Audio CD review:
Erasure - Nightbird

Erasure - Nightbird

Band: Erasure Title: Nightbird Rating: Release Date: 25 January, 2005 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: No Doubt 2: Here I Go Impossible Again 3: Let's Take One More Rocket To The Moon 4: Breathe 5: I'll Be There 6: Because Our Love Is Real 7: Don't Say You Love Me 8: All This Time Still Falling Out Of Love 9: I Broke It All In Two 10: Sweet Surrender 11: I Bet You're Mad At Me

Editoral Review It's no wonder the music carries a more somber tone than the sugar-smacked synth-pop of '80s hits "Chain of Love" and "Blue Savannah. This album arrived shortly after singer Andy Bell's revelation that he had been living with HIV for more than six years, suffering from debilitating pain. " But it's hardly a gloomy affair. Yes, there is a more ominous tone to lyrics like "The tears that are falling, there's no room for doubt. " And yes, the choruses aren't quite as chaotic. But for the most part this is vintage Erasure, right down to the Casio-sounding keyboards that permeate tracks like "Here I Go Impossible Again" and the ABBA imbued cheek of "Don't Say You Love Me. " Erasure is clearly a band too engrossed by life to be knocked down by its mundane realities. --Aidin Vaziri .. You can see a complete list of all Erasure discography, or go back to the Erasure tabs