This album contained past Erasure songs, "re-interpreted in an acoustic or country & western style"[citation needed].

[4] All tracks are written by Andy Bell & Vince Clarke.A remix of "Boy" by Pete Anderson was made exclusively available on iTunes to US buyers of the Union Street album download.

According to the official release notes, it featured Pete Anderson (ex-Dwight Yoakam producer) on guitar, mandolin and bass, Bob Bernstein (who worked on the Academy Award-winning score for Brokeback Mountain) on pedal steel guitar and Tommy Funderburk (Mötley Crüe, Whitesnake and Boston, amongst others) on background vocals.

As with The Erasure Show tour in 2005, Erasure partnered with music distribution company Live Here Now to record and manufacture Acoustic Live, a digital download and limited edition double CD album of a concert recorded 19 April 2006 at the Shepherd's Bush Empire in London on the Union Street acoustic tour.

[7] The DVD featured The Road to Union Street (A short film), a behind-the-scenes documentary, plus fan-shot concert footage edited to two of the songs.