The Innocents (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = The Innocents
Type = Album
Artist = Erasure


Released = 18 April 1988
Recorded = 1987-1988
Genre = Synthpop
Length = 51:45
Label = Mute Records,
Sire Records
Producer = Stephen Hague, Dave Jacob, Erasure
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:z998b5p4tsqj link]
Last album = "The Two Ring Circus"
(1987)
This album = "The Innocents"
(1988)
Next album = "Crackers International"
(1988)After releasing "The Two Ring Circus" remix album in 1987, "The Innocents" was the third proper studio release from Erasure in 1988. This album, produced by Stephen Hague and released by Mute Records in the UK and Sire Records in the U.S., was the release that catapulted Erasure to super-stardom in their home country and gave them their long-awaited breakthrough in the U.S.

"The Innocents" became the first in a string of number one albums by Erasure in the UK, turning double platinum, with sales over 600,000. Thanks to heavy exposure on MTV, it also spawned two major Billboard Hot 100 hits, a Top 50 placing on the Billboard 200 and Platinum album certification in the U.S.

Track listing:

# "A Little Respect" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Ship of Fools" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Phantom Bride" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Chains of Love" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Hallowed Ground" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Sixty-Five Thousand" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Heart of Stone" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Yahoo!" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Imagination" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Witch in the Ditch" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Weight of the World" (Clarke/Bell)
# "When I Needed You" (Melancholic Mix) (Clarke/Bell)
# "River Deep, Mountain High" (Private Dance Mix) (Barry Greenwich/Phil Spector)

Chart placings

"The Innocents" hit number one in the UK and climbed to number forty-nine in the U.S. and number ten in Germany.

succession box
before = "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" by Iron Maiden
"Now That's What I Call Music XIII" by Various Artists
title = UK number one album
years = April 30, 1988 – May 6, 1988
January 14, 1989 – January 20, 1989
after = "Tango in the Night" by Fleetwood Mac
"The Legendary Roy Orbison" by Roy Orbison