The Neon (album)

The Neon
Studio album by
Erasure
Released21 August 2020
Recorded2019
StudioMaze (Atlanta)[1]
Genre
Length37:09
LabelMute
ProducerErasure
Erasure chronology
World Be Gone
(2017) 		The Neon
(2020) 		Day-Glo (Based on a True Story)
(2022)
Singles from The Neon
  1. "Hey Now (Think I Got a Feeling)"
    Released: 4 June 2020
  2. "Nerves of Steel"
    Released: 11 August 2020
  3. "Fallen Angel"
    Released: 22 October 2020

The Neon is the eighteenth studio album by English synth-pop duo Erasure, released on 21 August 2020 by Mute Records.[6] The album debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart with 8,394 copies sold in its first week.[7]

On 30 July 2021, Erasure released a companion remix album titled The Neon Remixed, a double disc of remixes by Octo Octa, Paul Humphreys, Gareth Jones and others. A new single was also contained within the album titled "Secrets". The album was released on CD and a limited-edition coloured vinyl.[8]

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  3. ^ "A New Erasure Album Is Precisely What This Pandemic Needs, PopMatters". PopMatters. 17 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Review: Erasure's 'The Neon' Proves New Wave is Alive and Well". 31 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Electropop Erasure revisits new wave in new album". 23 August 2020.
  6. ^ Portwood, Jerry (4 June 2020). "Erasure Drop Eighties-Leaning 'Hey Now (Think I Got a Feeling),' Tease New Album". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  7. ^ Masterton, James (28 August 2020). "Charts analysis: Brandon Flowers lands eighth chart-topping album". Music Week. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Erasure announce remix album and share brand new song 'Secrets'". NME. 14 May 2021.