Depeche Mode -- Sounds of the Universe

Where can I see the cover? Also, still no stream of Wrong? I've yet to hear it.

Nkay, saw the album cover. Um...I'm okay with it.

CD 3
Demos

!!!

Wow demos.

hey did all the albums come out in that dvd/cd reissue seies in the end?
anyone get them? anyone get them ALL? what's the MASSES dvd like? saw the VIOLATOR one and
loved it.

hey did all the albums come out in that dvd/cd reissue seies in the end?

Yes.

anyone get them?

Yes.

anyone get them ALL?

Oh yes yes.

what's the MASSES dvd like?

Rules. But my two favorites in terms of interesting/revelatory stuff plus archival footage are the ones for Construction Time Again and Black Celebration.

Is the Playing the Angel audio any good on anything other than the vinyl version? I listened to the cd quite a bit but hated the nasty mastering volume but heard a few songs off vinyl and they didn't screw that one up!

Meantime, "Wrong" got the world premiere tonight over in Germany:

Black Celebration sonics, Gore's blues fetish in full effect, massive vocals on the chorus...on the one hand, no surprises, on the other hand, HOLY shit this is great.

Okay I can't have been the only one here to have heard that by now.

WRONG!

Ah very good.

:)

listened to this many many times now, not much to add other than this is pretty great! solid DM.

bahhh come to australia you old bats.

Very, very pleased.

I like that new song, reminds me sonically of MFTM era tracks but I really can't stand to see Dave's stage antics.

That is absolutely fantastic. Oh, I cannot wait for this album.

but I really can't stand to see Dave's stage antics.

B-b-but that's been his schtick for years now.

Love "Wrong" a lot. Utterly familiar-sounding DM, but seems amazingly current.

I was going to say, that's as much part of Depeche live as Fletch standing there doing not much at all.

Meantime a couple of writer friends who have heard the full thing are enthusing, one saying that the album opener in particular is flat out brilliant.

i think this is a great song

wow they are really reaching back, aren't they

I mean, this sounds like a lost A Broken Frame song in a lot of ways.

god damn that is a great song. mlg does it again

Having heard the entire thing, I really dig Gahan's "Hole to Feed" and "Peace," too, among highlights. The album as a whole is definitely a tougher listen than "Angel" - longer, the hooks buried deeper and take more time to reveal themselves - but it also echoes with all sorts of classic pre-"Violator" DM ingredients. Apparently Gore went off the sauce and wrote up a storm for this, and Hillier steps up with more than just an "Angel" retread, production-wise. I wasn't disappointed.

Having heard the entire thing, I really dig Gahan's "Hole to Feed" and "Peace," too, among highlights.

Cool, these are the songs I want to hear the most -- Gahan turning into an ace songwriter has been the best Mode development this decade.

If it is going to be anything like "Playing The Angel", it looks good (although a little less Dynamic Range Compression would be nice). "Playing The Angel" was, after all, the best thing they'd done since "Black Celebration".

― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, October 7, 2008 7:24 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^ otm

Well, Gahan didn't write "Peace," but melodically there's something going on in the vocal I'm not sure I've heard in Depeche Mode before. The track definitely nods back toward Kraftwerk, too.

The cover I so hated (DM standing, sunglasses on and arms crossed in full I R Serious U Guyz mode in front of some dull globe sculpture, here) has been replaced on Amazon with this (link instead of embed because Amazon have decided to be dicks and start covering their images with big transparent squares called "cover.gif" and I'm too lazy to sort through the source code). It's an improvement, I guess!

Oh, and "Wrong" is fantastic now that I can finally get it to load- can't wait to hear the studio version.

BTW, site mods please feel free to add "Sounds Of The Universe" somewhere in the thread title.

Are any site mods likely to be reading the DM 2009 thread?

Clearly someone is.

Anyway, fuck knows what this is all supposed to mean but, um, yay?:

EMI Music today announced the debut of the first iTunes Pass with groundbreaking electro legends Depeche Mode. With iTunes Pass, music fans can get new and exclusive singles, remixes, video and other content from their favorite artists over a set period of time, delivered to their libraries as soon as they're available.

The first iTunes Pass debuts today in conjunction with Depeche Mode’s forthcoming 12th studio album, “Sounds of the Universe,” to be released on April 21 in the US. Fans who sign up starting today get the alternative/dance pioneers’ new single, “Wrong,” as well as the Black Light Odyssey Dub Remix of the new track “Oh Well.” They will also receive the new album on its street date plus great music and video exclusives before and after the album’s release over the next fifteen weeks. The Depeche Mode iTunes Pass can be purchased starting today for $18.99.

“As we work to better understand music consumers and help create stronger connections between fans and artists, we are pleased to work with Apple and Depeche Mode to kick off iTunes Pass," said Ronn Werre, president, Music Services for EMI Music. "We think it's a great new platform that will change the way artists engage with their audiences and also a powerful new way for us to build value for our artists’ music. And with iTunes Pass, Depeche Mode are once again demonstrating that they are true trailblazers and innovators when it comes to creating amazing music and connecting with their fans."

“iTunes Pass is a great way for artists to give exclusive music and video, on their own schedule, directly to their fans.” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of Internet Services. “iTunes customers are going to love getting additional content directly from their favorite artists right when they make it available.”

It looks like it means "pay $19 and get all of the music/video associated with this album, including singles/remixes/B-sides".

If it definitely meant *all* of it, great, but "great music and video exclusives before and after the album’s release over the next fifteen weeks" is a touch vague.

Well, they can't let it go on forever, otherwise you're spending $19 to buy all of Depeche Mode's material; no one on the supply side is going to go for that!

4 months of DM shit for $19 is pretty sweet IMO, although I'd consider waiting to see what actually came out for it before buying it.

Yeah, same here. I presume the website will have something more concrete soon.

my wife is a DP freak. i kinda wanted to order her the deluxe box, but she cares more about the central album than the extras, so i pre-ordered the basic version.

"DM" not "DP."

Doom Patrol on the brain again, I guess.

"DP freak" could be misunderstood...

the cover is like shockingly bad imo

it seems like old-ass bands always come with the shitty designs and this vexes me in a way.

hhaha otm - wtf is that cover?

Official video for 'Wrong'

sorry this is somewhat offtopic, but do you guys think the touring the angel cd-dvd-extras live in milan release is search or destroy?

Search. I would have preferred Corbijn filming it, that said it's a stellar performance from a fantastic tour.

holy shit, that video

Pretty much!

thanks ned. i think it would be cool if they did an abridged box for this new release. i quite like the album + documentary thing.

Why the fuck dont they ever tour australia on their "world tours", ^$%#$% they havent toured here since Violator :(

that video is uh, wrong

Is the Playing the Angel audio any good on anything other than the vinyl version?

The 5:1 version sounds quite nice. Of course it is another mix, so you cannot quite compare, really.

"Wrong" sounds OK. Cool synth sounds. Not too keen on the "rawness", but I have become used to DM often releasing a "raw" initial single off their albums now.

Eh, not really. Both Ultra and Playing the Angel are much stronger.

seconded. Really love Come Back and Miles Away but the rest is just pretty uninteresting. Although to their credit they seem to have tried to go for a different sound, breezier and poppier, but it just isn't a very good one and the songs are mostly kinda meh

I really like this one too, but sure not as good as "Playing The Angel".

What's odd is that some of the B-sides are better than some of album tracks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyD8xIsUVSo

Here's another one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-2wPAMUq3k&feature=related

And the inevitable DVD:

--

Depeche Mode

"Tour of the Universe - Live In Barcelona"

DVD and Blu-ray released November 8th, 2010

Playing 102 shows in 40 countries, Depeche Mode's acclaimed Tour Of
The Universe saw Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andrew 'Fletch' Fletcher
performing to over 2.7 million people.

Their epic trip across the globe was one of the most successful tours
of recent history and saw them playing a host of stunning material
spanning their impressive 30 year history.

"Tour Of The Universe - Live In Barcelona" contains 21 tracks
recorded over two sold out nights at the Palau St Jordi in Barcelona
on November 20th and 21st 2009, both shows being highlights of the
celebrated tour.

Released on Mute, this spectacular DVD release comes with a host of
bonus content including four bonus tracks recorded across the two
nights, a tour documentary - Inside The Universe - two tracks filmed
at tour rehearsals in New York and Anton Corbijn's specially created
"screen films" for seven tracks plus further bonus montages created
from the on-stage screens.

In addition the four promotional videos from 2009's acclaimed 'Sounds
Of The Universe' album including the Grammy nominated Wrong, directed
by Patrick Daughters, are included.

*"Tour of the Universe - Live In Barcelona" comes in three formats:*

*Super deluxe 4-disc version (2xDVD, 2xCD):*

DVD1 (a 21 track live performance plus four alternate/bonus tracks)

DVD2 (extra bonus content including documentary and promo videos)

2 x CD (audio of the 21 tracks from DVD1)

*Deluxe version (1 x DVD, 2 x CD):*

Contains DVD1 and the two audio CDs

*Blu-ray (2x Blu-ray discs)*

*Depeche Mode - Tour Of The Universe Barcelona 20/21:11:09*

*DVD1*

1. In Chains

2. Wrong

3. Hole To Feed

4. Walking In My Shoes

5. It's No Good

6. A Question Of Time

7. Precious

8. Fly On The Windscreen

9. Jezebel

10. Home

11. Come Back

12. Policy Of Truth

13. In Your Room

14. I Feel You

15. Enjoy The Silence

16. Never Let Me Down Again

17. Dressed In Black

18. Stripped

19. Behind The Wheel

20. Personal Jesus

21. Waiting For The Night

*-Bonus tracks*

World In My Eyes (20th)

Sister Of Night (21st)

Miles Away / The Truth Is (20th)

One Caress (20th)

*DVD2*

-Inside The Universe

Tour documentary with subtitles: English, German, French, Italian,
Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Hungarian and Czech.

*-Tour Of The Universe / Screens*

In Chains

Walking In My Shoes

Precious

Come Back

Policy Of Truth

Enjoy The Silence

Personal Jesus

*-Tour Of The Universe / Rehearsals*

Wrong

Walking In My Shoes

*-Bonus tracks*

Insight

Hole To Feed

Behind The Wheel

Never Let Me Down Again

*-Sounds Of The Universe - Videos*

Wrong

Peace

Hole To Feed

Fragile Tension

"In Chains" has subsumed my life

such a fucking great song

For Immediate Release

Depeche Mode Press Conference
Paris October 23 at 1:30pm

Depeche Mode - Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher – host a press conference in Paris October 23rd where they will be making an exciting announcement.

The press conference will begin promptly at 1:30pm and will be broadcast live online. Please stay tuned to depechemode.com for more details.

Depeche Mode have spent much of this year recording their forthcoming new studio album in Santa Barbara, California and New York City.

I bet it's ... a new album!

or they're adopting a child together

Bouncing baby Dan.

And you're right about "In Chains" of course.

Corrupt (from Sounds of the Universe) lives in my mind constantly.

I can't help thinking of Personal Jesus with that track. Something about the synth loop.