{"id":36725,"date":"2025-12-06T07:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T06:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/erasure-first-hit-after-always\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T07:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T06:50:17","slug":"erasure-first-hit-after-always","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/en\/erasure-first-hit-after-always\/","title":{"rendered":"ERASURE: First hit after &#8220;Always&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/06-01-1987-Erasure-In-My-Arms-550x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36463\" style=\"width:550px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/06-01-1987-Erasure-In-My-Arms-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/06-01-1987-Erasure-In-My-Arms-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/06-01-1987-Erasure-In-My-Arms-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/06-01-1987-Erasure-In-My-Arms-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/06-01-1987-Erasure-In-My-Arms.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Erasure&#8217;s<\/strong> lead single from their eighth studio album &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; was released on January 6, 1997, 29 years ago. 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