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Erasure consists of keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer Andy Bell. Erasure made their debut in 1985. Their third studio album, The Innocents (1988), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart , becoming the first of four consecutive albums to reach the top position.
The album debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart with 8,394 copies sold in its first week. [7] On 30 July 2021, Erasure released a companion remix album titled The Neon Remixed, a double disc of remixes by Octo Octa, Paul Humphreys, Gareth Jones and others. A new single was also contained within the album titled "Secrets".
Upon its release it became Erasure's fourth consecutive studio album to hit No. 1 in the UK, and fifth overall, [11] generating three top-20 singles. In the US, I Say I Say I Say debuted and peaked at number 18 on the Billboard 200, easily beating their previous highest chart placing. In Germany, the album climbed to number six.
The album remained on the charts for over a year. Erasure's third studio album, The Innocents, was released in April 1988. Preceded by the top 10 single "Ship of Fools", the album hit number one in the UK on its initial release and returned to the summit a year later, eventually going double platinum.
"You Surround Me" is a song by English synth-pop duo Erasure that was issued in November 1989 by Mute Records as the second single from the band's fourth studio album, Wild! (1989). Written by the duo's Vince Clarke and Andy Bell , it is a heavily synthesized ballad with a dramatic chorus featuring Bell's falsetto .
World Be Gone is the seventeenth studio album by English synth-pop duo Erasure, released by Mute Records on 19 May 2017 in the United Kingdom and on 20 May 2017 in North America. [1] The album reached number six on the UK Albums Chart , dropping out of the chart the next week.
The album's first single "Breathe" entered the UK Singles Chart at number four – Erasure's highest peak since "Always" hit number four in 1994. No singles from the album charted on the U.S. "Breathe" became Erasure's second number-one on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart – their first being "Victim of Love" in 1987.
Always: The Very Best of Erasure is a compilation album released by English synth-pop duo Erasure. It was released on 30 October 2015 to commemorate their 30th anniversary since the formation of the band. The album contains all of the band's highest charting songs, as well as their more popular recordings.