and twenty million albums into their historic collaboration.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Erasure: Andy Bell , Vince Clarke. | | Audio Mixer: Jeff Knowler. | | Photographer: Dirk Linder. | | The U.K. duo Erasure have been specializing in sparkling dance pop since 1985, and their 13th full-length release finds them as gaily outrageous and unapologetically commercial as ever, with a collection of soaring, classic synth pop that includes the cascading keyboard overture of the Euro-style "Sunday Girl," the aching-yet-catchy "When a Lover Leaves You," and singer Andy Bell's edgy, remorseful "Storm in a Teacup." The deluxe edition also includes two extra dance-pop tracks, the mid-tempo "Be My Baby" and the disco torch song, "I Don't Know Why." | | Arguably Erasure's most energetic and confident album since its late-1980s heyday, 2007's LIGHT AT THE END OF THE WORLD presents the U.K. duo of Andy Bell and Vince Clarke in full-on dance mode after the beautifully subdued NIGHTBIRD, the elegantly acoustic UNION STREET, and numerous live releases. While LIGHT's lead single, "I Could Fall in Love with You," expertly showcases Bell's soaring voice and Clarke's club-filling keyboards and beats, other tracks on the record, most notably the pulsing "Sunday Girl," prove that this return to classic Erasure form is no fluke. Though there are more nuanced songs on LIGHT (the shimmering "Darlene"), the real draw is undoubtedly the lively synth-pop element of the album, which proves that Bell and Clarke are still capable of nearing the heights of "A Little Respect" and "Chains of Love." | | After giving themselves room to roam with an acoustic album, a cover album, solo albums, and a slew of live albums, Erasure return to their comfort zone of distrust, disgust, and despair set mostly to a disco beat with the occasional ballad. Think fan favorite Wild! but with more maturity and depth and you're pretty close to painting a perfect picture of their 2007 effort, Light at the End of the World. It should be noted that the added depth has a lot to do with singer Andy Bell's love affair with complete disclosure, which began with the late-2004 announcement that he had long been HIV positive. Here Bell's cleaning of his closet continues with the key track "Storm in a Teacup," a vivid tale of leaving the dysfunctional nest and the bittersweet taste of freedom that comes afterwards. Bell has been forthcoming in the press that his mother's alcoholism influenced the song, but he keeps growing as a songwriter and is smart enough to make his words adaptable to any strife the listener may have back home. Like "Teacup," "How My Eyes Adore You" and "When a Lover Leaves You" are moving, soft, and could have fallen off 2005's very midtempo Nightbird, but those who found that album too sullen and glum should have no problem with "Sucker for Love," a hands-in-the-air rump bouncer with wonderful Bell declarations like "Without love/I'm not tremendous." Dancefloor-aimed singles "Sunday Girl" and "I Could Fall in Love with You" round out the highlights, sounding like classic Erasure hits with bubbly synths and those smart "I love you but you sometimes drive me crazy" lyrics. If Vince Clarke's music has evolved since Erasure's debut you won't hear it here, but with so many hooks and tight arrangements the album is one of the best "go with what you know" arguments since AC/DC. While Erasure certainly didn't need the "return to form" album at this point in their career, they nailed it and brought better songwriting along for the ride. ~ David Jeffries |
Producer: Gareth Jones; Gareth Jones |
Engineer: Jeff Knowler |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 05/22/2007 | | Original Release Date : 2007 | | Catalog ID : 9355 | | Label : Mute Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 39m : 16s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00724596935521 |
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| | Bio | | | Erasure As keyboard player, arranger and song-writer for Depeche Mode, Vince Clarke had seriously proved his abilities as a hit-maker before he left the band in 1981. Forming Yazoo with Alison Moyet he also stormed the charts, going on to record as The Assembly in 1983 before pausing to consider another new project two years later. Initially Clarke's plan was to record an album with 10 different singers, but after auditioning a young vocalist called Andy Bell, Clarke recognised their potential as a duo. Erasure came together quickly with the flamboyant Bell acting as a wonderful counterpoint to the low-profile keyboard wizard that is Clarke. After making Mute Records their home, the duo's rapturous Hi-NRG 1986 debut album "Wonderland" followed shortly afterwards whilst their first single "Oh L'Amour" established Erasure's international appeal almost immediately becoming a huge hit in France and Australia. Despite the single's popularity, the album's sales were sluggish and in order to raise their profile the duo commenced tours of nightclubs, presenting their music in its most logical setting. Erasure's second album, "The Circus" (1987) reached the Top 20 in March 1987 and contained their ecstatic Number 2 hit single, "Sometimes" along with the disco glitter of "Victim of Love", which sailed into the UK Top 10 in the same year. With more than 14 million albums sold so far, Erasure have always been proudly, defiantly, shamelessly pop - they even named their chart-topping greatest hits collection "Pop!" in 1992. But behind all those impressive sales figures and kitsch stage costumes, it has sometimes been overlooked just what consistently great songwriters Vince and Andy have been throughout their career.
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