Crackers International

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  1. "Stop!" (fade ending) – 2:55
  2. "The Hardest Part" – 3:40
  3. "Knocking on Your Door" – 2:57
  4. "She Won't Be Home" – 3:28

Note: There was also a 2 track 7" produced mainly for jukeboxes (Mute 93) with the same versions of "Stop!" and "Knocking on Your Door" as the 4 track version.

  1. "Stop!" (7-inch version) – 2:55
  2. "Ship of Fools" – 4:01

Note: "7-inch version" same as "fade ending", also released on MC (22879-4)

  1. "Stop!" (cold ending) – 3:03
  2. "The Hardest Part" (12" version) – 5:07
  3. "Knocking on Your Door" (12" version) – 3:59
  4. "She Won't Be Home" – 3:28

Note: also released on CD (CD Mute 93)

  1. "Stop!" (Mark Saunders remix) – 5:47
  2. "Knocking on Your Door" (Mark Saunders remix) – 6:07
  3. "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" – 3:12

Note: Released as "Crackers International part II", also released on CD (LCD Mute 93)

  1. "Stop!" (7-inch version) – 2:55
  2. "The Hardest Part" – 3:40
  3. "Stop!" (12" remix) – 5:47
  4. "Knocking on Your Door" – 2:57
  5. "She Won't Be Home" – 3:28
  6. "Knocking on Your Door" (12" remix) – 6:07

Note: also released on CD (25904-2) and MC (25904-4), 12" mixes by Mark Saunders

  1. "Stop!" (cold ending) – 3:03
  2. "The Hardest Part" – 3:40
  3. "Knocking On Your Door" – 2:57
  4. "She Won't Be Home" – 3:28
  5. "The Hardest Part" (12" version) – 5:06
  6. "Knocking On Your Door" (12" version) – 3:59
  7. "Stop!" (Mark Saunders remix) – 5:47
  8. "Knocking on Your Door" (Mark Saunders remix) – 6:07
  9. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" – 3:10

Note: Part of the CD single box set

Charts

Crackers International
Erasure crackers.jpg
EP by
Released28 November 1988 (1988-11-28)
Recorded1988
StudioThe Power Plant, London
Genre
Length24:55
Label
Producer Erasure
Erasure chronology
The Innocents
(1988)
Crackers International
(1988)
Wild!
(1989)
Erasure singles chronology
"A Little Respect"
(1988)
"Stop!"
(1988)
"Drama!"
(1989)

Personnel

Remixers

Mark Saunders

  1. "Stop!" (Mark Saunders remix) – 5:47
  2. "Knocking on Your Door" (12" version) – 3:59
  3. "Knocking on Your Door" (Mark Saunders remix) – 6:07

Mark Saunders and Phil Legg

  1. "Stop!" (cold ending) – 3:03
  2. "Stop!" (fade ending) – 2:55

Phil Legg

  1. "She Won't Be Home" – 3:28
  2. "The Hardest Part" (12" version) – 5:07

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