Erasure / discography

Erasure  discography
Erasure (1989)
Publications
Studio albums	17th
Live albums	6th
Compilations	7th
EPs	12
Singles	56
Video albums	13
Music videos	45
Box sets	5

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the British synth-pop - duo Erasure . According to the sources, the duo have sold more than 6.3 million records in their career, with more than 3.9 million copies in the UK alone.

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1986	Wonderland	DE20 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK71 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 2, 1986
1987	The Circus	DE16 (14 weeks) DE	-	CH9 (6 weeks) CH	UK6th platinum (107 weeks)UK	US190 (3 weeks) US	First published: March 30, 1987 Sales: + 300,000
1988	The Innocents	DE8 (20 weeks) DE	-	CH15 (8 weeks) CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (78 weeks)UK	US49 platinum (48 weeks)US	First published: April 18, 1988 Sales: + 1,600,000
1989	Wild!	DE16 (15 weeks) DE	-	CH24 (3 weeks) CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (48 weeks)UK	US57 (23 weeks) US	First published: October 16, 1989 Sales: + 600,000
1991	Chorus	DE15 (36 weeks) DE	AT5 (23 weeks) AT	CH21 (3 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (25 weeks)UK	US29 (17 weeks) US	First published: October 14, 1991 Sales: + 300,000
1994	I say I say I say	DE6 (20 weeks) DE	AT2 (15 weeks) AT	CH17 (11 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (15 weeks)UK	US18 (17 weeks) US	First published: May 17, 1994 Sales: + 100,000
1995	Erasure	DE87 (5 weeks) DE	AT33 (2 weeks) AT	-	UK14 (6 weeks) UK	US82 (3 weeks) US	First published: October 24, 1995
1997	cowboy	DE34 (5 weeks) DE	AT27 (3 weeks) AT	-	UK10 (4 weeks) UK	US43 (8 weeks) US	First published: March 31, 1997
2000	Loveboat	DE48 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK45 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 23, 2000
2003	Other People's Songs	DE17 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK17 (3 weeks) UK	US138 (1 week) US	First published: January 27, 2003
2005	Nightbird	DE22 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK27 (2 weeks) UK	US154 (1 week) US	First published: January 25, 2005
2007	Light at the End of the World	DE42 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK29 (2 weeks) UK	US127 (1 week) US	First published: May 21, 2007
2011	Tomorrow's World	DE35 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK29 (2 weeks) UK	US61 (1 week) US	First published: October 3, 2011
2013	Snow Globe	DE100 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK49 (1 week) UK	-	First published: November 11, 2013
2014	The Violet Flame	DE41 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK20 (2 weeks) UK	US48 (1 week) US	First published: September 22, 2014
2017	World Be Gone	DE28 (1 week) DE	-	CH69 (1 week) CH	UK6 (1 week) UK	US137 (1 week) US	First published: May 19, 2017
2020	The Neon	DE11 (... weeks) DE	-	-	UK4 (... weeks) UK	-	First published: August 21, 2020

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2018	World Be Live	DE100 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: July 6, 2018

More live albums

• 2005: The Erasure Show
• 2006: Acoustic Live
• 2007: On the Road to Nashville
• 2007: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
• 2011: Tomorrow's World Tour (Live at the Roundhouse)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1987	The Two-Ring Circus	-	-	-	-	US186 (3 weeks) US	First published: November 16, 1987
1992	Pop! The First 20 hits	DE12 gold (18 weeks)DE	AT4 (16 weeks) AT	CH18 (10 weeks) CH	UK1 × 3 Triple platinum (27 weeks)UK	US112 gold (15 weeks)US	First published: November 16, 1992 Sales: + 1,650,000
2003	Hits! The Very Best of Erasure	DE54 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK15th platinum (10 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 28, 2003 Sales: +300,000
2009	Total pop! The First 40 Hits	-	-	-	UK21 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 23, 2009
2015	Always: The Very Best of Erasure	DE91 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK9 silver (8 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 30, 2015
2018	World Beyond	-	-	-	UK47 (1 week) UK	-	First published: March 9, 2018
	Number one albums	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK5UK	US-US
	Top 10 albums	DE2DE	AT3AT	CH1CH	UK10UK	US-US
	Albums in the charts	DE19thDE	AT5AT	CH7thCH	UK21stUK	US13US

More compilations

• 2006: Union Street
• 2009: Pop2! The Second 20 hits

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks	[↑]: treated together with the previous entry; [←]: placed in both charts
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1988	Crackers International EP	DE18 (13 weeks) DE	AT16 (6 weeks) AT	CH15 (6 weeks) CH	UK2 (15 weeks) UK	US73 (10 weeks) US	First published: November 28, 1988
	Stop![DE: ↑][AT: ↑][CH: ↑][UK: ↑]					US97 (1 week) US	First published: November 28, 1988
1991	Am I Right?	-	AT21 (8 weeks) AT	-	UK15 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 25, 1991
1992	Am I Right? (re-mix)	-	-	-	UK22 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 11, 1992
	Abba-esque	DE2 gold (30 weeks)DE	AT1 gold (22 weeks)AT	CH3 (27 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (12 weeks)UK	US85 (22 weeks) US	First published: June 1, 1992 Sales: + 675,000

More EPs

• 1997: Rain: Plus
• 2001: Moon and the Sky: Plus
• 2006: Boy EP
• 2007: Storm Chaser
• 2009: Pop! Remixed
• 2009: Erasure.Club
• 2009: Phantom Bride EP

Singles

Chart placements

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1985	Who Needs Love Like That Wonderland	DE48 (8 weeks) DE	-	CH23 (4 weeks) CH	UK55 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 2, 1985
	Heavenly Action Wonderland	-	-	-	UK100 (1 week) UK	-	First published: November 11, 1985
1986	Oh L'amour Wonderland	DE16 (14 weeks) DE	-	-	UK85 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 21, 1986
	Sometimes The Circus	DE2 (17 weeks) DE	AT10 (8 weeks) AT	CH3 (13 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (21 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 6, 1986 Sales: + 200,000
1987	It doesn't have to be the circus	DE16 (12 weeks) DE	-	CH19 (7 weeks) CH	UK12 (9 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 16, 1987
	Victim of Love The Circus	DE26 (7 weeks) DE	-	CH22 (3 weeks) CH	UK7 (9 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 18, 1987
	The Circus The Circus	DE30 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	UK6 (14 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 21, 1987
1988	Ship of Fools The Innocents	DE9 (17 weeks) DE	-	CH12 (11 weeks) CH	UK6 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 22, 1988
	Chains of Love The Innocents	DE18 (10 weeks) DE	-	CH16 (5 weeks) CH	UK11 (7 weeks) UK	US12 (20 weeks) US	First published: May 31, 1988
	A Little Respect The Innocents	DE34 (12 weeks) DE	-	CH28 (1 week) CH	UK4th gold (13 weeks)UK	US14 (17 weeks) US	First published: September 19, 1988 Sales: + 400,000
1989	Drama! Wild!	DE12 (16 weeks) DE	-	CH15 (8 weeks) CH	UK4 (11 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 19, 1989
	You Surround Me Wild!	DE38 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK15 (9 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 27, 1989
1990	Blue Savannah Wild!	DE13 (17 weeks) DE	-	-	UK3 (10 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 26, 1990
	Star Wild!	DE33 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	UK11 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 21, 1990
1991	Chorus Chorus	DE17 (14 weeks) DE	AT20 (11 weeks) AT	CH10 (17 weeks) CH	UK3 (9 weeks) UK	US83 (11 weeks) US	First published: June 17, 1991
	Love to Hate You Chorus	DE19 (19 weeks) DE	AT6 (20 weeks) AT	CH17 (7 weeks) CH	UK4 (9 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 9, 1991
1992	Breath of Life Chorus	DE44 (10 weeks) DE	AT25 (4 weeks) AT	-	UK8 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 16, 1992
	Who Needs Love Like That (Hamburg Mix) Pop! The First 20 hits	DE27 (10 weeks) DE	AT18 (1 week) AT	-	UK10 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 26, 1992
1994	Always I Say I Say I Say	DE5 gold (26 weeks)DE	AT2 (14 weeks) AT	CH23 (15 weeks) CH	UK4 (10 weeks) UK	US20 (23 weeks) US	First published: April 11, 1994 Sales: + 250,000
	Run to the Sun I Say I Say I Say	DE49 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK6 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 18, 1994
	I Love Saturday I Say I Say I Say	DE69 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK20 (9 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 21, 1994
1995	Stay with Me Erasure	-	-	-	UK15 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 11, 1995
	Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) Erasure	DE69 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK20 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 27, 1995
1997	In My Arms Cowboy	DE76 (9 weeks) DE	AT40 (1 week) AT	-	UK13 (7 weeks) UK	US55 (8 weeks) US	First published: January 6, 1997
	Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me Cowboy	DE89 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	UK23 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 27, 1997
2000	Freedom Loveboat	DE80 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK27 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 9, 2000
2003	Solsbury Hill Other People's Songs	DE29 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK10 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 6, 2003
	Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) Other People's Songs	DE58 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	UK14 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 7, 2003
	Oh L'amour (Remix) hits! The Very Best of Erasure	DE59 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK13 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 13, 2003
2005	Breathe Nightbird	DE35 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK4 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 3, 2005
	Don't Say You Love Me Nightbird	DE69 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	UK15 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 21, 2005
	Here I Go Impossible Again / All This Time Still Falling Out of Love Nightbird	DE69 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK25 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 20, 2005
2007	I Could Fall in Love with You Light at the End of the World	DE69 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	UK21 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 2, 2007
	Sunday Girl Light at the End of the World	DE76 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK33 (1 week) UK	-	First published: June 11, 2007
	Number one singles	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US-US
	Top 10 singles	DE3DE	AT3AT	CH2CH	UK15thUK	US-US
	Singles in the charts	DE32DE	AT7thAT	CH13CH	UK34UK	US5US

More singles

• 1996: Rock Me Gently
• 1997: Rain
• 2001: Moon & the Sky
• 2002: Everybody's Got to Learn Sometimes
• 2006: Boy
• 2007: Storm in a Teacup / Sucker for Love
• 2009: Always (2009 Mix)
• 2009: Phantom Bride
• 2010: A Little Respect (HMI Redux)
• 2011: When I Start to (Break It All Down)
• 2011: Be with You
• 2012: Fill Us with Fire
• 2013: Gaudete
• 2014: Make It Wonderful
• 2014: Elevation
• 2014: Reason
• 2015: Sacred
• 2015: Sometimes 2015
• 2017: Love You to the Sky
• 2017: World Be Gone
• 2017: Just a Little Love
• 2020: Hey Now (Think I Got a Feeling)

Video albums and music videos

Music videos year title Director (s) 1985 Who Needs Love (Like That) John Scarlett-Davies Heavenly action John Scarlett-Davies 1986 Oh l'amour Peter Hamilton, Alistair Rae Sometimes Gerard de Thame 1987 It doesn't have to be Gerard de Thame Victim of Love Peter Scammell The Circus Jerry Chater 1988 Ship of Fools Phillip Vile Chains of Love Peter Christopherson A little respect Peter Christopherson Stop! Peter Christopherson 1989 Drama! The Giblets You Surround Me James Le Bon 1990 Blue Savannah Kevin Godley star John Maybury 1991 Chorus David Mallet Love to Hate You David Mallet Am I Right? Angela Conway 1992 Breath of Life Angela Conway Lay All Your Love on Me Jan Kounen SOS Jan Kounen Take a chance on me Philippe Gautier Voulez-Vous Jan Kounen 1994 Always Jan Kounen Run to the sun Nico Beyer I love Saturday Caz Gorham, Frances Dickenson 1995 Stay with Me Mario Cavalli Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) Max Abbiss-Biro 1996 Rock Me Gently Max Abbiss-Biro Sono Luminus (Acoustic live) Max Abbiss-Biro 1997 In My Arms Dick Carruthers In My Arms (North American Version) Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me Richard Heslop Rain 2000 Freedom Vince Clarke 2003 Solsbury Hill Vince Clarke Solsbury Hill (alternate version) Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) Jonas Odell Oh L'amour (Remix) Toma & Luc 2005 Breathe Christian Bevilacqua Don't say you love me Fizzy Eye All This Time Still Falling Out of Love Uwe Flade 2007 I could fall in love with you Justin Eisner I Could Fall in Love with You (Alternate Version) Estelle Rogers Sunday girl

Video albums 1987: Live at the Seaside 1989: Innocents Live 1990: Wild! live 1992: ABBA-esque 1992: Pop! The First 20 hits 1993: The Tank, the Swan & the Balloon 1996: Erasure 1995-1996 1998: Tiny Tour 2003: Sanctuary - The EIS Christmas Concert 2002 2003: hits! the videos 2005: The Erasure Show - Live in Cologne 2007: On the Road to Nashville 2008: Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Special publications

Guest Posts

• 1997: Amateur Hour ( Sparks & Erasure)

Sampler contributions

• 1990: Too Darn Hot ( Red Hot + Blue ; Original by Ella Fitzgerald )
• 1991: Rage (Tame Yourself; PETA benefit album)

Soundtracks

• 1990: Looking Glass Sea ( Dick Tracy (OST) )
• 1997: Magic Moments ( Lord of Illusions (OST); Original by Perry Como )

Box sets

• 1999: Singles - EBX 1
• 1999: Singles - EBX 2
• 2001: Singles - EBX 3
• 2001: Singles - EBX 4
• 2016: From Moscow to Mars

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI)	-	3 × gold3	-	750,000	musikindustrie.de
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	ifpi.at
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	platinum1	1,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	3 × gold3	10 × platinum10	4,160,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	8 × gold8th	11 × platinum11

Web links

• Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US