Nightbird

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Nightbird
Studio album by Erasure
Released	January 25, 2005
Recorded	2004
Genre	Synthpop
Length	43:16
Label	Mute Records
Producer(s)	Erasure
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Erasure chronology
Hits! (2003)	Nightbird (2005)	Union Street (2006)

Nightbird is the eleventh full-length studio album by the British synthpop band Erasure. Produced by Erasure, it was released on January 25, 2005 by Mute Records in the UK and the U.S.

It proved to be both critically and commercially successful, thanks to positive reviews by music critics who dubbed it both a "mature masterpiece" and "return to form" - meaning meticulously produced, shimmering three-minute pop songs. Many longtime fans of the band hailed Nightbird as a return to the sound and feel of classic Erasure albums like Wonderland and Chorus. Singer Andy Bell's revelation that he was HIV-positive just prior to the album's release shed new meaning on the songs' introspective and sometimes melancholy lyrics.

Many were surprised when the first single "Breathe" entered the UK singles chart at number four - Erasure's highest peak since "Always" hit number four in 1994. Although no singles from the album charted on the Billboard Hot 100, two of them hit the top ten on the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart. "Breathe" became Erasure's second number-one on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart - their first being "Victim of Love" in 1987.

A massive concert tour accompanied this album which travelled across Europe and the UK as well as North America. The tour, dubbed The Erasure Show, featured the extravagant set designs and costume changes Erasure is known for. The tour wrapped up in June 2005.

[edit] Track listing

1. "No Doubt" (Clarke/Bell)
2. "Here I Go Impossible Again" (Clarke/Bell)
3. "Let's Take One More Rocket To the Moon" (Clarke/Bell)
4. "Breathe" (Clarke/Bell)
5. "I'll Be There" (Clarke/Bell)
6. "Because Our Love is Real" (Clarke/Bell)
7. "Don't Say You Love Me" (Clarke/Bell)
8. "All This Time Still Falling Out of Love" (Clarke/Bell)
9. "I Broke It All In Two" (Clarke/Bell)
10. "Sweet Surrender" (Clarke/Bell)
11. "I Bet You're Mad At Me" (Clarke/Bell)

Erasure
Vince Clarke | Andy Bell
Erasure discography | B-sides and non-album songs
Albums/EPs: Wonderland | The Circus | The Two Ring Circus | The Innocents | Crackers International Wild! | Chorus | Abba-esque | I Say I Say I Say | Erasure | Cowboy | Loveboat | Other People's Songs | Nightbird | Union Street Compilations: Pop! - the First 20 Hits | Hits! The Very Best of Erasure Box Sets: EBX 1 | EBX 2 | EBX 3 | EBX 4 Singles: Who Needs Love Like That | Heavenly Action | Oh L'amour | Sometimes | It Doesn't Have To Be | Victim of Love | The Circus | Ship of Fools | Chains of Love | A Little Respect | Stop! | Drama! | You Surround Me | Blue Savannah | Star | Chorus | Love to Hate You | Am I Right? | Breath of Life | Take a Chance on Me | Who Needs Love Like That (remix) | Always | Run to the Sun | I Love Saturday | Stay With Me | Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) | Rock Me Gently | In My Arms | Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me | Rain | Freedom | Moon & the Sky | Solsbury Hill | Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) | Oh L'amour (remix) | Breathe | Don't Say You Love Me | Here I Go Impossible Again / All This Time Still Falling Out of Love | Boy Video/DVD: Sanctuary - the EIS Christmas Concert 2002 | Hits! the Videos | The Tank, the Swan and the Balloon | Great Hits Live - Live at Great Woods | The Erasure Show - Live in Cologne