Album Review: Erasure - Tomorrow's World

Erasure - Tomorrow's World

The fourteenth studio album from the synth-pop duo in a glittering nigh on 30 year career sees Erasure take a leap into the 21st century. With Frankmusik on production duties and Rob Orton mixing the record (he's worked with GaGa and the Pet Shop Boys) Tomorrow's World is clearly an attempt to create a much more modern and contemporary sound.

Does it work? Well, yes and no. The main problem with this album is that had you played it to me without telling me who it was, I'd have never guessed it was Erasure. Andy Bell's voice is barely recognisable thanks to the autotune (and, I suspect, some wear and tear) which immediately removes a hefty amount of the band's appeal.

The songs are OK - there's some reasonable electronic pop here on Be With You and When I Start To (Break It All Down) - but overall it's a pretty average selection. Whilst they may have made some brilliant pop records in the past, Tomorrow's World isn't one of them.