Total Pop! The First 40 Hits


Total Pop! The First 40 Hits is a greatest hits collection from Erasure, released on 23 February 2009 by Mute Records. The album utilizes a straightforward format: all of Erasure's singles up to that point, sequenced in chronological order. This is a continuation of the format used in Erasure's 1992 hits collection Pop! The First 20 Hits.
The album was released in a variety of formats: a standard 2-CD set containing the 40 hits, a deluxe 3-CD/DVD longbox set containing the 40 hits, along with live performances from 1987 to 2007, and appearances at the BBC from 1986 to 2005. The digital download version of the album contains three additional bonus 'hits'.
Prior to its release, a remix album titled Pop! Remixed was released on 9 February 2009.
A free four-track digital download titled Pop! Treasure, which features previously unreleased material, was made available to those who pre-ordered the box set via the Erasure online shop.
The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number 21 and at number 12 in Argentina. Mute later issued disc two separately as Pop2! The Second 20 Hits.

Track listing

Erasure Live 1987–2007 (CD disc 3, "deluxe" edition only)

  1. "Spiralling" 1987
  2. "The Hardest Part" 1988
  3. "Drama!" 1989
  4. "Knocking on Your Door" 1989
  5. "Push Me Shove Me" 1990
  6. "Voulez-Vous" 1992,
  7. "Am I Right?" 1992
  8. "Heart of Stone" 1992
  9. "Who Needs Love Like That" 1996
  10. "Rain" 1997
  11. "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" 2002
  12. "Piano Song" 2003
  13. "Hideaway" 2005
  14. "Breathe" 2006
  15. "Oh L'Amour" 2007

Erasure at the BBC 1986–2005 (DVD disc 4, "deluxe" edition only)

  1. "Sometimes" 4 Dec 1986
  2. "It Doesn't Have to Be" 2 Mar 1987
  3. "Victim of Love" 22 Oct 1987
  4. "The Circus" 22 Oct 1987
  5. "Ship of Fools" 26 Feb 1988
  6. "Chains of Love" 16 Jun 1988
  7. "A Little Respect" 15 Oct 1988
  8. "Stop!" 15 Dec 1988
  9. "Chorus" 28 Jun 1991
  10. "Love to Hate You" 3 Oct 1991
  11. "Am I Right?" 5 Dec 1991
  12. "Breath of Life" 26 Mar 1992
  13. "Who Needs Love Like That" 29 Oct 1992
  14. "Always" 7 Apr 1994
  15. "Run to the Sun" 28 Jul 1994
  16. "I Love Saturday" 4 Dec 1994
  17. "Stay with Me" 30 Nov 1995
  18. "Fingers & Thumbs " 30 Nov 1995
  19. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" 7 Mar 1997
  20. "Solsbury Hill" 17 Jan 2003
  21. "Breathe" 14 Jan 2005
  22. Top of the Pops 2 Special 9 Apr 2003
  24. "Sometimes" 2 Mar 1987
  25. "How Many Times?" 18 Oct 1989
  26. "Miracle" 21 May 1994
  27. "Because You're So Sweet" 21 May 1994

Pop2! (digital download only)

  1. "Oh L'amour"
  2. "Boy"
  3. "All This Time Still Falling Out of Love"

Pop! Treasure (pre-order of "deluxe" edition only; download)

  1. "Sugar Hill"
  2. "Worlds on Fire"
  3. "Chains of Love"
  4. "Early Bird"