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Wild! Wild! is another one of Erasure's more experimental cds. It does feature several good songs, but again, it features many that miss, in my opinion. In feel, it is similar to Circus in that it lacks some of the fun of earlier work, and tries to take itself a bit too seriously at times. The lyrics have become increasingly esoteric and artsy on this album as well, although I don't know what that signifies. It does come with a few hits, and a few other good album songs, but overall it's not Erasure at their best. It starts out with "Piano Song (Instrumental)" which serves very little purpose, as it's merely a snippet of the final song without any lyrics. However, it's soon over and we move into the mellow beats of "Blue Savannah." This song is very different for Erasure, with a different feel in beat and sound. I really like it. "Drama!" is a more conventional dance song. Both of these have very strange lyrics that are interesting, but say absolutely nothing about situations in which most people find themselves, unless I'm just not getting it. Overall, the album tends to dwell on philosophical rambling. "How Many Times" is a nice slow song, with Andy Bell really dipping into the lower part of his range, for the first time. "Star" is more of a standard dance song, with sci-fi lyrics. Just a side note: the single for "Star" had extremely disappointing remixes. After this point, I pretty much quit buying Erasure MCDs. One of the more blatantly experimental songs is "La Gloria" a strange salsa hybrid. "You Surround Me" and "2,000 Miles" are both slower songs where Andy Bell goes up into falsetto vocals for a while. Both are filler to me, and not too exciting. In between them is the more standard dancey song: "Brother and Sister." "Crown of Thorns" is a quintessentially British song with a very nice new sound. I really like it, and the old-fashioned Romantic feel of it really appeal to me. Similarly, the lyrical version of "Piano Song" is artistic and moody, and showcases more of Bell's lower range. Once again, Wild! is, as a more experimental album, a bit weaker than works like The Innocents or Wonderland. It lacks some of the spark that those albums showed. But it does have enough good songs to be fun still, and in a few cases the experiments actually work well.