Wonderland is the debut album by Erasure, originally released on 2 June 1986 by Mute Records in the United Kingdom and Sire Records in the United States. Not an immediate success, the three singles released from it failed to crack the top forty in the UK, nor did any of them enter the Billboard Hot 100. "Who Needs Love Like That" would eventually make the British top ten in 1992, and "Oh L'amour" became a UK top twenty hit in 2003, both in remixe...
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Wonderland is the debut album by Erasure, originally released on 2 June 1986 by Mute Records in the United Kingdom and Sire Records in the United States. Not an immediate success, the three singles released from it failed to crack the top forty in the UK, nor did any of them enter the Billboard Hot 100. "Who Needs Love Like That" would eventually make the British top ten in 1992, and "Oh L'amour" became a UK top twenty hit in 2003, both in remixed form promoting their Pop! and Hits! compilations respectively.
Erasure's initial exposure in the U.S. came via dance clubs, as two singles did hit the top ten on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
Group member Vince Clarke had originally planned for this album to feature different singers for each track, but because of their musical chemistry, he and Andy Bell collaborated for the entire album and shortly after its release Clarke and Bell formed a permanent partnership. Unfortunately at the time of its release, many considered it...
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