• 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. 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.
  2. 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]
  3. Overall, the album plays too stiffly for these experts of synth-hewn dance/pop.
  4. 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]
  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. Mixer
    60
    Erasure transforms each number into something tailor-made for a staged musical. [Jan 2003, p.74]
  7. Urb
    40
    The results have a better chance of ending up in mom's Volvo than your iPod. [Jan 2003, p.76]
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!!