Audio CD review:
Erasure - Erasure 3 / EBX Singles

Erasure - Erasure 3 / EBX Singles

Band: Erasure Title: Erasure 3 / EBX Singles Rating: Release Date: 10 December, 2001 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Stop! 2: The Hardest Part 3: Knocking On Your Door 4: She Won't Be Home 5: The Hardest Part 6: Knocking On Your Door 7: Stop! 8: Knocking On Your Door 9: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 10: Drama! 11: Sweet, Sweet Baby 12: Drama (Act 2) 13: Sweet, Sweet Baby (The Moo-Moo Mix) 14: Paradise 15: Drama! (Krucial Mix) 16: Sweet, Sweet Baby (Medi Mix) 17: Paradise (Lost And Found Mix) 18: You Surround Me 19: 91 Steps 20: You Surround Me (Syrinx Mix) 21: Supernature 22: 91 Steps (+24 Mix) 23: You Surround Me (Remix) 24: Supernature (William Orbit Mix) 25: 91 Steps (6 Pianos Mix) 26: Supernature (Daniel Miller/Phil Legg Mix) 27: You Surround Me (Gareth Jones Mix) 28: Supernature (Mark Saunders Mix) 29: Blue Savannah 30: Runaround On The Underground 31: Blue Savannah 32: No G.D.M. 33: Blue Savannah (Der Deutsche Mix II) 34: No G.D.M. (Unfinished Mix) 35: Runaround On The Underground 36: Blue Savannah (Der Deutsche Mix I) 37: Star 38: Dreamlike State 39: Star (Trafalmadore Mix) 40: Dreamlike State (The 12 Hour Technicolor Mix) 41: Star (Interstellar Mix) 42: Star (Soul Mix) 43: Dreamlike State (The 24 Hour Technicolor Mix)

Customer Reviews bit of a rip off I, for one, cannot see the point in all these pointless remixes. This review goes for all the four box sets. Once you have heard the song, fine. . . what I think would have been better would be to collect a double album of all erasure's B-sides. That would be more comprehensive and interesting, rather than 100 remixes of 'breath of life' for example. the first flawless volume in the series...nothing missing.... Plus, this is the ONLY place you'll ever get the complete Crackers International in its entirety on 1 single disc. Where as boxed sets 1&2 still managed to leave a tiny bit of stuff out, this volume gives everything you'd want from every single on it. Some things to note on this volume: CD1 FLAWLESS. This is what the original US release of Crackers International should have been-but instead, it omitted God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman and gave us EDITS of some of the extended versions. This disc has the original mixes of Stop, the hardest part, and Knocking at Your Door, AND the full length 12" remixes. And of course, the two Christmas songs, God Rest Ye and She Won't Be Home. CD2 this is an EXACT replica of the original US CD single of Drama. Only difference is, the order of the tracks is slightly different. CD3 AT LAST, the Mark Saunders fast dance mix of You Surround Me is readily available, along with 3 other mixes. Plus you get more mixes of 91 steps and Supernature than I ever knew existed. CD4 All 4 versions of Star from the original US CD single, but here, you get 2 extra mixes of Dreamlike State. CD5 So much more than the original US CD single, which didn't include the original versions of Runaround on the Underground and No GDM. They are both here, as well as the 2 remixes. The Zeuss B. Held mix of No GDM from the US CD single is called the "Unfinished mix" here. Plus you get all four mixes of Blue Savannah. And of course, Supernature, the Orbit mix, which was on the US CD single, is included on disc 4 of this boxed set. 12" of Erasure and then Some! Fans Will Love This You'll hear the same songs over and over again, but remixed. This is a 12" dance remix collection, so be advised. These are the actual 12" singles the club DJ's used in the late 80's. Having said all that: This collection of music is honestly just great! The casual Erasure fans will want to pass this by. The description says it has five singles: 'Crackers International', 'Drama!', 'You Surround Me', 'Blue Savannah' & 'Star'. Well, `Crackers International' was NOT a single, but an EP. The original album contained six songs: "Stop!" "Hardest Part" "Stop! [12" Remix]" "Knocking on Your Door" "She Won't Be Home" and "Knocking on Your Door [12" Remix]" Look at Disc 1, it contains all those songs, but has two versions of "The Hardest Part" (a longer version) and three versions of "Knocking on Your Door". All of these 12" singles came out at the height of Erasure's popularity. Now don't kill me all you Erasure fans (I'm one too!). I know they're still making albums! I've been blasting "Other People's Songs" more often then not, but all these tracks were HUGE club hits in their day. I remember the dance floor being packed when I spun "Stop!" and "Drama" and the crowed screaming when "Blue Savannah" or "Star" was mixed in. These tracks show what true remixing is. Each remix really is a song in and of itself, not just "another version" of the track. I think the four versions of "Star" really show that. Each is great! Different from one another, yet you know they are the same song. There are four box sets: Ebx1 - 3, and Erasure 4. I'd put this one, Ebx3, as my #2 favorite. #1 is Erasure 4. You gotta love a box set that includes "Abba-Esque". . You can see a complete list of all Erasure discography, or go back to the Erasure tabs