Along with songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke who had been part of Depeche Mode and Yazoo, Bell found success as the synth-pop band Erasure. The duo released their debut album Wonderland in the spring of 1986. Though the album only went to number 71 in their native UK, it charted well in Germany (at number 20) and Sweden (number 13). A number of the singles were popular on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
