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Erasure I Say I Say I Say deluxe 2-CD out November 05, 2021

https://www.lexermusic.com/all-erasure/ ... book-album

CD1
Take Me Back
I Love Saturday
Man In The Moon
So The Story Goes
Run To The Sun
Always
All Through The Years
Blues Away
Miracle
Because You're So Sweet
B-Sides
Tragic - Live Vocal
Tenderest Moments
Ghost
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Dodo
Tragic
CD2
Always (Extended Mix)
I Love Saturday ( Ian Levine Remix)*
Run To The Sun (Beatmaster's Intergalactic Mix)
Always (Cappella Club Remix - Edit)
Because You're So Sweet (BBC Radio 1 Session)*
Heart Of Glass (BBC Radio 1 Session)*
Siempre
Run To The Sun - Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun Mix (Chris & Cosey Remix)
I Love Saturday (Demo Version)
Miracle (Later With Jools Recording)*
Because You're So Sweet (Later With Jools Recording)*
Always (Acoustic Version)
So The Story Goes (Choral Mix)*
I Love Saturday (Flower Mix)
Run To The Sun (The Diss-Cuss Mix)
Always (X Dub Cut - Full Length Version)
*previously unreleased

Format: 2CD Deluxe Hardback Book Album
Barcode: 4050538664386
Catalogue Number: XLCDSTUMM115
Label: Mute / BMG
Release Date: Friday, 5th November 2021

Always nice to see unreleased tracks from Erasure, I'll definitely be picking this one up - thanks for posting this Glenn!

Erasure sort of lost me with "I Say, I Say, I Say." Which is odd, because I'm a big Heaven 17/B.E.F. fan and Martyn Ware produced. I have the 12" gatefold CD package and got both "Always" singles. Nothing more. I put it down to the songs. And the boring remixes of the time which I HATED may have had something to do with my stopping cold on collecting/listening to Erasure.

Sadly, I feel the same way with almost everything from Erasure after the "I Say" album. At first, I didn't love "I Say" either, but during the time of it's release I worked at a local record shop where the CD was played almost daily for several months, and I grew to love it. Every album after, there are standout tracks I like, but nothing where I would sit down and listen to the entire album. Of course, everything from 1986 - 1991 was FANTASTIC, so I can't complain!

postpunkmonk wrote:Erasure sort of lost me with "I Say, I Say, I Say." Which is odd, because I'm a big Heaven 17/B.E.F. fan and Martyn Ware produced. I have the 12" gatefold CD package and got both "Always" singles. Nothing more. I put it down to the songs. And the boring remixes of the time which I HATED may have had something to do with my stopping cold on collecting/listening to Erasure.

crichert wrote:... but nothing where I would sit down and listen to the entire album.

Not even "Nightbird"? To me this was an outstanding album although the singles were not the best songs from the album.

Not for me, just has too much of that "techno" drum beat that completely turns me off most of the tracks. Although, I do really enjoy the track "I broke it all in two", but I just can't sit down with any current Erasure albums. I've seen them several times live, and subscribe to their newsletter, so I do love their music, but I guess I'm just stuck in the past for them. Same for Depeche Mode, so it's not just Erasure. Nothing (for me) surpasses Violator, or any of their early albums. #stuckInThe80s

chris74 wrote:

crichert wrote:... but nothing where I would sit down and listen to the entire album.

Not even "Nightbird"? To me this was an outstanding album although the singles were not the best songs from the album.

"Violator" surely was their masterpiece. I still listen to "World in my eyes" a lot. And "Personal Jesus" has a phenomenal electronic bridge (omitted in the single version).

But in gerneal I like it when an artist is open to contemporary sounds especially while they still manage to keep a certain old-style feeling. This is a little difficult for me to express it in a language that is not my mother tongue but I hope you get the meaning. And I think quite a lot of artists succeeded in doing so e. g. Erasure, Pet Shop Boys, New Order or Mylene Farmer (the latter is a fantastic French singer who is able to integrate new sounds into her music but still maintain this melancholic mood from her first albums).