EBX (album)

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EBX, Volumes 1-4
Box set by Erasure
Released	1999 (for EBX 1 and EBX 2) 2001 (for EBX 3 and EBX 4) 2016 (for EBX 5) 2018 (for EBX 6) 2019 (for EBX 7) 2021 (for EBX 8)
Recorded	1985 - 2005
Genre	Pop, synthpop, electronic
Label	Mute Records
Producer	Erasure Flood Stephen Hague Gareth Jones Martyn Phillips Mark Saunders
EBX2 cover
EBX3 cover
EBX4 cover

EBX is the title given to retrospective box sets from Erasure, released in the UK by Mute Records in 1999, 2001 and 2018. Seven volumes of EBX have been released : both EBX 1 and EBX 2 were released in 1999, then EBX 3 and EBX 4 were out in 2001. EBX 5 refers to the box set 'From Moscow to Mars', EBX 6 was released in 2018, EBX 7 in 2019 and EBX8 in 2021.

Each set presents, in chronological order, five singles released by Erasure, beginning with their debut in 1986 up to 1992 (twenty singles in all). 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 remixes and B-sides, found on cassette and CD singles, as well as 12 inch singles).

These first four box sets are currently out of print. EBX 1 is currently available for streaming on Apple Music in the UK, and EBX 1, 2, 3 and 4 are now available for purchase in the UK iTunes Store with new Artwork: Titled as Singles - EBX 1 ^[1] and titled as Singles - EBX2.^[2]

EBX6 was released on digital music platforms such as iTunes, Apple Music and Spotify on 30 November 2018.^[3]

EBX7 was released on digital music platforms such as iTunes, Apple Music and Spotify on 12 April 2019.^[4]

EBX8 was released on digital music platforms such as iTunes, Apple Music and Spotify on 12 March 2021

EBX 1[]

Disc 1 – "Who Needs Love Like That"[]

1. "Who Needs Love Like That"
2. "Push Me Shove Me"
3. "Who Needs Love Like That" (Legend mix)
4. "Push Me Shove Me" (Extended As Far As Possible mix)
5. "Who Needs Love Like That" (Instrumental Workout mix)
6. "Who Needs Love Like That" (Mexican mix)
7. "Push Me Shove Me" (Tacos mix)

Disc 2 – "Heavenly Action"[]

1. "Heavenly Action"
2. "Don't Say No"
3. "Heavenly Action" (remix)
4. "Don't Say No" (remix)
5. "My Heart... So Blue" (Incidental)
6. "Heavenly Action" (Yellow Brick mix)
7. "Don't Say No" (Ruby Red mix)

Disc 3 – "Oh L'amour"[]

1. "Oh L'amour"
2. "March on Down the Line"
3. "Oh L'amour" (remix)
4. "March on Down the Line" (remix)
5. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!"
6. "Oh L'amour" (PWL Funky Sisters Say 'Ooh La La')
7. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" (remix)

Disc 4 – "Sometimes"[]

1. "Sometimes"
2. "Sexuality"
3. "Sometimes" (12" mix)
4. "Sexuality" (12" mix)
5. "Say What" (remix)
6. "Sometimes" (Shiver mix)
7. "Sexuality" (private mix)
8. "Senseless" (remix)

Disc 5 – "It Doesn't Have to Be"[]

1. "It Doesn't Have to Be"
2. "In the Hall of the Mountain King"
3. "It Doesn't Have to Be" (Boop Oopa Doo mix)
4. "Who Needs Love Like That" (Betty Boop mix)
5. "It Doesn't Have to Be" (Cement mix)
6. "Heavenly Action" (Holger Hiller remix)
7. "In the Hall of the Mountain King" (new version)

EBX 2[]

Disc 1 – "Victim of Love"[]

1. "Victim of Love" (remix)
2. "The Soldier's Return"
3. "Victim of Love" (extended mix)
4. "The Soldier's Return" (The Return of the Radical Radcliffe mix)
5. "Victim of Love" (dub mix)
6. "Victim of Love" (Vixen Vitesse mix)
7. "The Soldier's Return" (The Machinery mix)
8. "If I Could" (Japanese mix)
9. "Don't Dance" (live)
10. "Leave Me to Bleed" (live)

Disc 2 – "The Circus"[]

1. "The Circus" (remix)
2. "The Circus" (Decay Mix)
3. "Safety in Numbers" (live)
4. "Victim of Love" (live)
5. "If I Could" (live)
6. "The Circus" (live)
7. "Spiralling" (live)
8. "It Doesn't Have to Be" (live)
9. "Who Needs Love Like That" (live)
10. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" (live)
11. "Sometimes" (live)
12. "Say What" (live)
13. "Oh L'amour" (live)
14. "The Circus" (Bareback Rider mix)
15. "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"[]

1. "Ship of Fools"
2. "When I Needed You"
3. "Ship of Fools" (Shiver Me Timbers mix)
4. "River Deep Mountain High" (Warm Depths mix)
5. "When I Needed You" (Melancholic mix)
6. "Ship of Fools" (R C mix)
7. "River Deep Mountain High" (private dance mix)

Disc 4 – "Chains of Love"[]

1. "Chains of Love" (remix)
2. "Don't Suppose"
3. "Chains of Love" (Foghorn mix)
4. "Don't Suppose" (Country Joe mix)
5. "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
6. "Chains of Love" (Truly in Love with the Marks Bros. mix)
7. "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (The Dangerous mix)

Disc 5 – "A Little Respect"[]

1. "A Little Respect"
2. "Like Zsa Zsa Zsa Gabor"
3. "A Little Respect" (extended mix)
4. "Like Zsa Zsa Zsa Gabor" (Mark Freegard mix)
5. "Love Is Colder Than Death"
6. "A Little Respect" (Big Train mix)
7. "Like Zsa Zsa Zsa Gabor" (Rico Conning mix)

EBX 3[]

Disc 1 – "Crackers International"[]

1. "Stop!" (cold ending) – 3:03
2. "The Hardest Part" – 3:40
3. "Knocking on Your Door" – 2:57
4. "She Won't Be Home" – 3:28
5. "The Hardest Part" (12" version) – 5:06
6. "Knocking on Your Door" (12" version) – 3:59
7. "Stop!" (Mark Saunders remix) – 5:47
8. "Knocking on Your Door" (Mark Saunders remix) – 6:07
9. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" – 3:10

Disc 2 – "Drama!"[]

1. "Drama!"
2. "Sweet, Sweet Baby"
3. "Drama!" (Act 2)
4. "Sweet, Sweet Baby" (The Moo–Moo mix)
5. "Paradise"
6. "Drama!" (Krucial mix)
7. "Sweet, Sweet Baby" (Medi mix)
8. "Paradise" (Lost and Found mix)

Disc 3 – "You Surround Me"[]

1. "You Surround Me"
2. "91 Steps"
3. "You Surround Me" (Syrinx mix)
4. "Supernature"
5. "91 Steps" (+24 mix)
6. "You Surround Me" (remix)
7. "Supernature" (William Orbit mix)
8. "91 Steps" (6 pianos mix)
9. "Supernature" (Daniel Miller/Phil Legg mix)
10. "You Surround Me" (Gareth Jones mix)
11. "Supernature" (Mark Saunders mix)

Disc 4 – "Blue Savannah"[]

1. "Blue Savannah"
2. "Runaround on the Underground"
3. "Blue Savannah" (remix)
4. "No G.D.M."
5. "Blue Savannah" (Der Deutsche mix II)
6. "No G.D.M." (unfinished mix)
7. "Runaround on the Underground" (remix)
8. "Blue Savannah" (Der Deutsche mix I)

Disc 5 – "Star"[]

1. "Star"
2. "Dreamlike State"
3. "Star" (Trafalmadore mix)
4. "Dreamlike State" (The 12 Hour Technicolor mix)
5. "Star" (Interstellar mix)
6. "Star" (Soul mix)
7. "Dreamlike State" (The 24 Hour Technicolor mix)

EBX 4[]

Disc 1 – "Chorus"[]

1. "Chorus"
2. "Over the Rainbow"
3. "Chorus" (Pure Trance mix)
4. "Snappy" (The Spice Has Risen mix)
5. "Chorus" (Transdental Trance mix)
6. "Snappy"
7. "Chorus" (Aggressive Trance mix)

Disc 2 – "Love to Hate You"[]

1. "Love to Hate You"
2. "Vitamin C"
3. "Love to Hate You" (remix)
4. "Vitamin C" (remix)
5. "La La La"
6. "Love to Hate You" (Bruce Forest mix)

Disc 3 – "Am I Right?"[]

1. "Am I Right?"
2. "Carry on Clangers" (full length)
3. "Let It Flow"
4. "Waiting for Sex" (full length)
5. "Am I Right?" (Dave Bascombe remix)
6. "Am I Right?" (The Grid remix)
7. "Love to Hate You" (LFO Modulated Filter mix)
8. "Chorus" (Vegan mix)
9. "B3"
10. "Perfect Stranger" (acoustic)

Disc 4 – "Breath of Life"[]

1. "Breath of Life" (7" mix)
2. "Breath of Life" (Swiss mix)
3. "Breath of Life" (accapella dub remix)
4. "Breath of Life" (Divine Inspiration mix)
5. "Breath of Life" (Umbilical mix)
6. "Breath of Life" (Elixir mix)
7. "Breath of Life" (Stripped mix)

Disc 5 – "Abba-esque"[]

1. "Lay All Your Love on Me"
2. "S.O.S."
3. "Take a Chance on Me"
4. "Voulez Vous"
5. "Voulez Vous" (Brain Stem Death Test mix)
6. "Lay All Your Love on Me" (No Panties mix)
7. "Take a Chance On Me" (Take a Trance on Me mix)
8. "S.O.S." (Perimeter mix)

EBX 5[]

This title refers to the separate box set release called 'From Moscow to Mars'

EBX 6[]

1. Always (2009 Remastered Version)
2. Tragic
3. Always (Extended Mix)
4. Always (Cappella Club Remix)
5. Always (Microbots Trance Dance Mix)
6. Always (Microbots Inside Your Brain Mix)
7. Always (Hey Mix)
8. Run To the Sun (2009 Remastered Version)
9. Tenderest Moments
10. Run to the Sun (Beatmasters' Galactic Mix)
11. Run to the Sun (Beatmasters' Outergalactic Mix)
12. Run to the Sun (The Simon & Diamond Bhangra Remix)
13. Run to the Sun (Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun Mix)
14. Run to the Sun (Amber Solaire Mix)
15. Run to the Sun (The Diss-Cuss Mix)
16. I Love Saturday (2009 Remastered Version)
17. I Love Saturday (JX Mix)
18. I Love Saturday (Beatmasters Dub Mix)
19. Dodo
20. I Love Saturday (Beatmasters Club Mix)
21. I Love Saturday (Flower Mix)
22. I Love Saturday (303 Mix)
23. Always (X Dub Cut)
24. Ghost
25. Truly, Madly, Deeply
26. Tragic (Live)
27. Stay With Me (2009 Remastered Version)
28. True Love Wars
29. Stay With Me
30. True Love Wars (Omni Mix)
31. Stay With Me (Flow Mix)
32. Stay With Me (Ny Mix)
33. Stay With Me (Guitar Mix)
34. Stay With Me (Castaway Dub)
35. Fingers and Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) [2009 Remastered Version]
36. Hi NRG
37. Fingers and Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) [Twilight 0.2]
38. Fingers and Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) [Figures in Crumbs]
39. Fingers and Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) [Tin Tin Out Remix]
40. Fingers and Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) [Dub On the Moon]
41. Fingers and Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) [Electrofinger Mix]
42. Fingers and Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) [Twilight Plus]
43. Fingers and Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) [Tin Tin Out Instrumental]

EBX 7[]

1. In My Arms
2. In the Name of the Heart
3. In My Arms (Love To Infinity Stratomaster Mix)
4. In My Arms (Crumbling Down Mix)
5. In My Arms (Love To Infinity Club Mix)
6. Rapture (Matt Darey Mix)
7. Rapture
8. Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me
9. Heart of Glass (Live in Oxford)
10. Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me (Jon Pleased Wimmin')
11. Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me (Tall Paul Mix)
12. Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me (Jon Pleased Wimmin Flashback Dub)
13. Oh L'Amour (Matt Darey Mix)
14. Oh L'Amour (Tin Tin Out Mix)
15. Rain (Al Stone Mix)
16. In My Arms (BBE Remix)
17. First Contact (Vocal Mix)
18. Rain (Live in San Francisco)
19. Sometimes (Live in Oxford)
20. Love to Hate You (Live in Oxford)
21. Rain (Jon Pleased Wimmin Vocal Mix)
22. Sometimes (John "00" Fleming's Full Vocal Club Mix)
23. In My Arms (Dekkard Vocal)
24. Rain (Blue Amazon Twisted Circles Mix)
25. First Contact (Instrumental)
26. In My Arms (Dekkard Dub)
27. Sometimes (John "00" Fleming's Give It Some Welly Dub Mix)
28. Rain (Jon Pleased Wimmin Vocal Dub)
29. Freedom
30. Better
31. Freedom (Acoustic Single Version)
32. Freedom (Motiv 8 Radio Mix)
33. Freedom (JC's Freedom of Flight Remix)
34. Freedom (MARK's Guitar Vocal)
35. Freedom (MARK's Jail Term Dub)
36. Freedom (Quake Vocal Remake)
37. Freedom (Untidy Dub)
38. Moon and the Sky (JC's Heaven Scent Radio Re-Work - 2009 Remastered Version)
39. Moon and the Sky (The Millionaires Radio Edit)
40. Moon and the Sky (Randy Roger's Ramjet Mix)
41. Moon and the Sky (Sleaze Sisters Anthem Mix)b On the Moon]
42. Moon and the Sky (Bk Mix)
43. Moon and the Sky (Murk Monster Mix)
44. Perchance to Dream (Jason Jinx Remix)
45. Baby Love (Acoustic Version)
46. Freedom (Acoustic Version)
47. Alien (Acoustic Version)
48. Where in the World (Acoustic Version)
49. A Little Respect (Acoustic Version)

EBX 8[]

1. Solsbury Hill (2009 Remastered Version)
2. Tell It to Me
3. Searching
4. Solsbury Hill (37b Mix)
5. Solsbury Hill (Manhattan Clique Extended Remix)
6. Ave Maria
7. Video Killed the Radio Star (37b Mix)
8. Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) (2009 Remastered Version)
9. Oh L'Amour (Acoustic)
10. Walking in the Rain (37b Mix)
11. Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) (Dan Frampton Radio Mix)
12. Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) (Manhattan Clique Extended Remix)
13. When Will I See You Again (37b Mix)
14. Can't Help Falling In Love (Acoustic)
15. Breathe (2009 Remastered Version)
16. Gone Crazy
17. Breathe (LMC Extended Club Mix)
18. Breathe (When Andy Bell Met Manhattan Clique Extended Remix)
19. Breathe (Acoustic Version)
20. Mr Gribber and His Amazing Cat
21. Don't Say You Love Me (2009 Remastered Version)
22. Lie to Me
23. Don't Say You Love Me (Mark Moore & Eon Vox Remix)
24. Don't Say You Love Me (ATOC's Rock 'N 'Ravin' Vocal Remix)
25. Breathe (Pete Heller's Phela Club Mix)
26. Don't Say You Love Me (Piney Gir Remix)
27. Here I Go Impossible Again (Single Mix)
28. All This Time Still Falling Out of Love (2009 Remastered Version)
29. All This Time Still Falling Out of Love (Shanghai Surprise Club Mix)
30. Here I Go Impossible Again (Triggertrax Extended Remix)
31. Here I Go Impossible Again (Meloboy's Nu-German Compu-Soul Remix)
32. Here I Go Impossible Again (Pocket Orchestra Club Mix)

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