Total Pop! - the First 40 Hits is a greatest hits collection from Erasure

Erasure

Erasure are an English synthpop duo, consisting of songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer Andy Bell. Erasure entered the music scene in 1985 with their debut single "Who Needs Love Like That"...

, released on 23 February 2009 by Mute Records

Mute Records

Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...

. 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

Pop! - the First 20 Hits

Pop! The First 20 Hits is a greatest hits collection from Erasure, released in 1992 by Mute Records in the UK and Elektra Records in the U.S...

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The album was released in a variety of formats: a standard 2-CD set containing the 40 hits, a deluxe 3-CD/DVD set containing the 40 hits, along with live performances from 1987–2007, and appearances at the BBC

BBC

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 from 1986-2005. The digital download

Music download

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 version of the album contains three additional bonus 'hits'.

Prior to its release, a remix album titled Pop! Remixed

Pop! Remixed

Pop! Remixed is a remix EP by British duo Erasure, released on 9 February 2009. It is a companion piece and prequel to the Total Pop! - the First 40 Hits compilation and contains new remixes of previously released songs including a new remix of their song Always, titled Always 2009.-Standard...

was released on 9 February 2009.

A free 4 track digital download 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

Argentina

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Pop! (CD disc 1)

Pop2! (CD disc 2)

Erasure Live 1987-2007 (CD disc 3, "deluxe" edition only)

all songs written by Clarke/Bell unless otherwise noted.

1. "Spiralling" (The Circus Tour) 1987
2. "The Hardest Part" (The Innocents Tour) 1988
3. "Drama!" (The Wild! Tour) 1989
4. "Knocking on Your Door" (The Wild! Tour) 1989
5. "Push Me Shove Me" (Milton Keynes Bowl) 1990
6. "Voulez-Vous
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   " (Phantasmagorical Tour) 1992, (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus)
7. "Am I Right?" (Phantasmagorical Tour) 1992
8. "Heart of Stone" (Phantasmagorical Tour) 1992
9. "Who Needs Love Like That" (The Tiny Tour) 1996
10. "Rain" (Cowboy Tour) 1997
11. "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" (Sanctuary The EIS Christmas Concert) 2002 (James Warren
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12. "Piano Song" (The Other Tour) 2003
13. "Hideaway" (The Erasure Show) 2005
14. "Breathe" (The Acoustic Tour) 2006
15. "Oh L'Amour" (Light at the End of the World Tour) 2007

Erasure at the BBC 1986-2005 (DVD disc 4, "deluxe" edition only)

1. "Sometimes" (Top of the Pops) 04 Dec 1986
2. "It Doesn't Have to Be" (The Tom O'Connor Roadshow) 02 Mar 1987
3. "Victim of Love" (Daytime Live) 22 Oct 1987
4. "The Circus" (Daytime Live) 22 Oct 1987
5. "Ship of Fools" (Wogan) 26 Feb 1988
6. "Chains of Love" (Top of the Pops) 16 Jun 1988
7. "A Little Respect" (Going Live!) 15 Oct 1988
8. "Stop!" (Top of the Pops) 15 Dec 1988
9. "Chorus" (Wogan) 28 Jun 1991
10. "Love to Hate You" (Top of the Pops) 03 Oct 1991
11. "Am I Right?" (Top of the Pops) 05 Dec 1991
12. "Breath of Life" (Top of the Pops) 26 Mar 1992
13. "Who Needs Love Like That" (Top of the Pops) 29 Oct 1992
14. "Always" (Top of the Pops) 07 Apr 1994
15. "Run To The Sun" (Top of the Pops) 28 Jul 1994
16. "I Love Saturday" (Smash Hits Poll Winner's Party) 04 Dec 1994
17. "Stay With Me" (Pebble Mill) 30 Nov 1995
18. "Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)" (Pebble Mill) 30 Nov 1995
19. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Top of the Pops) 07 Mar 1997
20. "Solsbury Hill" (Top of the Pops) 17 Jan 2003
21. "Breathe" (Top of the Pops) 14 Jan 2005
22. Top of the Pops 2 Special (Top of the Pops 2) 09 Apr 2003

"Breath of Life"

"Sometimes"

"Love to Hate You"

"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

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" (Phil Spector

Phil Spector

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, Barry Mann

Barry Mann

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, Cynthia Weil

Cynthia Weil

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"A Little Respect"

"Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" (Steve Harley)

23. "Sometimes" (The Tom O'Connor Roadshow) 02 Mar 1987
24. "How Many Times?" (The Late Show) 18 Oct 1989
25. "Miracle" (Later... with Jools Holland) 21 May 1994
26. "Because You're So Sweet" (Later... with Jools Holland) 21 May 1994

Pop2! (digital download only)

1. "Oh L'amour" (August Mix)
2. "Boy
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   " (Acoustic)
3. "All This Time Still Falling Out of Love
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   "All This Time Still Falling Out of Love" is a song by British synth pop duo Erasure. The track appears on the band's eleventh studio album Nightbird and Mute Records released it together with "Here I Go Impossible Again" as a double A-side, the third single release from this album.The song was...
   
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