Acoustic Live is a live album released by English synthpop

Synthpop

Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...

 duo Erasure

Erasure

Erasure are an English synthpop duo, consisting of songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer Andy Bell. Erasure entered the music scene in 1985 with their debut single "Who Needs Love Like That"...

 in 2006. It is a double-CD set that is a recording of a concert appearance performed on 19 April 2006 at the Shepherds Bush Empire

Shepherds Bush Empire

The O2 Shepherds Bush Empire is a music venue in Shepherd's Bush, London, England, run by the Academy Music Group. It was built in 1903, as a music hall, and in 1953 became the BBC Television Theatre...

 in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

. This concert was an acoustic performance to promote the band's 2006 album Union Street

Union Street (album)

Union Street is the title of the twelfth album by Erasure. Announced on their in November 2005, Union Street was released on 3 April 2006 in the UK and on 18 April 2006 in the U.S. by Mute Records....

. It was recorded and distributed in conjunction with Live Here Now

Live Here Now

Live Here Now is a London-based music concert recording and distribution company, started in 2004.Recording artists partner with Live Here Now to digitally record live concert dates and in turn Live Here Now manufactures and distributes professionally packaged, limited edition compact discs of the...

 and was available only through direct order from Mute Records

Mute Records

Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...

 and as a digital download

Music download

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 via Live Here Now. Because of this limited availability, the album was ineligible for the UK Albums Chart

UK Albums Chart

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.

The album cover art for Acoustic Live is identical to that of Union Street, except for the title written across the center.

Track listing

all songs written by Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, except "Against My View" by Elizabeth Stratton

Disc one

1. "Home" — 5:46
2. "Boy
   Boy (Erasure song)
   "Boy" is a ballad performed by British duo Erasure. Originally recorded in typical synth pop/Erasure style in 1997, the song appeared on their album Cowboy...
   
   " — 4:19
3. "Victim of Love
   Victim of Love (song)
   "Victim of Love" is a song by British synthpop duo Erasure, released in May 1987 as their sixth single overall.It was the third single to be lifted from the duo's second album, The Circus, released six weeks earlier, and was remixed for single release....
   
   " — 3:21
4. "Stay with Me" — 5:41
5. "Love Affair" — 5:09
6. "Oh L'amour
   Oh L'amour
   "Oh L'amour" is a song by English synth pop duo Erasure, released in April 1986 as their third single.It was issued by Mute Records in the UK and Sire Records in the U.S. to herald the June release of Erasure's debut album Wonderland, but became the third consecutive commercial failure for the band...
   
   " — 3:13
7. "Alien" — 4:19
8. "Blue Savannah
   Blue Savannah
   "Blue Savannah" is a song by Erasure which was issued as a single from the duo's fourth studio album Wild! in 1990. Mute Records released it in Europe as the album's third single, and Sire Records released it in the United States as the album's second single.It is a classic Erasure synth pop song...
   
   " — 6:09
9. "Spiralling" — 2:51
10. "How Many Times?" — 3:42

Disc two

1. "Sometimes
   Sometimes (Erasure song)
   "Sometimes" is a song by British synthpop duo Erasure, released in October 1986 as their fourth single overall.After three commercial flops from their debut album Wonderland, "Sometimes" became Erasure's first bonafide hit, peaking at number one in South Africa, number two in their native United...
   
   " — 5:47
2. "Tenderest Moments" — 5:36
3. "Ship of Fools
   Ship of Fools (Erasure song)
   "Ship of Fools" is a song by British synthpop duo Erasure, released in February 1988 as the duo's eighth single overall.The song was issued by Mute Records as the lead single from Erasure's third album The Innocents...
   
   " — 4:01
4. "Love to Hate You
   Love to Hate You
   "Love to Hate You" is a song by Erasure which was released in 1991 as the second single from the duo's fifth studio album Chorus.-History:...
   
   " — 5:41
5. "Against My View" — 3:51
6. "Piano Song" — 3:50
7. "Rock Me Gently" — 5:58
8. "Stop!
   Crackers International
   Crackers International is an EP released by Erasure in 1988, in between the albums The Innocents and Wild!.- History :The EP appeared in several different versions. The original UK release by Mute Records consisted of four original, self-produced tracks...
   
   " — 4:15
9. "Chains of Love
   Chains of Love (Erasure song)
   "Chains of Love" is a song by British synthpop duo Erasure, released in May 1988 as their ninth single overall.The song was released by Mute Records as the second single from Erasure's third studio album The Innocents. In the United States, Sire Records released it as the first single...
   
   " — 6:08
10. "A Little Respect
    A Little Respect
    American band Wheatus released the song in July 2001 as their second single from their debut album. The single peaked at number three in the United Kingdom, while reaching number 19 in Austria and number 41 in New Zealand.-Critical reception:...
    
    " — 4:00

Band

• Vince Clarke
  Vince Clarke
  Vince Clarke is an English synthpop musician and songwriter. Clarke has been involved with a number of successful groups, including Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly and Erasure....
  
   – Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  s / Mandolin
  Mandolin
  A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
  
   / Melodica
  Melodica
  The melodica, also known as the "blow-organ" or "key-flute", is a free-reed instrument similar to the melodeon and harmonica. It has a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. Pressing a key opens a hole,...
  
  
• Andy Bell
  Andy Bell (singer)
  Andrew Ivan "Andy" Bell is the lead singer of the English synthpop duo Erasure. He also has a solo career, with the albums Non-Stop and Electric Blue.-Early life:Andy Bell originates from the Dogsthorpe area in Peterborough...
  
   – Vocals
• Valerie Chalmers – Vocals / Percussion
• Jill Walsh – Vocals / Harmonium
  Harmonium
  A harmonium is a free-standing keyboard instrument similar to a reed organ. Sound is produced by air being blown through sets of free reeds, resulting in a sound similar to that of an accordion...
  
   / Melodica / Recorder
  Recorder
  The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes—whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle. The recorder is end-blown and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple...
  
  
• Ben Wittman – Percussion
• Smith Curry – Pedal steel / Dobro guitar
  Dobro
  Dobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar...
  
  
• Richard Hammond – Double Bass
  Double bass
  The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
  
  
• Steve Walsh – Guitars

Crew

• Andy Whittle – Tour Manager
• Troy Stewart – Backline tech
• Roy Speer – Backline tech
• Craig Donaldson – Monitor Engineer
• Matt West – FOH Engineer
• Nic Ayer – Lighting Director