The Two Ring Circus

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The Two Ring Circus
The Two Ring Circus cover
Studio album by Erasure
Released 1987
Recorded 1985-1987
Genre Synthpop
Length 73:37
Label Sire Records
Producer(s) Flood and Vince Clarke
Professional reviews
Erasure chronology
The Circus (Erasure)
(1987)		 The Two Ring Circus
(1987)		 The Innocents
(1988)


The Two Ring Circus is a combination remix and live album from Erasure that served as a companion piece to their second album The Circus. It was released in 1987 on Mute Records in the UK and Sire Records in the U.S. The vinyl version was a double album that did not contain the final six live tracks which appeared on the cassette and CD versions.

UK chart rules at the time made The Two Ring Circus ineligible to chart, although it did reach number twenty-six in Germany. It became their second release to briefly slip into the Billboard 200, peaking at number 186.

All but one song on The Two Ring Circus were Erasure originals that had already appeared on their first two albums. The last track, a live version of "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" was their first remake of an ABBA tune, foreshadowing a concept that would later provide them with a number-one in the UK in 1992 with the Abba-esque EP.

No singles were released from this album.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Sometimes" (Erasure and Flood Mix)
  2. "It Doesn't Have To Be" (Pascal Gabriel Mix)
  3. "Victim of Love" (Little Louie Vega Mix)
  4. "Leave Me To Bleed" (Vince Clarke and Eric Radcliffe Mix)
  5. "Hideaway" (Little Louie Vega Mix)
  6. "Don't Dance" (Daniel Miller and Flood Mix)
  7. "The Circus" (Dave Powell Mix)
  8. "If I Could" (Orchestral arrangement by Andrew Poppy)
  9. "Spiralling" (Orchestral arrangement by Andrew Poppy)
  10. "My Heart... So Blue" (Orchestral arrangement by Andrew Poppy)
  11. "Victim of Love" (live)
  12. "Spiralling" (live)
  13. "Sometimes" (live)
  14. "Oh L'amour" (live)
  15. "Who Needs Love Like That" (live)
  16. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" (live)
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
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