The Circus (album)

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The Circus
The Circus cover
Studio album by Erasure
Released Flag of the United Kingdom March 30, 1987 (1987-03-30)
Flag of the United States July 7, 1987 (1987-07-07)
Recorded 1986
Genre Synthpop
Length 54:17
Label Mute - STUMM35
Sire - 25554
Producer Flood and Vince Clarke
Professional reviews
Erasure chronology
Wonderland
(1986)		 The Circus
(1987)		 The Two Ring Circus
(1987)
Singles from The Circus
  1. "Sometimes"
    Released: October 6, 1986 (1986-10-06)
  2. "It Doesn't Have To Be"
    Released: February 16, 1987 (1987-02-16)
  3. "Victim of Love"
    Released: May 18, 1987 (1987-05-18)
  4. "The Circus"
    Released: September 21, 1987 (1987-09-21)

The Circus is the second album by Erasure. It was originally released in April 1987 on Mute Records in the UK and Sire Records in the U.S. The Circus, Erasure's second consecutive album to be produced by Flood, became their breakthrough in the UK and proved to be the group's longest-running album on the UK charts, spawning four hit singles. It was an immediate success thanks to the number-two UK placing of the first single "Sometimes".

Although mainstream success in the U.S. did not occur with this album, it did generate two hits (including a number-one) on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. It also became their first record to barely scrape into the Billboard 200.

  • all tracks written by Clarke/Bell unless otherwise noted.
  1. "It Doesn't Have To Be" – 3:53
  2. "Hideaway" – 3:48
  3. "Don't Dance" – 3:36
  4. "If I Could" – 3:52
  5. "Sexuality" – 3:55
  6. "Victim of Love" – 3:40
  7. "Leave Me to Bleed" – 3:21
  8. "Sometimes" – 3:38
  9. "The Circus" – 5:30
  10. "Spiralling" – 3:10

CD only bonus tracks:

  1. "In the Hall Of the Mountain King" (taken from Grieg's Peer Gynt suite) – 2:58
  2. "Sometimes" (Extended Mix) – 5:22
  3. "It Doesn't Have To Be" (The Boop Oopa Doo Mix) – 7:12

The Circus hit number six on the UK album charts and number twenty in Germany. It peaked at number 190 on the Billboard 200.

 v • d • e Erasure
Vince Clarke | Andy Bell
Erasure discography | B-sides and non-album songs
Albums/EPs: Wonderland | The Circus | The Innocents | Crackers International
Wild! | Chorus | Abba-esque | I Say I Say I Say | Erasure | Cowboy | Loveboat | Other People's Songs | Nightbird | Union Street | Light at the End of the World | Storm Chaser
Compilations: The Two Ring Circus | Pop! - the First 20 Hits | Hits! The Very Best of Erasure
Live album: Acoustic Live
Box Sets: EBX 1 | EBX 2 | EBX 3 | EBX 4
Singles: "Who Needs Love Like That" | "Heavenly Action" | "Oh L'amour" | "Sometimes" | "It Doesn't Have To Be" | "Victim of Love" | "The Circus" | "Ship of Fools" | "Chains of Love" | "A Little Respect" | "Stop!" | "Drama!" | "You Surround Me" | "Blue Savannah" | "Star" | "Chorus" | "Love to Hate You" | "Am I Right?" | "Breath of Life" | "Take a Chance on Me" | "Who Needs Love Like That (remix)" | "Always" | "Run to the Sun" | "I Love Saturday" | "Stay with Me" | "Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)" | "Rock Me Gently" | "In My Arms" | "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" | "Rain" | "Freedom" | "Moon & the Sky" | "Solsbury Hill" |" Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" | "Oh L'amour (remix)" | "Breathe" | "Don't Say You Love Me" | "Here I Go Impossible Again | All This Time Still Falling Out of Love | Boy | I Could Fall in Love with You" | "Sunday Girl"
Video/DVD: Sanctuary - the EIS Christmas Concert 2002 | Hits! the Videos | The Tank, the Swan and the Balloon | Great Hits Live - Live at Great Woods | The Erasure Show - Live in Cologne | On the Road to Nashville
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