ERASURE | ANDY BELL | VINCE CLARKE

A very young Vince & Andy:

It all began here for Vince...

DEPECHE MODE

[Sine Of The Times]
Record Mirror
6|21|1981

DEPECHE MODE

[Going U.P.! - New Life Lyrics]
Smash Hits
7|9-22|1981

DEPECHE MODE

[Angels With Shining Faces]
Record Mirror

8|1|1981

DEPECHE MODE

[Poster]
Smash Hits

9|17-30|1981

DEPECHE MODE
Speak & Spell

Sire
1981

DEPECHE MODE
[Speak & Spell - Promo Ad]

Smash Hits
10|29-11|111981

VINCE CLARKE

[Au Revoir Vince]
Smash Hits

12|24|1981-1|6|1982



DEPECHE MODE

[Dreaming Of Me - Lyrics]
Smash Hits

1|7-20|1982

DEPECHE MODE

[A Clean Break]
Smash Hits

1|21-2|3|1982

YAZOO

(ALISON MOYET & VINCE CLARKE)
Upstairs At Eric's

Mute|Sire

8|20|1982

VINCE CLARKE

[Diary Of A Somebody]

Melody Maker

6|25|1983

YAZOO

(ALISON MOYET & VINCE CLARKE)

You And Me Both

Mute|Sire

7|4|1983

VINCE CLARKE

[Smash Hits Sticker #108]

1983

THE ASSEMBLY

[Vince Introduces His Assembly Workers]

Melody Maker

10|8|1983

THE ASSEMBLY

(ERIC RADCLIFFE & VINCE CLARKE)
Guest Vocals: FEARGAL SHARKEY

[Never Never Land]

Record Mirror

11|12|7|1983

THE ASSEMBLY

(ERIC RADCLIFFE & VINCE CLARKE)
Guest Vocals: FEARGAL SHARKEY

[The Appliance Of Science]

New Musical Express

10|29|1983

THE ASSEMBLY

(ERIC RADCLIFFE & VINCE CLARKE)
Guest Vocals: FEARGAL SHARKEY

Never Never [Single]

Mute

10|31|1983

THE ASSEMBLY

(ERIC RADCLIFFE & VINCE CLARKE)
Guest Vocals: FEARGAL SHARKEY

[Never Never - Lyrics]

Smash Hits

11|24-12|7|1983

THE ASSEMBLY

(ERIC RADCLIFFE & VINCE CLARKE)
Guest Vocals: FEARGAL SHARKEY

[Never Never - Lyrics]

No.1

12|3|1983

VINCE CLARKE

[Downstairs At Eric's]

International Musician And Recording World

3|1984

VINCE CLARKE

[Vince Clarke]

Musician #72

10|1984

WEST INDIA COMPANY
[ASHA BHOSLE, EC RADCLIFFE, VINCE CLARKE, NEIL ARHTUR & STEPHEN LUSCOMBE ]
Ave Maria [7" + 12"]

London Records

10|1984

WEST INDIA COMPANY
[ASHA BHOSLE, EC RADCLIFFE, VINCE CLARKE, NEIL ARHTUR & STEPHEN LUSCOMBE ]
[Ave Maria - Promo Ad]

Blitz #26

11|1984

VINCE CLARKE

[Breaking The Sound Barrier]

Melody Maker

4|27|1985

VINCE CLARKE & PAUL QUINN
["One Day" To Be Released]

Mute

6|8|1985

VINCE CLARKE & PAUL QUINN
One Day [Single]

Mute

6|10|1985

VINCE CLARKE & PAUL QUINN
[One Day - Lyrics]

No.1

6|22|1985

VINCE CLARKE & PAUL QUINN
[The Odd Couple: Dr. Clarke + Mr. Quinn]

Record Mirror

6|29|1985

VINCE CLARKE & PAUL QUINN
[Pedigree Chums]

No.1

7|6|1985

ERASURE
[Vince's New Group]

New Musical Express
8|31|1985

ERASURE
[Vince's Pair]

Melody Maker
8|31|1985

ERASURE
[Who Needs Love Like That - Lyrics]

No.1
10|5|1985

ERASURE
[Vince's New Partner - Andy Bell!]

No.1
10|12|1985

TWILIGHT
[ANDREW MANSI & STEEV TOTH]
(produced By VINCE CLARKE)
Just Me Alone [UK 12"]

Polydor

10|1985

TWILIGHT
[ANDREW MANSI & STEEV TOTH]
(produced By VINCE CLARKE)
[Just Me Alone - Promo Ad]

No.1

10|26|1985

ERASURE
[Stairway To Heaven]

Record Mirror
11|16|1985

ERASURE
["I Actually Tried Singing Myself...But That Was Really Depressing"]

Record Mirror
11|30|1985

ERASURE
[Rubber Dub]

New Musical Express
12|7|1985

ERASURE
[Rubber Band]

Sounds
2|1|1986

ERASURE
[Clarke Techniques]

Making Music #2
5|1986

ERASURE
[Publicity Photo]

1985

ERASURE
[Who Needs Love Like That / Wonderland - Promo Ad]

The Gavin Report
3|28|1986

ERASURE
Wonderland

Sire
5|1|1986

ERASURE
[This Band Advertise Perfume For The Genitals]

Record Mirror
5|17|1986

ERASURE
[Wonderland Released]

Record Mirror
5|31|1986

ERASURE
[Wonderland - Promo Ad]
Music Life

6|1986

ERASURE
[Vince Clarke, Wonderland & Concert]
Best #215

6|1986

ERASURE
[Rubber Band Men]

New Musical Express
6|14|1986

ERASURE
[Live: Town And Country Club, London]

New Musical Express
6|14|1986

ERASURE
[Pas De Deux]
Best #216

7|1986

ANDY BELL & PHRANC
[Pop Life]
The Advocate

7|22|1986

ERASURE
[Close-Ups]
Star Hits

8|1986

ERASURE
[Who Needs Friends Like This? + Who Needs Love Like That? - Lyrics]
Star Hits

9|1986

ERASURE
[Sometimes - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror
10|11|1986

ERASURE
[Sometimes - Lyrics]
Smash Hits
11|19-12|2|1986

ERASURE
[Erasure]
No.1
11|29|1986

ERASURE
[Erasure]
Smash Hits
12|3-16|1986

ERASURE

Fool's Mate #76

1|1987

ERASURE & THE COMMUNARDS

[Tintins & Pop Art]

Best #223

2|1987

ERASURE

Record Mirror
2|14|1987

ERASURE

[It Doesn't Have To Be (7" + 12") - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

2|21|1987

ERASURE

[It Doesn't Have To Be - New Single + Tour Dates]
Record Mirror

2|21|1987

ERASURE

[Erasure On The Road]
Melody Maker
2|21|1987

ERASURE

[It Doesn't Have To Be Like That - Lyrics]

Smash Hits

2|25-3|10|1987

ERASURE
+ Special Guests I START COUNTING

[UK Tour Dates - Promo Ad]

Record Mirror
2|28|1987

ERASURE
+ Special Guests I START COUNTING

[UK Tour Date - Promo Ad]

Sounds
2|28|1987

ERASURE

It Doesn't Have To Be (Extremely Limited 7 Track CD)
Mute

3|1987

ERASURE

[It Doesn't Have To Be (Limited Edition 12" Remix) - Promo Ad]
No. 1

3|7|1987

ERASURE

[It Doesn't Have To Be (Extremely Limited 7 Track CD) - Promo Ad]
No. 1

3|14|1987

ERASURE

[Andy: I'm In Love With Vince]

Bravo #13

3|19|1987

ERASURE
The Circus

Sire
3|20|1987

ERASURE THE CIRCUS GERMAN EDITION

ERASURE

[Competition]

Record Mirror

3|21|1987

ERASURE

[Two Little Boys...]

Blue Jeans #532

3|28|1987

ERASURE

[Why Should These Men Fight Dirty?]

Record Mirror

3|28|1987

ANDY BELL

[Personal File]

Smash Hits

3|25-4|7|1987

ERASURE
[The Circus - Promo Ad]

No.1
4|4|1987

ERASURE
[The Circus - Promo Ad]

Record Mirror
4|4|1987

ERASURE

[Live]

Smash Hits

4|22-5|5|1987

SMASH HITS STICKER

ERASURE
[Sometimes - Lyrics]
Star Hits

5|1987

ERASURE

[Victim Of Love Released]

Record Mirror

5|16|1987

ERASURE

[Victim Of Love - Promo Ad]

No.1

5|20-6|2|1987

ERASURE

[Victim Of Love - Lyrics]

No.1

5|20-6|2|1987

ERASURE

[Victim Of Love - Promo Ad]

Record Mirror

5|23|1987

ERASURE

[Victim Of Love CD Single  - Promo Ad]

Record Mirror

5|30|1987

ERASURE

[Poster]

No.1

5|30|1987

ANDY BELL

[Me And My Wardrobe]

Smash Hits

6|17-30|1987

ERASURE

[Head To Head]

No.1

6|20|1987

ERASURE

[Music]
Andy Warhol's Interview
7|1987

ERASURE

[Poster]
Smash Hits

7|1-14|1987

ERASURE

Live At The Seaside [VHS]

Virgin Music Video

7||1987

ERASURE

[Live At The Seaside Released]

Record Mirror

7|11|1987

ERASURE
Pop Gear

8|1987

ERASURE
[Artists On Mute Records]
Pop Gear

8|1987

ERASURE
[This Is Your Childhood!]
Star Hits

9|1987

ERASURE

[The Circus - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

9|19|1987

ERASURE

[The Circus (Part 1) - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

9|26|1987

ERASURE

Music Life

10|1987

VARIOUS ARTISTS

The Secret Policeman's Third Ball (The Music)

Virgin
1987

VICTIM OF LOVE - ERASURE

ERASURE

[The Circus (Part 2) - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

10|3|1987

ERASURE

[The Circus - Lyrics]
Smash Hits

10|7-20|1987

ERASURE

[The Circus (Part 3) - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

10|17|1987

ERASURE

[Oh What A Circus! + The Circus - Lyrics]
No.1

10|17|1987

ERASURE

[Victim Of Love (Little Louie Vega Remix)]
Music For The Starving Millions [Promo CD]

Sire
1987

ERASURE

[From London - Promo Ad

Music Life
11|1987

ERASURE

[The Circus (Singles) Pack - Competition]
Smash Hits

11|4-17|1987

ERASURE

The Two-Ring Circus

Sire
11|16|1987

ERASURE

Live At The Seaside

[The Circus Tour]

Virgin Music Video

1987

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Yulesville

Warner Bros.
12|6|1987

Silent Night/Erasure Christmas - ERASURE

ERASURE

[Photograph]
1987

ERASURE

[The Two Ring Circus - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

12|12|1987

ERASURE

[The Two Ring Circus - Promo Ad]

Smash Hits
12|16-29|1987

ANDY BELL

[A Day In The Life Of...Andy Bell]

Smash Hits Yearbook

1988

ERASURE

Music Life

1|1988

ERASURE

[Tour Dates]
Record Mirror

1|16|1988

ERASURE

[Hits Written By Vince Clarke]
Record Mirror

1|30|1988

ERASURE

Doll #44

2|1988

ERASURE

[Tour Dates]
Record Mirror

2|6|1988

ERASURE

[Pin-Up]
Loving

2|13|1988

ERASURE

[Ship Of Fools - Promo Ad]
Smash Hits

2|24-3|8|1988

ERASURE

[Ship Of Fools - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

2|27|1988

ERASURE

[Tour Dates]
Record Mirror

2|27|1988

ANDY BELL

[Vogue Men - POP Goes The Tailor]
Vogue [British]

3||1988

ERASURE

[Ship Of Fools - Single Of The Fortnight]
Smash Hits

3|9-22|1988

ERASURE

[Ship Of Fools - Lyrics]
Smash Hits

3|9-22|1988

ERASURE

[Ship Of Fools - Limited Edition Promo Ad]
Smash Hits

3|9-22|1988

ERASURE

[Ship Of Fools - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

2|12|1988

ERASURE

[Ship Of Fools - Lyrics]
No.1

3|19|1988

ERASURE

[Review Singles]
Smash Hits

3|23-4|5|1988

ERASURE

[Jingle Belles]
Record Mirror

3|26|1988

VINCE CLARKE

[Fact Box]
Smash Hits

4|6-19|1988

ERASURE
[The Innocents]

Record Mirror
4|16|1988

ERASURE
The Innocents

Sire|Reprise
4|18|1988

ERASURE
[The Innocents - Promo Ad]

Record Mirror
4|23|1988

ERASURE
[Innocents Tour - Backstage]

Photographer: IAN TILTON
Apollo - Machester
4|25|1988

ERASURE
[The Innocents - Promo Ad]

Blitz
5|1988

ERASURE
[These Foolish Things]

Record Mirror
5|7|1988

ERASURE
[Chart File]

Record Mirror
5|7|1988

ERASURE
[Last Tango In Dublin]

New Musical Express
5|21|1988

ERASURE
[The Most Outrageous Show Of The Year]

Bravo
5|26|1988

ERASURE
[The Innocents - Promo Ad]

The Gavin Report
5|27|1988

ERASURE
[The Innocents - Promo Ad]

Billboard
6|4|1988

PROMO ERASERS

THE INNOCENTS

JAPANESE 3" CD RELEASES

ERASURE

Ship Of Fools

10SR-21

Alfa Records

6|25|1988

ERASURE

A Little Respect

10SR-33

Alfa Records

11|28|1988

ERASURE

[Chains Of Love - Promo Ad]
Smash Hits

6|1-14|1988

ERASURE

[Chains Of Love - Lyrics]
Smash Hits

6|1-14|1988

ERASURE

[Chains Of Love - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

6|4|1988

ERASURE

[Chains Of Love (Remix) - Promo Ad]
Smash Hits

6|15-28|1988

ERASURE

[Chains Of Love - Lyrics]
No.1

6|19|1988

ERASURE

[Chains Of Love - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

6|25|1988

ERASURE
[The Innocents Tour]

Lisner Auditorium - George Washington University - Washington DC
7|14|1988

THE INNOCENTS TOUR ENAMEL PIN

ERASURE

Smash Hits Summer Special

1988

ERASURE
[A Mini Mini Bio + Vince Clarke Interview]

Music Life
8|1988

ERASURE

Bravo

8|11|1988

ERASURE

[A Little Respect - Promo Ad]
Smash Hits

9|21-10|4|1988

ERASURE

[A Little Respect - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

9|24|1988

ERASURE

[A Little Respect - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

10|8|1988

ERASURE
[A Little Respect - Promo Ad]

The Gavin Report
11|21|1988

ERASURE
Crackers International

Sire|Reprise
11|28|1988

VARIOUS ARTISTS

WINJAMA - Place In The Sun [Single]
(In Aid Of The Jamaican Hurricane Appeal)
Creole Records

11|28|1988

Featuring ANDY BELL

ERASURE

[Cracker's International - Promo Ad]
Smash Hits

11|29-12|13|1988

ERASURE

[Cracker's International - Lyrics + Giveaway]
Smash Hits

11|29-12|13|1988

VARIOUS ARTISTS

[WINJAMA - Place In The Sun - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

12|3|1988

Featuring ANDY BELL

ERASURE

[Cracker's International - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

12|3|1988

ERASURE

[Cracker's International - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

12|10|1988

ERASURE

[Cracker's International Part II - Promo Ad]
Smash Hits

12|14-27|1988

ERASURE

[Personal File]
Smash Hits

12|14-27|1988

ERASURE

[Cracker's International Part II - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

12|17|1988

ERASURE

[Erasure International Top Ten]
Record Mirror

12|17|1988

ERASURE

['88 RM Readers Poll - Best Independent Music Act: ERASURE]
Record Mirror

12|24|31|1988

ERASURE
[A Little Respect - Lyrics]
Smash Hits

2|1989

ERASURE
[Erasure Interview: "We're Not Boring!!"]
Blue Jeans #630

2|4-11|1989

ERASURE

[Fact Box 37 & 38]
Smash Hits

2|8-21|1989

ERASURE

Bravo
2|9|1989

ERASURE INFORMATION SERVICE (EIS)

BADGE

MEMBERSHIP CARD

Counter Culture

1989

ERASURE

[Innocents (The Video) - Promo Ad]
Smash Hits

4|5-18|1989

ERASURE

[Poster]
Hi!

4|28-5|6|1989

ERASURE

[Erasure In Concert - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

4|29|1989

ERASURE

[Pin-Up]
Jackie #1321

4|29|1989

ERASURE
[Pin-Up]
Blue Jeans #684

5|13-20|1989

ERASURE

[Erasure In Concert - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

5|20|1989

ANDY BELL & JIMMY SOMERVILLE

[Act Up Against AIDS]
Number One

6|71989

ERASURE

[Erasure In Concert - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

7|15|1989

ERASURE

[Drama! - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

9|23|1989

ERASURE

[Drama! - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

9|30|1989

ERASURE
[Drama! - Promo Ad]

Smash Hits
10|4-17|1989

ERASURE
[Drama! - Lyrics]

Smash Hits
10|4-17|1989

ERASURE
Wild!

Sire|Reprise
10|16|1989

SIGNED BY ANDY & VINCE

PROMO UK WILD! BOX SET

PIERRE et GILLES BRILLIANT IMAGE!

PROMO WILD! AD

ERASURE
[Drama! - Lyrics]

Number One
10|18|1989

ERASURE

[Wild! - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

10|21|1989

ERASURE

[Wild! - Promo Ad]
New Musical Express

10|21|1989

ERASURE

['Wild!' Worth An Oscar]
Record Mirror

10|21|1989

ERASURE
[Wild! - Promo Ad + Article]

Music Life
11|1989

ERASURE
[Wild! - Promo Ad + Article]

Pop Gear
11|1989

ERASURE
[Wild! - Promo Ad]

Billboard
11|4|1989

PROMO BLUE SAVANNAH AD

WILD!

JAPANESE 3" CD RELEASES

ERASURE

DRAMA!

09B3-73

Alfa Records

10|25|1989

ERASURE

BLUE SAVANNAH

ALDB-9

Alfa Records

1|25|1990

ERASURE

STAR | DREAMLIKE STATE

ALDB-44

Alfa Records

5|25|1990

ERASURE
[You Surround Me - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

12|2|1989

ERASURE
[You Surround Me - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

12|9|1989

ERASURE
[You Surround Me - Promo Ad]
Smash Hits

12|13-26|1989

ERASURE
[You Surround Me - Lyrics]
Smash Hits

12|13-26|1989

ERASURE

[Live At SECC Glasgow]
Record Mirror

12|16|1989

ERASURE

[You Surround Me - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

12|16|1989

ERASURE

[Giving It Loads!]
Q
1|1990

ERASURE

[The Hottest Night In Berlin]
Music Life
2|1990

ANDY BELL
WILD! TOUR

Madison Square Garden - NYC
2|16|1990

ERASURE
WILD! TOUR

Bender Arena | American University
Washington DC
2|18|1990

ERASURE
[Blue Savannah - Promo Ad]
Smash Hits

3|7-20|1990

ERASURE
[Blue Savannah - Lyrics]
Smash Hits

3|7-20|1990

VINCE CLARKE
[The Complete Story]
Record Mirror

3|10|1990

ERASURE
[Blue Savannah - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

3|10|1990

ERASURE
[Blue Savannah - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

3|17|1990

ERASURE
[Star - Promo Ad]
Smash Hits

5|16-29|1990

ERASURE
[Star - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

5|26|1990

ERASURE
[Star - Promo Ad]
Smash Hits

5|30-6|12|1990

ERASURE
[Star - Lyrics]
Smash Hits

5|30-6|12|1990

ERASURE
[Star - Promo Ad]

The Gavin Report
6|1|1990

ERASURE
[Star - Promo Ad]
Record Mirror

6|9|1990

ERASURE
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S TOUR

Special Guest: Louie Louie
Merriweather Post Pavillion
Columbia, Maryland
7|20|1990

WILD! TOUR ENAMEL PIN

ERASURE

[Piano Song]

Pop Gear

8|1990

ERASURE

[Interview]

Rockin' On

8|1990

ERASURE

Music Life
8|1990

ERASURE

[Dream Sequins]

Melody Maker

9|15|1990

ERASURE

[Live At Milton Keynes Bowl]

Record Mirror

9|15|1990

ERASURE

Red Hot + Blue - Tribute To COLE PORTER
A Benefit For AIDS Research & Relief

Chrysalis
9|25|1990

ARTIST DESIGNED T-SHIRTS

VIDEO COMPILATION

(Originally released on VHS - re-issued on DVD)

1990 - 2006 

ANDY BELL

[Andy Bell On The Fight Against Aids]

Record Mirror

10|20|1990

ERASURE & LENE LOVICH
Tame Yourself

R.N.A. (Rhino New Artists)
3|15|1991

ERASURE & LENE LOVICH
Tame Yourself - Housebroken Dance Mixes [Limited Edition]

R.N.A. (Rhino New Artists)
1991

TAME YOURSELF

Creem
6-7|1991

ERASURE

Rockin' On
8|1991

ERASURE

[Erasure Remixes!]
Select
8|1991

ERASURE

[Love To Hate You - Lyrics]

Smash Hits
9|18-10|1|1991

ERASURE

[Pin-Up]
Number One
9|28|1991

ERASURE

Chorus

Sire|Reprise
10|14|1991

PROMO US KROQ SESSIONS RADIO SPECIAL CASSETTE

(I have taken the liberty of burning the cassette onto a CD and making my own cover design)

PROMO UK CHORUS USERS MANUAL

PROMO UK FOLDER & PRESS RELEASE

PROMO US CHORUS KITE

AM I RIGHT? PROMO UK WINDOW CLING

ERASURE

[Chorus - Promo Ad]

Melody Maker
10|19|1991

ERASURE
[Chorus - Promo Ad]

Billboard
10|26|1991

CHORUS

JAPANESE 3" CD RELEASE

ERASURE

LOVE TO HATE YOU

ALDB-140

Alfa Records

10|21|1991

ERASURE
[One Sings, The Other Doesn't. One's Shy, The Other Isn't. One Wears Tutus]

Details
11|1991

ERASURE

[Vince & Andy With 104 KRBE'S Paul "Cubby" Bryant & Scott Sparks]

Billboard
11|23|1991

ERASURE

[Erasure Are Guest DJ's At 104 KRBE's Club Night]

Bayou Mama's Swamp Bar - Houston, Texas
11|1991

ERASURE

[Pin-Up]
Select

12|1991

ERASURE
[Erasure In Concert 1992 - Promo Ad]

Time Out
2|12-19|1992

ERASURE
[Breath Of Life - Promo Ad]

Smash Hits
3|18-31|1992

ERASURE
[Breath Of Life - Lyrics]

Smash Hits
3|18-31|1992

ANDY BELL
[Horoscopes: What's In Store For Andy Bell]

Smash Hits
4|15-28|1992

ERASURE
[Erasure-esque - Promo Ad]

Smash Hits
5|13-26|1992

ERASURE
[Abba-esque - Promo Ad]

Smash Hits
5|27-6|9|1992

ERASURE
[Lay All Your Love On Me - Lyrics]

Smash Hits
6|10-23|1992

ERASURE
[Love The Outfit!]

Smash Hits
6|24-7|7|1992

ERASURE
Abba-esque

Mute|Elektra
6|30|1992

SIGNED BY ANDY & VINCE

PROMO ABBA-ESQUE AD

ERASURE

ERASURE THE CONCERT - A PHANTASMAGORICAL ENTERTAINMENT

The Hammersmith Odeon

London, England

7|23|1992

SIGNED BY VINCE & ANDY

BINGO CARD

TOUR PIN

MERCHANDISE ORDER FORM

MEETING ANDY & VINCE BACKSTAGE

(THANK YOU CHRISTINE!!!)

The lovely people in the center are Andy's Aunt Christine & her daughter - they took me with them backstage in a truly unbelievable moment that I will cherish for the rest of my life!

PROMO PHOTO

ERASURE

[Erasure-esque - Promo Ad]

Q

8|1992

ERASURE

[Phantasmagorical]

Q

8|1992

ERASURE

[Wild! Live + Abba-esque VHS - Promo Ad]

Crossbeat

8|1992

ERASURE

[Abba-esque #1 On Japanese Singles Chart]

Crossbeat

8|1992

ERASURE

[Who Needs Love Like That (Hamburg Mix) - Promo Ad]

Smash Hits
10|14-27|1992

ERASURE
[Who Needs Love Like That - Lyrics]

Smash Hits
11|11-24|1992

ERASURE
[Tape Stars: ERASURE]

Smash Hits
11|11-24|1992

ERASURE

Pop! - The First 20 Hits
Sire|Reprise

11|24|1992

ERASURE
[Pop! - Promo Ad]

Smash Hits
11|25-12|8|1992

ERASURE
[Abba-esque - Review]

Tutti
12|1992

ERASURE

ERASURE THE CONCERT - A PHANTASMAGORICAL ENTERTAINMENT

Center For The Arts | George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

12|11-12|1992

BINGO CARD

ERASURE

Erasure - The Tank The Swan And The Balloon Live!

(Erasure The Concert - A Phantasmagorical Entertainment)

1992

Renamed & Released On DVD In 2004

ANDY BELL

Rockin' On

3|1993

ANDY BELL & k.d. lang
[Brits '93 No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) Performance]
Smash Hits

3|3-16|1993

ERASURE
[Pin-Up]
Bunty #1843

5|8|1993

ERASURE
[Always - Lyrics]
Smash Hits

4|13-26|1994

ERASURE
[I Say, I Say, I Say - Promo Ad]

Billboard
5|14|1994

ERASURE

I Say I Say I Say

Mute|Elektra

5|17|1994

ERASURE
[I Say, I Say, I Say - Promo Ads + Review]

These Ads Appeared Throughout This Issue Of

New Musical Express
5|21|1994

ERASURE

Run To The Sun [U.S Promo Greeting Card + CD]

Mute|Elektra

1994

ERASURE
[Erasure Thing]

Hits
7|11|1994

I SAY I SAY I SAY

JAPANESE 3" CD RELEASES

ERASURE

RUN TO THE SUN

PCDY-00125

Mute Records Limited

7|21|1994

ERASURE

I LOVE SATURDAY

PCDY-00128

Mute Records Limited

11|18|1994

ANDY BELL
[Melody Maker - Promo Ad]
VOX

6|1994

ERASURE
[I Say, I Say, I Say - Promo Ad]
Select

7|1994

ERASURE

Wigstock (Soundtrack)

Sire

6|9|1995

ERASURE
Erasure

Mute|Elektra

10|24|1995

PROMO UK ERASURE WOODEN BOX SET

SIGNED BY ANDY & VINCE

PROMO UK STAY WITH ME BROCHURE

ERASURE
[Rub You The Right Way]

Detour

1|1996

ERASURE
Modern Rock 1988 - Hang The DJ

Rhino

9|17|1996

ERASURE

[The Tiny Tour]

Special Guests: PEACH (Dubstar Cancelled)

Brixton Academy

London England

11|21|1996

TINY TOUR PIN

PHOTOS COURTESY OF ME

THE TINY TOUR

Lucky Numbers Competition

(Prizw Draw Given Away @ Concerts)

ERASURE

In My Arms [CD1 & CD2]

Mute

1|6|1997

ERASURE

[Cowboy Era]

2|25|1997

ERASURE

Cowboy

Mute|Maverick

3|31|1997

PROMO US COWBOY CD

PROMO COWBOY UK COCKTAIL SHAKER

 PROMO COWBOY US COUNTER DISPLAY

EIS PHOTO

ERASURE
THE COWBOY TOUR

Bender Arena | American University
Washington DC
5|26|1997

ERASURE

[Cowboy Camp - Erasure Gears Up For Their Futuristic Spaghetti Western Tour]

Icon Magazine

6|1997

ERASURE

Loveboat

Mute

10|23|2000

PROMO POSTCARD

ERASURE

Other People's Songs

Mute

1|28|2003

PROMO OTHER PEOPLE'S SONGS US POSTER

ANDY BELL

[Other People's Songs  Tour]

Mayan Theater - Los Angeles, California

3|17|2003

ERASURE

[Nightbird U.K. Tour Dates - Promo Ad]

Attitude

10|2004

ERASURE

Nightbird

Mute

1|25|2005

Vince Clarke's technical alchemy and Andy Bell's soulful, choirboy voice is Erasure. With their elegant dance pop mixed with flashy live show, Erasure's study in opposites has produced a luminescent collection of work that's charted dozens of hits and sold millions of records in North America, the UK and around the world for twenty years.

Uncompromising in their synth-based approach to music and production through the 80's, 90's and the present day, their influence has permanently penetrated the pop and dance landscape and has provided a blueprint for the thriving electronic indie underground from Brooklyn to Seattle. With their pop instincts and unparalleled showmanship once again on display with a new album and tour, Erasure are more relevant than ever as they return to the charts with their first studio album in seven years, Nightbird, and new single and video "Breathe."

At 44, Vince Clarke is undeniably one of the most influential figures in the short history of electronic music. Developing a reputation for hit songwriting first as one of the founding members of Depeche Mode in 1980 and then as one half of the legendary synth duo Yaz (Yazoo) in 1982 (formed with school friend Alison Moyet), Clarke is responsible for many of the definitive electro-pop classics of the era, including "Just Can't Get Enough," "Dreaming Of Me," "Situation," "Only You" and "Don't Go" - to name just a few.

Following the demise of Yaz and the short-lived Assembly (a one-off project with Feargal Sharkey), Vince found himself searching for a partner. Through an ad he placed in the UK music press, Clarke auditioned former professional meat mincer Andy Bell and settled on him as the new frontman for a new pop group -- Erasure. Twenty years later they are one of the most successful duos in the history of pop music.

Clarke and Bell's collaboration was wildly successful from the very first, when singles like "Who Needs Love Like That," "Heavenly Action" and the classic "Oh L'Amour" placed the pair in regular rotation on US dancefloors and alternative radio in early days of the format and paved the way for Erasure's 1986 debut, Wonderland. Defining an enchanted work of high drama dance pop, the disc - and Erasure's kaleidoscopic live show -- spawned the group's first major hit, "Sometimes," which reached #2 on the U.K. charts.

The Circus following in 1987, was propelled by an American tour with Duran Duran and instant dance classics like "It Doesn't Have To Be", "Victim Of Love" and the title track, which was subsequently re-released as the remix disc The Two Ring Circus, featuring six remixes and three re-recordings of the original LP.

In 1988, The Innocents, replete with some of Erasure's most assured and finely crafted work, went platinum in the States and sold over a million copies in Britain alone, launching the soulful, fervent hit, "Chains Of Love", the group's first American Top 40 hit. The band finished the year with their four track EP Crackers International.

Erasure's 1989 album, Wild, and its singles "Blue Savannah" and "Star", illustrated the growing strength and diversity of Andy and Vince's songwriting, pairing chilling ballads with Latin rhythms and bruised electro/psychodrama. Wild also marked the debut of a spectacular new stage show and a record-breaking tour that included the Far East, Japan, Australia, North and South America. 50,000 Argentineans gathered in a Buenos Aires park to watch a video of The Innocents; in New York, Erasure's Madison Square Garden show sold out in two hours flat.

Chorus, in 1990, opened still new sonic avenues for Erasure, with Andy's stratospheric vocal range playing counterpoint to Vince's deliberately synthetic, meticulously structured soundscapes. Abba-Esque, their playful paean to ABBA, was released in 1992 and yielded the hit, "Take A Chance On Me", which was a #1 U.K. single and, long before Mamma Mia, one of the first efforts to tap into the growing interest in the group and '70's nostalgia that was soon to overwhelm pop culture in the U.S.

Erasure's 1992 Phantasmagorical Entertainment tour kicked off with an unprecedented 15 nights at England's Manchester Apollo, and with another 15 at Hammersmith Odeon before launching a sold-out U.S. tour, including 13 sold-out shows at the Beacon Theater in New York City and 10 in Los Angeles. Their foray into theatrical extravaganza featured dancers, extra-musical activities such as bingo and ballooning, and a flurry of costume and scenery changes.

The combination of Clarke's near-robotic reserve and Bell's flamboyance on stage proved irresistible, wowing critics and fans alike. A new live performance DVD of that unforgettable tour, The Tank, The Swan and The Balloon has just been released.

Following the Phantasmagorical Entertainment shows, the band released Pop! The First 20 Hits and with their next studio effort I Say, I Say, I Say, Clarke and Bell began a new cycle of their stunning partnership, weaving a lavish sonic fantasy that couldn't have come from any other source. "Always", the first song released from I Say, I Say, I Say, became Erasure's most successful U.S. single to date and one of the biggest hits of 1994, according to Billboard's year-end chart.

For their ninth studio album, Erasure, released in 1995, Vince and Andy were in a more experimental mode, musically and vocally. Featuring guest performances by Diamanda Galas and the London Community Gospel Choir, Clarke and Bell surrounded such lovely ballads as "Stay with Me" with some of the lengthiest instrumental passages they've ever recorded, enlisting the expertise of producers Thomas Fehlmann (Orb) and Gareth Jones to realize their musical vision.

Despite its arrival at the very peak of the grunge movement in America, Erasure garnered some of the best reviews of the band's career. A first-ever acoustic performance at the opening of New York City's Spy Bar to celebrate the release of the disc was standing room only and proved what fans had known all along -- Erasure's success owed as much to their songs as their synths.

Signing to Maverick Records in spring of 1997, Clarke and Bell released a new single "In My Arms" and their eleventh studio album Cowboy. This album marked a return to the kind of up-tempo, three-minute dance-pop that earned Erasure legions of fans worldwide. The album was promoted with an all-request club tour and campy, Western-themed theater jaunt, which lived up to the group's well-earned reputation as first-class showman.

Following a quiet period for Erasure following The Cowboy tour, the turn-of-the-century was marked by a real rejuvenation for Clarke and Bell, including some lengthy atmospheric collaborations between Clarke and Human League/Heaven 17 founder Martin Ware. Clarke's prior work with Depeche Mode and Yaz has also been rediscovered by a whole new generation as the soundtracks to recent Gap ads, big budget car commercials and the placement of Yaz timeless hit "Only You" in The Office finale attest. This new attention to Erasure's musical legacy as well as the current '80s revival and the explosive growth of a new indie electronic scene, including such artists as Fisherspooner, The Postal Service, The Faint and many more, has vindicated Erasure's approach to music and production, proving that past is indeed prologue.

Clarke and Bell regrouped in 2003 to record and release Other People's Songs, a loving collection of covers of their favorite songs including a bubbly version of Peter Gabriel's "Solisbury Hill", which put them back in the Top 10 in the UK and generated a Top Of The Pops performance and sold out venues throughout the world. Hits! The Very Best of Erasure (Rhino) two-disk hits album followed, reminding us once again of the beloved and influential string of hits and pioneering remixes Erasure have amassed.

Following The Other Tour, Vince moved to the U.S. and continued writing and recording new songs for Erasure, as well as composing scores for short films and collaborating with Psychedelic Furs frontman Richard Butler on a bouncy piece of electro-pop for an episode of Johnny Bravo. Andy began work on a much-anticipated solo album that will likely be released following the Nightbird album and The Erasure Show tour is completed.

With the debut of Nightbird (Mute), a title referring to Bell's insomnia, Clarke and Bell have crafted a classic Erasure album which is sure to excite long-time fans and attract a whole new generation of listeners to their melodic and moving synth pop. It is the first original Erasure music released in the U.S. in nearly eight years. From the bittersweet and throbbing single "Breathe" to the atmospheric trip hop of "No Doubt" or retro-synth sounds of "Here I Got Impossible Again" and high energy dance groove of "All This Time Still Falling Out Of Love", Erasure's trademark sound -- Bell's angelic vocals buoyed by Clarke's effervescent synths -- is there in full force: fresher and more vibrant than ever.

"The last couple of albums were a bit moody and down," says Bell, as characteristically honest and direct as usual. "I'm so much happier with everything now, and so is Vince. You can hear it in the music. This is easily the best thing we've done for a long time."

"Andy is as excited about this record as he was when we first started releasing records," concurs Clarke. "He's like a little kid. And the record is more upbeat. We're both in a good spiritual place."

What better way, then, to launch another new phase of classic songwriting and innovative musicianship than with a record as uplifting, shiny and new as Nightbird?

Ordinarily, Andy Bell writes his lyrics in isolation, usually at home in North London. Indeed, he'd come up with some at the tail end of 2002, just as Erasure finished work on their last album, their covers collection Other People's Songs. But this time round, for the bulk of the words he flew to New York in early 2004, where Clarke has been living for the last couple of years. He put himself in his partner's environment, and merrily wrote away. No matter that it was February and nut-numbingly cold: flush with enthusiasm they rattled through six new songs.

For his part, Clarke had been busy exploring new working methods. Ever the technical innovator, he had crafted himself an artist's garret/studio based round a computer and two speakers in his apartment. He also found a decent, unshowy, hardworking little basement studio two blocks away in Brooklyn. Erasure had road-tested this new set-up in autumn 2003, recording a series of acoustic versions of highlights from their back catalogue.

"We just felt there were songs on our albums that had been missed as songs," says Clarke - understandable given that their canon tops 100 songs. "We found this cool guitarist [Steve Walsh] with a cool studio [Union Street] and decided to use both. He put the thing together. It was great going back through those songs, some of which I hadn't listened to properly since we made them - suddenly you heard some of the naivety that was in there in the first place."

The idea, says Bell, was "to show the songs in a different light, and show that they could work on whatever instrument, synthesizers or guitars. It makes such a different singing with acoustic instruments - there's more space, it seems. When you're using electronics they soak up part of the voice. Whereas [with] strings, the voice seems to vibrate off of them."

Emboldened by this New York recording experience - Erasure had had an abortive attempt at recording there once before, in Electric Lady Studios 15 years previously - and suitably emancipated from the pressures of deadlines or costs, Erasure worked at a feverish pace on Nightbird.

Ever the technical innovator, Clarke made good use of the internet. He'd email rough versions of songs to programmer Jon "JC" Collyer in London, and the two would then bat ideas back and forth. It was a speedy and liberating way to work.

"You can wake up in the morning and decide on what song you want to work on," notes Clarke, who had done a remix for Wit in precisely this manner. "And," adds this notably restless workaholic, "you don't have to wait for people to turn up."

PROMO NIGHTBIRD US  BADGES

ANDY BELL

[Nightbird Tour]

Usher Hall - Edinburgh, Scotland

2|28|2005

ERASURE

Nightbird | In-store Appearance

Tower Records | Washington DC

6|7|2005

My Friends JOHN KRETCHMAN & CHRISTOPHER HYDE

ANDY BELL

Crazy [Single]

Sanctuary Records

9|26|2005

ANDY BELL

Electric Blue

Sanctuary Records

9|30|2005

ERASURE
Union Street

Mute
4|3|2006

Erasure have always been full of surprises. In two decades of plugging in and wigging out, Vince Clarke and Andy Bell have sold millions of albums around the world, staged Broadway-style live spectaculars, and topped the charts with outlandish cover versions. The latest Book of British Hit Singles ranks the duo among the Top 100 Most Successful Acts of All Time and in 2005 The Times proclaimed them more important than Kraftwerk in the great history book of rock.

On their brand new album Union Street, Vince and Andy have delivered their biggest surprise yet. In a boldly experimental step for an electronic band, they have unplugged themselves, bringing new soulful new depths and acoustic textures of 11 songs spanning their entire career.

Union Street was recorded in the Brooklyn studio of the same name, which is owned by guitarist Steve Walsh, who previously played on Erasure's 2003 covers collection Other People's Songs and produced their 2005 album Nightbird. Walsh is currently assembling musicians for Erasure's first ever live-band tour. "We found this cool guitarist with a cool studio and decided to use both," says Vince.

The album is dominated by revamped album tracks and born-again B-sides that the band felt best suited an extreme makeover. All sound refreshingly different to their original blueprints. "It was great going back through those songs, some of which I hadn't listened to properly since we made them," Vince recalls. "Suddenly you heard some of the naivety that was in there in the first place."

The Erasure story began in 1985, when former Depeche Mode and Yazoo founder member Vince advertised to find a singer for his new project. Then just 21, ex-butcher Andy was the 41st candidate that Vince auditioned, but their creative chemistry clicked instantly. Before long the pair were scoring the first of five number one albums and started racking up an incredible 32 consecutive singles in the Top 40.

With more than 14 million albums sold so far, Erasure have always been proudly, defiantly, shamelessly pop - they even named their chart-topping greatest hits collection Pop! in 1992. But behind all those impressive sales figures and kitsch stage costumes, it has sometimes been overlooked just what consistently great songwriters Vince and Andy have been throughout their career.

Indeed, Andy insists one motivating factor behind Union Street was to "show the songs in a different light, and show that they could work on whatever instrument, synthesizers or guitars. Vince agrees: "We just felt there were songs on our albums that had been missed as songs."

And what fine songs they are. Originally recorded for the Cowboy album in 1997, Boy and Love Affair are both bittersweet farewells sung from the aftermath of ruined relationships. The former now packs an extra emotional punch from Andy's vaulting falsetto harmonies and generous dollops of Walsh's honeyed slide guitar, while the latter becomes a more graceful chamber music affair swept along by exquisite string arrangements.

Some tracks on Union Street have been completely transformed by their radical new arrangements. Spiralling, which started life on The Circus in 1987, is now a crisp marriage of finger-picking guitar and melancholy introspection. And Blues Away, taken from the 1994 album I Say, I Say I Say, is a rich, warm, sleep-eyed strum about yearning for that elusive perfect lover. "It's nearly bedtime, and I'm getting lonely..."

There is more heart-tugging slide guitar woven into Home, first heard in its electronic versions on the 1991 album Chorus, and Tenderest Moments, which featured on the b-side to Run To The Sun. This latter tune twinkles and shimmers like a desert sunset, overlaid with Andy's sublime harmonies as he follows the angels on a celestial mystery tour across the starry night sky.

The pared-down, organic textures of Union Street also create enough space for Andy to showcase the richer, more soulful depths of his vocal range. "It makes such a different singing with acoustic instruments, Andy says. "There's more space, it seems. When you're using electronics they soak up part of the voice. Whereas with strings, the voice seems to vibrate off of them."

Andy's mournful timbre on the languid, heartbroken Piano Song and the strikingly stark, regretful ballad How Many Times? are pure Nashville Noir. "We're going to be the first band ever to cross over from pop to country," Andy jokes. "We want to play the Grand Old Opry."

First heard on the 1995 album Erasure, Stay With Me is the former Top 20 hit once called "more beautiful than this world deserves" by The Guardian. Now it has been transformed into a sun-kissed serenade with a lively Spanish feel and a bubbling undertow of rapturous desire. Another former single from the same album, Rock Me Gently is reborn as the shiny celestial lullaby that closes Union Street. "There's more to life than thrills and spills and dollar bills", Andy swoons as a velvet chorus of gospel voices lulls him softly to sleep.

Union Street proves there has always been much more to Vince and Andy than shiny pop thrills. Unplugged, both musically and emotionally, they have never before sounded so graceful or so heartfelt. This is an album full of pleasant surprises. But coming from Erasure, that is no surprise at all.

ANDY BELL

I'll Never Fall In Love Again [Single]

Sanctuary Records

5|29|2006

ERASURE

Light At The End Of The World

Mute

5|22|2007

Leave it to Erasure to hole up in a cottage abutting the woods of Mid-Coast Maine, surrounded by ocean, forest and mountains to produce one of the most computer-based, modern albums of their career.

In a setting perhaps better suited to the creation of last year's critically-acclaimed acoustic Union Street project, Vince Clarke, Andy Bell and producer Gareth Jones (Depeche Mode, Wire, Clinic, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) spent six weeks last autumn recording the songs that comprise the new CD Light At The End Of The World. The most recent release in an incredibly fertile and prolific period, Light At the End Of World proves Erasure's creative vitality, musical influence and cultural relevance is just nearing its peak more than twenty years and twenty million albums into their historic collaboration.

Heralded by the relentlessly up-tempo single 'I Could Fall In love With You', the song writing process for the ten-track Light At The End Of The World benefited from the organic surroundings in unexpected ways. Bell's lyrics are some of the most intensely personal of his career - true mediations on love, loss, regret, hope and starting over. Exciting and dramatic throughout, even in the quieter moments as on 'Darlene' and 'Glass Angel,' his voice soars on a bed of Clarke's pulsing and irresistibly melodic synths on virtually every verse and chorus, many of which are arranged quite traditionally despite the high-tech software employed to construct them.

The writing process for Light At The End Of The World was disciplined, beginning over the internet, with Clarke and Bell exchanging ideas via email, in two separate Maine song writing sessions last summer and ending with Bell writing and revising in the studio as the tracks were assembled daily by Clarke and Jones. Much had changed in their personal lives, Clarke was now married with an infant son and living in Maine while Bell had been navigating his way through the heart-wrenching break-up of a relationship of nearly two decades. Nevertheless, the song writing process that had brought them more than thirty Top 40 singles and eleven Top 20 albums, including five Number 1s, remained the same.

Vince explains it this way:

"Doing all our albums, me and Andy get together in a room with an analogue micro-cassette tape recorder," he says. "We have no melodic ideas, nothing, when we go in that room, which is the most amazing thing about it. I'll play guitar or piano - a selection of chords I think sound interesting. And Andy will sing a melody over the collection of chords. We'll do this for four chords, or eight bars. Then we'll have a melodic idea with a chord change, another short section, then the next collection of chords. There will be four or five parts like this that we record onto the tape recorder. Then we'll listen back and choose the bits we like for the chorus, say, and piece it together."

The process reveals itself immediately on the album opener 'Sunday Girl' where the simplicity of the lyrics and melody are merged to a swirl of electronics with stunning effect. Beginning with a processed, 'ghost-in-the-machine' vocal bit that literally revs the track, and the album, up into a full blown, other-worldly synth riff and hooky Brill Building-style chorus, the song twists and turns, dramatically underscoring the musical and emotional journey that is about to unfold. Likewise 'Sucker For Love'.



Says Andy, "...quite a few of the songs start off in a lower key than when they're finished and 'Sucker for Love' was one of those. It was quite low and quite Gospel-y, but as we're working on a song, we change the keys, change the tempos, just to make it as exciting as possible. I think that's kind of in the same vein as 'Sunday Girl', really. It's like a really up-tempo dance song, which you're not quite sure where it fits in, but I think it's one of the strongest songs."

Track after track, from the hopeful 'Golden Heart' to the regretful 'Fly Away', the songs are matched beautifully to the emotional sonic backdrops that rise and fall on Bell's breathy and assured vocals. 'When A Lover Leaves You', the penultimate track, perhaps best sums up spirit of the entire album. With Bell torn between two lovers, yearning for the one, and worried for the other, Clarke devises a gorgeous synth-pop samba to ease the pain. 'Dance away the heartache,' to coin a phrase, indeed. Classic Erasure.

Unfazed by their iconic reputation among such chart-topping devotees as The Killers, Franz Ferdinand and Madonna and having eclipsed, according to The Times, no less than Kraftwerk in influence among today's hit makers, Erasure left their reputation as one of the Top 100 Most Successful Acts Of All Time at the studio door and proceeded to make one of their most heartfelt and mature albums ever. And as ever, have turned out a collection that is one of the few places where punk, electronica and disco can still co-exist naturally.

Owing a tip of the hat as much to Simon & Garfunkel as their electronic forebears, Light At The End of World is as magical and spiritual as its title suggests. A snapshot, both musically and lyrically, of Clarke and Bell at this moment, proud of their legacy but unafraid to take chances, still growing as artists but true to their electronic roots, and still greeting the ups and downs of life with a song.



"This album is to show people that our pop isn't finished," Andy declares. "It's saying we can still do it, we can still write great songs," he adds, trying to pinpoint Erasure's appeal. "We're a bizarre mixture - people don't get it a lot of the time. We're quite British and working class - working people love a good tune in a pub - but we're also quite eccentric. We're the UK version of Sparks: the Gilbert & George of electronic pop. And we don't play the game."

ERASURE

[Andy's Muses]

The Advocate

5|22|2007

ERASURE

[Special Feature]

Billboard

6|23|2007

ERASURE

[There Is A Light That Never Goes Out]

Instinct

7|2007

ERASURE

LIGHT AT THE END OF THE WORLD TOUR

House Of Blues

Cleveland, Ohio

8|1|2007

ANDY BELL

Call On Me [Single]

Mute

5|31|2010

ANDY BELL

Non-Stop

Mute

6|7|2010

ANDY BELL

[Non-Stop - Promo Ad]

Attitude

7|2010

ANDY BELL

Non-Stop [Limited Edition Singles Box Set - 500 Copies]

Mute

12|13|2010

RUNNING OUT

WILL YOU BE THERE?

NON-STOP

[WITH ROOM FOR PREVIOUSLY RELEASED] CALL ON ME

DINGER [ANDY BELL & PIERRE COPE]

Sunset Pink

Le Moulin Blanc Records

5|18|2011

[Originally recorded between 1983-1985]

ERASURE

Tomorrow's World

Mute

10|3|2011

For all the heartbreak and uncertainty on Tomorrow's World, sunny euphoria and romantic optimism are still the brightest colours in Erasure's musical rainbow.

One of the most successful and globally adored partnerships in pop, Erasure celebrate 25 years together with a fabulous new album, Tomorrow's World. After selling 25 million albums and scoring more than 40 hit singles, Vince Clarke and Andy Bell are back on peak form with their 14th studio album, a masterpiece of warm-blooded electro-pop and emotionally charged electro-soul that sounds as glossy, contemporary and exciting as any of their younger chart acolytes. With synthetic melodies and electronic beats as dominant as ever, Erasure's timeless anthems of hedonism and heartache are set to strike a universal chord once more.

Returning from a four-year sabbatical, Andy and Vince sound refreshed, revitalised and rebooted on Tomorrow's World. To produce the album, they enlisted the services of rising British electro-pop star Vincent "Frankmusik" Frank, the one-man-band whose glittering portfolio of remixes and collaborations includes Lady Gaga, Pet Shop Boys and Ellie Goulding. Currently based in LA, where he has his own studio, Frank was born in 1985 Ð the year that Erasure formed.

Vince explains, "We chose Frank because he is someone who has a different approach to the music, who is sympathetic to synthesizers, and incredibly keen. He told me the music scene in London was just too small for him, so he made a conscious decision and moved to LA, with nothing! He just really likes that American pop thing Ð that whole Lady Gaga, full-on wall of sound."

The combination of Erasure's timeless songwriting and Frank's lush, heavily processed studio sound makes for a gloriously fertile musical mix. Andy and Vince explode with energy on disco-friendly love missiles like Be With You and Fill Us With Fire, euphoric declarations of love wrapped in liquid shimmers of state-of-the-art electro-pop. Andy cites Kylie, A-Ha, Robyn and The Killers as influences on these tunes but they could equally stand alongside the most forward-thinking dance-pop artists of today, from Katy B to Lady Gaga to David Guetta. This is 21st century party music made with wit, wisdom and warmth.

As with all Erasure albums, Tomorrow's World contains bittersweet introspection and sophisticated melancholy too. The gorgeous break-up anthem What Will I Say When You're Gone? borrows from contemporary post-dubstep sonics in its staccato musical framework, while the sumptuous relationship post-mortem When I Start To (Break It All Down) already sounds like a future stadium-filling classic in the making. Andy reveals his brooding crooner side on Just When I Thought It Was Ending, but also unleashes the full blast of his gospel-diva talents on You've Got To Save Me Right Now, a mighty electro-gospel hymn built around a whirling waltz-time rhythm.

But for all the heartbreak and uncertainty on Tomorrow's World, sunny euphoria and romantic optimism are still the brightest colours in Erasure's musical rainbow. Even when the hedonistic rush is tinged with desperation, as in the doomed-diva chronicle A Whole Lotta Love Run Riot or the late-night confessional Then I Go Twisting, operatic vocals and soaring melodies are still shooting for the stars above. Blasted skywards by Frank's shiny, supercharged, ultra-glossy production, both tracks sound like massive Ibiza trance-pop anthems for the long hot summer of 2012.

In the four years since their last studio album The Light At The End of the World, Erasure have been busy with multiple outside projects. Vince reunited with Alison Moyet to reactivate their legendary synth-soul duo Yazoo, rebuilt his studio at his house in Maine, and picked up an Outstanding Song Collection prize at the Ivor Novello awards in recognition of his 30 years as a songwriter. Meanwhile, Andy released his acclaimed solo album Non-Stop and lent his powerhouse voice to the TV reality show Pop Star To Opera Star. But even in their extended gap year, Erasure were never far from the charts, releasing their double retrospective Total Pop! Ð The First 40 Hits in 2009.

This solid-gold songwriting chemistry is key to why Erasure have survived and thrived for over 25 years. Andy and Vince still write the same way they always have - together in the same room, face to face, waiting for inspiration to strike. Fortunately, it always does.

"It is just spur of the moment, we can't write separately" Vince explains. "We are always in a studio with guitar and piano", adds Andy. "It has got be the actual physical thing of us being there and doing it. But the songwriting is always in flux. Sometimes it's easy, sometimes it's hard."

"I think it's getting harder", says Vince, "but that's probably because we're a bit more picky. We tend to write more ideas than songs now. The way we used to work, we'd have one or two or three ideas, then piece them together into a song. Now we have five or six or seven ideas, so it gets more confusing. But there is still an incredible amount of satisfaction once you've finished a song."

Behind this musical partnership, of course, lies one of the most enduring friendships in pop. In more than 25 years together, Vince insists he and Andy have never had a single serious argument, and always respected each other's creative input into Erasure.

"When we're together we are really together, but when were apart we don't talk to each other," Vince explains. "I think that's part of it. And also we are both pretty low key, neither of us gets particularly precious about ideas. We don't argue about album titles or anything."

"I just don't see why there is any need for drama," says Andy, ironically one of the most flamboyantly dramatic frontman in pop. "Vince and I are very similar people really. We are quite monkish, quite Zen about what we do. We definitely share sense of humour, but I also think politics is important. We don't talk about it that often, but we both know what's fair and not fair, who's a devil and who isn't."

Erasure may have been synth-pop pioneers in the 1980s and 1990s, but they never rest on their laurels. Unlike many of their former chart peers, Andy and Vince have consistently avoided the creative death knell of nostalgia tours. Both are huge fans of contemporary electronic music and club sounds. They remain a vital, forward-thinking force in 21st century pop.

"In the 1980's and early 1990's, if you counted the number of purely electronic bands in the charts, there wasnÕt that much really," Vince says with a smile. "Now it's like 90 per cent! Who would have thought that? This whole new electronic scene is really exciting, and I don't think anybody sounds like the music from back then, just because they are using synthesizers. Erasure have never been about nostalgia. We are not thinking about records we made in the 1980's, even if other people are. We are thinking about the next record - and future records."

After more than 25 years together, Tomorrow's World is the sound of Erasure rebooted, rejuvenated and fully recharged. Timeless and universal, they never look back. Such is the essence of great pop: a glorious celebration of right here, right now. Come and join the party.

ERASURE

TOMORROW'S WORLD TOUR

9:30 Club - Washington DC

9|6|2011

Live Photos Taken By My Friend: JOHN KRETCHMAN

PAUL HICKEY

Sometimes - A Life Of Love, Loss And Erasure

6|22|2011

R.I.P.

PAUL HICKEY

4|11|2012

Love & Respect.

ERASURE

Gaudete

Mute

10|28|2013

ERASURE

Snow Globe [Deluxe Edition Boxset]

Mute

11|11|2013

SIGNED GREETING CARD

POSTCARDS

COCKTAIL BOOK

CANDY

PROMOTION

ERASURE

Gaudete [Limited Edition Seasonal Card With CD]

Mute

12|8|2013

ANDY BELL & ISAAC JUNKIE

Breathing Love Remixed [Limited Edition]

Isaac Junkie Records

PART 1 Of 2

12|16|2013

PART 2 Of 2

1|27|2014

ERASURE

Make It Wonderful

Mute

2|24|2014

DAVE AUDÉ & ANDY BELL

Aftermath [Here We Go]

Audacious Records

4|1|2014

SHELTER [Featuring ANDY BELL]

Beautiful

B&B Music Limited

5|5|2014

ANDY BELL [& SHELTER]

iPop [Download]

Ministry Of Pop

5|12|2014

DAVE AUDÉ & ANDY BELL

Aftermath [Here We Go] - The Remixes

Audacious Records

6|2|2014

ANDY BELL is...TORSTEN THE BAREBACK SAINT

I Don't Like | Fountain Of Youth [Limited Edition 7"]

Strike Force Entertainment

7|7|2014

ANDY BELL is...TORSTEN THE BAREBACK SAINT

I Don't Like [Promo CD]

Strike Force Entertainment

7|7|2014

ANDY BELL is...TORSTEN THE BAREBACK SAINT

Fountain Of Youth [Promo CD]

Strike Force Entertainment

8|18|2014

ANDY BELL is...TORSTEN THE BAREBACK SAINT

[Andy Bell Talks Torsten And More]

Cherry Red Records - My Favourite Flavour

2014

ANDY BELL is...TORSTEN THE BAREBACK SAINT

Torsten The Bareback Saint [Special Edition]

Strike Force Entertainment

7|28|2014

TORSTEN THE BAREBACK SAINT PROGRAMME

ERASURE

THE VIOLET FLAME TOUR

9:30 Club - Washington DC

9|19|2014

ERASURE

The Violet Flame

Mute

9|22|2014

THE VIOLET FLAME LIMITED EDITION PRINT

THE VIOLET FLAME LIMITED EDITION DELUXE BOX SET

ANDY BELL [& SHELTER]

iPop The Singles [Limited Edition CD]

Ministry Of Pop

11|3|2014

ANDY BELL

[Singer-Songwriter]

Out 100

12|2014-1|2015

ANDY BELL [& SHELTER]

iPop [Deluxe Edition 3CD]

Ministry Of Pop

4|6|2015

ANDY BELL

Variance - Torsten The Bareback Saint [Remixes]

Strike Force Entertainment

9|4|2015

ERASURE

Sometimes 2015 [Single]

Mute

10|23|2015

ERASURE

Always - The Very Best Of Erasure [3CD Deluxe Edition]

Mute

10|30|2015

ERASURE

[Always - The Very Best Of Erasure - Promo Ad]

Classic Pop

12|2015-1|2016

ERASURE

The Violet Flame [Greek Limited Edition]

Undo Records

12|21|2015

EXCLUSIVE REMIXES CD

DAVE AUDÉ & ANDY BELL

True Original

Audacious Records

1|1|2016

ANDY BELL

Torsten The Beautiful Libertine

Strike Force Entertainment

3|4|2016

ANDY BELL

[Altered Ego]

Cherry Red Records - My Favourite Flavour Vol. Two Issue One

Spring-Summer|2016

ANDY BELL

Fly [Songs Inspired By The Film Eddie The Eagle]

Universal

3|18|2016

ANDY BELL

Variance II - Torsten The Beautiful Libertine [Remixes]

Strike Force Entertainment

7|1|2016

ERASURE

From Moscow To Mars (An Erasure Anthology) [12CD + DVD Deluxe Box Set]

Mute

12|9|2016

ANDY BELL

Crazy 2017 [Digital]

Planet Clique

1|27|2017

ANDY BELL

Electric Blue [Deluxe Expanded 3CD Edition]

Planet Clique

3|10|2017

ANDY BELL

The Torsten Verse Diaries [Limited Edition 150 Copies]

By Barney Ashton

The Society Club - London

2017

ERASURE

World Be Gone

Mute

5|19|2017

ERASURE

Love You To The Sky [Single]

Mute

6|2|2017

ERASURE

World Be Gone [Single]

Mute

7|28|2017

ERASURE

Just A Little Love [Single + Limited Edition Collector's Box]

Mute

10|6|2017

ERASURE

[World Be Gone - Promo Ad]

Attitude

11|2017

ERASURE

[Attitude Awards 2017 - Erasure Receive Icon Award]

Attitude

11|2017

ERASURE

World Be Gone [Greek Limited Edition + Be Careful What You Wish For! Remixes]

Undo|Mute

1|4|2018

ERASURE

[World Beyond - Promo Ad]

Classic Pop

3|2018

ERASURE

World Beyond

Mute

3|9|2018

ERASURE

World Be Live

Mute

6|21|2018

ERASURE

Wild! - Deluxe 30th Anniversary Edition [2CD]

Mute

3|29|2019

Randomly Selected Orders Came With Enamel Logo Pin!

ANDY BELL

Andy Bell Is Torsten In Queereteria [Deluxe Fan Edition]

Strike Force Entertainment

4|12|2019

ANDY BELL

Variance III [The 'Torsten In Queereteria' Remixes]

Strike Force Entertainment

12|6|2019

ERASURE

J2 Cards

9|2019

YAZOO

J2 Cards
9|2019

ERASURE

Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling) [Remixes]

Mute

6|26|2020

ERASURE

Shot A Satellite [Initial Talk Remix]

Mute

7|30|2020

ERASURE

The Neon [Limited Edition Slipcase CD + 4 Art Cards]

Mute

8|21|2020

ERASURE

[Turn On The Bright Lights]

Classic Pop

8-9|2020

[SUBSCRIBER COVER]

ERASURE

[The Neon - Promo Ad]

Classic Pop

8-9|2020

ERASURE

Blue Savannah [Limited Edition Blue Transparent Vinyl - 1,000 Copies]

[Record Store Day Exclusive]

Mute

8|29|2020 [Italy]

9|26|2020 [Worldwide]

BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT [Featuring ANDY BELL]

Good At Goodbyes [Single]

YSKWN!/Rod Thomas
10|30|2020

VINCE CLARKE

[Vince Clarke King Of Synthpop Special Edition]

[Four Different Collector's Covers]

Classic Pop

2020

ERASURE

The Neon Singles [Limited Edition 3CD Box Set]

Mute

12|4|2020

ANDY BELL

Club Torsten! [Limited Edition Pink Vinyl]

Strike Force Entertainment

2|5|2021

ANDY BELL

F**kpig Zeitgeist! [Book + Limited Edition Queereteria TV CD EP]

Strike Force Entertainment

6|4|2021

ERASURE

The Neon Remixed [2CD]

Mute

7|30|2021

ERASURE

Ne:Ep [CD]

Mute

10|1|2021

ERASURE

Ne:Ep Remixed [Download]

Mute

11|19|2021

SPIRITUAL FRIENDSHIP

IV

Mute

12|3|2021

An Honest Key [Featuring ANDY BELL]

ERASURE

The Neon Tour [U.S. Dates] - CANCELLED

1|14|2022-2|27|2022

ERASURE

[Erasure reissue - Review]

Classic Pop

11-12|2022

ERASURE

The Neon Live [4CD A5 Hardback Book]

Mute

2023

ANDY BELL

Lifetime Achievement Award

British LGBT Awards

6|23|2023

CLAIRE RICHARDS

Euphoria [Super Deluxe Edition]

Edsel Records

8|25|2023

Summer Night City - Featuring ANDY BELL

VINCE CLARLE

[Game Of Drones] + The Lamentations Of Jeremiah | The Cave [Clear Vinyl 7"]

Electronic Sound #105  

9|20|2023

VINCE CLARLE

Songs of Silence

Mute

11|17|2023

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