Erasure (album)

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


Released = 1995
Recorded = 1995
Genre = Synthpop
Length = 71:25
Label = Mute Records,
Elektra Records
Producer = Thomas Fehlmann, Gareth Jones
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:k9dyyl3oxpeb link]
Last album = "I Say I Say I Say"
(1994)
This album = "Erasure"
(1995)
Next album = "Cowboy"
(1997)

Erasure's seventh studio album "Erasure" was produced by Thomas Fehlmann and Gareth Jones and released in 1995 by Mute Records in the UK and Elektra Records in the U.S.

A more experimental and introspective album, "Erasure" contained eleven, mostly mid-tempo tracks that differed from their past output of shiny, three-minute pop songs. Most tracks clocked in at five minutes or more, several contained long synth interludes, and guest artists included the London Community Gospel Choir and performance artist Diamanda Galás.

Although appreciated for its experimental nature, "Erasure" marked the beginning of Erasure's slide from the peak of their popularity in the mainstream music world. Coming off five consecutive number-one albums in the UK, this album failed to hit the top ten and two single releases also missed the UK top ten. After a successful top twenty debut on the Billboard 200 for their previous album "I Say I Say I Say", "Erasure" debuted and peaked at number eighty-two in the U.S. and generated no Hot 100 singles. In Germany the album also peaked lower than previous albums, at number eighty-seven.

Track listing

# "Intro: Guess I'm Into Feeling" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Rescue Me" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Sono Luminus" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Rock Me Gently" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Grace" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Stay with Me" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Love the Way You Do So" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Angel" (Clarke/Bell)
# "I Love You" (Clarke/Bell)
# "A Long Goodbye" (Clarke/Bell)