• Record Label: Mute
  • Release Date: Jan 28, 2003
Metascore
47

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 13
  2. Negative: 3 out of 13
  1. Mixer
    60
    Erasure transforms each number into something tailor-made for a staged musical. [Jan 2003, p.74]
  2. 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]
  3. Overall, the album plays too stiffly for these experts of synth-hewn dance/pop.
  4. More often than not, they connect with the material in unexpected ways.... Problems occur when they can't find a convincing way to graft their highly identifiable sound onto the song.
  5. Carrying none of the charm or innovation of the duo's earlier ABBA tribute, this set is salvaged only by a relatively straight reading of Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill."
  6. Urb
    40
    The results have a better chance of ending up in mom's Volvo than your iPod. [Jan 2003, p.76]
  7. Alternative Press
    40
    Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill" loosens up into a glittery anthem, while the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" should have stayed a karaoke favorite. [March 2003, p.94]
User Score
6.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 13
  2. Negative: 5 out of 13
  1. Aug 17, 2017
    1
    I found this album unlistenable, and I consider myself a huge Erasure fan, having bought all their albums as they came out. This was aI found this album unlistenable, and I consider myself a huge Erasure fan, having bought all their albums as they came out. This was a completely unnecessary album, and their covers were just not very interesting. Video Killed the Radio Star sung in a computer voice? Why??? Full Review »
  2. RobW.
    Sep 25, 2007
    0
    Poor, poor work, unoriginal and terribly dull.
  3. anwyun
    Jul 11, 2006
    10
    Simply Great, the masters of synth-pop did it again!!