Audio CD review:
Erasure - Erasure

Erasure - Erasure

Band: Erasure Title: Erasure Rating: Release Date: 24 October, 1995 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Intro: Guess I'm Into Feeling 2: Rescue Me 3: Sono Luminus 4: Fingers And Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) 5: Rock Me Gently 6: Grace 7: Stay With Me 8: Love The Way You Do So 9: Angel 10: I Love You 11: A Long Goodbye

Customer Reviews Erasure tries to get arty I remember someone at the time calling this a gay version of Pink Floyd, with Vince trying to go for the ethereal. "Erasure" was Vince and Andy's attempt at making an atmospheric record. Unfortunately, when your forte is snappy 3 minute pop songs, bringing in Diamanda Galas to wail overtop the instrumentals in more annoying than it is art. The end result was this stumble by the heretofore dependable Erasure. The problem lays mostly in the songs. Only "Rescue Me" measures up to the snap of past hits, and "Fingers and Thumbs" comes close. "Rock Me Gently" is the most successful in the art vs commerce experiment, but gets bogged down in the overlong arrangement. You certainly can't blame them for trying to evolve out of their box, but for a band that has a CD in my desert island box ("Wild!"), I can reliably say that "Erasure" is a CD that you can pass on if you're just discovering Vince and Andy's fine body of work. [. . . ]. The best of a good duo It doesn't have any "breakout hits", all it has is a large collection of really amazing songs. This relatively little known album is clearly the best work Erasure ever produced. With this album, they took some risks and stepped out of the "Pop Music" machine. "Rock Me Gently" goes to places you'd never expect them to go, and does so successfully. The participation of Diamanda Galas on a few other tracks stands out as well. "Sono Luminus" also stands out as one of my favorite tracks they ever laid down. If you like *any* Erasure, you must, I repeat MUST get this disc. Erasure at it's absolute and foremost best Loved it from the first play, which is odd since the stuff I like best I tend to not quite like at the beginning. I bought this album a gazillion years ago. The sonic landscapes and inuendos painted by Clarke and the amazing delivery by Bell are breathtaking. Vince, Andy: Thank you!. . You can see a complete list of all Erasure discography, or go back to the Erasure tabs