The Innocents by Erasure (CD, Jan-1988, Reprise)

Album Features
UPC:	075992573023
Artist:	Erasure
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1988
Record Label:	Reprise
Genre:	Rock & Pop, Synth Pop

Track Listing
1. Little Respect, A
2. Ship of Fools
3. Phantom Bride
4. Chains of Love
5. Hallowed Ground
6. Sixty-Five Thousand
7. Heart of Stone
8. Yahoo!
9. Imagination
10. Witch in the Ditch
11. Weight of the World
12. When I Needed You - (Melancholic Mix)
13. River Deep, Mountain High - (Private Dance Mix)

Details
Playing Time:	51 min.
Contributing Artists:	Caron Wheeler, Jane Ayre, Naomi Osborne, The Kickhorns
Distributor:	WEA (Distributor)
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Erasure: Andy Bell (vocals); Vince Clarke (various instruments).The Kickhorns: Roddy Lorimer, Tim Sanders, Simon Clark, Steve Sidwell (brass).Additional personnel: Caron Wheeler, Naomi Osborne, Jane Ayre (background vocals).Producers: Stephen Hague, Dave Jacob, Erasure.Recording information: Blackwing; Swanyard Studios.Unknown Contributor Roles: Andy Bell ; Vince Clarke.Erasure's third album, 1988's THE INNOCENTS, features the US breakthrough hits "A Little Respect," and "Chains of Love," and is a welcome departure for the duo. With this release, Vince Clarke and Andy Bell move away from the strictly-synthesized Hi-NRG dance-pop of their earlier albums, adding horns and gospel-tinged backing vocals for a more soulful, organic sound, while maintaining the disco vitality of earlier albums like WONDERLAND or THE CIRCUS.Bell's lyrics are more overt in their social commentary, as on "Phantom Bride" and "A Little Respect," and he pointedly leaves the original gender references intact in the CD-only cover of Tina Turner's classic "River Deep, Mountain High." However, the duo is still capable of camp silliness like "Sixty-Five Thousand" and "Yahoo!" giving the album a balanced sensibility. THE INNOCENTS ranks with 1989's WILD! and 1994's I SAY I SAY I SAY as one of Erasure's best albums.

Editorial Reviews
Ranked #17 in CMJ's Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1988
CMJ (20040105)