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The best song you won't hear

John P. Thompson | Saint Paul, MN United States | 02/05/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It isn't likely Breathe will get any airplay on American radio...shame because it really shows why Erasure are the best band around.



They can take a simple tune and turn it into anything...a pop gem with the Radio and album version(too bad pop radio is on the R&B craze) an Adult Contemporary tear jerker(with the acoustic version), or a club filling stomp fest(the dance mixes). Erasure are so deep. You don't have to find their music...their music finds you. From 1986's Wonerland to 2005's Nightbird...there is no other band out there like Erasure. They have captured a sound all their own.



You should capture this single. The remixes are all good(especially the acoustic version) but the B-Sides are great as well. Gone Crazy is a sad tune...kind of a hybrid of songs you'd find on Cowboy and Loveboat albums...very pop but indy at the same time. Mr. Gribber is an instrumental that, to me at least, puts me down in the depths of the ocean exploring. Very haunting and beautiful piece of music.



The other great gem is the music video to Breathe. Having their DVD release of videos that was released last year...I must say that Breathe is probably their best video(up there with Stay With Me, Am I Right, SOS, Love To Hate You, In My Arms(US version)). The little girl actress is simply amazing. Really...she is. The video captures the essence of Breathe...dependency on one another to survive. A beautiful and sad music video...but one that you will watch over and over.



This is a no brainer. Buy this now. If you like AC, Pop or Dance music there is something for you here. If you like all three...even better. Plus the great video and a couple good B-Sides. Thank you Andy and Vince for another great single and an awesome album with Nightbird.





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Pure pop

T. Nguyen | San Jose, CA | 02/13/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If the Eighties are back, then the Nineties can't be far behind. Erasure, who straddled the end of the Eighties and the beginning of the Nineties, should be a logical candidate to lead a new charge into another decade's revival.



The pair has a knack for crafting pop songs that revel in unabashed cliché (unlike the Pet Shop Boys). But that is not a fault. Actually, in an age of posers smitten with irony, Erasure's defiant smattering of the sweet, the melancholy, the honesty, is refreshing in the extreme. If you're looking for vintage--no, pure--Erasure, then this latest album should reconnect you deeper, by way of the superficial, to the 90s."

Breathing is simple but powerful

Author Brian Wallace (Mind Transmis | Texas | 02/08/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"a stunning single that proves awesome in the effective way that it plays on words (It's bitter without you - I can't live without you) and drives along to a steady beat. Like an audible zen koan, the words transform in your brain as the bass tones gently, but profoundly, work their magic on your neurons. One could perceive it as uni-dimensional and repetitive, but therein lies its power. The moody, haunting sounds deftly emulate the themes of addiction and love/hate components of relationships.



This single, on one hand, is simple and straightforward, yet complex and riddled with delightful ambiguity. Erasure has evolved within a framework that annoys certain magazine and newspaper reviewers who cannot seem to understand that lasting electronic music coalesces the simple within the complex; and that Erasure has mastered this formula."