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View Poll Results: Depeche Mode - are they GREAT in your book or not?
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Old 01-06-2019, 03:42 AM   #21 (permalink)
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DM is pop?

OT: They're great, I think they've polished their sound a lot over the years and have evolved with the times.
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Old 01-06-2019, 03:44 AM   #22 (permalink)
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They're certainly a synthpop band.
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Old 01-14-2019, 02:12 PM   #23 (permalink)
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what's their best album that isn't Violator

could never get further than that for some reason
That's really tough, but after Violator; my D.M. lineup:
1. Violator
2. Music For the Masses
3. Songs of Faith and Devotion

Also, for D.M. fans, check out this band:
(I can't pull up all, b/c some are blocked/deleted in my Country, so I chose one song at random) - Also, Smithdude started a D.M. devoted thread.


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Old 01-16-2019, 06:59 AM   #24 (permalink)
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yep, they helped make the genre and time period not suck
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Old 01-16-2019, 11:32 PM   #25 (permalink)
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That's really tough, but after Violator; my D.M. lineup:
1. Violator
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Old 01-31-2019, 05:00 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Here's great collaboration with Alison Goldfrapp on Ocean from Goldfrapp's lp Silver Eye, Deluxe version. Their vocals alone, are gorgeous; together...ethereal:


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Old 02-01-2019, 03:57 PM   #27 (permalink)
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I like them.
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Old 09-18-2020, 11:46 AM   #28 (permalink)
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I grew up listening to some of DM classic albums ' Music For The Masses ' , 'Violator' , ' Song Of Faith and Devotion ' and 'Ultra' are my favourite !
The band have been highly influential in the electronic dance music scene, especially synthpop, techno and trance.

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Old 09-18-2020, 03:29 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Yes they're great. Not incredible. Not decent. But great.
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Old 09-19-2020, 08:24 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Depeche Mode wrote one, maybe two songs that are great, but overall they're other stuff ranges anywhere from boring to OK, it's listenable. Their other stuff just doesn't pique my curiosity. They don't impress me enough to want to sit through a whole album by them. I do listen to bands that remind me of DM, but still that's not enough for me to want to go back and listen to any DM. So in my book they are not great. They are just in the middle, there are other bands better than them, and other bands worse than them.
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