The Circus (studio album) by Erasure

The Circus by Erasure
Year: 1987
Overall rank: 20,065th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 35 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1987 (260th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,671st)
Award Best albums of all time (20,065th)
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Erasure bestography

The Circus is ranked 3rd best out of 30 albums by Erasure on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Erasure is The Innocents which is ranked number 4777 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 290.

Erasure album bestography « Higher ranked (8,237th) This album (20,065th) Lower ranked (20,573rd) »
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The Circus track list

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73/100 (from 35 votes)
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This their second album contains their breakthrough chart hits & the first of an amazing twenty-three consecutive top 20 hits in just ten years, they ruled the singles chart from '87-'97. "Sometimes"(2), "The Circus"(6), "Victim of Love"(7) & "It Doesn't Have To Be"(12). No fillers on here, all good pop classics.
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Yes, some of the lyrics are very clumsy, but overall the album makes up for it by containing some of Clarke's best songs since Yazoo, as well as establishing Erasure as one of the defining acts of the 80s.
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