Search - Erasure :: On the Road to Nashville (W/Dvd)

Another fun Erasure production

Mute208 | SF Bay Area, CA | 02/20/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"My wife was about 6 months pregnant with our daughter for this tour and thus, was my daughter's first Erasure concert. Now she's a healthy, happy little baby girl who gets to relive her very first Erasure show.



The audio quality is excellent and if you enjoyed this tour, then listening to this album will bring back very good memories. I personally thought that some of the arrangements were weird the first time I heard them at the show, but I thought they were fun nonetheless. As odd as it may be for some to hear Erasure acoustically, it's certainly not the first time that most Erasure fans have heard them acoustically, having done limited acoustic recordings in the past. Besides, I would be perfectly content listening to Andy sing in the shower or accompanied by a buzz saw and jack hammer.



As in the San Francisco show, Andy's voice is dead on for his performance in Nashville. He sounds great and the backup singers don't overwhelm Andy's voice. The show and this CD/DVD was worth it just to hear Andy sing Alien, How Many Times?, Spiralling, and Piano Song live. My daughter seems to prefer Victim of Love :)



The first disc is the audio CD and the second disc is the DVD that has the entire show plus a few bonus songs and a short film. This release is definitely a good value considering it includes the full CD and DVD for the price of just the CD.



~Eagerly awaiting Light At The End Of The World on May 22."

Erasure in a whole new light!

Jim G. | NY USA | 02/24/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I wasn't sure at first if I'd enjoy Erasure live, minus all of their signature synths.... but this works! And it works really well! The songs are given a whole new life with the use of traditionally country music instrumentation. This package is worth its price if only for the amazing new interpretation of Blue Savannah. Breathtaking."

It pains me to listen to this

J. Laflam | 12/13/2009

(1 out of 5 stars)

"I have to agree with girlpowernazi on this tour completely sucking and the Union Street CD sucking as well, minus a couple of moving tracks that don't remotely translate well live at all. I love all of erasure's music and disagree with their past couple albums being tripe, because I love their electronic music and even love some of their past acoustic renditions but with the fake country twang; it just sounds forced. I lived in the south for eight years and actually enjoy old school country, Tammy Wynette, Weyland Jennings, Conway Twitty, but this actually sounds like an offensive homage to that genre. It takes a true fan to be able to face the truth, and I have seen every tour since they toured with Duran Duran for the Circus Tour, and loved every tour, especially Swan, Tank, and Balloon live at the Beacon theatre....they sold out a good 13 shows in a row while I was going to Pratt back in the early 90's. Road to Nashville bites, it actually pains me to listen to it."