Erasure – Chorus

Album Producer

Chorus is a single from the pop band Erasure that Martyn Phillips produced in 1991.


Erasure

Erasure are an English synthpop duo, consisting of singer and songwriter Andy Bell and songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke. They formed in London in 1985 as part of the club scene. Their debut single was "Who Needs Love Like That". With their fourth single, "Sometimes", the duo established themselves on the UK Singles Chart, becoming one of the most successful artists of the late 1980s to mid-1990s.

Their highest charting US single (on the Billboard Hot 100) was their 1988 single "Chains of Love", which hit #12 on the chart. They also had Top 20 US hits with the songs "A Little Respect", and "Always". From 1986 to 2007, Erasure achieved 24 consecutive Top 40 hits in the UK. By 2009, 34 of their 37 chart-eligible singles and EPs had made the UK Top 40, with 17 climbing into the Top 10. At the 1989 Brit Awards, Erasure won the Brit Award for Best British Group.

The duo are most popular in their native UK and mainland Europe (especially Germany, Denmark, and Sweden) and also in South America (especially Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Peru).  They have penned over 200 songs and have sold over 25 million albums worldwide.

Chorus, Erasure's fifth proper studio album, was released on 14 October 1991 by Mute Records in Germany and the UK and 15 October 1991 by Sire/Reprise Records in the USA; and on the short list of nominees for the 1992 Mercury Prize.

Reviews

Ned Raggett ranked the album at number 45 in his list of "The Top 136 or So Albums of the Nineties".

Number 45 of the Top 136 Albums of the Nineties

Ned Raggett

Chorus is simply a brilliant album. Musically diverse, creative and beautiful, lyrically superb with some of Andy's finest ever (and most effortless) vocals, this album is one of the band's best.

Onge's Review

Onge's Erasure Page

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