16 Facts About Erasure

Beyond this mainstream commercial success, Erasure are popular within the LGBT community, for whom the openly gay singer Andy Bell has become an icon in the UK.

Surprisingly, Erasure has a broad audience in some South American countries, especially in Argentina, Chile and Peru.

In Russia, as well as in the former Soviet bloc countries, Erasure is mostly known for the sole song "Love to Hate You" .

Erasure was a founding member of Depeche Mode and the sole writer of their first three singles, including the breakthrough top 10 single "Just Can't Get Enough".

Also in 1990, Erasure contributed the song "Too Darn Hot" to the Cole Porter tribute album Red Hot + Blue produced by the Red Hot Organization.

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In 1994, Erasure released I Say I Say I Say, their fifth consecutive number one on the UK Albums Chart.

October 1995 release of the album Erasure marked a determined shift away from Erasure's signature three-minute synthpop to a more introspective and experimental sound.

In October 2000, Erasure released their ninth studio album Loveboat, co-produced with Flood, though only peaking at a lowly number 45.

On 10 August 2009, Erasure released a six-track EP of classic remixes entitled Erasure.

Erasure toured internationally in 2011; it was one of their longest tours and included visits to some places for the first time, including Russia and Ukraine.

On 27 May 2014, Erasure announced their sixteenth studio album for a September 2014 release, a 10-track record titled The Violet Flame.

In October 2015, in order to celebrate their 30 years in the music industry, Erasure released an updated version of "Sometimes" as a single and a new compilation album entitled Always: The Very Best of Erasure.

On 29 July 2016, Erasure announced that they would be continuing their special series of releases to mark their 30th anniversary with the autumn release of an anthology box-set entitled From Moscow to Mars.

On 23 February 2017, Erasure announced that their seventeenth studio album would be titled World Be Gone and would be released via Mute on 19 May 2017.

On 13 May 2021, Erasure announced the release of "Secrets", a new single available as a one-track stream or download ahead of a new album, The Neon Remixed.

In June 2022, Erasure announced the release of their 19th album, Day-Glo, which was stated as being a follow-up to the previous release The Neon.