VIA PRESS RELEASE | Erasure (Andy Bell and Vince Clarke) will release the 2CD Deluxe Hardback Book edition of 1997’s classic Cowboy album on Mute / BMG on 31 May 2024.
Cowboy—their eighth studio album, originally released in March 1997—saw the duo return to the UK Albums Top 10 and lead single, “In My Arms” (described by The Guardian as “pop at its purest”) is available here also in a rare acoustic version, giving the synth-pop ballad a more intimate feel. The “downright anthemic” (Billboard) “Don’t Say Your Love Is Killing Me” soon followed, and the 2CD collection includes a new remix by Belgium synth pop maestros, Telex. Third single “Rain” is given the remix treatment for this release by Blancmange, who celebrate their 45th 2024, and outsider pop trio Stealing Sheep.
Produced by Gareth Jones (Depeche Mode, Liars, Yann Tiersen), and Neil McLellan (The Prodigy), the album was recorded in studios in sunny Spain and in London, and released in North America on Madonna’s Maverick label. This new edition of Erasure is packed with a booklet that features sleeve notes by Electronic Sound’s Mat Smith and exclusive photographs by Peter Ashworth, and includes three previously unreleased remixes, along with B-Sides, demos, classic remixes, an extended version of their cover of Blondie’s “Rapture,” and rarities.
This is the latest release in a series of 2CD Deluxe Hardback Editions. Erasure’s eighteenth studio album, The Neon, was released in 2020, going straight into the UK Official Albums Chart at #4—their highest chart position since I Say I Say I Say.
