Wild!
{{About|the Erasure album|the Inkubus Sukkubus album|Wild (Inkubus Sukkubus album)|the Terry Silverlight album|Wild!!|other uses|Wild (disambiguation)}}
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{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox album
|name = Wild!
|type = studio
|artist = Erasure
|cover = Erasure - Wild! album cover.jpg
|alt =
|released = 16 October 1989{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Erasure&titel=Wild%21&cat=a|title=Wild!}}
|recorded = 1989
|studio = *The Church (London)
- Swing (London)
|genre = Synth-pop
|length = 38:28
|label =
|producer =
- Gareth Jones
- Mark Saunders
- Erasure
|prev_title = The Innocents
|prev_year = 1988
|next_title = Chorus
|next_year = 1991
|misc = {{Singles
|name = Wild!
|type = studio
|single1 = Drama!
|single1date= 18 September 1989{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1989/MW-1989-09-16.pdf|title=New Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=36|date=16 September 1989|access-date=26 July 2021}}
|single2 = You Surround Me
|single2date= 27 November 1989
|single3 = Blue Savannah
|single3date= 25 January 1990
|single4 = Star
|single4date= 21 May 1990
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r6846|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
| rev2 = Hi-Fi News & Record Review
| rev2score = A:1{{cite news|last=|first=|authorlink=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Hi-Fi-News/80s/Hi-Fi-News-1989-12.pdf|title=Review: Erasure — Wild!|work=Hi-Fi News & Record Review|type=magazine|date=December 1989|volume=34|issue=12|access-date=30 September 2021|page=145|location=Croydon|publisher=Link House Magazines Ltd|via=World Radio History|issn=0142-6230|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903215428/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Hi-Fi-News/80s/Hi-Fi-News-1989-12.pdf|archive-date=3 September 2021}}
| rev3 = New Musical Express
| rev3score = 3/10{{cite magazine|last=Mead|first=Helen|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/51795593435/in/album-72177720295587300/|title=Long Play: Erasure — Wild! (Mute)|magazine=New Musical Express|date=21 October 1989|page=38|location=London|publisher=IPC Limited|issn=0028-6362|access-date=28 May 2023|via=Flickr}}
| rev4 = Number One
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|first=Jaynie|last=Senior|title=Albums|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/47467753462/in/album-72157707938959804/|work=Number One|date=18 October 1989|page=43|accessdate=2 January 2023}}
| rev5 = Record Mirror
| rev5score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Cohen|first=Lysette|authorlink=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/89/Record-Mirror-1989-10-21-OCR.pdf|title=Review: Erasure — Wild!|magazine=Record Mirror|date=31 October 1989|access-date=21 October 2021|page=19|location=London|publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd.|via=American Radio History|issn=0144-5804|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101113021/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/89/Record-Mirror-1989-10-21-OCR.pdf|archive-date=1 November 2021}}
}}
Wild! is the fourth studio album by English synth-pop duo Erasure. Released in October 1989, the album was produced by the band, along with Gareth Jones and Mark Saunders, and released by Mute Records in the UK and Sire Records in the U.S.
History
During the album's production, singer Andy Bell recorded with producer Gareth Jones at the Church Studios, while Vince Clarke worked on the synths and programming with producer Mark Saunders at Vince's home studio—both in London.{{cite web|last=Crane|first=Larry|title=Gareth Jones: Depeche Mode, Erasure, John Foxx|url=https://tapeop.com/interviews/110/gareth-jones/|website=Tape Op|date=November 2015|access-date=2 July 2024}}
Upon release, Wild! became Erasure's second consecutive number-one album in the UK and all four singles taken from the album hit the UK Top 20, with "Drama!" and "Blue Savannah" reaching the Top 5.
In the U.S., the album reached number 57 on the Billboard 200, but none of the singles released from it charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Three songs from Wild! charted on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}} "You Surround Me" was not released as a single in the United States. The album also charted well in Germany, where it hit number 16.
Reissues
Subsequent to their acquisition of Erasure's back catalogue, and in anticipation of the band's 30th anniversary in 2016, BMG commissioned reissues of all previously released UK editions of Erasure albums up to and including 2007's Light at the End of the World. All titles were pressed and distributed by Play It Again Sam on 180-gram vinyl and shrinkwrapped with a custom anniversary sticker.
A two-disc version of the album was released by BMG in the UK and Europe on 29 March 2019 to commemorate the original 1989 release. It features the remastered album on disc one and a selection of rarities, B-sides, live tracks, and new remixes on disc two.{{Cite web|url=http://www.erasureinfo.com/wild-deluxe-anniversary-edition/|title = Announcing 'Wild!' 30th Anniversary Edition}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
|all_writing = Andy Bell & Vince Clarke
|title1 = Piano Song
|note1 = Instrumental
|length1 = 1:09
|title2 = Blue Savannah
|length2 = 4:27
|title3 = Drama!
|length3 = 4:04
|title4 = How Many Times?
|length4 = 3:17
|title5 = Star
|length5 = 3:53
|title6 = La Gloria
|length6 = 3:10
|title7 = You Surround Me
|length7 = 3:57
|title8 = Brother and Sister
|length8 = 3:24
|title9 = 2,000 Miles
|length9 = 3:38
|title10 = Crown of Thorns
|length10 = 3:59
|title11 = Piano Song
|length11 = 3:15
|total_length = 38:28
}}
{{Track listing
|headline = 2019 Reissue CD2: B-Sides, Remixes & Rarities
|title1 = Sweet, Sweet Baby
|note1 = The Moo Moo Mix
|length1 = 5:12
|title2 = Drama!
|note2 = Richard Norris Mix
|length2 = 6:39
|title3 = Blue Savannah
|note3 = Mark Saunders 12" Mix
|length3 = 6:51
|title4 = Piano Song
|note4 = Live at the London Arena
|length4 = 3:34
|title5 = Runaround on the Underground
|note5 = Remix
|length5 = 6:38
|title6 = How Many Times?
|note6 = Alternative Mix
|length6 = 3:17
|title7 = Supernature
|note7 = Daniel Miller & Phil Legg Remix
|length7 = 6:53
|title8 = Star
|note8 = Soul Mix
|length8 = 5:22
|title9 = No G.D.M.
|note9 = Unfinished Mix
|length9 = 4:25
|title10 = Drama!
|note10 = Act 2
|length10 = 5:38
|title11 = Brother and Sister
|note11 = Live at the London Arena
|length11 = 3:33
|title12 = Dreamlike State
|note12 = 7" A Capella Mix
|length12 = 3:29
|title13 = You Surround Me
|note13 = Gareth Jones Mix
|length13 = 6:17
|title14 = 91 Steps
|note14 = 6 Pianos Mix
|length14 = 5:24
|total_length = 73:12
}}
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 1989 year-end chart performance for Wild! ! scope="col"| Chart (1989) ! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| UK Albums (Gallup){{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/90s/1990/Record-Mirror-1990-01-20-OCR.pdf |title=Year End Albums |magazine=Record Mirror |date=20 January 1990 |page=42 |issn=0144-5804 |via=World Radio History}}
| 22 |
|---|
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 1990 year-end chart performance for Wild! ! scope="col"| Chart (1990) ! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC){{cite magazine |title=1990 Top 100 Albums |magazine=Music Week |date=2 March 1991 |page=39 |issn=0265-1548}}
| 48 |
|---|
{{col-end}}
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|nocert=true|salesamount=100,000|relyear=1990|salesref={{cite newspaper|url=https://archive.org/details/BNA_S001207768_19900222N00839/page/20/mode/2up|title=Tecno dulzón|newspaper=Página 12|language=es|access-date=14 August 2024|date=22 February 1990|page=20}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Erasure|title=Wild|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|relyear=1989|certyear=1990|id=8263-624-2|date=1 September 1990|access-date=28 December 2021}}
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