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Old 09-19-2020, 09:19 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Love their darkwave tracks, big influence on my VST design
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Old 10-21-2020, 08:55 AM   #32 (permalink)
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The 20 Best Depeche Mode Songs: Critic's Picks by billboard !

In Depeche Mode's 40-year history, the synth-rock group has tackled countless subjects across the ordinary and taboo, including suicide, politics, romance, greed, LGBT rights, xenophobia, personal insecurity, religious zealotry, sexual freedom, drug addiction, and more. Have you ever been frustrated and alive? Depeche Mode has a song for you.

Run the tally, and we might have to all agree Violator is the band's greatest release. “Enjoy The Silence” comes from that 1990 collection of genius, and it's truly the epitome of Depeche Mode's greatness. Gahan's performance is strong but tender, the melodies ache and sing with joy. The beat is hard, relentless, and perfect for dancing. Its message is ironic, in that words could so well describe the magic of silence. When love is real, you don't need words. It's something you feel. A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet, and so on, and so forth.

1. Depeche Mode – “Enjoy The Silence”
2. Depeche Mode – “Personal Jesus”
3. Depeche Mode – “People Are People”
4. Depeche Mode – “Policy of Truth”
5. Depeche Mode – “Everything Counts”
6. Depeche Mode – “It’s No Good”
7. Depeche Mode – “John The Revelator”
8. Depeche Mode – “Strangelove”
9. Depeche Mode – “Just Can’t Get Enough”
10. Depeche Mode – “Shake The Disease”
11. Depeche Mode – “I Feel You”
12. Depeche Mode – “Never Let Me Down Again”
13. Depeche Mode – “Dream On”
14. Depeche Mode – “Heaven”
15. Depeche Mode – “Where’s The Revolution”
16. Depeche Mode – “Walking In My Shoes”
17. Depeche Mode – “A Question of Lust”
18. Depeche Mode – “Master & Servant”
19. Depeche Mode – “Waiting For The Night”
20. Depeche Mode – “Blasphemous Rumors”
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Old 07-12-2022, 11:15 AM   #33 (permalink)
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IMO Violator is a very good album but its late-80s production sounds much more dated today than those harder-edged early singles like Everything Counts, People Are People, Blasphemous Rumors etc.

World In My Eyes is a great, great single though

Would've been a great band on the strength of those four songs alone, but there's also Master and Servant, One Caress, Pipeline, Walking In My Shoes, Shake The Disease and many more...

They have great songs on practically all the albums (haven't heard the couple of the more recent ones though)
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Old 07-12-2022, 04:17 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Vince Clark is a really good pop songwriter. The double act he had then established with Allison Moyet, Yaz or Yazoo or whatever it's called, had a few good songs too
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Old 07-12-2022, 06:33 PM   #35 (permalink)
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I've been a fan of the band for years. Songs of faith and devotion, and Ultra are solid releases. Dave has a great voice.
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Old 07-13-2022, 10:54 AM   #36 (permalink)
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No they're not. Not to me. They're dreary, boring and soulless. well you did ask.
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I thought the British liked dreary, boring, and soulless.
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Old 07-13-2022, 01:21 PM   #39 (permalink)
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I thought the British liked dreary, boring, and soulless.
Maybe they do. I wouldn't know.
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Old 07-14-2022, 02:49 PM   #40 (permalink)
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Whoever told Martin Gore about Hegel, thank you. One of the best songs


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