My favourite songs seem to be the ones where Dave's voice is mixed louder than the other instruments. I feel you, Walking in my shoes, It's no good are good examples.

Something about the production on Ultra doesn't do it for me, they try too hard to emulate NIN sound-wise imo. I like the two tracks where Martin sings, Home and The Bottom Line. Which might have something to do with who I think is DM's best vocalist lol

Songs of Faith and Devotion has plenty of great stuff, none better than Walking In My Shoes, which Dave sings brilliantly btw. Great video too

This is one of my favorite things to do with DM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odgViOcRLn0

That's a good song.

I saw them on the Exciter tour. I couldn't believe the crowd we had. In an arena that seats 19000 people, there were 6,000. I didn't care much, as I was on the floor. The band put on a good show. It's another reason why my city is dubbed the city that fun forgot.

It's not the DM video, it's Beavis and Butthead watching the DM video

Yeah to listen to some visitors from the nation's capital, it's the most square and boring place on earth. The spider's ****ing cool though

If that's all you see in Master and Servant then you need to brush up on your Kojève

I'm into Black Celebration these days, lots of great songs


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glw10co1IRs



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrzPAiKEu6s



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU8UfYdKHvs

Stripped and Question of lust are two excellent tunes. DM classics, even.

They're alright...not something I go out of my way to listen to and collect for..

Martin Gore invented the zoomer perm in 1981, truly ahead of his time.

Yeah, that perm. That was one of a kind hair, wasn't it?

I didn’t bother voting because my answer is ‘neither’.

Don’t get me wrong, I loved Depeche Mode during its heyday but, with the exception of Black Celebration, most of the albums have too much filler. While most of the singles released during Alan Wilder’s tenure are stellar, the same can’t be said for the albums and, to me, that’s how I measure great artists and bands.

As for the band, I personally feel they should have called it a day after Ultra. Martin Gore’s songwriting has since declined and Dave Gahan’s insistence on sharing songwriting duties hasn’t injected any new life into the band. Hell, I can’t even think of one Gahan penned song that rivals Gore’s best work.

What was once a great and innovative synth-rock band is now no better than The Rolling Stones, rehashing variations of Personal Jesus. In addition, this band used to have a strong European vibe, but has been unnecessarily churning out blues, gospel and country for far too long that one wonders why this once great band is pandering so much to the US market.

Definitely shouldn't be in pop but yeah they're great

Yes! I find them amazing. I need to dive more into their discography tho

Make sure you check out Ultra. Great album