The Circus (album)
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| Studio album by Erasure | ||
| Released | March 30, 1987 (UK) | |
| Recorded | 1986 | |
| Genre | Synthpop | |
| Length | 54:17 | |
| Label | Mute Records, Sire Records |
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| Producer(s) | Flood and Vince Clarke | |
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| Erasure chronology | ||
| Wonderland (1986) |
The Circus (1987) |
The Two Ring Circus (1987) |
The Circus is the second album by Erasure. It was originally released in April 1987 on Mute Records in the UK and Sire Records in the U.S. The Circus, Erasure's second consecutive album to be produced by Flood, became their breakthrough in the UK and proved to be the group's longest-running album on the UK charts, spawning four hit singles. It was an immediate success thanks to the number-two UK placing of the first single "Sometimes".
Although mainstream success in the U.S. did not occur with this album, it did generate two hits (including a number-one) on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. It also became their first record to barely scrape into the Billboard 200.
[edit] Track listing
- "It Doesn't Have To Be" (Clarke/Bell) – 3:53
- "Hideaway" (Clarke/Bell) – 3:48
- "Don't Dance" (Clarke/Bell) – 3:36
- "If I Could" (Clarke/Bell) – 3:52
- "Sexuality" (Clarke/Bell) – 3:55
- "Victim of Love" (Clarke/Bell) – 3:40
- "Leave Me to Bleed" (Clarke/Bell) – 3:21
- "Sometimes" (Clarke/Bell) – 3:38
- "The Circus" (Clarke/Bell) – 5:30
- "Spiralling" (Clarke/Bell) – 3:10
- "In the Hall Of the Mountain King" (taken from Grieg's Peer Gynt suite) – 2:58
- "Sometimes" (Extended Mix) (CD only) – 5:22
- "It Doesn't Have To Be" (The Boop Oopa Doo Mix) (CD only) – 7:12
[edit] Chart Placings
The Circus hit number six on the UK album charts and number twenty in Germany. It peaked at number 190 on the Billboard 200.
