Erasure • Albums • The Two Ring Circus
The Two Ring Circus
| Released: | UK: 16 Nov 1987 US: 1 Dec 1987 DE: 16 Nov 1987 |
Formats: | Compact Disc, Vinyl, Cassette |
| Chart: | UK: Not Eligible, US: 186, DE: 26 | Purchase: |  |
| Singles: | None | ||
LCDSTUMM35
Compact Disc
LSTUMM35
Vinyl
LCSTUMM35
Cassette
CSTUMM55D
Cassette x2
'The Three Ring Circus'
(Argentina)
Compact Disc
(US Long Box)
CD Album
| Song | Time | Preview | |||
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| 1 | Sometimes (Erasure And Flood Mix) | 4:54 |  |
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| 2 | It Doesn't Have To Be (Mix By Pascal Gabriel) | 6:55 | |
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| 3 | Victim Of Love (Little Louie Vega Mix) | 5:22 | |
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| 4 | Leave Me To Bleed (Vince Clarke/Eric Radcliffe Mix) | 5:09 | |
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| 5 | Hideaway (Little Louie Vega Mix) | 7:14 | |
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| 6 | Don't Dance (Daniel Miller/Flood Mix) | 3:51 | |
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| 7 | If I Could (Orchestral Arrangement & Thanks To Andrew Poppy) | 3:50 | |
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| 8 | Spiralling (Orchestral Arrangement & Thanks To Andrew Poppy) | 3:32 | |
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| 9 | My Heart... So Blue (Orchestral Arrangement & Thanks To Andrew Poppy) | 4:07 | |
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| The Touring Circus | |||||
| 10 | Victim Of Love (Live) | 3:58 | |
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| 11 | The Circus (Live) | 4:57 | |
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| 12 | Spiralling (Live) | 2:30 | |
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| 13 | Sometimes (Live) | 3:40 | |
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| 14 | Oh L'Amour (Live) | 4:32 | |
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| 15 | Who Needs Love Like That (Live) | 3:01 | |
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| 16 | Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Live) | 4:30 | |
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| Compact Disc / Cassette (US) | |||||
| 1 | Sometimes (Erasure And Flood Mix) | 4:54 | |
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| 2 | It Doesn't Have To Be (Mix By Pascal Gabriel) | 6:55 | |
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| 3 | Victim Of Love (Little Louie Vega Mix) | 5:22 | |
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| 4 | Leave Me To Bleed (Vince Clarke/Eric Radcliffe Mix) | 5:09 | |
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| 5 | Hideaway (Little Louie Vega Mix) | 7:14 | |
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| 6 | Don't Dance (Daniel Miller/Flood Mix) | 3:51 | |
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| 7 | If I Could (Orchestral Arrangement & Thanks To Andrew Poppy) | 3:50 | |
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| 8 | Spiralling (Orchestral Arrangement & Thanks To Andrew Poppy) | 3:32 | |
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| 9 | My Heart... So Blue (Orchestral Arrangement & Thanks To Andrew Poppy) | 4:07 | |
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| The Touring Circus (US) | |||||
| 10 | Victim Of Love (Live) | 3:58 | |
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| 11 | The Circus (Dave Powell Mix) | 4:57 | |||
| 12 | Spiralling (Live) | 2:30 | |
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| 13 | Sometimes (Live) | 3:40 | |
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| 14 | Oh L'Amour (Live) | 4:32 | |
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| 15 | Who Needs Love Like That (Live) | 3:01 | |
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| 16 | Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Live) | 4:30 | |
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| Country | Format | Label | Catalogue Number | Barcode / UPC | Release Date | Notes |
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| UK | Ltd Ed CD Album | Mute | LCDSTUMM35 | 5016025600359 | ||
| UK | Vinyl Album | Mute | LSTUMM35 | 5016025320356 | ||
| UK | Cassette Album | Mute | LCSTUMM35 | 5016025400355 | ||
| UK | Double Cassette Album | Mute | CSTUMM55D | 5016025420551 | With 'The Innocents' | |
| Germany | Ltd Ed CD Album | Intercord | INT 892.622 | 0724348411327 | ||
| Germany | Vinyl Album | Intercord | INT 192.622 | 4006751926220 | ||
| Germany | Cassette Album | Intercord | INT 492.622 | |||
| N America | CD Album | Reprise | 25667-2 | 075992566728 | ||
| N America | Vinyl Album | Reprise | 25667-1 | |||
| N America | Cassette Album | Reprise | 25667-4 |
The CD and Cassette editions include 7 bonus tracks, entitled 'The Touring Circus', taken from The Circus 'Live In Hamburg' collection. This album was later re-released as a Limited Edition double cassette with The Innocents.
The album was released in the USA with a different tracklisting; it omits 'The Circus (Live)' but includes 'The Circus (Gladiator Mix Edit)' (labelled as 'The Circus (Dave Powell Mix)').
Written by: Clarke/Bell
Published by: Musical Moments Ltd/Minotaur Music Ltd/Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd
'Who Needs Love Like That' and 'My Heart... So Blue' written by: Clarke
Published by: Musical Moments Ltd/Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd
'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!' written by: Andersson/Ulvaeus
Published by: Bocu Music Ltd
Produced by: Flood
'Sometimes [Erasure And Flood Mix]' mixed by: Erasure and Flood
'It Doesn't Have To Be [Mix By Pascal Gabriel]' mixed by: Pascal Gabriel
'Victim Of Love [Little Louie Vega Mix]' mixed by: Little Louie Vega
'Leave Me To Bleed [Vince Clarke/Eric Radcliffe Mix]' mixed by: Vince Clarke and Eric Radcliffe
'Hideaway [Little Louie Vega Mix]' mixed by: Little Louie Vega
'Don't Dance [Daniel Miller/Flood Mix]' mixed by: Daniel Miller and Flood
'The Circus [Gladiator Mix Edit]' mixed by: Dave Powell
Orchestral Arrangement & Thanks To Andrew Poppy arrangements by: Andrew Poppy
Live tracks recorded at: Knopf Halle, Hamburg, April 27th and April 28th 1987
Live tracks mixed by: Flood at Trident Studios
Engineered by: Thomas Kukuck and Gero Von Gerlach
Live sound by: Andy Whittle and Colin Callan
Additional backing vocals by: Derek Ian and Steve Myers on live tracks
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