Erasure

Erasure is a British synth pop duo, consisting of Vince Clarke (synthesizers), formerly of Depeche Mode and Yazoo (Yaz in the US), and Andy Bell (vocals, lyrics). Andy is gay and the group enjoys much success within the gay community, as well as elsewhere, in part due to this fact.

Erasure burst onto the music scene in 1985 with their hit "Who Needs Love (Like That)" which reached only number 55 in the British charts (followed later by their fourth single "Sometimes" which reached #2), and have had a number of hits since including:

• "Oh L'Amour"
• "Sometimes"
• "Chains of Love"
• "Victim of Love"
• "A Little Respect"
• "Blue Savannah"
• "Stop!"
• "Chorus"
• "Love To Hate You"
• "The Abba-Esque EP" (four cover versions of ABBA songs)
  1. "Lay All Your Love On Me"
  2. "S.O.S"
  3. "Take A Chance On Me"
  4. "Voulez Vous"
• "Always"
• "Solsbury Hill" (a cover of the Peter Gabriel song)
• "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" (a cover of the Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel song)

Discography

• Wonderland (1986)
• The Circus (1987)
• The Two Ring Circus (1987)
• The Innocents (1988)
• Wild! (1989)
• Chorus (1991)
• Pop! - the First 20 Hits (1992)
• I Say, I Say, I Say (1994)
• Erasure (1995)
• Cowboy (1997)
• Loveboat (2000)
• Other People's Songs (2003)
• Hits! (2003)

Together with Pet Shop Boys, Erasure brought pop-synthesized music to the forefront of the American music scene in the late 80s. Although they have not retained a strong presence on the popular music charts in the United States, they enjoy a large and loyal following throughout the world and continue to release new music and support newer albums with well-known world tours.

Compare to

• Pet Shop Boys
• Yazoo
• Depeche Mode
• Bjorn Again