Union Street (album)


Union Street is the twelfth studio album by Erasure. Announced on their in November 2005, Union Street was released on 3 April 2006 in the UK and on 18 April 2006 in the U.S. by Mute Records.
This album contained past Erasure songs, "re-interpreted in an acoustic or country & western style". The album was preceded in the UK and the U.S. by the four-track Boy EP on 20 March and 4 April, respectively. Boy EP was not eligible for the UK singles chart and was released to U.S. markets as a download-only. A bonus remix of "Boy" was available to U.S. buyers of Union Street on iTunes.
The album was not a commercial success in the UK charting outside the top 100.

Track listing

All tracks written by Andy Bell and Vince Clarke.

CD album/digital download

  1. "Boy" - 3:49
  2. "Piano Song" - 3:17
  3. "Stay with Me" - 4:53
  4. "Spiralling" - 2:26
  5. "Home" - 4:12
  6. "Tenderest Moments" - 5:13
  7. "Alien" - 3:42
  8. "Blues Away" - 3:59
  9. "How Many Times" - 3:30
  10. "Love Affair" - 3:55
  11. "Rock Me Gently" - 4:29

    US digital bonus track

A remix of "Boy" by Pete Anderson was made exclusively available on iTunes to U.S. buyers of the Union Street album download. According to the official release notes, it featured Pete Anderson on guitar, mandolin and bass, Bob Bernstein on pedal steel guitar and Tommy Funderburk on background vocals.

2016 "Erasure 30" 30th Anniversary BMG Reissue LP

Subsequent to their acquisition of Erasure's back catalog, and in anticipation of the band's 30th anniversary, BMG commissioned reissues of all previously released UK editions of Erasure albums up to and including 2007's Light at the End of the World. All titles were pressed and distributed by Play It Again Sam on 180-gram vinyl and shrinkwrapped with a custom anniversary sticker.
This marked the first release of this album on vinyl.

Chart performance

Related live releases

''Acoustic Live''

As with The Erasure Show tour in 2005, Erasure partnered with music distribution company Live Here Now to record and manufacture Acoustic Live, a digital download and limited edition double CD album of a concert recorded 19 April 2006 at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London on the Union Street acoustic tour. The album was released 10 May 2006.

''Erasure Acoustic: On The Road To Nashville''

Capturing Erasure's 6 May 2006 Union Street tour performance at the Ryman Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee, Erasure Acoustic: On The Road To Nashville was a DVD concert film released 29 January 2007 in the UK and 20 February in the US. It was released as an audio-only digital download on 12 February 2007.
The DVD featured The Road to Union Street , a behind-the-scenes documentary, plus fan-shot concert footage edited to two of the songs. The DVD came packaged with a CD featuring audio-only copies of most of the live tracks.