Erasure - Always: The Very Best Of

[omar]

Next month Erasure will release a brand new best of available as 1CD as well as a 3CD set.

CD1 – Who Needs Love (Like That) / Oh L’Amour / Sometimes / Victim of Love / The Circus / Ship of Fools / Chains of Love / A Little Respect / Stop! / Drama! / Blue Savannah / Chorus / Love To Hate You / Take A Chance On Me / Always / Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer’s Day) / Breathe / Be With You / Elevation / Sometimes 2015

CD2 – Who Needs Love (Like That) [Mexican Mix] / Oh L’Amour [PWL Funky Sisters Say ‘Ooh La La’] / The Circus [Eternal Eraser Mix by Grumbling Fur] / A Little Respect [Big Train Remix] / Stop! [Vince Clarke Sync 82 Remix] / Blue Savannah [Der Deutsche Mix II] / Chorus [Vegan Mix] / Love To Hate You [LFO Modulated Filter Mix] / Always [Microbots Inside Your Brain Mix] / Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer’s Day) [Tin Tin Out Remix] / Breathe [GRN Remix] / Elevation [BT Remix]

CD3 – Victim Of Love [Vixen Vitesse Remix] / Chains Of Love [Vince Clarke Remix] / Drama! [Krucial Remix] / You Surround Me [Mark Saunders Remix] / Star [Interstella Mix] / Am I Right [The Grid Remix] / Run To The Sun [Beatmasters’ Galactic Remix] / In My Arms [BBE Remix] / Freedom [Mark Picchiotti Strumapella Remix] / Be With You [Starshapes Remix] / Sometimes [Erasure & Flood Mix]

[Fred Taghon]

I think most longtime fans of Erasure will find little interest in this release unfortunately. There have been numerous compilations already and while the 3disc set does offer remixes, the only real draw will be the handful of new mixes, of which I'm personally only really interested in the new Vince Clarke mix of "Chains Of Love". There will be a single re-release for "Sometimes" but it pains me to say I am not very impressed with the new 2015 mix, and the Love To Infinity mix is pretty darn generic. And I LOVE this band and rarely say anything negative about their releases. I guess this one is simply not aimed for someone such as myself and I guess that's fine. The last album and singles were so good I think I will survive lol.

There is word from the EIS that later this year there will be a box set of some kind that will feature more new remixes as well as rare and possibly even unreleased remixes - so maybe THAT one will set me all abuzz! If someone really does their homework, it might include the USA-only remixes, dubs or radio edits of "Chains Of Love" and "A Little Respect". Bits and pieces showed up on the "The Innocents" reissue, so how about the rest of 'em?

[obs]

Yeah, I'd be interested in a companion set for EBX1-4. But like you, this 3-disc release isn't for me. Hmm, maybe I should get it for a friend, who don't have the singles boxsets. Victim of Love, Vixen Vitesse Mix + You Surround Me Remix are great.