| Hits! The Very Best of Erasure | |
| Type: | greatest hits |
| Artist: | Erasure |
| Cover: | Erasure - Hits The Very Best Of.png |
| Released: | 20 October 2003 |
| Recorded: | 1985–2003 |
| Genre: | Synth-pop |
| Length: | 78:24 |
| Label: | Mute |
| Prev Title: | Other People's Songs |
| Prev Year: | 2003 |
| Next Title: | Nightbird |
| Next Year: | 2005 |
Hits! The Very Best of Erasure is the second greatest hits album by English synth-pop duo Erasure, released on 20 October 2003 by Mute Records. Capitalising on a resurgence of Erasure's music after their successful covers album Other People's Songs, Mute released Hits! in order to reintroduce people to the duo's music and to give an update to their 1992 singles compilation Pop! The First 20 Hits.
Since the release of Pop!, Erasure had released fifteen more singles, but only six of them appeared on Hits!. In addition, two additional songs from the Abba-esque EP were added to the line-up, as well as a new remix of "Oh L'amour", originally found on their 1986 debut album Wonderland.
To entice Erasure completists to purchase the Hits! set, limited copies of the album contained a bonus CD containing an "Erasure Megamix", consisting of eighteen of their classic songs (including "You Surround Me", the only song not on the main album) strung together in a DJ-mixed form. A few are the basic single mixes, but most of them consist of well known dance remixes done at the time of their respective releases; in particular, additional vocals from remixes of "Love to Hate You" and "Sometimes" were included.
Hits! was repackaged and reissued in the UK on 29 October 2007. This new version includes the same two discs as the original release, along with a DVD containing 35 Erasure music videos. These are the same videos which were released on the Hits! the Videos in 2003. On 22 July 2013, the album was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).
Remixed and reconstructed by: Mark Towns, Chicago 2003
| Peak position | |
| Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[1] | 50 |
|---|---|
| 10 Great Songs | |
| Type: | greatest hits |
| Artist: | Erasure |
| Released: | 2 October 2009 |
| Recorded: | 1986–1994 |
| Genre: | Synth-pop |
| Label: | Mute |
| Prev Title: | Pop2! The Second 20 Hits |
| Prev Year: | 2009 |
| Next Title: | Tomorrow's World |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
10 Great Songs is a budget compilation released on 2 November 2009, shortly after the Total Pop! The First 40 Hits range of releases. According to the official Erasure website, the album was "part of a series of budget titles put together by EMI specifically for sale through 'non-traditional outlets'".[2] It re-used the cover artwork from the Hits! The Very Best of Erasure compilation, bordered by a generic sleeve design used on the packaging for other artists also featured in the series.