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Total Pop! The First 40 Hits!

Out now is Total Pop! The First 40 Hits - a collection of Erasure's first 40 hits.

Featuring all the hit singles from the band's five Number 1 albums and including 17 Top 10 singles.

As well as a double CD package and download, Total Pop! is also available a special four-disc deluxe edition which includes Pop! & Pop2! (all tracks remastered), a third CD featuring songs from various tours and a DVD featuring classic BBC performances from 1986–2005.

One of the most beloved and enduring success stories in modern British pop, Erasure have been writing world-conquering anthems of love, lust and longing since 1985 and this classic collection brings together all 40 hits in one glittering package.

'Total Pop! The First 40 Hits Deluxe' Box-set (3xCD & 1xDVD)

Pop! (CD 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. The Circus
8. Ship Of Fools
9. Chains Of Love
10. A 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
21. Who Needs Love (Like That) (Hamburg Mix)

Pop2! (CD Disc 2)

1. Always
2. Run To The Sun
3. I Love Saturday
4. Stay With Me
5. Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)
6. Rock Me Gently
7. In My Arms
8. Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me
9. Rain (Al Stone Mix)
10. Freedom
11. Moon & the Sky (Jason Creasey's Heaven Scent Radio Re-Work)
12. Solsbury Hill
13. Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)
14. Breathe
15. Don't Say You Love Me
16. Here I Go Impossible Again
17. I Could Fall In Love With You
18. Sunday Girl
19. Storm In A Teacup
20. Always (2009 Mix)

Erasure Live 1987 - 2007 (CD Disc 3)

1. Spiralling (The Circus Tour) 1987
2. The Hardest Part (The Innocents Tour) 1988
3. Drama! (The Wild! Tour) 1989
4. Knocking On Your Door (The Wild! Tour) 1989
5. Push Me Shove Me (Milton Keynes Bowl) 1990
6. Voulez Vous (Phantasmagorical Tour) 1992
7. Am I Right? (Phantasmagorical Tour) 1992
8. Heart Of Stone (Phantasmagorical Tour) 1992
9. Who Needs Love Like That (The Tiny Tour) 1996
10. Rain (Cowboy Tour) 1997
11. Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime (Sanctuary The EIS Christmas Concert) 2002
12. Piano Song (The Other Tour) 2003
13. Hideaway (The Erasure Show) 2005
14. Breathe (The Acoustic Tour) 2006
15. Oh L'Amour (Light At The End Of The World Tour) 2007

Erasure At The BBC 1986 - 2005 (DVD Disc 4)

1. Sometimes (Top Of The Pops) 04 Dec 1986
2. It Doesn't Have To Be (The Tom O'Connor Roadshow) 02 Mar 1987
3. Victim of Love (Daytime Live) 22 Oct 1987
4. The Circus (Daytime Live) 22 Oct 1987
5. Ship of Fools (Wogan) 26 Feb 1988
6. Chains of Love (Top Of The Pops) 16 Jun 1988
7. A Little Respect (Going Live!) 15 Oct 1988
8. Stop! (Top Of The Pops) 15 Dec 1988
9. Chorus (Wogan) 28 Jun 1991
10. Love To Hate You (Top Of The Pops) 03 Oct 1991
11. Am I Right? (Top Of The Pops) 05 Dec 1991
12. Breath of Life (Top Of The Pops) 26 Mar 1992
13. Who Needs Love (Like That) (Top Of The Pops) 29 Oct 1992
14. Always (Top Of The Pops) 07 Apr 1994
15. Run To The Sun (Top Of The Pops) 28 Jul 1994
16. I Love Saturday (Smash Hits Poll Winner's Party) 04 Dec 1994
17. Stay With Me (Pebble Mill) 30 Nov 1995
18. Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) (Pebble Mill) 30 Nov 1995
19. Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me (Top Of The Pops) 07 Mar 1997
20. Solsbury Hill (Top Of The Pops) 17 Jan 2003
21. Breathe (Top Of The Pops) 14 Jan 2005
22. Top Of The Pops 2 Special (Top Of The Pops 2) 09 Apr 2003
    • Breath Of Life
    • Sometimes
    • Love To Hate You
    • You've Lost That Loving Feeling
    • A Little Respect
    • Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)
23. Sometimes (The Tom O'Connor Roadshow) 02 Mar 1987
24. How Many Times? (The Late Show) 18 Oct 1989
25. Miracle (Later... with Jools Holland) 21 May 1994
26. Because You're So Sweet (Later... with Jools Holland) 21 May 1994

Pop! Remixed

Also out now is Pop! Remixed on CD and digital download, the perfect companion to Total Pop! The First 40 Hits collection. It features the brand new Jeremy Wheatley remix of 'Always' plus remixes from Andy Bell, Vince Clarke, Mark Picchiotti, Manhattan Clique, Komputer and Sweden's Sound Factory.

'Pop! Remixed' (CD & Download)

1. Always (2009 Mix)
2. Victim Of Love (Komputer Remix)
3. Freedom (Mark Pichiotti - Strumapella Remix)
4. Drama! (Andy Bell & JC Remix)
5. A Little Respect (Avantara Remix)
6. Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) (Sound Factory Remix)
7. Ship Of Fools (Soil In The Synth Remix)
8. Always (MHC Remix)
9. Chorus (Electronic Periodic Remix)
10. Stop! (Vince Clarke Sync 82 Remix)
11. Drama! (Dogmatix Dramatical Dub) [Digital Bonus Track]

As one half of Erasure, Andy Bell has sold in excess of 20 million records worldwide, and chalked up over 30 hit singles.

Latest album Nightbird received huge critical acclaim, as did a recent sold-out European and North American tour. Andy has now signed a worldwide solo recording deal with Sanctuary Records, and announced details of his debut album, which will be released on 3rd October 2005, and entitled Electric Blue. The first single release will be Crazy, released on September 26th 2005. The single will come on three formats, with club remixes from Erasure partner Vince Clarke, plus Cicada, MHC and King Roc. It will also feature additional nonalbum tracks and the video, which is being made by the award-winning Al + Al.

The album features 14 brand new tracks, including two duets with Claudia Brucken (of Propaganda and Act) and Jake Shears (of Scissor Sisters), and encompasses a variety of musical genres. Electric Blue was co-written and recorded throughout 2004 and 2005 with Manhattan Clique (Philip Larsen & Chris Smith) who, as well as Erasure, have also worked with Moby, The B-52s, Stereophonics and Goldfrapp in recent months.

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