Union Street (album)
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| Union Street | ||||
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| Released | 3 April 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||
| Studio | Union Street (Brooklyn, New York)[1] | |||
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| Length | 43:27 | |||
| Label | Mute | |||
| Producer | Erasure | |||
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| Singles from Union Street | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
Union Street is the twelfth studio album by English synth-pop duo Erasure, released by Mute Records on 3 April 2006 in the United Kingdom and on 18 April 2006 in the United States.
This album contained past Erasure songs, "re-interpreted in an acoustic or country & western style"[citation needed]. The album was preceded in the UK and the US by the four-track Boy EP on 20 March and 4 April, respectively.[3] Boy EP was not eligible for the UK Singles Chart and was released to US markets as a download-only. A bonus remix of "Boy" was available to US buyers of Union Street on iTunes.
The album peaked at number 102 on the UK Albums Chart, making it Erasure's only studio album to miss the top 100 to date.[4]
US digital bonus track
All tracks are written by Andy Bell & Vince Clarke.
| No. | Title | Original version appears on: | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Boy" | Cowboy | 3:49 |
| 2. | "Piano Song" | Wild! | 3:17 |
| 3. | "Stay with Me" | Erasure | 4:53 |
| 4. | "Spiralling" | The Circus | 2:26 |
| 5. | "Home" | Chorus | 4:12 |
| 6. | "Tenderest Moments" | "Run to the Sun" single | 5:13 |
| 7. | "Alien" | Loveboat | 3:42 |
| 8. | "Blues Away" | I Say I Say I Say | 3:59 |
| 9. | "How Many Times" | Wild! | 3:30 |
| 10. | "Love Affair" | Cowboy | 3:55 |
| 11. | "Rock Me Gently" | Erasure | 4:29 |
| Total length: | 43:27 | ||
A remix of "Boy" by Pete Anderson was made exclusively available on iTunes to US buyers of the Union Street album download. According to the official release notes, it featured Pete Anderson (ex-Dwight Yoakam producer) on guitar, mandolin and bass, Bob Bernstein (who worked on the Academy Award-winning score for Brokeback Mountain) on pedal steel guitar and Tommy Funderburk (Mötley Crüe, Whitesnake and Boston, amongst others) on background vocals.[5]
2016 "Erasure 30" 30th anniversary BMG reissue LP
Subsequent to their acquisition of Erasure's back catalog, and in anticipation of the band's 30th anniversary, BMG commissioned reissues of all previously released UK editions of Erasure albums up to and including 2007's Light at the End of the World. All titles were pressed and distributed by Play It Again Sam on 180-gram vinyl and shrinkwrapped with a custom anniversary sticker.
This marked the first release of this album on vinyl.
