Other People's Songs

When this first came out I loved it. Then, I started reading some of the less than shining reviews and I sort of shelved it. But, then I started humming the songs at work and on the bus and I loved it, again. So much for the detracting views. This is good stuff. You will not hear these songs done this differently by anyone else. It is truly magnificent. Favorite cuts:Make Me Smile,Video Killed the Radio Star,You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin',Solsbury Hill,Ebb Tide,When Will I See You Again,True Love Ways,Everyday...I've practically named all of the cuts. It's that good. Don't be dissuaded by the nervous nells. I think folks were spoilt by the great dance mixes from the other cd's...ie Abbaesque,River Deep,Moutain High, Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie A Man After Midnite...etc. Do more please.Please! thank you.jd

For anyone who doubted, Erasure are definitely back! This is a fine collection of covers uniquely rendered by the electronic genius of Vince Clarke and the soaring, soulful vocals of Andy Bell. Only Erasure could make a song like Solsbury Hill into electronic dance romp and resurrect songs like Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime and Make Me Smile and significantly improve on the originals. These three songs alone, make this album a MUST HAVE. This album sounds fantastic, due in large part to the stellar talents of producer Gareth Jones, who has produced depeche mode, as well as earlier erasure albums. Well done guys! Can't wait to hear the next one!

This album is simply amazing! Great old songs in Andy Bell's voice along the creative rythm that just Vince Clarke can produce, there's no bad songs here, Solsbury Hill opens the album and makes you fell like traveling thorugh the other people's song!

De lo mejor es para fanáticos de Erasure

The "Solsbury Hill" song, the first track on this CD, is absolutely mind-blowing. It has a power and punch that even surpasses the original song. Get it! However, can't say the rest about the other songs on this CD. Many of them are just blah. They feel generic and uninspired, with random synthesizer beeps and boops that seem to be prevalent in Erasure's later sound. Is it music or an old video game? Who knows. By contrast, the first song, "Solsbury Hill", instead captures the great high-energy sound of Erasure's early hits. I bought this CD merely for completeness, but if I had it to do over again, I'd just buy "Solsbury Hill" individually online and skip the others.

One of the best, and most talented bands which never received the proper recognition. If you listen to any current music, you can hear an Erasure sample in about 1/2 of them. Greatness!

I'm a total die-hard fan of Erasure, i have all their albums and singles and may I say this album is just as i escpected: VERY GOOD. To me one of the best songs in this album is "Goodnight" a love song that's too much fantastic to describe...Obsviously "solsbury hill", "make me smile" and "ebb tide" are great as all the reviewers had written. There's only one reason not to give it the full five stars: THE COVER FACTOR....Please give us a full original album in 2004!!!!

GREAT song choice redone by a GREAT group.

great

bello

Erasure är en del av livets resa igenom årtionden, Här tolkar man sina egna favoriter från andra artister och det blir bra. Kom först endast som CD. Nu även som Vinyl, För min smak i stunden, perfekt.

Man bekommt das kalte Grausen - wenn man "Top Of The Pops" guckt: eine Coverversion jagt die nächste, gruselige 80-er Songs werden von dünnhäutigen Mäuschen geträllert, und der Mitt-Dreißiger sehnt sich nach den Originalen. "Guardian Angel", "All Cried Out" und wie sie alle heißen, alles schon mal da gewesen, und vor allen Dingen - man kann es viel, viel besser machen. So wie Vince Clarke und Andy Bell. Ersterer sucht sich mit seinen Partnern nicht ganz so gängige Originale aus und versieht das Ganze mit hervorragenden Synthie-Arrangements und neuen Beats mit mehr Tempo, Letzterer singt die Songs mit wirklich voller Stimme in einer Drei-Oktaven-Lage. Aus dem tiefen Keller ("You've Lost That Loving Feeling") bis in die höchsten Höhen ("True Love Ways") - jede Popmaus hat vor Neid zu erblassen. Hinter "Other People's Songs" steckt eine Menge Arbeit, und sie hat sich gelohnt: für Erasure, da sie mit "Solsbury Hill" und "Make Me Smile" Top-Singles haben werden, für den Hörer, der ungeniert mitsingen kann und Freude an den Songs hat, und für die Rezensenten, haben sie nun wieder ein aufmerksames Auge auf Erasure geworfen. Man muss diese Platte nicht mögen, aber man kann sie auch auf Anhieb lieben. Entscheiden wir uns für letzteres und klappen in Zukunft bei flachen Pop-Covern lieber die Ohren entnervt zu. Hier hören wir die wahren Meister von originellen Cover-Versionen. Mann, macht diese CD Spaß!

Best CD ever.