Wonderland

Just a note to clarify a bit of confusion I had when looking to buy a remastered reissue of this album on vinyl. There are currently two 30th Anniversary remasters of this album. The UK remaster/reissue has been produced by Pledge Music, they have also remastered and reissued five other Erasure albums all of which are available in the US on Amazon. The US remaster/reissue has been done by Intervention Records. As another reviewer has noted there is a critical difference on the song Oh l'amour between the UK and US albums. I originally had the US version on cassette and believe the US-released album version is vastly superior. As I continue to reconstitute my lost record collection from the 80's, I have experienced a wide range in remaster/reissue quality. The Intervention remaster and reissue of this album is amazing. 180-gram vinyl and the remaster is from copies of analog masters (go to the Intervention website for details). I couldn't be happier with the sound.

I bought this version because people were raving about the quality of the remaster. I knew the album well enough to know some of the flaws in the original mastering, but not really well enough to know whether this remaster is any better than Erasure's own version. Ultimately I was a bit disappointed by the decision to use the early US track listing rather than the definitive UK one - the Oh L'Amour mix is a nice novelty, but the omission of the lovely Push Me, Shove Me from an otherwise far-from-perfect album was a bit of a shame. Go with the one with the UK track listing.

Excellent songwriting, not great production! Auspicious debut for Andy!!

I love every single track on this album.

If, like me, you had the original U.S. version of Wonderland in the 80s, don't plan on getting rid of it and replacing it with this expanded edition. The track listings are slightly different. As others have mentioned, for instance, "Push Me Shove Me" was not on the US version, and also, the bonus tracks on the US CD were the 12" mixes of Oh L'amour and Who Needs Love Like That, which are on the CD2 on this edition (Who Needs Love remix renamed from Love that Mix version to Mexican mix). But most crucial, is that the US LP mix of Oh L'amour is like no other version--it's the version I used to hear on WLIR in NY and it is, in my opinion, the best version of the song. The UK mix to me sounds more like an edit of the 12" mix or something. So while it's nice to have a remaster with tons of bonus tracks, just know that you're not totally getting a replacement of your original US version.Track listing:CD1CD1-1 Who Needs Love Like That 3:19CD1-2 Reunion 3:25CD1-3 Cry So Easy 3:35CD1-4 Push Me Shove Me 5:10CD1-5 Heavenly Action 3:30CD1-6 Say What 3:56CD1-7 Love Is A Loser 3:02CD1-8 Senseless 3:26CD1-9 My Heart... So Blue 4:31CD1-10 Oh L'Amour 3:04CD1-11 Pistol 3:30CD1-12 Say What (Remix) 7:22CD1-13 March On Down The Line (Remix) 6:07CD1-14 Senseless (Remix) 5:06CD2CD2-1 Who Needs Love Like That (Mexican Mix) 6:11CD2-2 Push Me Shove Me (Extended As Far As Possible Mix) 4:09CD2-3 Don't Say No (Ruby Red Mix) 6:09CD2-4 Heavenly Action (12" Mix) 6:11CD2-5 March On Down The Line 3:46CD2-6 Oh L'Amour (PWL Funky Sisters Say 'Ooh La La') 7:17CD2-7 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Remix) 4:58

Fun to have a nice crisp sounding version of this cd. Vince Clark is a musical god so this is a great add to the collection.

There were track variations between the original UK and USA versions of 'Wonderland'. The UK LP contained the "Who Needs Love (Like That)" single b-side "Push Me, Shove Me", which was a track not included on the USA edition. On the original UK CD release of 'Wonderland', there was a mastering defect where the song was not faded out as it did on the UK LP. When I heard this album was being remastered I had my hopes up that this annoying glitch would be corrected. No, it wasn't. "Push Me, Shove Me" is AGAIN not faded out and the song abruptly stops cold.Thankfully after ripping this CD to MP-3, I took "Push Me, Shove Me" into a sound editing program to properly fade out this song, something that SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE during the remastering process. It's sad when I have to manually correct a job that someone at EMI got paid to do. Chalk another one up for quality control.

have to thank amazon ,as the original order was lost but it was a fantastic album back in the day ,and this version brings back good times worth the price and you will love it thank you amazon .

All the mixes from the wonderland album are here.

The re-mastered version is so much better than the original cd , the sound is bigger and clearer to the ears pluss you get so much more to hear . LOVE THIS CD .

all good a++++

One of the best Erasure albums ever. Certainly a must for any fan. A lot of forgotten classics on here and a handful of brilliant album tracks.