Erasure

Formed 1985, London, UK. Vincent Clarke was former keyboards player with Depeche Mode and the Assembly; Andy Bell was former singer with The Void.
Label: Mute
Musicians: Andrew Bell (vcls); Vincent Clarke (kbds)
Producers: Flood
Writers: Vincent Clarke/Andrew Bell
MUTE 40 Who Needs Love (Like That) 7 Sep 1985 96-84-79-55-60-83 Pts: 12
    Original: Erasure (Oct 1985); from the album Two Ring Circus (12/1987)  
    31 Oct 1992 10-10-19-49 Pts: 42
MUTE 51 Sometimes 11 Oct 1986 82-68-57-43-33-16-7-3-2-5-5-7 Pts: 267
    sales: 250000  
    10 Jan 1987 9-17-31-48-67-xx-77-94-xx-95 Pts: 60
STUMM 35 The Circus LP 4 Apr 1987 6-10-16-20-31-20-26-20-18-15-11-14-12-16-22-26-28-36-32-41-51-71-66-90-92-55-36-24-23-19-21-32-28-31-30-32-34-39-43-24 Pts: 151
    sales: 300000  
    16 Jan 1988 33-36-38-40-53-47-47-30-30-33-35-44-46-59-49-59-67-81-73-78-60-64-82-81-88-87-87-81-89-96-91-91-xx-93-xx-xx-xx-97-82-76-85-85-81-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-98-93-62 Pts: 68
    14 Jan 1989 36-37-36-44-45-42-47-54-52-55-57-56-58-68-66-75-xx-xx-69-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-69-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-75 Pts: 37
    3 Feb 1990 72-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-74-70-xx-xx-xx-xx-75 Pts: 4
Writers: Vincent Clarke/Andrew Bell
MUTE 61 Victim Of Love 23 May 1987 23-7-8-10-15-22-34-50-73 Pts: 134
MUTE 66 The Circus 26 Sep 1987 38-21-12-7-6-11-19-29-42-69-xx-89-98-90-88 Pts: 158
Producers: Stephen Hague/Dave Jacob
MUTE 74 Ship Of Fools 27 Feb 1988 20-12-6-9-18-33-48-74 Pts: 120
Producers: Stephen Hague
STUMM 55 The Innocents LP 23 Apr 1988 1-2-7-13-22-20-22-16-20-23-24-30-35-42-48-53-55-68-82-82-97-76-56-43-25-26-18-18-22-28-31-41-37-33-22-12-10 Pts: 165
    sales: 300000  
    14 Jan 1989 2-2-3-6-10-9-11-16-19-21-24-19-24-30-30-25-34-41-45-44-48-60-66-60-60-65-64-69-66-50-55-58-62-54-69-xx-66-59-60-64-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-74 Pts: 155
Writers: Vincent Clarke/Andrew Bell
MUTE 85 A Little Respect 24 Sep 1988 19-12-7-4-5-10-14-20-36-58-xx-xx-xx-82-89 Pts: 205
Producers: Erasure
MUTE 93 Crackers International EP 3 Dec 1988 7-4-3-3-2 Pts: 213
    14 Jan 1989 2-6-9-17-26-36-57-xx-xx-xx-91-96 Pts: 155
Producers: Gareth Jones/Mark Saunders/Erasure
Writers: Vincent Clarke/Andrew Bell
MUTE 89 Drama! 23 Sep 1989 6-4-6-14-27-33-47-73-xx-xx-xx-97-89-xx-80 Pts: 149
STUMM 75 Wild! LP 21 Oct 1989 1-1-5-12-18-22-26-21-17-15-12 Pts: 96
    sales: 300000  
    13 Jan 1990 24-29-33-41-45-53-51-36-25-20-19-17-21-21-29-37-44-50-53-51-42-31-35-27-28-24-31-38-38-35-44-50-54-57-51-68 Pts: 111
Writers: Vincent Clarke/Andrew Bell
MUTE 109 Blue Savannah 3 Mar 1990 12-8-3-4-5-14-16-22-35-59 Pts: 224
    from the album Wild! (10/1989)  
Producers: Martyn Phillips
MUTE 125 Chorus 22 Jun 1991 3-3-4-5-11-18-30-49-65 Pts: 141
    from the album Chorus (10/1991)  
MUTE 131 Love To Hate You 14 Sep 1991 7-4-4-5-9-17-29-39-58 Pts: 131
    from the album Chorus (10/1991)  
STUMM 95 Chorus LP 19 Oct 1991 1-4-7-13-13-19-22-22-20-21-21 Pts: 208
    sales: 300000  
    9 Jan 1993 27-34-43-57-60-65-xx-xx-xx-xx-66-30-30-29-35-50-61 Pts: 57
Writers: Vincent Clarke/Andrew Bell
MUTE 142 Breath Of Life 21 Mar 1992 12-8-11-18-34-58 Pts: 61
    from the album Chorus (10/1991)  
Producers: David Bascombe
Writers: Benny Andersson/Bjorn Ulvaeus
MUTE 144 Abba-esque EP 6 Jun 1992 1-1-1-1-1-4-9-12-21-37-48-73 Pts: 322
    sales: 400000  
Producers: various
CDMUTEL 2 Pop! - The First 20 Hits LP 21 Nov 1992 1-1-2-2-3-4 Pts: 264
    16 Jan 1993 5-11-11-19-25-28-25-36-38-47-48-57 Pts: 125
    23 Apr 1994 64-71-56-58-31-53-57 Pts: 20
    6 Apr 1996 195-137-150  
    14 Jul 2001 156-199  
Producers: Martyn 'Teddy Bear' Ware
Writers: Vincent Clarke/Andrew Bell
MUTE 152 Always 16 Apr 1994 4-4-6-10-17-27-41-56-70 Pts: 111
    from the album I Say I Say I Say (5/1994)  
LCDSTUMM 115 I Say I Say I Say LP 21 May 1994 1-4-5-18-22-31-38-40-45-35-30-31-37-49-54 Pts: 187
Writers: Vincent Clarke/Andrew Bell
MUTE 153 Run To The Sun 23 Jul 1994 6-15-28-45-58 Pts: 45
    from the album I Say I Say I Say (5/1994)  
CDSTUMM 145 Cowboy LP 5 Apr 1997 10-28-45-75-120 Pts: 33
Producers: Andrew Bell/Vincent Clarke/Jones
Writers: Peter Gabriel
LCDMUTE 275 Solsbury Hill 11 Jan 2003 10-25-43 Pts: 17
Producers: Flood/Gareth Jones/Martyn Phillips/Stephen Hague/Erasure/David Bascombe/various
LCDMUTEL 10 Hits! The Very Best Of Erasure LP 8 Nov 2003 48-49-67 Pts: 5
    sales: 60000  
Producers: Erasure
Writers: Vincent Clarke/Andrew Bell
LCDMUTE 330 Breathe   14-25-37-51-70 Pts: 18
LCDMUTE 337 Don't Say You Love Me   15-47-61 Pts: 11

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