Other People's Songs - Erasure
  • Band Name: Erasure
  • Record Label: Mute
  • Release Date: Jan 28, 2003
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47 out of 100

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8.8 out of 10

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  • Summary: What could possibly be more relevant in 2003 than an 80s band covering their favorite hits of the 60s, 70s, and 80s? Tracks here include Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill," Buddy Holly's "Everday," and The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star."

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 13
  3. Negative: 3 out of 13
  1. Launch.com
    80
    The album makes clear that these men really like music. They like singing it; they like playing it. And there’s enough fun being had here to convince you that you might like hearing it as well.
  2. Mixer
    60
    Erasure transforms each number into something tailor-made for a staged musical. [Jan 2003, p.74]
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  3. Blender
    60
    Showcases the melodramatic but never overstated croon of a showman who, in another era, might've been a Las Vegas legend. [#14, p.135]
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  4. Playlouder
    30
    Startling for all the wrong reasons.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. MarkT
    10
    Brilliant interpretations by the duo responsible for keeping synth-pop alive.
  2. anwyun
    10
    Simply Great, the masters of synth-pop did it again!!
  3. FernandaB
    10
    This album is just fantastic, from the first to the last track. Erasure said they wanted to pay tribute to their idols and I can't think of a better way of doing it. I gotta say, I listened to the original songs and there's no way I would have ever liked most of them. That of course, before the "erasure-touch"!… Expand
  4. RobW.
    0
    Poor, poor work, unoriginal and terribly dull.

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