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Pop! The First 20 Hits

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Recorded
  
1985–1992

Artist
  
Erasure

Label
  
Mute Records

Length
  
75:32

Release date
  
16 November 1992

Genre
  
Electropop

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Released
  
16 November 1992 (UK) 24 November 1992 (US) 4 May 2009 (remastered)

Pop! – the First 20 Hits (1992)
  
I Say I Say I Say (1994)

Producers
  
Flood, Stephen Hague, Gareth Jones, Mark Saunders, David Bascombe

Similar
  
Erasure albums, Electropop albums

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 US. The album utilises a straightforward format: all of Erasure's singles up to that point, sequenced in chronological order with the addition of the Hamburg Mix of Erasure's first ever single, Who Needs Love (Like That).

Contents

In the UK, "Who Needs Love Like That" was released as a single in remixed form ("The Hamburg Mix", a reference to Erasure's extensive touring of Hamburg during the band's formative period). This is included as a bonus track on the UK version of the album, although in the US it only appears on the cassette release, failing to appear on the CD.

Pop! The First 20 Hits became Erasure's fourth consecutive number-one album in the UK. In Germany the album hit number 12 and in the US it peaked at number 112 on the Billboard 200, where it was certified Gold nearly 10 years later by the RIAA.

Pop! The First 20 Hits sequels include Pop2! – The Second 20 Hits (direct sequel including the subsequent 20 singles sequenced chronologically) released 17 years later, and Total Pop! - The First 40 Hits, the ultimate singles compilation as far as 2009.

Track listing

All tracks written by Clarke/Bell, except as indicated.

Songs

1Who Needs Love (Like That)3:06
2Heavenly Action3:21
3Oh L'Amour3:08

References

Pop! The First 20 Hits Wikipedia