Glenn wrote:Erasure's self-titled album will be reissued on Nov 18
2-CD tracklist:
'ERASURE' - CD1 TRACKLISTING
Intro: Guess I’m Into Feeling / Rescue Me / Sono Luminus / Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) / Rock Me Gently / Grace / Stay With Me / Love The Way You Do So / Angel / I Love You / A Long Goodbye
'ERASURE' - CD2 TRACKLISTING
Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) - SoundFactory Remix Radio Edit / Angel - Love Eternal Remix by TSF [Previously Unreleased] / Rock Me Gently - Stubbleman Remix [Previously Unreleased] / Stay With Me - Guitar Mix / Sono Luminus - Live Acoustic Version / True Love Wars / HI NRG / Chertsey Endlos / Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) - Daybreakers Remix [Previously Unreleased] / Stay With Me - NY Mix / True Love Wars - Omni / Rock Me Gently - Demo / Sono Luminus - Demo / Cold Summer's Day - Wigstock Version / Rock Me Gently - Glen Nicholls & Nick Squires Remix [Previously Unreleased]
This album took a few listens to really grab hold on me back in '95 but in the years since it has held it's place among my favorite Erasure albums. The big "experiment" this time out, as I recall, was making every song into an extended version right from the start.
"Sono Luminous" and "Love The Way You Do So* are my favorites from this collection, followed closely by "Rock Me Gently" and "Angel"."Stay With Me" and " Fingers And Thumbs" are both fine tracks but I always considered them odd choices for singles. Of course, the unfortunate remixing "style" of the mid 90s didn't really do either one of them any favors, though the Guitar Mix of "Stay With Me" is quite nice.
At this stage in the reissue campaign, it's no longer about an improvement in sound quality for me (though I AM curious if "Loveboat" will be properly buffed and shined up when it's turn comes; a great set of songs ruined by a regrettable choice of muddied-up production and "Hey, let's make it sound like the whole thing is being suffocated by a big fluffy pillow" mixing techniques). From "Wild!" thru "I Say I Say I Say" these expanded editions have had only subtle but noticeable changes made sonically, as well as given a boost in overall volume. But from 1995 on, mastering has remained pretty consistent.
So for me it will come down to the addition of a few brand new remixes since I already have all the singles and, therefore, all the B-sides (from which only "Chertsey Endlos" came close to the quality expected of an Erasure B-side).
But in truth, it doesn't take much to get me to shell out money for an Erasure release (or re-release for that matter) so as long as one of the new mixes is good, I'll likely take the bait lol. My interest is definitely piqued by the potential amazing-ness of a new "Angel" remix, and Glen Nicholls' remixes rarely disappoint, so that new "Rock Me Gently" mix should also be an interesting addition...fingers (and thumbs) crossed!