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A singles band if ever there was one, the hits on Pop make the duo of Andy Bell and Vince Clarke of Erasure sound like the Rodgers & Hammerstein of synth-pop disco. With the exception of The Circus and The Innocents albums, most of Erasure's full lengths house only a few brief moments of brilliance, the rest of the songs being limp and uninspired. But putting songs like "Blue Savannah" with its sweeping loveliness, the haunting "Ship of Fools," and the campy, raucous "Love to Hate You" all on the same disc shows that when Erasure is on, they shine like a thousand-carat tiara. The energetic and electronic disco is front and center here with "Oh L'Amour" and the audience participation number "Stop!," but the beautifully crafted "Sometimes" shows the band's true potential. The irrepressible melody line is punctuated by an acoustic riff and a melancholy trumpet solo that actually has to do its best to keep up with Bell's warm lament. An indispensable collection. --Steve Gdula
Tracklisting:
Disc 1:
1. Who Needs Love (Like That)
2. Heavenly Action
3. Oh l'Amour
4. Sometimes
5. It Doesn't Have to Be
6. Victim of Love
7. Circus
8. Ship of Fools
9. Chains of Love
10. Little Respect
11. Stop!
12. Drama
13. You Surround Me
14. Blue Savannah
15. Star
16. Chorus
17. Love to Hate You
18. Am I Right?
19. Breath of Life
20. Take a Chance on Me - Erasure,
Customer Reviews:
Great Group
I got this due to a piqued curiosity from listening to samples. Initially, I brushed them off as mediocre, primarily due to the comparison between them and [the] Pet Shop Boys. I love PSB, so I was a bit offended when my friend compared the two. Well, I now highly doubt that he knows them as well as he claims. No, Erasure is not PSB, and PSB is not Erasure; if they were, they would be boring. Erasure has made some excellent material in their own right and their own name; I thoroughly enjoyed this album because it was very unique. I love their songs' subjects; they deal with love a lot more than PSB, and it's all a lot of great music. While this is not the musical-taste defining/changing album that was 'Discography', this has created a further curiosity in Erasure that I will indulge. I look forward to hearing more from Erasure.
Great buy 
It's a great buy for Erasure fans that don't want to buy a lot of albums just to get the hit songs.
ERASURE - Best of the Best
Saw ERASURE for the first time this past June [on the True Colors tour], and was amazed at the show. Immediately ordered this "best of" and love it a bunch.
Keep 'em dancing, boys!
Must have for Erasure fans
This is a classic album for anyone who enjoys 80's synth pop. This has all of the must-have songs from Erasure's 80's releases, from the beautiful "A Little Respect", to the Yaz-sounding "Who needs love like that", as well as their other bigs hits, like "Chains of Love", and "O L'Amour". Really, this CD is worth it just for those four songs, but every song on here is quite good.
An Interesting Album
Erasure has their own distinct style. You have to hear them to know what I'm talking about. They're REALLY heavy on the synth-pop sound and high-pitch vocals, so this album title is appropriately named.
Pop is usually highly upbeat, and many songs in this album are, like Stop! and Chains of Love. But what really pulls this album together are the darker songs that aren't quite so upbeat like Ship of Fools and The Circus, which are still heavy on the synth, but not so much the pop.
This album is quite harmonic, and you can find a track to listen to no matter what mood you're in. I got more out of it than I bargained for.
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