Total Pop! The First 40 Hits

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Who Needs Love (Like That)
  3:07
• 2
  Heavenly Action
  3:21
• 3
  Oh L'Amour
  3:07
  3.6 ★
• 4
  Sometimes
  3:39
  2.7 ★
• 5
  It Doesn't Have to Be
  3:46
• 6
  Victim of Love
  3:38
• 7
  The Circus
  4:06
  5.0 ★
• 8
  Ship of Fools
  4:03
• 9
  Chains of Love
  3:43
• 10
  A Little Respect
  3:31
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Stop!
  2:55
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Drama!
  4:05
  3.0 ★
• 13
  You Surround Me
  3:58
  3.0 ★
• 14
  Blue Savannah
  4:19
  2.6 ★
• 15
  Star
  3:38
• 16
  Chorus
  4:30
  4.0 ★
• 17
  Love to Hate You
  3:56
  3.5 ★
• 18
  Am I Right?
  4:17
• 19
  Breath of Life
  3:55
• 20
  Take a Chance on Me
  3:45
  2.9 ★
• 21
  Who Needs Love (Like That) (Hamburg mix)
  3:01
• CD 2
• 1
  Always
  4:02
  3.4 ★
• 2
  Run to the Sun
  4:11
• 3
  I Love Saturday
  4:01
  2.0 ★
• 4
  Stay With Me
  4:43
• 5
  Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)
  4:23
• 6
  Rock Me Gently
  4:08
• 7
  In My Arms
  3:28
• 8
  Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me
  3:48
• 9
  Rain (Al Stone mix)
  4:09
• 10
  Freedom
  2:55
• 11
  Moon & The Sky (JC's Heaven Scent radio Re-Work)
  4:16
• 12
  Solsbury Hill
  4:18
• 13
  Make Me Smile (Come Up and See mix)
  3:29
• 14
  Breathe
  3:49
• 15
  Don't Say You Love Me
  3:45
• 16
  Here I Go Impossible Again
  3:30
• 17
  I Could Fall in Love With You
  4:03
• 18
  Sunday Girl
  3:15
• 19
  Storm in a Teacup
  3:28
• 20
  Always (2009 mix)
  3:59
  3.4 ★
• CD 3: Live 1987 - 2007
• 1
  Spiralling (The Circus Tour 1987)
  2:30
• 2
  The Hardest Part (The Innocents Tour 1988)
  3:26
• 3
  Drama! (The Wild! Tour 1989)
  4:12
• 4
  Knocking on Your Door (The Wild! Tour 1989)
  3:57
• 5
  Push Me Shove Me (The Wild! Tour 1990)
  5:21
• 6
  Voulez Vous (The Phantasmagorical Entertainment 1992)
  5:53
• 7
  Am I Right? (The Phantasmagorical Entertainment 1992)
  5:23
• 8
  Heart of Stone (The Phantasmagorical Entertainment 1992)
  3:12
• 9
  Who Needs Love Like That (The Tiny Tour 1996)
  3:24
• 10
  Rain (Cowboy Tour 1997)
  4:24
• 11
  Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime (Sanctuary the EIS Christmas Concert 2002)
  3:42
• 12
  Piano Song (The Other Tour 2003)
  3:15
• 13
  Hideaway (The Erasure Show 2005)
  3:47
• 14
  Breathe (The acoustic Tour 2006)
  3:40
• 15
  Oh L'Amour (Light at the End of the World Tour 2007)
  4:30
• DVD 4: Erasure at the BBC 1986 - 2005
• 1
  Sometimes (Top of the Pops 04/12/86)
  3:10
• 2
  It Doesn't Have to Be (The Tom O'Connor Roadshow 02/03/87)
  3:48
• 3
  Victim of Love (Daytime live 22/10/87)
  3:33
• 4
  The Circus (Daytime live 22/10/87)
  3:50
• 5
  Ship of Fools (Wogan 26/02/88)
  3:26
• 6
  Chains of Love (Top of the Pops 16/06/88)
  3:27
• 7
  A Little Respect (Going live 15/12/88)
  2:58
• 8
  Stop! (Top of the Pops 15/12/88)
  2:35
• 9
  Chorus (Wogan 28/06/91)
  3:10
• 10
  Love to Hate You (Top of the Pops 03/10/91)
  3:04
• 11
  Am I Right? (Top of the Pops 05/12/91)
  3:05
• 12
  Breath of Life (Top of the Pops 26/03/92)
  3:04
• 13
  Who Needs Love (Like That) (Top of the Pops 29/10/92)
  3:06
• 14
  Always (Top of the Pops 07/04/94)
  2:48
• 15
  Run to the Sun (Top of the Pops 28/07/94)
  2:51
• 16
  I Love Saturday (Smash Hits Poll Winner's Party 04/12/94)
  3:34
• 17
  Stay With Me (Pebble Mill 30/11/95)
  3:32
• 18
  Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) (Pebble Mill 30/11/95)
  4:24
• 19
  Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me (Top of the Pops 07/03/97)
  2:59
• 20
  Solsbury Hill (Top of the Pops 17/01/03)
  2:34
• 21
  Breathe (Top of the Pops 14/01/05)
  2:58
• 22
  Top of the Pops 2 Special (Breath of Life / Sometimes / Love to Hate You / You've Lost That Loving Feeling / A Little Respect / Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)) (Top of the Pops 2 09/04/03)
  23:01
• 23
  Sometimes (The Tom O'Connor Roadshow 02/03/87)
  3:25
• 24
  How Many Times? (The Late Show 18/10/89)
  3:35
• 25
  Miracle (Later with Jools 21/05/94)
  4:52
• 26
  Because You're So Sweet (Later with Jools 21/05/94)
  3:36
• 27
  Oh L'Amour (2003)
  3:34

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Release credits

• Alan Moulder
  mix [11]
• Ben Darlow
  assistant [20]
• Blaise Dupuy
  engineer [6]
• Bob Kraushaar
  engineer [10], remixer [15]
• Cameron Jenkins
  assistant [11]
• Daniel Miller
  mix [3-4], remixer [15]
• Dave Eringa
  assistant [20]
• David Bascombe
  engineer [20], mix [1.17-19, 2.12], producer [20], remixer [16]
• David Jacob
  co [8], engineer [8]
• Diamanda Galás
  lead vocals [6]
• Flood
  mix [3-4], producer [2.10, 1.4], remixer [7]
• François K
  mix [4, 6]
• Gareth Jones
  mix [13-14], producer [4, 6-8, 12]
• George Holt
  engineer [6], recording [8]
• Guy Barker
  trumpet [4]
• Jock Loveband
  assistant [11]
• Lloyd Puckitt
  mix [6]
• London Community Gospel Choir
  choir vocals [6]
• Luke Gifford
  recording [8]
• MC Kinky
  additional [20], other vocals [20]
• Mark Saunders
  mix [11, 14]
• Mark “Spike” Stent
  mix [7-8]
• Martyn Phillips
  mix [16], producer [16-19]
• Martyn Ware
  producer [1, 3, 20]
• Maurice Michael
  guitar [1]
• Mike Pela
  mix [4]
• Neil McLellan
  additional [6], producer [8]
• Patrick McGovern
  assistant [6]
• Paul ‘P Dub’ Walton
  assistant [8]
• Phil Harding
  mix [6]
• Phil Legg
  assistant [3], mix [2.1, 2.20, 1.11]
• Rob Kirwan
  mix [10]
• Stephen Hague
  producer [8, 10], remixer [9]
• Thomas Fehlmann
  co [4], producer [6]
• Tom Elmhirst
  mix [14]
• Tracy Ackerman
  additional [8], background vocals [8]
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Issues

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  Total Pop! The First 40 Hits

  3x CD, DVD
  23 February 2009
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  Total Pop! The First 40 Hits

  2x CD
  24 February 2009
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  Total Pop! The First 40 Hits (deluxe box)

  Digital Media
  7 April 2009
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  Total Pop! The First 40 Hits

  Digital Media