Song title: No Doubt
Artist: Erasure
Album title: Nightbird
Year: 2005
Genre/Style: Electronic Pop
Record label: Mute
City/Country of Origin: UK
Personal notes:
I'll admit that I hadn't followed Erasure's releases after Chorus. It's hard not to argue that "The Innocents" was, and continues to be, Erasure's best release, but the following three releases just didn't capture my attention and ear. So here it is, in 2010, that I finally made a return to Erasure with "Nightbird," their 2005 release. What replaces the sheer pop energy that I loved so much in the Innocents is the deep touch of humanity that Andy Bell brings to the entire album. Vince Clark's catchy synth pop is still there, but it's the emotion that Andy Bell puts into the songs that makes it great. Sure, you can write great lyrics, put down a great performance on tape, but it's another thing to actually let the meaning of those words come through in the performance, and that's exactly what Andy Bell does here. It's hard to pick a favorite, but I'll go ahead and arbitrarily pick "No Doubt," but listen to the whole thing.
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