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Featuring exclusive commentary with Erasure's Andy Bell and Vincent Clark. Erasure created some of the greatest synth pop classic of the 80s and 90s and it’s criminal that they haven’t had scores of hits here in America, because literally every song they write is luscious synth pop ear candy drenched in equal parts melancholy and unadulterated joy . Celebrating this unique band. we count down their top 5 greatest songs including Al Little Respect, Blue Savannah, Chains of Love and many more
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I was thinking the other day about vocal range. I was thinking of vocal range because I was thinking of Andy Bell of Erasure. Is there a singer who has a greater vocal range in pop music? I’m sure many will argue that there is but is there a singer that comes close to the extreme joy that comes from andy bell no matter the note, no matter the register. I mean his deep baritone in How Many Times from the album Wild is just flawless and then when he goes into his beautiful falsetto in a song like You Surround me it’s just breathtaking.
Andy can go from 1st gear to eighth gear in like 2.5 seconds. It’s amazing! It’s like Synth pop Gospel. That’s exactly what Erasure is Synth Pop Gospel.. Andy Bell and Vincent Clark of Erasure are a two headed monster, hit writing machine, And it’s criminal that they haven’t had at least 30 hits here in America, because literally every song they write is luscious synth pop ear candy drenched in equal parts melancholy and unadulterated joy .
For the record, in the UK they’ve charted 32 top 40 hits and 16 top tens. They’re like the beatles of synth pop there . Even their album tracks could’ve been hit songs. Like Reunion from Wonderland, and Phantom Bride and Witch in the Ditch from The innocents or Don’t Dance from the Circus. I could go on and on. Even their B sides were stellar, songs like DreamLike State and Pistol weren’t throw away tracks, they were songs that any other band would kill for.
I discovered them from their first major American hit “ A Little Respect”. My older sister got the innocents on cassette for Christmas that year and I would sneak into her room steal it and listen to it for hours and then return it without her knowledge. That lead to ultimate music discovery, as I would buy wonderland and the Two ring Circus.
Then About 18 months later I discovered Depeche Mode and many other bands of the like and I was completely transformed from a musically confused top 40 kid who was trying to love hair metal to fit in with the cool kids, to the new wave kid that was mercilessly ridiculed by the cool kids. Quite a trade. Erasure was truly my gateway drug that lead to my fascination with The Cure, Depeche Mode, New Order, Echo and the Bunnymen, OMD and so many more, it really all started there.