Union Street (album)

Union Street
Union Street
Studio album by Erasure
Released	3 April 2006
Recorded	2003
Studio	Union Street (Brooklyn, New York)
Genre	Acoustic; country;
Length	43:27
Label	Mute
Producer	Erasure
Erasure chronology
Singles from Union Street
	"Boy"; Released: 21 March 2006;

Professional ratings
Review scores
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]

Track listing

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

US digital bonus track

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.

Related live releases

Acoustic Live

As with The Erasure Show tour in 2005, Erasure partnered with music distribution company Live Here Now to record and manufacture Acoustic Live, a digital download and limited edition double CD album of a concert recorded 19 April 2006 at the Shepherd's Bush Empire in London on the Union Street acoustic tour. The album was released 10 May 2006.^[6]

Erasure Acoustic: On the Road to Nashville

Capturing Erasure's 6 May 2006 Union Street tour performance at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, Erasure Acoustic: On The Road To Nashville was a DVD concert film released 29 January 2007 in the UK and 20 February in the US. It was released as an audio-only digital download on 12 February 2007.^[7]

The DVD featured The Road to Union Street (A short film), a behind-the-scenes documentary, plus fan-shot concert footage edited to two of the songs. The DVD came packaged with a CD featuring audio-only copies of most of the live tracks.

Charts

Chart performance for *Union Street*
Chart (2006)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)^[8]	102
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[9]	42

References

^ Miller, Jonathan. "Erasure - Under Cover". Garethjones.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
^ Allmusic review
^ 'Boy EP' release information on Erasureinfo.com "Erasure • Singles • Boy". Archived from the original on 23 June 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
^ "Erasure | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
^ Official Erasure website news, 24 Apr: "Erasure • News • 2006 News". Archived from the original on 23 June 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
^ Acoustic Live release information on Erasureinfo.com "Erasure • Albums • Acoustic Live". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
^ Erasure Acoustic: On The Road To Nashville release details on Erasureinfo.com "Erasure • DVDS and Videos • on the Road to Nashville". Archived from the original on 23 June 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
^ "Chart Log UK (1994–2010): E-40 – E-Z Rollers". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
^ "Erasure Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 January 2021.