Erasure “The Innocents” Remastered, Out December 8
Legendary pop heroes Erasure release the 21st Anniversary remaster of their classic pop album, The Innocents on December 8th, 2009.
Available on CD, download and as a deluxe 2 CD / DVD package, the deluxe release will feature the original album remastered, a second disc of remastered B-Sides, remixes and rarities plus DVD with Erasure, live at the NEC Birmingham on 15th November 1988. Extras on the DVD include live unreleased versions of “Witch In The Ditch” and “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!,” recordings from the BBC around the original release which includes “Ship Of Fools” on Going Live! and “A Little Respect” from Top Of The Pops plus the original promotional videos for “Ship Of Fools,” “Chains Of Love” and “A Little Respect.”
The Innocents, originally released on 18th April 1988, was the first Erasure album to hit the UK #1 spot (first on 30th April 1988 and again in January 1989), a chart-topping position they revisited with each of their next four album releases.
Featuring the singles “A Little Respect,” “Ship Of Fools” and “Chains Of Love,” The Innocents was Erasure’s third album release, following Wonderland and The Circus, and the album that secured their position as one of Britain’s most beloved and enduring songwriting duos.
In over two decades together, Andy Bell and Vince Clarke (a founding member of Depeche Mode and Yazoo) have sold more than 20 million albums around the globe, proving themselves masters of every kind of song from disco symphonies to unplugged ballads.
DISC 1 – THE INNOCENTS REMASTERED
1. A Little Respect
2. Ship Of Fools
3. Phantom Bride
4. Chains Of Love
5. Hallowed Ground
6. Sixty-Five Thousand
7. Heart Of Stone
8. Yahoo!
9. Imagination
10. Witch In The Ditch
11. Weight In The World
12. When I Needed You (Meloncholic Mix)
13. River Deep Mountain High (Private Dance Mix)
DISC 2 – B-SIDES, REMIXES & RARITIES – REMASTERED
1 Ship Of Fools (Shiver Me Timbers Mix)
2. When I Needed You
3. River Deep Mountain High (7” Version)
4. Chains Of Love ( The Unfettered Mix)
5. Don’t Suppose (Country Joe Mix)
6. The Good The Bad and the Ugly (The Dangerous Remix)
7. A Little Respect (12” House Mix)
8. Like Zsa Zsa Zsa Gabor (Mark Freegard Mix))
9. Love Is Colder Than Death
10. Phantom Bride (Live)*
11. Heart Of Stone (Live)*
12. Hallowed Ground (Live)*
13. Witch In The Ditch (Live)*
*Live tracks recorded for BBC’s In Concert at
Hammersmith Odeon1988.
DISC 3 – DVD
The Innocents Live – NEC Birmingham 15/11/88
1. Chains Of Love
2. A Little Respect
3. The Circus
4. The Hardest Part
5. Push Me Shove Me
6. Spiralling
7. Hallowed Ground
8. Oh L’Amour
9. Who Needs Love Like That
10. Stop!
11. Victim Of Love
12. Ship Of Fools
13. Knocking On Your Door
14. Sometimes
DISC 3 – DVD – continued
The Innocents Live – NEC Birmingham 15/11/88
Witch In The Ditch (Previously unreleased)
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Previously unreleased)
The Innocents At The BBC
Ship Of Fools – Going Live!
A Little Respect – Top Of The Pops
The Innocents Live (BBC 35 minute Special First Broadcast December 12th 1988)
Promotional Videos
Ship Of Fools
Chains Of Love
A Little Respect
Downloads
MP3 files of The Innocents Live Show
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