#10
Depeche Mode - Stripped
Album: Black Celebration
Year: 1986
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU8UfYdKHvs
British synth-pop band
Depeche Mode sounded almost goth on this album, so this should fit in well after a
Type O Negative track.
Stripped has a lot going for it. One of the better vocal performances of Dave Gahan has him brooding and crooning erotic/metaphorical lines about wanting to "see you stripped down to the bone".
The wheels-on-train-tracks sound sample used as part of the rhythm section in the beginning sounds really great and the brooding, low frequency synth chords and bass add a thick layer of darkness, contrasted against which the climactic mid ranged melodic synth leads almost seem to be more bright and high pitched than they really are.
I really think that this song is a triumph of mood, aesthetic and simplicity. The synth lead I mentioned plays a very, very simple melody - but it's used to such great effect that it's really one of my favorite moments in the entire discography of this group.
Spoiler: Also not the last you will hear of this band in this thread.