# Wild!

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This article is about the Erasure album. For the Inkubus Sukkubus album, see [Wild (Inkubus Sukkubus album)](/source/Wild_(Inkubus_Sukkubus_album)). For the Terry Silverlight album, see [Wild!!](/source/Wild!!). For other uses, see [Wild (disambiguation)](/source/Wild_(disambiguation)).

***Wild!*** is the fourth studio album by English [synth-pop](/source/Synth-pop) duo [Erasure](/source/Erasure_(duo)). Released in October 1989, the album was produced by the band, along with [Gareth Jones](/source/Gareth_Jones_(music_producer)) and [Mark Saunders](/source/Mark_Saunders_(record_producer)), and released by [Mute Records](/source/Mute_Records) in the UK and [Sire Records](/source/Sire_Records) in the U.S.

## History

During the album's production, singer [Andy Bell](/source/Andy_Bell_(singer)) recorded with producer Gareth Jones at [the Church Studios](/source/The_Church_Studios), while Vince Clarke worked on the synths and programming with producer Mark Saunders at Vince's home studio—both in London.[2]

Upon release, *Wild!* became Erasure's second consecutive number-one album in the UK and all four singles taken from the album hit the UK Top 20, with "[Drama!](/source/Drama!)" and "[Blue Savannah](/source/Blue_Savannah)" reaching the Top 5.

In the U.S., the album reached number 57 on the [*Billboard* 200](/source/Billboard_200), but none of the singles released from it charted on the [*Billboard* Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100). Three songs from *Wild!* charted on *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_magazine)'*s [Hot Dance Music/Club Play](/source/Hot_Dance_Music/Club_Play) chart.[citation needed] "[You Surround Me](/source/You_Surround_Me)" was not released as a single in the United States. The album also charted well in Germany, where it hit number 16.

## Reissues

Subsequent to their acquisition of Erasure's back catalogue, and in anticipation of the band's 30th anniversary in 2016, BMG commissioned reissues of all previously released UK editions of Erasure albums up to and including 2007's *[Light at the End of the World](/source/Light_at_the_End_of_the_World)*. All titles were pressed and distributed by [Play It Again Sam](/source/PIAS_Recordings) on 180-gram vinyl and shrinkwrapped with a custom anniversary sticker.

A two-disc version of the album was released by BMG in the UK and Europe on 29 March 2019 to commemorate the original 1989 release. It features the remastered album on disc one and a selection of rarities, B-sides, live tracks, and new remixes on disc two.[3]

## Charts

### Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Wild! Chart (1989) Peak position Argentine Albums (CAPIF)[4] 3 Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 107 Brazilian Albums (NOPEM/ABPD)[6] 1 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[7] 3 European Albums (Music & Media)[8] 6 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] 40 UK Independent Albums (MRIB)[10] 1

### Year-end charts

1989 year-end chart performance for Wild! Chart (1989) Position UK Albums (Gallup)[11] 22

1990 year-end chart performance for Wild! Chart (1990) Position UK Albums (OCC)[12] 48

## References

1. ["Wild!"](https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Erasure&titel=Wild%21&cat=a)

1. Crane, Larry (November 2015). ["Gareth Jones: Depeche Mode, Erasure, John Foxx"](https://tapeop.com/interviews/110/gareth-jones/). *Tape Op*. Retrieved 2 July 2024.

1. ["Announcing 'Wild!' 30th Anniversary Edition"](http://www.erasureinfo.com/wild-deluxe-anniversary-edition/)

1. ["Top 20 Albumes – Argentina"](http://files.revistapelo.com.ar/pdf/357.pdf) (in Spanish). *Pelo*. No. 357. December 1989. p. 12.

1. Ryan, Gavin (2011). *Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010*. PDF ed. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 95.

1. ["Mais Vendidos"](https://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/docreader.aspx?bib=153931_04&pasta=ano%20199&pesq=&pagfis=29167) (in Portuguese). *[A Tribuna (SP)](/source/A_Tribuna_(SP))*. June 30, 1990. Retrieved January 17, 2024.

1. ["Top 3 Albums in Europe"](https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/80s/89/M&M-1989-11-25-OCR-Page-0015.pdf). *[Music & Media](/source/Music_%26_Media)*. Vol. 6, no. 47. 11 November 1989. p. VII. [OCLC 29800226](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29800226). – via World Radio History.

1. ["European Top 100 Albums"](https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/80s/89/M&M-1989-11-11-OCR-Page-0016.pdf). *Music & Media*. Vol. 6, no. 45. 11 November 1989. p. VIII. [OCLC 29800226](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29800226). – via World Radio History.

1. Pennanen, Timo (2006). *Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972* (in Finnish). 1st ed. Helsinki: [Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava](/source/Otava_(publisher)). ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.

1. Lazell, Barry (1997). ["Erasure"](http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/e.htm). *Indie Hits 1980–1989: The Complete U.K. Independent Charts (Singles & Albums)*. [Cherry Red Books](/source/Cherry_Red_Books). ISBN 0-95172-069-4. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20091121025838/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/e.htm) 21 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 29 December 2021.

1. ["Year End Albums"](https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/90s/1990/Record-Mirror-1990-01-20-OCR.pdf). *[Record Mirror](/source/Record_Mirror)*. 20 January 1990. p. 42. [ISSN 0144-5804](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0144-5804). – via World Radio History.

1. "1990 Top 100 Albums". *[Music Week](/source/Music_Week)*. 2 March 1991. p. 39. [ISSN 0265-1548](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0265-1548)

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