Erasure's Singles In UK Chart
Breakdown
Posted: 22nd December 2002
This site now has exclusive details of how each of
Erasure's singles
performed each week during their stay in the UK Singles Chart. This includes
details of which songs were chart rivals including which tracks kept the
likes of
Sometimes and
Crackers International EP off the
number one spot. To see these chart breakdowns, visit the
Discography
page and click on the chart highest for the single of your choice.
Birmingham
Concert Photos Now Available
Posted: 16th December 2002
I've added four photos I took at the recent EIS Erasure
Christmas Concert to the Images
page.
US Solsbury
Hill Release Date Changed
Posted: 7th December 2002 - Source EIS
The American release date for the Maxi single of Solsbury Hill
has been brought forward to the 14th January 2003 by label Mute North
America. 28th January is still the release date for Other People's
Songs.
Birmingham
Concert Tickets Up For Grabs
Posted: 6th December 2002 - Source Rainbownetwork.com
Two tickets for the Birmingham Erasure concert on the
13th December are being given away in a competition. To stand a chance
of winning visit the Rainbownetwork.com
website.
More Solsbury
Hill Audio Clips Released
Posted: 3rd December 2002 - Source EIS
RealAudio clips of the Radio Mix (mixed by Kylie Minogue producer Mike
Spencer) and Manhattan Clique Extended Remix of Solsbury Hill
can now be listened to via the EIS
website.
Extra London
Date Added To The Other Tour
Posted: 23rd November 2002 - Source EIS
An extra concert at the London Astoria has been confirmed for Saturday
22nd February 2003 due to popular demand. See The Other Tour page for
more info on how to book tickets for one of the venues.
Andy
Reveals Much In German Interview
Posted: 20th November 2002 - Source Whigfield.tk
A phone interview transcribed by Jens Hoehner, which will be published
in the weekend edition of the German newspaper Westdeutsche
Zeitung (Duesseldorf) on the 4th January, reveals many of Andy's
thoughts regarding the new album, including which songs the band decided
to drop. It also reveals the origins of the new b-sides Searching
and Tell It To Me, personal trauma over the health of his partner
as well as details of the upcoming The Other Tour.
More Audio
Clips Released On EIS Website
Posted: 19th November 2002 - Source EIS
You can now hear streaming audio clips of two of the b-sides that will
be on the Solsbury Hill single.
The clips are available on the EIS
website and are of the tracks Ave Maria and Tell It To
Me.
UK The Other Tour Concert
Dates Confirmed
Posted: 13th November 2002 - Source EIS
It's been a long five years, but finally Erasure are
set to tour the UK once more. The Other Tour sees the band
play nine venue in February 2003 to promote the new album. Unfortunately
there are no plans for Erasure to tour North America
or anywhere else.
American Solsbury
Hill Maxi Single Confirmed
Posted: 9th November 2002 - Source EIS
Mute North America have confirmed a Maxi single of Solsbury Hill
will be released in the US on the 28th January 2003, the same day that
the new album Other People's Songs is released in America.
The Maxi single will be released on one CD and contains all the tracks
and remixes featured on the 2 CDs and DVD of the UK Solsbury Hill
single (see below). The CD will also double up as a CD-ROM to feature
the short film Dr Jeckyll and Mistress Hyde which was directed by Vince
and stars Andy as a homicidal transvestite.
Solsbury
Hill To Be Available For Just One Week Only
Posted: 4th November 2002 - Source EIS
Erasure's forthcoming single Solsbury Hill
will be released on two CDs and DVD but will only be available for one
week from the 6th January 2003. CD1 will include the Dave Bascombe mix
of Solsbury Hill, as well as two original Erasure
songs, Tell It To Me and Searching. CD2 will include
two remixes of Solsbury Hill, the 37B Mix and the Manhattan
Clique Extended Remix as well as the cover of Ave Maria, which
didn't quite make it onto the album. The DVD will include the radio
mix of Solsbury Hill, as well as the 37B mix of Video Killed
the Radio Star and a short film called Dr Jeckyll and Mistress
Hyde, which was directed by Vince and stars Andy as a homicidal transvestite(!).
You can hear a clip of Solsbury Hill by checking out the EIS
website, which also includes Andy and Vince's comments about the album,
Other People's Songs.
New Album
Info On Billboard.com And RollingStone.com
Posted: 30th October 2002 - Sources Billboard.com
& RollingStone.com
Music websites Billboard.com and RollingStone.com have published press
releases concerning the forthcoming Other People's Songs album.
These include comments made by the band surrounding the concept of the
album with both mentioning some tentative details about the up and coming
UK tour.
Click on the links above for the full articles.
New Album
Tracklist And Release Date Confirmed
Posted: 25th October 2002 - Source EIS
After much waiting it has now finally been officially announced that
Other People's Songs will be released worldwide on 27th January
2003. It is the band's tenth studio album and has been produced by Gareth
Jones, who co-produced the Cowboy, Erasure and Wild!
albums. Some tracks have also been mixed by Dave Bascombe, who has mixed
many Erasure tracks over the years. The official tracklist,
with unofficial lyrics, can be found on the Other
People's Songs page within this very site.
Single Solsbury
Hill To Be Released 6th January
Posted: 25th October 2002 - Source EIS
The first single to be released from Other People's Songs will
be Peter Gabriel's 1977 hit Solsbury Hill. The song will be
released on 6th January 2003. No details of b-sides or remixes have
yet been confirmed.
'Other People's
Songs' To Be Released In America
Posted: 8th October 2002 - Source EIS
After the debacle that resulted in Loveboat failing to get
a release in the United States, it good news for Erasure's
American fans that Mute have confirmed that Other People's Songs
will be released in the US in February 2003 to co-inside with the
release date for the rest of the world. The album will be the first
released through Mute North America, with Maverick no longer distributing
Erasure's releases in the USA.
New Album Entitled 'Other
People's Songs'
Posted: 2nd October 2002 - Source EIS
It has officially been announced that Erasure's forthcoming
'covers' album is to be entitled Other People's Songs and is
set for release in February 2003. The tracklisting is still being decided,
but it is likely the album will include versions of Ave Maria,
Ebb Tide, Solsbury Hill, When Will I See You Again,
You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling and a reworking of one of the
band's very own songs. The album has been produced by Gareth Jones and
has been mixed by Dave Bascombe. It has also been confirmed that plans
are afoot for Erasure's first tour in over 5 years
to promote the forthcoming album. No other details such as venues and
dates about the tour have been finalised, and it is unclear as to whether
the tour will see Erasure play any venues outside of
the UK, but as soon as it is revealed it will be posted here. Watch
this space.
Rumoured
Track List For Covers Album Revealed
Posted: 28th August 2002 - Source Erasure.com
A proposed track list for Erasure's forthcoming covers
album has been made available. According to the rumours the following
songs have been recorded by the band: I Am The Walrus (The
Beatles); Sugar Sugar (The Archies); Who Wears Short Shorts
(Royal Teens); Solisbury Hill (Peter Gabriel); When Will
I See You Again (3 Degrees); Bobbie's Girl (Marcie Blaine);
Better Love Next Time (Dr. Hook); Comfortably Numb
(Pink Floyd); Ave Maria (Carpenters) and I'm Coming Out
(Diana Ross). It has been implied before that Erasure
planned to 'cover' one of their own tracks, with the rumour-mill suggesting
A Little Respect has been redone, with lyrics of Aretha Franklin's
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. song tied in for good measure. Of course all
of the above is merely speculation at this stage, with no official announcement
having been made, so take the track list above with some skepticism.
A Little
Respect Scrubs Episode On Channel 4
Posted: 20th July 2002
According to my TV guide, the A Little Respect featured episode
of US medical comedy Scrubs will be broadcast on Channel 4
this week. This will be the first time the episode has been screened
on terrestrial UK television. The show will be broadcast at 11.05pm
(BST) this Thursday (25th).
Covers
Album Delayed Until 2003
Posted: 4th June 2002 - Source EIS
Erasure have returned to the studio with producer Gareth Jones
to continue working on their forthcoming album of cover versions. As
has been mentioned before, the band intend to record more songs than
is required and choose the best for inclusion on the album, with Erasure
expecting to continue recording more material well into the summer.
It is predicted the album will finally be released early in 2003.
EMI Acquires
Mute Records
Posted: 12th May 2002 - Source The
EMI Group
EMI Recorded Music has reported it has acquired Mute Records who are
Erasure's primary record label and UK distributor. The £42m deal
was agreed by Mute's founder Daniel Miller who will remain responsible
for all Mute's global operations, with EMI now owning rights to Mute's
back catalogue and dealings in the UK, US and Germany. What impact this
will have on future Erasure releases is unclear, but hopefully
now Mute, with more financial backing, will pump money into giving Erasure's
future releases the most possible promotion. Interestingly though, the
EMI press statement does not even mention Erasure as one of Mute's
leading artists so perhaps EMI will not sanction costly Erasure
promotion.
Band
Working On Classical Cover Versions
Posted: 2nd April 2002 - Source GarethJones.com
According to producer Gareth Jones, Erasure are working
on versions of Ave Maria (Gounod's arrangement) and Ebb
Tide to potentially be included on the forthcoming covers album.
The band have already recorded many cover version that won't make it
onto the final album, but it is possible these rejected tracks will
still be released as b-sides in the future. As of yet, no decision has
been made as to which tracks will and won't be on the final album. Watch
this space for updates.
Official
Covers Album Update
Posted: 5th March 2002 - Sources EIS
& GarethJones.com
Work is still well underway on Erasure's forthcoming
covers only album with Vince and Andy set to return to their respective
home studios shortly to continue recording and mixing tracks. So far
a dozen songs have been recorded, of which only 5 or 6 will make it
onto the final album. For the the next two months more songs will be
recorded and others tweaked and re-worked. It is hoped the album will
be completed during the spring for a mid-Autumn release, but this is
obviously subject to change. At least one single from the album is planned
to be release with the possibility of a tour not ruled out. Maverick
Records, who declined to give Loveboat a US release, will only
decide on whether to release this album once all tracks are completed.
A recent Dutch magazine article, available on Gareth Jones's website,
mentions four tracks which Erasure have so far recorded:
Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel; When I See You Again
by The Three Degrees; You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling by The
Righteous Brothers and the reworking of an unnamed Erasure
track (covering their own material?!). However not all of these songs
are certain to be on the final album, as it was always been the plan
to record more songs than is required and to chose the best ones for
inclusion on the final album. Any future news will be posted here.
Covers Album News And Rumours
Posted: 3rd January 2002 - Sources GarethJones.com
& Erasure.com
Gareth Jones, the producer of Erasure's forthcoming
covers album, has written on his website that the band have recorded
14 tracks which will be completed this month. Although there is still
no official indication of what tracks will be featured on the album,
rumour has it that one of tracks is a version of Michael Jackson's early
hit Ben. It is also rumoured the Jackson 5 songs Dancing
Machine and Dance and Shout have been covered.
