Loveboat [Import]

Erasure | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 24, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Mute
• ASIN: B00004ZD6U
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #464,928 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Freedom

2. Where in the World

3. Crying in the Rain

4. Perchance to Dream

5. Alien

6. Mad as We Are

7. Here in My Heart

8. Love Is the Rage

9. Catch 22

10. Moon & the Sky

11. Surreal

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Turn that boat around, May 16, 2001

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[e-mail] (Boston, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Loveboat (Audio CD)

I've been a completist Erasure fan forever. They've always had a knack for writing sweet, lovable pop tunes which beg to be sung along to. Loveboat still has the pop tunes, but Flood's production is constantly trying to sink the effort in a myriad of ways. First of all, there is no consistency on the sound levels from song to song. One track will have so much bass, the treble is completely drowned. Then the next song will be so soft and muffled one can barely discern a song.

The word is that Madonna's Maverick label, who released Cowboy a few years back, have requested that Erasure re-record some of the tracks, record some new ones and re-edit the overall sound before they will release Loveboat stateside. So, hopefully, if there is ever a domestic release, this album will shine for its great songs and not be sunk by unfortunate production.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This album will grow on you with repeated listenings, December 13, 2001

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Bubba (Boston, Ma USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Loveboat (Audio CD)

I've had this album for a while and was a tad disapointed at first. As noted in some of the other reviews, I agree that the mixing and sound quality of some of the tunes are odd, muffled and distorted. However, I suppose that is Flood's artistic contribution. All previous Erasure alsbums had crisp clear production. My favorite tracks are Freedom (very Erasure 80's), Alien (a really great song that I wish would get on American radio)Perchance to Dream (this is one of the songs that sounds muffled and distorted, but I really like it. I first heard it on a download and thought that it was just a bad quality download, but that's really how the song sounded!) I think Perchance to Dream is a great song and I love Andy's excentric falsetto. Love is the Rage (it'll grow on you) Here in My Heart and Catch 22 are simular to me and I like them both. They sound like they could have been on Cowboy or Chorus. (who knows, maybe they were supposed to be.)Then there is Moon and the Sky. It is another muffled production but I love the vocal and the funky disco beat. I read in an Erasure interview that it was supposed to be a ballad. I also read that they (Vince and Andy) don't always control the sound of the finished product. The album has been out for over a year. I don't think that they are going to remix and release in the US. I wish they would. If you are an Erasure fanatic, I think you can find something to love about this album. I recommend it for your collection. Also, the Freedom remix single is very good. Finally, there is also an import single of Moon and Sky on Amazon.com/uk. Check it out.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Love the music, hate the mix., August 3, 2001

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J. Loomis (Bellevue, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Loveboat (Audio CD)

I know others have said the same, but this CD was almost ruined for me by the terrible mix. I am not a booming bass sort of person, and have never found the mix of previous Erasure tracks to be slanted toward bass, but this CD is so off balance that you can't ignore it. When I bought Loveboat I popped it right in my car CD player for the ride home. After the first track I turned the bass control on my stereo all the way down. It didn't help. After the third track I had to turn it off because the bass was actually making me nauseous. I finally was able to listen to it without getting a headache from the bass, but only by ripping the CD to my Windows Media Player and turning the bass way down. Once I could listen to the songs, I loved them. I listened to the whole CD over and over again. The music (when you can actually hear it over the bass) is great. I hope and pray that the rumors about a re-engineered US release are true.