The Circus

by Erasure

The Circus cover art

Serving as the duo's major commercial breakthrough, 'The Circus' perfectly balances Vince Clarke's masterful, bubbling synthesizer programming with Andy Bell's soaring, openly queer vocal performances. The record successfully pairs highly infectious, club-ready dance-pop hooks with surprisingly earnest meditations on working-class life and romance.

Genres

  • Synthpop

Tracklist

  1. It Doesn't Have to Be
  2. Hideaway
  3. Don't Dance
  4. If I Could
  5. Sexuality
  6. Victim of Love
  7. Leave Me to Bleed
  8. Sometimes
  9. The Circus
  10. Spiralling
  11. In the Hall of the Mountain King
  12. Sometimes (12" Mix) - 12'' Mix
  13. It Doesn't Have to Be (Boop Oopa Doo Mix) - Boop Oopa Doo Mix
  14. Sexuality - 12" Mix
  15. Sometimes - Shiver Mix
  16. The Circus - Bareback Rider Mix
  17. Who Needs Love Like That - Betty Boop Mix
  18. It Doesn't Have to Be - Cement Mix
  19. The Soldier's Return - The Return of the Radical Radcliffe Mix
  20. Victim of Love - Vixen Vitesse Mix
  21. If I Could - Japanese Mix
  22. The Circus - BBC Radio One Session - 10 March 1987
  23. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! - BBC Radio One Session - 10 March 1987
  24. Spiralling - BBC Radio One Session - 10 March 1987
  25. Phantom Bride - BBC Radio One Session - 10 March 1987