The Two Ring Circus (1987)

[Pughie]

Release Dates
UK 16 November 1987
Germany 16 November 1987
USA 01 December 1987

UK-LP – L Stumm 35
A1. Sometimes – Erasure And Flood Mix
A2. It Doesn't Have To Be – Pascal Gabriel Mix
B1. Victim Of Love – Little Louie Vega Mix
B2. Leave Me To Bleed – Vince Clarke/Eric Radcliffe Mix
C1. Hideaway – Little Louie Vega Mix
C2. Don't Dance – Daniel Miller/Flood Mix
D1. If I Could – Orchestral
D2. Spiralling – Orchestral
D3. My Heart... So Blue – Orchestral

US Sleeve


UK Cassette


Cassette – LC Stumm 35
A1. Sometimes – Erasure And Flood Mix
A2. It Doesn't Have To Be – Pascal Gabriel Mix
A3. Victim Of Love – Little Louie Vega Mix
A4. Leave Me To Bleed – Vince Clarke/Eric Radcliffe Mix
A5. Hideaway – Little Louie Vega Mix
A6. Don't Dance – Daniel Miller/Flood Mix
A7. If I Could – Orchestral
A8. Spiralling – Orchestral
A9. My Heart... So Blue – Orchestral
B1. Victim Of Love – Live
B2. The Circus – Live
B3. Spiralling – Live
B4. Sometimes – Live
B5. Oh L'amour – Live
B6. Who Needs Love (Like That) – Live
B7. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! – Live



USA Version
A1. Sometimes – Erasure And Flood Mix
A2. It Doesn't Have To Be – Pascal Gabriel Mix
A3. Victim Of Love – Little Louie Vega Mix
A4. Leave Me To Bleed – Vince Clarke/Eric Radcliffe Mix
A5. Hideaway – Little Louie Vega Mix
A6. Don't Dance – Daniel Miller/Flood Mix
A7. The Circus – Gladiator Dub Mix
B1. If I Could – Orchestral
B2. Spiralling – Orchestral
B3. My Heart... So Blue – Orchestral
B4. Victim Of Love – Live
B5. Spiralling – Live
B6. Sometimes – Live
B7. Oh L'amour – Live
B8. Who Needs Love (Like That) – Live
B9. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! – Live



CD – LCD Stumm 35
Sometimes – Erasure And Flood Mix
It Doesn't Have To Be – Pascal Gabriel Mix
Victim Of Love – Little Louie Vega Mix
Leave Me To Bleed – Vince Clarke/Eric Radcliffe Mix
Hideaway – Little Louie Vega Mix
Don't Dance – Daniel Miller/Flood Mix
If I Could – Orchestral
Spiralling – Orchestral
My Heart... So Blue – Orchestral
Victim Of Love – Live
The Circus – Live
Spiralling – Live
Sometimes – Live
Oh L'amour – Live
Who Needs Love (Like That) – Live
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! – Live

US Sleeve

USA Version
Sometimes – Erasure And Flood Mix
It Doesn't Have To Be – Pascal Gabriel Mix
Victim Of Love – Little Louie Vega Mix
Leave Me To Bleed – Vince Clarke/Eric Radcliffe Mix
Hideaway – Little Louie Vega Mix
Don't Dance – Daniel Miller/Flood Mix
The Circus – Gladiator Dub Mix
If I Could – Orchestral
Spiralling – Orchestral
My Heart... So Blue – Orchestral
Victim Of Love – Live
Spiralling – Live
Sometimes – Live
Oh L'amour – Live
Who Needs Love (Like That) – Live
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! – Live

[Pughie]

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[kwerty]

I’m not entirely convinced that The Two Ring Circus was ineligible for the charts, as the article suggests. My understanding (and admittedly perhaps my assumption) has always been that there’s no specific record of a chart position because it wasn’t treated as a separate release - it was considered an alternative version of The Circus and counted towards that album’s sales. After all, it shared the same catalogue number (albeit with a prefix for identification).

Where did the notion about it being ineligible due to its format as a double 45rpm album comes from? I’m not sure why that would disqualify it. For instance, Pop! 20 Hits was a double vinyl album, and it charted just fine. Also, Two Ring’s runtime would fall within the allowable limits for a standard album. I’ve never heard of RPM having any influence on chart eligibility either. On top of that, the CD and cassette versions weren’t even “double” albums - while they included bonus live tracks, the total runtime was still shorter than Pop! 20 Hits, which is one of Erasure’s five consecutive number-one albums.

What seems more likely to me is that sales of The Two Ring Circus were counted as part of The Circus rather than being tracked independently. This would be similar to how different formats of a single (7”, 12”, etc.) are combined into a single chart entry. That could explain why we don’t see a separate chart position for it.