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Crackers International is a Christmas EP released by Erasure in 1988, in between the albums The Innocents and Wild!. It reached number-one in Denmark and Argentina and number 2 in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Crackers International
EP by
Erasure
Released28 November 1988 (1988-11-28)
Recorded1988
StudioThe Power Plant, London
Genre
Length24:55
Label
  • Mute
  • Sire
ProducerErasure
Erasure chronology
The Innocents
(1988)		 Crackers International
(1988)		 Wild!
(1989)
Erasure singles chronology
"A Little Respect"
(1988)		 "Stop!"
(1988)		 "Drama!"
(1989)
Alternative cover
Crackers International Part 2 cover
Music video
"Stop!" on YouTube
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

History


The EP appeared in several different versions. The original UK release by Mute Records consisted of four original, self-produced tracks. In the UK, where at the time EPs were eligible for the singles chart, it became one of Erasure's most successful releases, matching the number two peak of 1986's "Sometimes". It was promoted with a simple music video for the lead track "Stop!", showing Clarke and Bell performing the song on a stage surrounded by "stop", "no entry", "give way" and similar road signs.

In the US, Crackers International was still considered an EP, although two remixes were added (bringing the track list count to six) when Sire Records released it. In the US, where EPs chart on the Billboard 200, it hit number seventy-three. The song "Stop!" was also released as its own stand-alone single in the US, just barely making an appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 (number 97). On the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart "Stop!" / "Knocking on Your Door" peaked at number four as a double-sided entry.

Additionally, a version of the EP was released in the UK by Mute Records in a very limited-edition, seasonal pressing, titled Crackers International Part 2. Released originally in 12" vinyl with extended versions of "Stop!" and "Knocking on Your Door", both remixed by Mark Saunders, it also added the Christmas standard "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen". It was subsequently released as a compact disc containing the original 7" versions of "Stop!" and "Knocking on Your Door" (also of note is the fact that there were two different versions of the single mix of "Stop!", one with a fade, and a slightly longer one with a 'cold' ending).

Sire Records commissioned some mixes for the song by Justin Strauss, who previously had remixed "A Little Respect" for the US market, but the mixes remain unreleased. This versions can be found on the Soundcloud page of Justin Strauss.

Twenty-five years after Crackers International, in 2013, Erasure would finally release a proper Christmas album, titled Snow Globe.


Critical reception


Ned Raggett from AllMusic called "Stop!" brilliant, noting the "infectious energy" of the song.[3] Chris Gerard from Metro Weekly commented, "Opening with a whirring burst of synthesizer, "Stop!" goes right into a manic and irresistible dance beat completely with a chorus designed for singing along. "Stop!" is 3:02 of pure energy, a sure bet to fill the dance-floor during any '80s night. "Stop!" is a synth-pop classic."[4] Darren Lee from The Quietus noted "the pouting disco throb" of the song, stating that it is one of "the most gloriously effervescent pop anthems ever recorded."[5]


Track listing


7", Mute / E Mute 93 (UK)

  1. "Stop!" (fade ending) – 2:55
  2. "The Hardest Part" – 3:40
  3. "Knocking on Your Door" – 2:57
  4. "She Won't Be Home" – 3:28

7", Sire-Reprise / 22879-7 (US)

  1. "Stop!" (7-inch version) – 2:55
  2. "Ship of Fools" – 4:01

12", Mute / 12 Mute 93 (UK)

  1. "Stop!" (cold ending) – 3:03
  2. "The Hardest Part" (12" version) – 5:07
  3. "Knocking on Your Door" (12" version) – 3:59
  4. "She Won't Be Home" – 3:28

12", Mute / L12 Mute 93 (UK)

  1. "Stop!" (Mark Saunders remix) – 5:47
  2. "Knocking on Your Door" (Mark Saunders remix) – 6:07
  3. "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" – 3:12

12", Sire-Reprise / 25904-1 (US)

  1. "Stop!" (7-inch version) – 2:55
  2. "The Hardest Part" – 3:40
  3. "Stop!" (12" remix) – 5:47
  4. "Knocking on Your Door" – 2:57
  5. "She Won't Be Home" – 3:28
  6. "Knocking on Your Door" (12" remix) – 6:07

CD, Mute / EBX 3.1 (UK)

  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

Charts



Personnel



Remixers



Mark Saunders

  1. "Stop!" (Mark Saunders remix) – 5:47
  2. "Knocking on Your Door" (12" version) – 3:59
  3. "Knocking on Your Door" (Mark Saunders remix) – 6:07

Mark Saunders and Phil Legg

  1. "Stop!" (cold ending) – 3:03
  2. "Stop!" (fade ending) – 2:55

Phil Legg

  1. "She Won't Be Home" – 3:28
  2. "The Hardest Part" (12" version) – 5:07

References


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  2. Ruhlmann, William (25 September 2007). "AllMusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  3. Raggett, Ned. "Erasure – Pop! The First 20 Hits". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  4. Gerard, Chris (17 September 2014). "Erasure's 40 Greatest Tracks". Metro Weekly. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  5. Lee, Darren (27 February 2009). "Erasure – TOTAL POP! ERASURE'S FIRST 40 HITS". The Quietus. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  6. "Top 20 Albumes – Argentina" (PDF). Pelo (in Spanish). September 1989. p. 11.
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  9. "Top 3 in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 6, no. 6. 11 February 1989. p. 22. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  10. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 6, no. 3. 21 January 1989. p. 26. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  11. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  12. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Crackers International". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  13. "Erasure – Crackers International : Stop!" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
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  18. "Erasure Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
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  20. "Top 100 Singles: Year-End Chart 1988". Music Week. 4 March 1989. p. 12.
  21. "Eurochart Hot 100 – 1989" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 6, no. 51. 23 December 1989. p. 6. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  22. "Year End Singles". Record Mirror. 27 January 1990. p. 44.

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Crackers International es el primer EP del dueto inglés de synth pop Erasure, publicado en 1988.[1][2] Este lanzamiento se destacó porque se dio a conocer en el mismo año que el álbum The Innocents, pero con cuatro temas inéditos. Tuvo un destacado éxito, alcanzando el segundo puesto en el ranking británico, el 18 en Alemania, 73 en los EE. UU. y número 1 en la Argentina. Buena parte de su éxito se debió al tema "Stop!", el cual tuvo además su propio video promocional, haciéndolo prácticamente un minidisco de Erasure. En América se publicó hasta 1989.


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