Artist:Erasure
Format: Vinyl New: Currently Unavailable New
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Formats and Editions
DISC: 1
1. Who Needs Love Like That
2. Reunion
3. Cry So Easy
4. Push Me Shove Me
5. Heavenly Action
6. Say What
7. Love Is a Loser
8. Senseless
9. My Heart... So Blue
10. Oh L'amour
11. Pistol
More Info:
Import only vinyl pressing. Originally, Erasure's first album was to have had a number of different singers, a conceit keyboardist-songwriter Vince Clarke had taken from his previous project, the Assembly. However, previously unknown singer Andy Bell was such a perfect foil for Clarke that he quickly became a full partner in the band. Breaking with the tradition of Clarke's earlier bands, Depeche Mode and Yaz, where Clarke had been the sole songwriter, Bell co-wrote most of Wonderland. The album is the template for the next several Erasure releases, matching the Hi-NRG dance of "Push Me Shove Me" to the quiet lyricism of "Oh L'Amour." Bell's lyrics betray a sense of emotional turmoil, especially on "Say What," that never becomes histrionic. The album contains two instant Erasure classics, "Who Needs Love Like That," and "My Heart...So Blue." Mute.