Product Description

1991's CHORUS was a transitional album, as Erasure built onthe musical and lyrical advances of 1989's WILD! and reached towards the more melancholy, mature work of 1994's I SAY ISAY I SAY. Andy Bell exploits his remarkable vocal range throughout, moving effortlessly from a lower-register growl tofalsetto wails. Similarly, Vince Clarke's melodies and arrangements integrate the Hi-NRG electronic beats and synthesizers of the band's earliest work with the more reflective, organic sound of their later releases.
The title track, a danceclub hit in both England and the United States, is a delight, but the more ruminative "Am I Right?" and "Breath of Life" are sturdier songs. Aside from the delightful tribute EP ABBA-ESQUE and the singles collection POP!, this was Erasure's last release for over three years.

Track Listing

1. Chorus
2. Waiting For The Day
3. Joan
4. Breath Of Life
5. Am I Right
6. How I Love To Hate You
7. Turns The Love To Anger
8. Siren Song
9. Perfect Stranger
10. Home

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31700 in Music
• Released on: 1993-12-31
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

5 stars (as always)
I once heard someone use a phrase "all killer, no filler". This certainly applies to this album. There isn't a bad song on this album (in my opinion). My personal favourites on here are Breath of Life, Joan, Siren Song, Turns the love to anger and of course Home, which is such a good track to finish the album with.

I was lucky enough to see them live (the phantasmagorical tour) at the time this album and the Abba-esque EP were no 1. Thank you big sis!. They finished with Home (before the encore) and suddenly, the lyrics seemed to have such meaning - "I am never going home, cos I'm having a good time".

it's been 16 years since this album was released and I agree with other reviews, it sounds as fresh now as it did then. There is so much depth to this album. Andy's vocals are fantastic and the music arrangement is sublime. All of Erasure's albums are fantastic, but this one is best listened to through a good set of headphones with some decent volume and it is just so easy to get lost within the layers of music and bass with Andy's vocals soaring above.

Everyone has their own opinions and tastes and it is always difficult from reading reviews to make your mind up cos there is always such contrasting opinions.

I have been a big fan of Erasure since I was a young boy and heard my big sister playing A Little Respect in her bedroom. It was Blue Savannah and the album Wild that kicked it all off for me, but this album sticks out from my collection and still gets a very regular outing 16 years later! surely that says it all. Buy it, trust me, if you liked any of Erasure's other work, either pre or post Chorus, you will not be disappointed with this.

Best Erasure Album
First released in 1991, Chorus was the 5th album for the band Erasure who had enjoyed significant success since their debut single Sometimes charted in 1986. This album actually replaced the million selling Simply Red album Stars at the top of the album charts in the autumn of 91, highlighting how popular the duo were at the time. The highlight is the song Love to hate you. All these years on it seems that Erasure's significance has diminshed somewhat in contrast to their rivals The Pet Shop Boys. This their best album is place for their revaluation to start.

One of their best
From the stomping 'Chorus' to the sublime 'Home', there's hardly a duff track on here.

Along the way we have the electropop masterpieces 'Waiting For The Day' and 'Perfect Stranger', the achingly lovely 'Siren Song' and the hit singles 'Am I Right?', 'Breath of Life' and the outrageously camp 'Love To Hate You'.

Briliantly created electronic landscapes and Andy's amazing vocals make this possibly my favourite Erasure album.