'Love, In Itself', 'Useless', 'Lie To Me', 'Get The Balance Right!' and 'But Not Tonight' = not worthy of a placing in a Top 40 Depeche tracks list, IMO.
ok this is crazy
― crüt, Sunday, 6 May 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks for running the poll, crüt - didn't end up submitting a ballot as I only really know the early singles and MftM, but very happy "Shake The Disease" placed as high as it did.
― etc, Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks crüt
My ballot:
1. Walking in My Shoes2. Enjoy the Silence3. Stripped4. Photographic (Some Bizzare Version)5. Halo6. But Not Tonight7. Never Let Me Down Again (Split Mix)8. World in My Eyes9. A Question of Lust10. A Question of Time11. Fly on the Windscreen (Final)12. Something to Do13. One Caress14. Everything Counts15. Behind the Wheel16. Master and Servant17. Useless (Kruder & Dorfmeister Session)18. Rush (Spiritual Guidance Mix)19. Waiting for the Night20. Precious
Disappointed not to see my favourite SGW track, Something to Do: smalltown blues by way of boshing EBM. Also surprised by absence of Nothing, which would have been my #21 on a
Listening to Construction Time Again as I type this - fantastically inventive sounds and arrangements but boy those lyrics are even worse than I remembered. So odd, DM's political awareness - lasted for just one year. It didn't suit them.
― Get wolves (DL), Sunday, 6 May 2012 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
"New Dress" is political, also somewhat gauche.
― Touché Gödel (ledge), Sunday, 6 May 2012 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
ps thx crut!
― Touché Gödel (ledge), Sunday, 6 May 2012 23:14 (twelve years ago) link
thanks EVERYONE!!
― crüt, Sunday, 6 May 2012 23:33 (twelve years ago) link
good poll crüt; y'all
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Monday, 7 May 2012 01:14 (twelve years ago) link
Among the best of boy bands; only One Direction beats them in the number of good songs per album.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 December 2018 01:37 (five years ago) link
It turns out my wife had never seen "101," so we watched it tonight. I actually watch it every few years, and each time I'm elated by the end. Just a wonderful snapshot. So many great songs and performances. Love that it even gives a glimpse of mundane behind the scenes money stuff, something these movies rarely delve into.
It's odd, I've never considered myself a particularly big fan, but there is more stuff from this band that I love than there is from bands I love more. In fact, some of my happiest moments as a consumer (as gauche as that scans) were when those reissues came out, each sounding impeccable and each packaged with those absolutely illuminating documentaries. Helped me appreciate the band even more.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 30 November 2020 03:20 (three years ago) link
I hadn't heard all of Songs of Faith and Devotion til this year. The arrangement of the non-ballads slowly add and remove instrumental parts that are often so noisy they don't function as hooks when first heard. It doesn't cohere until the last minute or so of each song, when suddenly all of these noises and sounds are combined for a big finish, at which point the song lurches about like a beast composed from diverse monstrous parts, demanding astonishment!Obviously a lot of this structure came about because they were trying to combine current electronics and the popular guitar sounds of the era.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 23 August 2023 21:30 (nine months ago) link
I overlooked this album for a long time because I wanted more of it to be like "Walking in My Shoes" and "In Your Room", but pretty much every song on it is very good. "In Your Room" matches your description, I don't think it fully clicked with me until I'd heard the song a couple times and knew where it was going
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 23 August 2023 23:15 (nine months ago) link
I don’t hate it but I feel it’s indirectly responsible for a lot of music I do hate (eg: nu metal with the on the red mastering, clipped beats, turntable scratches, distorted synth, ugly big guitars)
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 23:27 (nine months ago) link