Wild!

Wild!

Infobox Album |
Name = Wild!
Type = Album
Artist = Erasure


Released = October 16, 1989
Recorded = 1989
Genre = Synthpop
Length = 38:28
Label = Mute Records,
Sire Records
Producer = Gareth Jones, Mark Saunders, Erasure
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:it2uak4k5m3c link]
Last album = "Crackers International"
(1988)
This album = "Wild!"
(1989)
Next album = "Chorus"
(1991)

Erasure's 1989 album "Wild!" is their fourth full-length studio album and is generally considered the "official" follow-up to their 1988 breakthrough "The Innocents" (discounting the "Crackers International" EP which had come out a few months prior). It was produced by Erasure, along with Gareth Jones and Mark Saunders and released by Mute Records in the UK and Sire Records in the U.S.

History

Although the album did not generate any entries on the Billboard Hot 100, "Wild!" is highly regarded amongst Erasure's fanbase as one of their best albums, containing now-classic songs like "Blue Savannah" and "Star." In the U.S., several songs gained exposure on college radio and three songs charted on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.

In the UK, "Wild!" continued Erasure's mainstream success: it became their second consecutive number one album and four singles hit the UK Top 20. The album also charted well in Germany, where it hit number sixteen.

It was while promoting the "Wild!" album that Erasure launched the first of their many elaborately staged concert tours - this one featuring gigantic sets and props and several costume changes for band members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, as well as several back-up singers and dancers.

Track listing

# "Piano Song (Instrumental)" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Blue Savannah" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Drama!" (Clarke/Bell)
# "How Many Times?" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Star" (Clarke/Bell)
# "La Gloria" (Clarke/Bell)
# "You Surround Me" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Brother and Sister" (Clarke/Bell)
# "2,000 Miles" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Crown Of Thorns" (Clarke/Bell)
# "Piano Song" (Clarke/Bell)

Chart placings

"Wild!" was Erasure's second number one album in the UK and it peaked at 57 on the Billboard 200 and number 16 on the German albums chart.

succession box
before = "Enjoy Yourself" by Kylie Minogue
title = UK number one album
years = October 28, 1989November 10, 1989
after = "The Road to Hell" by Chris Rea


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