The Two Ring Circus

Infobox Album |
Name = The Two-Ring Circus
Type = Compilation album
Longtype = (remixes and live recordings)
Artist = Erasure


Released = flagicon|UK start_date|1987|11|16
flagicon|USA start_date|1987|12|1
Recorded = 1985–1987
Genre = Synthpop
Length = 73:37
Label = flagicon|UK Mute - LSTUMM35
flagicon|USA Sire - 25667
Producer = Flood and Vince Clarke
Reviews =
* Allmusic (2/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5uzyxdkbjol0 link]
Last album = "The Circus (Erasure)"
(1987)
This album = "The Two Ring Circus"
(1987)
Next album = "The Innocents"
(1988)

"The Two-Ring Circus" is a combination remix and live album from Erasure that served as a companion piece to their second album "The Circus". It was released in 1987 on Mute Records in the UK and Sire Records in the U.S. The vinyl version was a double album that did not contain the final six live tracks which appeared on the cassette and CD versions.

UK chart rules at the time made "The Two Ring Circus" ineligible to chart, although it did reach number twenty-six in Germany. It became their second release to briefly slip into the Billboard 200, peaking at number 186.

All but one song on "The Two Ring Circus" were Erasure originals that had already appeared on their first two albums. The last track, a live version of "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" was their first remake of an ABBA tune, foreshadowing a concept that would later provide them with a number-one in the UK in 1992 with the "Abba-esque" EP.

No singles were released from this album.

Track listing

UK version

# "Sometimes" (Erasure and Flood Mix)
# "It Doesn't Have To Be" (Pascal Gabriel Mix)
# "Victim of Love" (Little Louie Vega Mix)
# "Leave Me To Bleed" (Vince Clarke and Eric Radcliffe Mix)
# "Hideaway" (Little Louie Vega Mix)
# "Don't Dance" (Daniel Miller and Flood Mix)
# "If I Could" (Orchestral arrangement by Andrew Poppy)
# "Spiralling" (Orchestral arrangement by Andrew Poppy)
# "My Heart... So Blue" (Orchestral arrangement by Andrew Poppy)
# "Victim of Love" (live)
# "The Circus" (live)
# "Spiralling" (live)
# "Sometimes" (live)
# "Oh L'amour" (live)
# "Who Needs Love Like That" (live)
# "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" (live)

US version

# "Sometimes" (Erasure and Flood Mix)
# "It Doesn't Have To Be" (Pascal Gabriel Mix)
# "Victim of Love" (Little Louie Vega Mix)
# "Leave Me To Bleed" (Vince Clarke and Eric Radcliffe Mix)
# "Hideaway" (Little Louie Vega Mix)
# "Don't Dance" (Daniel Miller and Flood Mix)
# "The Circus" (Dave Powell Mix)
# "If I Could" (Orchestral arrangement by Andrew Poppy)
# "Spiralling" (Orchestral arrangement by Andrew Poppy)
# "My Heart... So Blue" (Orchestral arrangement by Andrew Poppy)
# "Victim of Love" (live)
# "Spiralling" (live)
# "Sometimes" (live)
# "Oh L'amour" (live)
# "Who Needs Love Like That" (live)
# "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" (live)