Erasure's first U.S. release in five years lives up to expectations, if that's what you call them: Bell tears up like every song's his last; Clarke fondles keyboards like every song's his first, with the result sounding like the most earnest brand of discotheque camp this side of a Kylie Minogue video. For every bit of cool-to-the-touch brilliance (the "robot vocals" of "Video Killed the Radio Star"), the duo miss the point by miles; never needed to hear "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" again, especially when it's as soggy as gym shorts. Same goes for "Can't Help Falling in Love"; uh, wanna bet? Still, now that New Order, subject of an enormous yet oddly incomplete boxed set, is hot again, everything old is New Wave again. Can't wait for the revival tour with Book of Love, Bronski Beat, Soft Cell and Jimmy Somerville.