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1985 | single: | Who Needs Love (Like That) / Push Me, Shove Me |
1985 | single: | Heavenly Action / Don’t Say No |
1986 | single: | Oh L’Amour / March on Down the Line / Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! |
1986 | album: | Wonderland [UK & US versions different] |
198? | video: | Live in Wonderland [unreleased] |
1986 | single: | Sometimes / Sexuality |
1987 | single: | It Doesn’t Have to Be / In the Hall of the Mountain King |
1987 | album: | The Circus |
1987 | single: | Victim of Love / The Soldier’s Return |
1987 | single: | The Circus |
1987 | album: | The Two Ring Circus [UK & US versions different] |
198? | video: | Live at the Seaside [Circus tour] |
1988 | single: | Ship of Fools / When I Needed You / River Deep, Mountain High |
1988 | album: | The Innocents |
1988 | single: | Chains of Love / Don’t Suppose / The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly |
1988 | single: | A Little Respect / Like Zsa Zsa Zsa Gabor / Love Is Colder Than Death |
1988 | EP: | Crackers International [including Stop!] |
198? | video: | The Innocents |
1989 | single: | Drama! / Sweet, Sweet Baby / Paradise |
1989 | album: | Wild! |
1989 | single: | You Surround Me / 91 Steps / Supernature |
1990 | single: | Blue Savannah / Runaround on the Underground / No G.D.M. |
1990 | video: | Wild! Live |
1990 | single: | Star / Dreamlike State |
1991 | single: | Chorus / Over the Rainbow / Snappy |
1991 | single: | Love to Hate You / Vitamin C / La La La |
1991 | album: | Chorus |
1991 | EP: | Am I Right? |
1992 | single: | Breath of Life |
1992 | EP: | Abba-esque [including Take a Chance on Me] |
1992 | single: | Who Needs Love (Like That) (1992 Remix) |
1992 | album: | Pop! The First Twenty Hits |
199? | video: | The Tank, the Swan, the Balloon [Chorus tour; unreleased in US] |
1994 | single: | Always / Tragic |
1994 | album: | I Say I Say I Say |
1994 | single: | Run to the Sun / Tenderest Moments |
1994 | single: | I Love Saturday / Ghost / Truly Madly Deeply / Dodo |
1995 | single: | Stay with Me / True Love Wars |
1995 | album: | Erasure |
1995 | single: | Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer’s Day) / HI NRG |
1996 | single: | Rock Me Gently / Chertsey Endlos |
1997 | single: | In My Arms / In the Name of the Heart / Rapture |
1997 | single: | Don’t Say Your Love is Killing Me / Heart of Glass |
1997 | album: | Cowboy |
1997 | single: | Rain / First Contact |
1999 | sets: | The first ten singles (up to A Little Respect) repackaged in two box sets with rare tracks |
2000 | single: | Freedom |
2000 | album: | Loveboat |
2001 | single: | Moon & the Sky / Baby Love |
2001 | sets: | The next ten singles (up to Abba-esque) repackaged in two box sets with rare tracks |
2003 | single: | Solsbury Hill / Tell it to Me / Searching / Ave Maria |
2003 | album: | Other People’s Songs |
2003 | single: | Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me) |
2003 | album: | Hits! The Very Best of Erasure |
2003 | single: | Oh L’Amour (August Mix) / Love Me All Night Long / Nothing Lasts Forever |
2005 | album: | Nightbird |
2005 | single: | Breathe / Gone Crazy |
2005 | single: | Don’t Say You Love Me |
2005 | single: | Here I Go Impossible Again / All This Time Still Falling out of Love |
This is the band that became Depeche Mode. No recordings are known. Some early Depeche Mode bootleg recordings are falsely labeled as being by Composition Of Sound.
1981 | song: | Photographic [on Some Bizarre compilation album; Vince’s first official recorded output] |
1981 | single: | Dreaming of Me / Ice Machine |
1981 | single: | New Life / Shout |
1981 | single: | Just Can’t Get Enough / Any Second Now |
1981 | album: | Speak & Spell [some Euro CDs have 5 bonus tracks] |
1982 | single: | Only You |
1982 | single: | Don’t Go |
1982 | album: | Upstairs at Eric’s [US CD omits 2 tracks] |
1982 | single: | Situation [US] |
1982 | single: | The Other Side of Love |
1983 | single: | Nobody’s Diary / State Farm |
1983 | album: | You and Me Both [UK & US versions different] |
1990 | single: | Situation (remix) |
1999 | single: | Only You (1999 mix) |
1999 | album: | Only Yazoo – The Best Of [hits/remixes; called “Yaz – The Best Of” in the USA] |
1999 | single: | Don’t Go (Todd Terry mix) 12″ |
1999 | single: | Situation (mixes) |
1983 | single: | Never Never / Stop/Start |
1985 | single: | One Day / Song For [by Vince and Paul Quinn] |
1993 | album: | Lucky Bastard [compilation of samples from Vince’s analog synths] |
1994 | broadcast: | The Planets [synth version of Holst’s Planets suite; not officially available] |
1995 | broadcast: | Theme to Top of the Pops (a UK chart music TV show) [first broadcast 2 Feb 1995; not officially available] |
1997 | soundtrack: | Good Vibrations score (an unreleased film featuring Andy!) |
1999 | album: | Pretentious [by The Clarke and Ware Experiment: Vince and Martyn Ware’s 3D soundscape project] |
2001 | album: | Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle [by The Clarke and Ware Experiment] |
Vince has worked on music with many other artists. They are listed here in chronological order, along with sources for the tracks. Vince’s contribution is limited to remixing or additional production or both unless otherwise noted.
198? | Twilight [group; Vince produced some recordings] |
1982 | Dome: Will You Speak This Word [album; Vince performs on one track] |
1983-4 | Robert Marlow: various singles [produced by Vince and Eric Radcliffe] |
1984 | West India Company: Ave Maria [single; features Vince] |
1985 | Absolute: various [mostly produced by Vince and Eric Radcliffe] |
1988 | Happy Mondays: Wrote for Luck (remix) [12″ single] |
1990 | Betty Boo: 24 Hours (Oratronic mix) [12″ single] |
1991 | Fortran 5: Heart on the Line (7″ mix) [single, Blues album] |
1992 | Nitzer Ebb: Ascend (Anonymous mix) [cassette single] |
1992 | Wolfgang Press: Angel (remix) [UK A Girl Like You single] |
1993 | Betty Boo: I’m on My Way (Batman & Robin mix) [single, Thing Goin’ On album] |
1993 | Time Frequency: Real Love ’93 (Vince Clarke remix) [UK single] |
1994 | Alison Moyet: Whispering Your Name (remix) [European single] |
1994 | Sparks: When Do I Get to Sing ‘My Way’? (two remixes) [single] |
1995 | Egebamyasi: Remont (remix) [UK single] |
1997 | White Town: Wanted (remix) [UK promo 12″/CD; unreleased] |
1999 | Robert Marlow: The Peter Pan Effect [album produced by Vince and Eric Radcliffe] |
2000 | Family Fantastic: …Nice! [album co-written and co-produced by Vince and others] |
2002 | Simple Minds: Homosapien (remix) [Cry single] |
2002 | the Floating World [on Simple Minds’ Cry album] |
200? | Family Fantastic: Wonderful [album co-written and co-produced by Vince and others] |
These days, Vince seems to have many and various side-projects going on. These include Family Fantastic, RadioActivators, The Clarke and Ware Experiment, and The Illustrious Company (with Martyn Ware).
1985 | single: | Air of Mystery / I Love to Love Only a few hundred copies exist. The two tracks have appeared in fairly good quality on the Erasure Ultra Rare Trax 3 CD. |
2005 | single: | Crazy (released September 2005) |
2005 | album: | Electric Blue (released October 2005) |
1987 | Ferry Aid: Let It Be single Andy sings two lines on this charity single |
1991 | Peter Hamill: The Fall of the House of Usher album Andy sings in this recording of the opera. Re-recorded (still featuring Andy) and re-released in 1999. |
1993 | k. d. lang and Andy Bell: No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) This disco cover is available on the Coneheads soundtrack album and k.d.lang’s Lifted By Love US single. |
2004 | In_Vox featuring Andy Bell: Will I Ever? single Andy sings on this single by the Greek pop duo. |
2005 | Larry Tee: Matthew single Andy sings on this single by the New York techno luminary. It will also be on Lerry Tee’s album. |
2005 | Goldfrapp: Ooh La La single Andy sings on a remix of this single by the electro babe. |
1994 | Sandra Bernhard: You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) single Andy provides two remixes of this classic disco cover. |
Lazlo’s discography has comprehensive information on all of these and many, many more.
Amateur Hour: | Recorded with Sparks on their Plagiarism album |
B3: | UK Am I Right? limited 12″; Japanese Am I Right? CD |
Cold Summer’s Day: | Wigstock soundtrack album |
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen: | UK Crackers International limited EPs |
Happy People: | Yazoo’s You And Me Both album (UK release) Features Vince on lead vocal! |
Heart of Glass: | UK Don’t Say Your Love is Killing Me single |
Let It Flow: | UK and Japanese Am I Right? EPs |
Looking Glass Sea: | Dick Tracy soundtrack album |
Magic Moments: | Lord of Illusions soundtrack album; US Cowboy album |
Mirror To Your Soul: | Chorus Demos bootleg cassette |
Never Never [by The Assembly]: | 12″/CD single; various Hits Of The ’80s-type compilations; Feargal Sharkey’s To Miss Someone CD single |
Pistol: | all non-US Wonderland albums; Sire US Just Say Mao sampler CD |
Rage: | with Lene Lovich on the Tame Yourself compilation |
Silent Night: | Sire US Yulesville promo LP; Ultra Rare Trax vol.2 |
Too Darn Hot: | Red Hot & Blue Cole Porter tribute/AIDS benefit album |
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