Well, at least this is better than the last one and keeps to the same format as the original POP and perhaps they should have waited and skipped the last one to this. I am a fan, but repackaging the first POP with this seems to be a money grab at the fans. Sure it's remastered, but I get the feeling all the remasters are going to come out soon anyway.

Will you be getting this? I do find the titleing to be a tad misleading. There is actually 39 hits...not 40.

Got a tracklisting?

I heard "Always" while I was out and about yesterday and ended up all

found this note on side line:

As well as a double CD package and digital download, "Total Pop!" will also be released as a special four-disc deluxe box set which includes "Pop!" (remastered since its original release), "Pop2!", a live CD and a DVD featuring classic BBC performances from 1986–2005, which includes television performances ranging from "Sometimes" on "Top of the Pops", "Ship Of Fools" on "Wogan" to an appearance on "Later With Jools".

As a teaser, 9th February 2009 sees "Pop! Remixed" to be released which features the brand new Jeremy Wheatley remix of "Always" plus remixes from Vince Clarke, Mark Picchiotti, Manhattan Clique, Komputer and Sweden's Sound Factory.

from their own myspace:

Pop! (CD Disc 1)

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) (Hamburg Mix)
Pop2! (CD Disc 2)

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 (Al Stone Mix)
Freedom
Moon & the Sky (Jason Creasey's Heaven Scent Radio Re-Work)
Solsbury Hill
Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)
Breathe
Don't Say You Love Me
Here I Go Impossible Again
I Could Fall In Love With You
Sunday Girl
Storm In A Teacup
Always (2009 Mix)
Erasure Live 1987 - 2007 (CD Disc 3)

Spiralling (The Circus Tour) 1987
The Hardest Part (The Innocents Tour) 1988
Drama! (The Wild! Tour) 1989
Knocking On Your Door (The Wild! Tour) 1989
Push Me Shove Me (Milton Keynes Bowl) 1990
Voulez Vous (Phantasmagorical Tour) 1992
Am I Right? (Phantasmagorical Tour) 1992
Heart Of Stone (Phantasmagorical Tour) 1992
Who Needs Love Like That (The Tiny Tour) 1996
Rain (Cowboy Tour) 1997
Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime (Sanctuary The EIS Christmas Concert) 2002
Piano Song (The Other Tour) 2003
Hideaway (The Erasure Show) 2005
Breathe (The Acoustic Tour) 2006
Oh L'Amour (Light At The End Of The World Tour) 2007
Erasure At The BBC 1986 - 2005 (DVD Disc 4)

Sometimes (Top Of The Pops) 04 Dec 1986
It Doesn't Have To Be (The Tom O'Connor Roadshow) 02 Mar 1987
Victim of Love (Daytime Live) 22 Oct 1987
The Circus (Daytime Live) 22 Oct 1987
Ship of Fools (Wogan) 26 Feb 1988
Chains of Love (Top Of The Pops) 16 Jun 1988
A Little Respect (Going Live!) 15 Oct 1988
Stop! (Top Of The Pops) 15 Dec 1988
Chorus (Wogan) 28 Jun 1991
Love To Hate You (Top Of The Pops) 03 Oct 1991
Am I Right? (Top Of The Pops) 05 Dec 1991
Breath of Life (Top Of The Pops) 26 Mar 1992
Who Needs Love (Like That) (Top Of The Pops) 29 Oct 1992
Always (Top Of The Pops) 07 Apr 1994
Run To The Sun (Top Of The Pops) 28 Jul 1994
I Love Saturday (Smash Hits Poll Winner's Party) 04 Dec 1994
Stay With Me (Pebble Mill) 30 Nov 1995
Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) (Pebble Mill) 30 Nov 1995
Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me (Top Of The Pops) 07 Mar 1997
Solsbury Hill (Top Of The Pops) 17 Jan 2003
Breathe (Top Of The Pops) 14 Jan 2005
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 Loving Feeling
A Little Respect
Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)
Sometimes (The Tom O'Connor Roadshow) 02 Mar 1987
How Many Times? (The Late Show) 18 Oct 1989
Miracle (Later... with Jools Holland) 21 May 1994
Because You're So Sweet (Later... with Jools Holland) 21 May 1994
Pop! Remixed

9th February 2009 sees the release of Pop! Remixed on CD and digital download, the perfect companion to the forthcoming Total Pop! The First 40 Hits collection. It features the brand new Jeremy Wheatley remix of 'Always' plus remixes from Andy Bell, Vince Clarke, Mark Picchiotti, Manhattan Clique, Komputer and Sweden's Sound Factory.

'Pop! Remixed' (CD & Download)

Always (2009 Mix)
Victim Of Love (Komputer Remix)
Freedom (Mark Pichiotti - Strumapella Remix)
Drama! (Andy Bell & JC Remix)
A Little Respect (Avantara Remix)
Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) (Sound Factory Remix)
Ship Of Fools (Soil In The Synth Remix)
Always (MHC Remix)
Chorus (Electronic Periodic Remix)
Stop! (Vince Clarke Sync 82 Remix)
Drama! (Dogmatix Dramatical Dub) [Digital Bonus Track]
Exclusive Pre-Order Offer

You can now pre-order Erasure's Total Pop! The First 40 Hits Deluxe box-set from The Erasure Shop (Lexer Music).

All pre-orders for the box-set via Lexer Music will receive these free exclusive extras:

- Four Track MP3 Download
- Pop! Postcard Set
- Prize Draw Entry

Also available now for pre-order is Total Pop! The First 40 Hits! (2xCD edition) and Pop! Remixed.

looking forward to this. been wanting to check them out. they sort of fit one of the musical themes i've been exploring a lot lately.

Glad its remastered but other than that erasure has sucked for bout a decade now.

I met Andy Bell while shopping at International Mr. Leather last year.

contrapposto said:

He does seem to troll in chicago alot.

ouch!

lazycrockett said:

The last album wasn't that bad. But I do find Andy's lyric to be trite and Somehow Vince is stuck in a rut musically. That said, I did enjoy much of the last album.

lazycrockett said: