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Breathe

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It isn't likely Breathe will get any airplay on American radio...shame because it really shows why Erasure are the best band around.

They can take a simple tune and turn it into anything...a pop gem with the Radio and album version(too bad pop radio is on the R&B craze) an Adult Contemporary tear jerker(with the acoustic version), or a club filling stomp fest(the dance mixes). Erasure are so deep. You don't have to find their music...their music finds you. From 1986's Wonerland to 2005's Nightbird...there is no other band out there like Erasure. They have captured a sound all their own.

You should capture this single. The remixes are all good(especially the acoustic version) but the B-Sides are great as well. Gone Crazy is a sad tune...kind of a hybrid of songs you'd find on Cowboy and Loveboat albums...very pop but indy at the same time. Mr. Gribber is an instrumental that, to me at least, puts me down in the depths of the ocean exploring. Very haunting and beautiful piece of music.

The other great gem is the music video to Breathe. Having their DVD release of videos that was released last year...I must say that Breathe is probably their best video(up there with Stay With Me, Am I Right, SOS, Love To Hate You, In My Arms(US version)). The little girl actress is simply amazing. Really...she is. The video captures the essence of Breathe...dependency on one another to survive. A beautiful and sad music video...but one that you will watch over and over.

This is a no brainer. Buy this now. If you like AC, Pop or Dance music there is something for you here. If you like all three...even better. Plus the great video and a couple good B-Sides. Thank you Andy and Vince for another great single and an awesome album with Nightbird.

If the Eighties are back, then the Nineties can't be far behind. Erasure, who straddled the end of the Eighties and the beginning of the Nineties, should be a logical candidate to lead a new charge into another decade's revival.

The pair has a knack for crafting pop songs that revel in unabashed cliché (unlike the Pet Shop Boys). But that is not a fault. Actually, in an age of posers smitten with irony, Erasure's defiant smattering of the sweet, the melancholy, the honesty, is refreshing in the extreme. If you're looking for vintage--no, pure--Erasure, then this latest album should reconnect you deeper, by way of the superficial, to the 90s.

I have been a long time fan of Erasure, and I could not wait for this to come out! Let me tell you...it was worth the wait! The remixes of Breathe are phenomenal but the B-sides are just as good! The original version sent chills up my spine and the acoustic is even better! Beautiful song! Keep the music coming!

a stunning single that proves awesome in the effective way that it plays on words (It's bitter without you - I can't live without you) and drives along to a steady beat. Like an audible zen koan, the words transform in your brain as the bass tones gently, but profoundly, work their magic on your neurons. One could perceive it as uni-dimensional and repetitive, but therein lies its power. The moody, haunting sounds deftly emulate the themes of addiction and love/hate components of relationships.

This single, on one hand, is simple and straightforward, yet complex and riddled with delightful ambiguity. Erasure has evolved within a framework that annoys certain magazine and newspaper reviewers who cannot seem to understand that lasting electronic music coalesces the simple within the complex; and that Erasure has mastered this formula.

The Remixes on this CD are great. I really liked the album version and I bought the remix because I was hoping for a faster version. I was not disspointed. All the remixes are great, but the bonus songs are kind of lame.

I think the remixes to "Here I go Impossible Again" are much better. But I was not disspointed with this CD at all. Definetely worth checking out, especially if you dig the song to begin with.

I'm still giving this 4 stars for several reasons. First off, I love Erasure, and their concert tour this year was fantastic! Second off, this CD maxi-single as a package was one of the best releases of the year with so many mixes included, a B-side, and a video. You don't see too many CD maxis like these anymore. Absolutely essential for Erasure collectors.

However, I was not blown away by "Breathe" like everyone else seems to be. Yeah it was good, but in my opinion for Erasure I found it to be pretty average, certainly not up to par with some of their older work. The mixes on here are nothing to ride home about. The LMC Extended Club Mix is a rather generic Euro Hi-NRG mix. The "Manhattan Clique" mix is the most straight-ahead house mix of the bunch but its BPM is a bit too slow to mix in with most dance music of 2005. And Pete Heller's Phela Mix is a pretty run of the mill tribal outing - certainly not Pete's most exceptional work.

"Mr. Gribber And His Amazing Cat" is the coolest song title of the year, but then it turns out to be an instrumental track?! What a waste!

I'm not trying to take anything away from Erasure and all their phenomenal work. But I was hoping for a lot more out of this track.

Todo lo que deberia ser un cd-maxi: 2 canciones ineditas, remixes geniales y el video.
UN SALDO!!!!!
El video es de los mejores que ha hecho erasure.
Como siempre la version americana te da todo-en-uno (no los 2 maxi +dvd maxi de europa).

This is the latest classic by Andy Bell & Vince Clarke better known as Erasure. This song did very well in Europe and now it comes to the US via a great cd single. This maxi cd recently hit number one on the Dance Sales Chart on Billboard and that was the first time since 1988's "Chains Of Love". The song seems likely to also reach number one on the Club Play chart as well and that hasn't happened to Erasure since 1987's "Victim Of Love" their only number one so far. So what is making the song so successful is the fact that it classic Erasure-- pop /dance music with real lyrics. Following Blondie and Duran Duran as classic acts with great new singles-- "Breathe" will also be likely ignored by top 40 radio as well like those two were. The main reason for the cd single are the 3 remixes here. They are very well done --especially the Manhattan Clique remix. That is the best mix of the song.

1- Breathe ( Radio Mix) 3:45
2- Breathe ( Album Mix) 3:50
3- Gone Crazy (Bonus track) 3:24
4- Mr. Gribber And His Amazing Cat (Bonus track) 2:43
5- Breathe (Acoustic Version) 3:58
6- Breathe (Pete Heler's Pheta Mix) 7:13--- very electro inspired mix.
7- Breathe (LMC Extended Mix) 6:12--- the most classic sounding Erasure mix on the cd single. Very NRG/Euro club mix.
8- Breathe (When Andy Bell Met Manhattan Clique Extended Mix) 7:19--- beautiful remix. Most normal house mix with bits of trance thrown in. A+++++ remix.
BUY!!!!!

It is just so amazing when you look at so many artists that really don't sound great these days, when the image alone is what sells. That remains unfortunate because those songs don't have any feeling. Unlike most manufactured acts, Erasure really became as a surprise to me. Their recent single, Breathe is a unbelieveable surprise. The songs has more meaning than Britney Spears has in love. The song is very upbeat and beautiful, where its video is very sad at times, upon a homeless girl who just tries to stay warm. I really don't think a lot of people actually are going to enjoy this song, but it is just a great change for anybody who is interested for what is hot. Breathe by Erasure is better than hot.

Song: B+

LOVE IT! they've been my #1 since '84, and they've not lost any charm! The mixes are cool, and the accoustic is as beautiful as ever... Thank you, erasure, for continuing to surround me with your sound! I absolutely love Andy's suit in the video, too! BRILLIANT!