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Erasure have confirmed that the first single from their forthcoming album 'Tomorrow's World' will be called 'When I Start To (Break It All Down)'. More news about release dates, formats, artwork and tracklisting for both the single and the album to follow... In the meantime, the duo has just released some very juicy re-releases of their first two albums, which I blogged about a while ago...

WONDERLAND – 25th ANNIVERSARY 2CD+DVD SPECIAL EDITION



CD ONE (original album +)
Who Needs Love Like That / Reunion / Cry So Easy / Push Me Shove Me / Heavenly Action / Say What / Love Is A Loser / Senseless / My Heart… So Blue / Oh L'Amour / Pistol / Say What (Remix) / March On Down The Line (Remix) / Senseless (Remix)

CD TWO (b-sides, mixes and sessions)
Who Needs Love Like That (Mexican Mix) / Push Me Shove Me (Extended As Far As Possible Mix) / Don't Say No (Ruby Red Mix) / Heavenly Action (12" Mix) / March On Down The Line / Oh L'Amour (PWL Funky Sisters Say 'Ooh La La') / Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Remix) / Cry So Easy (Radio 1 Session: Bruno Brookes, 15/11/85 *) / Who Needs Love Like That (Radio 1 Session: Bruno Brookes, 15/11/85 *) / Senseless (Radio 1 Session, 5/12/85 *) / Heavenly Action (Radio 1 Session, 5/12/85 *) / Say What? (Radio 1 Session, 5/12/85 *) / Push Me Shove Me (Radio 1 Session, 5/12/85 *)

DVD (promo videos and concert footage)
Who Needs Love Like That (promo video) / Heavenly Action (promo video) / Oh L'Amour (promo video) + 'Live at Karlsson, Stockholm' a previously unreleased concert filmed on 8/8/86 and featuring live versions of Pistol / Senseless / Heavenly Action / Reunion / Sometimes / Who Needs Love Like That / Cry So Easy / My Heart…So Blue / March On Down The Line / Say What / Sexuality / Oh L'Amour / Push Me Shove Me / Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

THE CIRCUS - 2CD+DVD SPECIAL EDITION



CD ONE (original album +)
It Doesn't Have To Be / Hideaway / Don't Dance / If I Could / Sexuality / Victim Of Love / Leave Me To Bleed / Sometimes / The Circus / Spiralling / In The Hall Of The Mountain King (From the Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Opus 46 by Greig. Arranged by Erasure) / Sometimes (12" Mix), It Doesn't Have To Be (Boop Oopa Doo Mix)

CD TWO (b-sides, mixes and sessions)
Sexuality (12" Mix) / Sometimes (Shiver Mix) / The Circus (Bareback Rider Mix) / Who Needs Love Like That (Betty Boop Mix) / It Doesn't Have To Be (Cement Mix) / The Soldier's Return (The Return Of The Radical Radcliffe Mix) / Victim Of Love (Vixen Vitesse Mix) / If I Could (Japanese Mix) / The Circus (Radio 1 Session, 10/3/87) / Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Radio 1 Session, 10/3/87) / Spiralling (Radio 1 Session, 10/3/87) / Phantom Bride (Radio 1 Session, 10/3/87)

DVD (promo videos, performances and concert footage)
Sometimes (promo video) / It Doesn't Have To Be (promo video) / Victim Of Love (promo video) / The Circus (promo video) / Sometimes (TOTP, 20/11/86) / It Doesn't Have To Be (TOTP, 19/3/87) / Victim Of Love (TOTP, 5/6/87) / The Circus (TOTP, 22/10/87) + 'Live At The Seaside', a concert recorded at The Dome in Brighton on 17/4/87 previously released on VHS but now available on DVD for the first time. The concert features live versions of Safety In Numbers / Victim Of Love / It Doesn't Have To Be / Don't Dance / Who Needs Love




Last month saw the release of a new Erasure-releated book. Paul Hickey has been (and still is) Andy Bell's manager pretty much since the start of Erasure, and was also - for many years - Andy's partner. 'Sometimes - A Life of Love, Loss & Erasure' tells the story of Paul's life so far in a very honest and engaging way and, naturally, includes loads of insights into his personal and professional relationships with Andy and Erasure, plus tales from Paul's fascinating childhood and his more recent battle to recover from the series of strokes that left him paralysed a few years ago.

"Paul Hickey's account of his life with Andy Bell is unflinchingly honest and unashamedly romantic. ‘Sometimes’ is the true story of a gay love affair that survives and thrives despite the pressures of the music industry, through highs and lows, in sickness and in health. Sometimes moving, sometimes shocking, sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, it’s a warm, witty book that deserves a wide readership." - Paul Burston