Other People's Songs
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| Cover album by Erasure | ||
| Released | 2002 | |
| Recorded | 2001-2002 | |
| Genre | Synthpop | |
| Length | 41:17 | |
| Label | Mute Records | |
| Producer(s) | Erasure, Gareth Jones | |
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| Erasure chronology | ||
| Loveboat (2000) |
Other People's Songs (2003) |
Hits! The Very Best Of Erasure (2003) |
Originally conceived as a solo project for singer Andy Bell, Erasure released Other People's Songs, once Vince Clarke became involved and the two began working for the first time in three years. Erasure's tenth studio album, Other People's Songs is just that - a collection of songs originally written and performed by other people. The tracks were handpicked by Clarke and Bell as ones that influenced them as musicians. It was released in the UK and the U.S. by Mute Records in 2003.
Although mostly panned by music critics, Other People's Songs showed a resurgence in Erasure album sales and gave them their first top ten on the UK singles chart in nine years. The album was produced by Erasure with Gareth Jones and Dave Bascombe. Because of Bell's resistance to remaking the classic "Video Killed the Radio Star", the verses are "sung" synthetically by a computer.
[edit] Track listing
- "Solsbury Hill" (Peter Gabriel) (originally by Peter Gabriel)
- "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" (James Warren) (originally by The Korgis)
- "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" (Steve Harley) (originally by Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel)
- "Everyday" (Norman Petty, Buddy Holly) (originally by Buddy Holly)
- "When Will I See You Again" (Gamble and Huff) (originally by The Three Degrees)
- "Walking in the Rain" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector) (originally by The Ronettes)
- "True Love Ways" (Holly, Petty) (originally by Buddy Holly)
- "Ebb Tide" (Robert Maxwell, Carl Sigman) (originally by The Righteous Brothers)
- "Can't Help Falling in Love" (George David Weiss, Hugo & Luigi) (originally by Elvis Presley)
- "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (Mann, Weil, Spector) (originally by The Righteous Brothers)
- "Goodnight" (Cliff Eberhardt) (originally by Cliff Eberhardt)
- "Video Killed the Radio Star" (Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn, Bruce Woolley) (originally by Buggles)
[edit] Chart placings
Other People's Songs hit number seventeen in the UK, number seventeen in Germany and number 138 on the Billboard 200.
