Pure Synthesized Pop

Erasure were pioneers of British synthesizer music in the late 80's and early 90's and this release Pop covers their first six years and their 20 best hits along with the newest single at the time Who Needs Love Like That (Hamburg Mix). Erasure were basically the brainchild of synthesizer god Vince Clarke (previously of Depeche Mode and Yazoo) and had the amazing vocal talents of overenthusiastic vocalist Andy Bell who also dressed extremely strangely but this just drew more attntion to them. They started a little uncertainly with their first 3 singles failing to hit the UK Top 40 but then 80's classic Sometimes was released and the band soared to No2 in the chart. From here on success was almost guarenteed with every new single flying high in the chart but none went as high as Sometimes. They released classics such as A Little Respect, Stop!, Blue Savannah, Drama and my favourite Chorus. Considering what an amazing songwriter Vince was it was ironic that their only No 1 was cover versions of old Abba songs - the lead being Take A Chance On Me. Despite this Erasure had their own unique sound and many memorable singles and this '92 release highlights them at their best and they are still going today although not as successfully. Excellent 80's/90's British Pop!