Erasure — Total Pop! The First 40 Hits (Remastered Deluxe Edition) (2009)
FLAC (tracks+cue, log) | 3h 36 min | Genre: Synth-pop | 1.4 GB
Total Pop! The First 40 Hits is a greatest hits collection from Erasure, released on 23 February 2009 by Mute Records. The album utilizes a straightforward format: all of Erasure\’s singles up to that point, sequenced in chronological order. This is a continuation of the format used in Erasure\’s 1992 hits collection Pop! — the First 20 Hits.
The album was released in a variety of formats: a standard 2-CD set containing the 40 hits, a deluxe 3-CD/DVD longbox set containing the 40 hits, along with live performances from 1987-2007, and appearances at the BBC from 1986-2005. The digital version of the album contains three additional bonus \’hits\’.
Prior to its release, a remix album titled Pop! Remixed was released on 9 February 2009.
A free 4 track digital titled Pop! Treasure, which features previously unreleased material was made available to those who pre-ordered the box set via the Erasure online shop.
The album entered the UK Album Chart at number 21 and at number 12 in Argentina.
Total Pop!
CD1-1 Who Needs Love (Like That) (Single Edit) 3:07
CD1-2 Heavenly Action (Single Edit) 3:21
CD1-3 Oh L\’Amour 3:08
CD1-4 Somes 3:40
CD1-5 It Doesn\’t Have To Be (Single Edit) 3:47
CD1-6 Victim Of Love (Remix) 3:38
CD1-7 The Circus (Remix) 4:07
CD1-8 Ship Of Fools 4:04
CD1-9 Chains Of Love (Remix) 3:44
CD1-10 A Little Respect 3:32
CD1-11 Stop! (7\» Version) 2:55
CD1-12 Drama! (7\» Version) 4:06
CD1-13 You Surround Me 3:59
CD1-14 Blue Savannah (7\» Version) 4:20
CD1-15 Star (Single Mix) 3:39
CD1-16 Chorus (Single Mix) 4:30
CD1-17 Love To Hate You 3:57
CD1-18 Am I Right? 4:18
CD1-19 Breath Of Life (7\» Mix) 3:56
CD1-20 Take A Chance On Me 3:46
CD1-21 Who Needs Love (Like That) (Hamburg Mix) 3:02
CD2-1 Always (7\» Mix) 4:02
CD2-2 Run To The Sun (7\» Mix) 4:11
CD2-3 I Love Saturday (7\» Mix) 4:01
CD2-4 Stay With Me (Commercial Mix) 4:43
CD2-5 Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer\’s Day) (Edit) 4:23
CD2-6 Rock Me Gently (Single Mix) 4:08
CD2-7 In My Arms 3:28
CD2-8 Don\’t Say Your Love Is Killing Me 3:48
CD2-9 Rain (Al Stone Mix) 4:09
CD2-10 Freedom (Radio Mix) 2:55
CD2-11 Moon & The Sky (JC\’s Heaven Scent Radio Re-Work) 4:16
CD2-12 Solsbury Hill 4:18
CD2-13 Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) (Edit) 3:29
CD2-14 Breathe 3:49
CD2-15 Don\’t Say You Love Me (Single Mix) 3:45
CD2-16 Here I Go Impossible Again (Single Mix) 3:30
CD2-17 I Could Fall In Love With You (Jeremy Wheatley Radio Edit) 4:03
CD2-18 Sunday Girl (Radio Mix) 3:15
CD2-19 Storm In A Teacup (Single Version) 3:28
CD2-20 Always (2009 Mix) 3:59
Live 1987 — 2007
CD3-1 Spiralling (The Circus Tour 1987) 2:30
CD3-2 The Hardest Part (The Innocents Tour 1988) 3:26
CD3-3 Drama! (The Wild! Tour 1989) 4:12
CD3-4 Knocking On Your Door (The Wild! Tour 1989) 3:57
CD3-5 Push Me Shove Me (The Wild! Tour 1990) 5:21
CD3-6 Voulez Vous (The Phantasmagorical Entertainment 1992) 5:53
CD3-7 Am I Right? (The Phantasmagorical Entertainment 1992) 5:23
CD3-8 Heart Of Stone (The Phantasmagorical Entertainment 1992) 3:12
CD3-9 Who Needs Love Like That (The Tiny Tour 1996) 3:24
CD3-10 Rain (Cowboy Tour 1997) 4:24
CD3-11 Everybody\’s Got To Learn Some (Sanctuary The EIS Christmas Concert 2002) 3:42
CD3-12 Piano Song (The Other Tour 2003) 3:15
CD3-13 Hideaway (The Erasure Show 2005) 3:47
CD3-14 Breathe (The Acoustic Tour 2006) 3:40
CD3-15 Oh L\’Amour (Light At The End Of The World Tour 2007) 4:30
