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The album is the template for the next several Erasure releases, matching the Hi-NRG dance of "Push Me Shove Me" to the quiet lyricism of "Oh L'Amour." Bell's lyrics betray a sense of emotional turmoil, especially on "Say What," that never becomes histrionic. The album contains two instant Erasure classics, "Who Needs Love Like That," and "My Heart...So Blue." In what would quickly become an Erasure tradition, the CD contains two bonus remixes.
Originally, Erasure's first album was to have had a number of different singers, a conceit keyboardist-songwriter Vince Clarke had taken from his previous project, the Assembly. However, previously unknown singer Andy Bell was such a perfect foil for Clarke that he quickly became a full partner in the band. Breaking with the tradition of Clarke's earlier bands, Depeche Mode and Yaz, where Clarke had been the sole songwriter, Bell co-wrote most of WONDERLAND.
Erasure: Andy Bell (vocals); Vince Clarke (various instruments).
Q (6/95, p.136) - 2 Stars - Average - "...unembellished electro-pop dance with uncomplicated lyrics about love and heartbreak, allied to Vince Clarke's prolific and sustained tunefulness..." Wonderland Music Review Average Rating: (3.5 out of 5 stars)   utter wonderment
dripping with affection, and quite daring in its depiction of infatuation, this is a slightly underrated erasure album. At this time, its duo of Andy Bell and Vince Clark was as strong as the cohesion of the equally excellent techno-pop duo Yaz, which shared in its stapling of wonderful tunes with creative beats. this is nostalgic, and brings me back to a GREAT time.
Submitted by watis. men (iceland, europe)
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 Very Dated....yet endearing
Being the die-hard erasure fan I am, i wasn't introduced to this album until i'd already heard 'the innocents' and 'the two ring circus'. synth-purists (like myself) will find this album to be quirky and silly yet very melancholic and enduring. who knew that bleepy synths (Moogs, Arps, and the Oberheim Expander) could make you not only mope around the house but dance, too? on the cottails of the last Yaz album, Vince seems to have kept the same sound we'd all been used to but now he had any to take it up a notch further. though 'oh l'amour' was the only US hit off this wonderful album, it secretly harbors in the hearts of erasure fans everywhere as the record you always go back to. some people would hear this album now and grimace saying "ewww, that's erasure?" not knowing that within the beast, you sometimes find beauty. And Andy sure gave us a preview of the powerhouse of his voice to come. This one will always be one of my favorites.
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