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Andy Bell (born Andrew Ivan Bell, 25 April 1964 in Peterborough) is the lead singer of the British Synth Pop duo Erasure. Bell, originally working in a meat packing plant in the UK, responded to an newspaper advert that was looking for a singer. Bell, the forty-first auditionee responding to the ad, was picked by Vince Clarke and formed the group Erasure.

Together Bell and Clarke have sold over twenty million albums worldwide. Erasure's forthcoming acoustic album Union Street is to be released in the UK on April 3 2006.

Apart from his work with Erasure, he has found the time and energy to take part in numerous charities including the Ferry Aid version of "Let It Be" in 1987, a cover of Cole Porter's "Too Darn Hot" that was included in 1990s Red Hot + Blue album to raise funds for AIDS and HIV research, re-making Lene Lovich's "Rage" alongside her to be included in PETA's album in 1991 in favour of a wildlife campaign and performing twice on Big Spender's Red Hot and Dance events to support various AIDS projects (in December 1994 and November 2004).

On December 14 2004, Bell announced he was HIV-positive and has known since 1998.

July 2005 brought the announcement of Bell's first solo album. He signed a worldwide solo recording deal with Sanctuary Records and announced details of his debut album, which was released on October 3 2005, and entitled Electric Blue. The album features 14 brand-new tracks, including three duets, with Claudia Brücken of Propaganda and Jake Shears of Scissor Sisters, and encompasses a variety of musical genres.

The first single, "Crazy", released on September 26 2005, includes club remixes from Erasure-partner Vince Clarke, plus Cicada, MHC and King Roc.

Electric Blue was co-written and recorded throughout 2004 and 2005 with Manhattan Clique (Philip Larsen & Chris Smith) who have worked with Erasure, Moby, The B-52's, Stereophonics and Goldfrapp.

Discography

: For "Erasure" discography look here.

Solo albums

2005 Electric Blue (Sanctuary Records SANCD382) #119 UK, #12 US Top Electronic Albums

# "Intro" # "Caught In A Spin" # "Crazy" # "Love Oneself" # "I Thought It Was You" # "Electric Blue" # "Jealous" # "Shaking My Soul" # "Runaway" # "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" # "Delicious" # "Fantasy" # "See The Lights Go Out" # "The Rest Of Our Lives"

Singles

2005 "Crazy" #35 UK, #14 US Hot 100 Singles Sales, #3 US Hot Dance Music/Club Play

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