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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Erasure |
| Record Label: |
Mute Records |
| Genre: |
Rock and Pop |
| Subgenre: |
Alternative |
| Release Date: |
January 25, 2005 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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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 |
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Erasure: Andy Bell , Vince Clarke. One of the more high-profile synth-pop bands of the 1980s, Erasure continued recording into the following decades, and was able to experience the '80s revival of the 2000s firsthand. NIGHTBIRD (2005) bears all the characteristics of Erasure's classic sound--drum-machine beats, highly processed keyboards, and vocalist Andy Bell's heartfelt croon. Most importantly, Bell and synth master/sound architect Vince Clarke have maintained their keen sense of pop songcraft, as evidenced by the 11 catchy, solidly built tunes that fill the album. It appears that time has made Clarke and Bell wiser and more reflective, since the songs on NIGHTBIRD actually seem stronger and more resonant than Erasure's earlier work, radiating honesty and authenticity even on first listen. "Breathe," for example, with a mid-tempo verse groove building to a lush, expansive chorus, is quite beautiful, and the deeply romantic "Let's Take One More Rocket to the Moon" is enough to make even the hardest hea... |
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