''EBX'' is a series of

box set A box set or (its original name) boxed set is a set of items (for example, a compilation of books, musical recordings, films or television programs) traditionally packaged in a box and offered for sale as a single unit. Music Artists and bands ...

s released by English

synth-pop Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s ...

duo

Erasure Erasure () is an English synth-pop duo formed in London in 1985, consisting of lead vocalist and songwriter Andy Bell with songwriter, producer and keyboardist Vince Clarke, previously known as co-founder of the band Depeche Mode and a membe ...

, collecting material originally released on 12″,

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, CD, and

DVD single A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device ...

s, released in the UK by

Mute Records Mute Records is a British independent record label owned and founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller. It has featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Depeche Mode, Erasure, Einstürzende Neubauten, Fad Gadget, Goldfrapp, Grinderm ...

between 1999 and 2021. Seven volumes of ''EBX'' have been released. ''EBX1'' and ''EBX2'' were released in 1999, then ''EBX3'' and ''EBX4'' in 2001. EBX5 refers to the retrospective box set ''

From Moscow to Mars ''From Moscow to Mars'' is a retrospective box set from Erasure, released in the UK by Mute Records on 9 December 2016. The set commemorates the 30th anniversary of the group's founding, and contains an assortment of previously released and never ...

'', released in 2016. The standard ''EBX'' series resumed in 2018 with the release of ''EBX6'', followed by ''EBX7'' in 2019 and ''EBX8'' in 2021. Each set presents, in chronological order, five of the band's singles. Although cover art was altered (specifically for the sets), the track listings represent all music originally found on the UK versions of their singles, including all

remix A remix (or reorchestration) is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, book, video, poem, or photograph can all be remixes. The o ...

es and

B-side The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes; these terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side usually features a recording that its artist, producer, or record compan ...

s. The first four box sets were originally released on CD, and subsequently fell

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but were released digitally in 2017. Beginning with ''EBX6'', the sets were released only on digital platforms.

''EBX1''

Disc 1 – "
Who Needs Love Like That "Who Needs Love Like That" is the debut single of British synthpop duo Erasure. The song was released in the UK on Mute Records in 1985 as a prelude to their debut album, '' Wonderland'' (1986). The accompanying music video was directed by John ...
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# "Who Needs Love Like That" # "Push Me Shove Me" # "Who Needs Love Like That" (Legend mix) # "Push Me Shove Me" (Extended as Far as Possible mix) # "Who Needs Love Like That" (Instrumental Workout mix) # "Who Needs Love Like That" (Mexican mix) # "Push Me Shove Me" (Tacos mix)

Disc 2 – "
Heavenly Action "Heavenly Action" is a song by the British synthpop duo Erasure, released in November 1985 as their second single. It is a mid-tempo pop song, written by Erasure members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell as a straightforward ode to love. Issued by ...
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# "Heavenly Action" # "Don't Say No" # "Heavenly Action" (remix) # "Don't Say No" (remix) # "My Heart... So Blue" (Incidental) # "Heavenly Action" (Yellow Brick mix) # "Don't Say No" (Ruby Red mix)

Disc 3 – "
Oh L'amour "Oh L'amour" is a song by English synthpop duo Erasure, released in April 1986 as their third single. Written by Erasure members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, it is a lament from someone experiencing unrequited love ''("broke my heart / now I'm ...
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# "Oh L'amour" # "March on Down the Line" # "Oh L'amour" (remix) # "March on Down the Line" (remix) # "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" # "Oh L'amour" (PWL Funky Sisters Say 'Ooh La La') # "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" (remix)

Disc 4 – " Sometimes"

# "Sometimes" # "Sexuality" # "Sometimes" (12" mix) # "Sexuality" (12" mix) # "Say What" (remix) # "Sometimes" (Shiver mix) # "Sexuality" (Private mix) # "Senseless" (remix)

Disc 5 – "
It Doesn't Have to Be "It Doesn't Have to Be" is a song by English synth-pop duo Erasure, released on 16 February 1987. It was issued as a single six weeks before the release of the duo's second studio album, '' The Circus'' (1987). Following the number-two UK placing ...
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# "It Doesn't Have to Be" # "In the Hall of the Mountain King" # "It Doesn't Have to Be" (Boop Oopa Doo mix) # "Who Needs Love Like That" (Betty Boop mix) # "It Doesn't Have to Be" (Cement mix) # "Heavenly Action" (Holger Hiller remix) # "In the Hall of the Mountain King" (new version)

''EBX2''

Disc 1 – " Victim of Love"

# "Victim of Love" (remix) # "The Soldier's Return" # "Victim of Love" (extended mix) # "The Soldier's Return" (The Return of the Radical Radcliffe mix) # "Victim of Love" (dub mix) # "Victim of Love" (Vixen Vitesse mix) # "The Soldier's Return" (The Machinery mix) # "If I Could" (Japanese mix) # "Don't Dance" (live) # "Leave Me to Bleed" (live)

Disc 2 – " The Circus"

# "The Circus" (remix) # "The Circus" (Decay mix) # "Safety in Numbers" (live) # "Victim of Love" (live) # "If I Could" (live) # "The Circus" (live) # "Spiralling" (live) # "It Doesn't Have to Be" (live) # "Who Needs Love Like That" (live) # "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" (live) # "Sometimes" (live) # "Say What" (live) # "Oh L'amour" (live) # "The Circus" (Bareback Rider mix) # "The Circus" (Gladiator mix) Live tracks are mixed together in one only "concert sequence", however, the original releases were spread on several sides/records. Also, they are presented in order of release, different from the actual sequence of the show.

Disc 3 – "
Ship of Fools The ship of fools is an allegory, originating from Book VI of Plato's ''Republic'', about a ship with a dysfunctional crew. The allegory is intended to represent the problems of governance prevailing in a political system not based on expert kn ...
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# "Ship of Fools" # "When I Needed You" # "Ship of Fools" (Shiver Me Timbers mix) # "River Deep Mountain High" (Warm Depths mix) # "When I Needed You" (Melancholic mix) # "Ship of Fools" (R C mix) # "River Deep Mountain High" (private dance mix)

Disc 4 – " Chains of Love"

# "Chains of Love" (remix) # "Don't Suppose" # "Chains of Love" (Foghorn mix) # "Don't Suppose" (Country Joe mix) # "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" # "Chains of Love" (Truly in Love with the Marks Bros. mix) # "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (The Dangerous mix)

Disc 5 – "
A Little Respect A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes'' ...
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# "A Little Respect" # "Like Zsa Zsa Zsa Gabor" # "A Little Respect" (extended mix) # "Like Zsa Zsa Zsa Gabor" (Mark Freegard mix) # "Love Is Colder Than Death" # "A Little Respect" (Big Train mix) # "Like Zsa Zsa Zsa Gabor" (Rico Conning mix)

''EBX3''

Disc 1 – ''
Crackers International ''Crackers International'' is a Christmas EP released by Erasure in 1988, in between the albums '' The Innocents'' and ''Wild!''. It reached number-one in Denmark and Argentina and number 2 in the United Kingdom and Ireland. History The E ...
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# "Stop!" (cold ending) – 3:03 # "The Hardest Part" – 3:40 # "Knocking on Your Door" – 2:57 # "She Won't Be Home" – 3:28 # "The Hardest Part" (12" version) – 5:06 # "Knocking on Your Door" (12" version) – 3:59 # "Stop!" (Mark Saunders remix) – 5:47 # "Knocking on Your Door" (Mark Saunders remix) – 6:07 # "

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen" is an English traditional Christmas carol. It is in the Roxburghe Collection (iii. 452), and is listed as no. 394 in the Roud Folk Song Index. It is also known as "Tidings of Comfort and Joy", and by other varian ...

" – 3:10

Disc 2 – "
Drama! "Drama!" is the first single released from English synth-pop duo Erasure's fourth studio album, ''Wild!'' (1989). Written by Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, the synthpop song begins with a low-key keyboard line and a subdued vocal from Bell. As th ...
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# "Drama!" # "Sweet, Sweet Baby" # "Drama!" (Act 2) # "Sweet, Sweet Baby" (The Moo–Moo mix) # "Paradise" # "Drama!" (Krucial mix) # "Sweet, Sweet Baby" (Medi mix) # "Paradise" (Lost and Found mix)

Disc 3 – "
You Surround Me "You Surround Me" is a song by English synth-pop duo Erasure that was issued in November 1989 by Mute Records as the second single from the band's fourth studio album, ''Wild!'' (1989). Written by the duo's Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, it is a ...
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# "You Surround Me" # "91 Steps" # "You Surround Me" (Syrinx mix) # "Supernature" # "91 Steps" (+24 mix) # "You Surround Me" (remix) # "Supernature" (William Orbit mix) # "91 Steps" (6 pianos mix) # "Supernature" (Daniel Miller/Phil Legg mix) # "You Surround Me" (Gareth Jones mix) # "Supernature" (Mark Saunders mix)

Disc 4 – "
Blue Savannah "Blue Savannah" is a song by British synth-pop duo Erasure that was issued as a single on 26 February 1990, from their fourth studio album, ''Wild!'' (1989). The song was written by members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell. Mute Records released it i ...
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# "Blue Savannah" # "Runaround on the Underground" # "Blue Savannah" (remix) # "No G.D.M." # "Blue Savannah" (Der Deutsche mix II) # "No G.D.M." (unfinished mix) # "Runaround on the Underground" (remix) # "Blue Savannah" (Der Deutsche mix I)

Disc 5 – "
Star A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma (physics), plasma held together by its gravity. The List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs, nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked ...
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# "Star" # "Dreamlike State" # "Star" (Trafalmadore mix) # "Dreamlike State" (The 12 Hour Technicolor mix) # "Star" (Interstellar mix) # "Star" (Soul mix) # "Dreamlike State" (The 24 Hour Technicolor mix)

''EBX4''

Disc 1 – "
Chorus Chorus may refer to: Music * Chorus (song) or refrain, line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse * Chorus effect, the perception of similar sounds from multiple sources as a single, richer sound * Chorus form, song in which all verse ...
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# "Chorus" # "Over the Rainbow" # "Chorus" (Pure Trance mix) # "Snappy" (The Spice Has Risen mix) # "Chorus" (Transdental Trance mix) # "Snappy" # "Chorus" (Aggressive Trance mix)

Disc 2 – "
Love to Hate You "Love to Hate You" is a 1991 song by English synth-pop duo Erasure. It was released as the second single from their fifth studio album, ''Chorus'' (1991). Written by band members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, it is an electronic dance track insp ...
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# "Love to Hate You" # "Vitamin C" # "Love to Hate You" (remix) # "Vitamin C" (remix) # "La La La" # "Love to Hate You" (Bruce Forest mix)

Disc 3 – " Am I Right?"

# "Am I Right?" # "Carry on Clangers" (full length) # "Let It Flow" # "Waiting for Sex" (full length) # "Am I Right?" (Dave Bascombe remix) # "Am I Right?" (The Grid remix) # "Love to Hate You" (LFO Modulated Filter mix) # "Chorus" (Vegan mix) # "B3" # "Perfect Stranger" (acoustic)

Disc 4 – " Breath of Life"

# "Breath of Life" (7" mix) # "Breath of Life" (Swiss mix) # "Breath of Life" (a cappella dub remix) # "Breath of Life" (Divine Inspiration mix) # "Breath of Life" (Umbilical mix) # "Breath of Life" (Elixir mix) # "Breath of Life" (Stripped mix)

Disc 5 – ''
Abba-esque ''Abba-esque'' is an extended play (EP) by British synth-pop duo Erasure. Released on 1 June 1992, the EP was Erasure's first and only number one on the UK Singles Chart and also became a number-one hit in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Greece, I ...
''

# "

Lay All Your Love on Me "Lay All Your Love on Me" is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA in 1980 for their seventh studio album, '' Super Trouper''. The song was released as the sixth and final single from the album in the summer of 1981. At the time, it was the ...

" # " S.O.S." # "

Take a Chance on Me "Take a Chance on Me" is a song by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in January 1978 as the second single from their fifth studio album, '' ABBA: The Album'' (1977). Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad share the lead vocals on the verses an ...

" # " Voulez Vous" # "Voulez Vous" (Brain Stem Death Test mix) # "Lay All Your Love on Me" (No Panties mix) # "Take a Chance On Me" (Take a Trance on Me mix) # "S.O.S." (Perimeter mix)

''EBX6''

The EBX series skipped the number 5, as the catalog number EBX5 had been assigned to the retrospective box set ''

''.

''EBX7''

''EBX8''

References

{{Authority control Erasure (duo) albums Albums produced by Stephen Hague Albums produced by Mark Saunders (record producer) Albums produced by Gareth Jones (music producer) Albums produced by Flood (producer) 2000 compilation albums Mute Records compilation albums

''EBX1''

Disc 1 – "Who Needs Love Like That "Who Needs Love Like That" is the debut single of British synthpop duo Erasure. The song was released in the UK on Mute Records in 1985 as a prelude to their debut album, '' Wonderland'' (1986). The accompanying music video was directed by John ..."

Disc 2 – "Heavenly Action "Heavenly Action" is a song by the British synthpop duo Erasure, released in November 1985 as their second single. It is a mid-tempo pop song, written by Erasure members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell as a straightforward ode to love. Issued by ..."

Disc 3 – "Oh L'amour "Oh L'amour" is a song by English synthpop duo Erasure, released in April 1986 as their third single. Written by Erasure members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, it is a lament from someone experiencing unrequited love ''("broke my heart / now I'm ..."