Depeche Mode C or D/S& D

my fave song is " nothng"

It's great!

The production's great, it's very much of a piece, also nice to feel some of the brooding goth romantisicm stuff that I like in Superpitcher/Koehncke/Alex Smoke echo back across the decades.

You don't get enough ROCK albums that sound like this.

What I like most about Violator is "Policy of Truth," though I couldn't tell you why..

That's for damn sure.

I used to worry that Alan Wilder's departure would cripple Depeche completely but as brilliant an arranger as he was, switching to a new model of working where each new producer becomes the key collaborator/arranger has resulted in Depeche becoming fresher by default, and based on "Precious" Ben Hillier is going to make it three for three here...

"I used to worry that Alan Wilder's departure would cripple Depeche completely"

I thought they were dead when he left. Their post-Alan output has been surprisingly decent, but they were still a better band with him in it.

Hillier was most well known to me for producing at least some of the Doves stuff, which given their own previous incarnation at Sub Sub is actually kinda promising as a resume item. He's part of the 140db mob, and here's his resume from that site, I think slightly in need of updating. Elbow, Blur, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, various earlier remix and engineering credits -- bit of a dog's breakfast of a career but if he doesn't seem to have a distinct sound as such he might be a useful foil in general.

I'm right that none of them are as good as "Precious" though, yeah?

am intrigued to know how they sound and how these mini-docus look. the photos inside the '...masses' one are gaaargeous.

A pity they haven't included videos in those bonus DVDs. In the Talking Heads remasters, the videos were almost half of the fun.

(Best/worst Depeche rhyme -- 'houses'/'trousers')

Clearly, that is the best. I really have nothing new or constructive to add here, but this band is still fucking great,

Did we ever do a GORE VOCALS c/d/s&d? And if not... er, does anyone have a list of the songs with gore on lead vocals?

Gore songs are always the best Depeche songs

Did we ever do a GORE VOCALS c/d/s&d?

I think we did, actually. I know Dan wrote up a list of same.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Gore#Depeche_Mode_songs_with_Martin_on_lead_vocals

SEARCH: ALL OF THOSE SONGS
DESTROY: NONE OF THOSE SONGS

Such a plaintive quality to his voice. Although the Counterfeit stuff was fairly underwhelming - I guess gore voice works best coupled with gore melodies.

You'd think searching for "martin gore" would find the thread. And you'd be right.

OPO Tracks sung by Martin Gore

SEARCH: ALL OF THOSE SONGS
DESTROY: NONE OF THOSE SONGS

Destroy: One Caress

Out.

i'm enjoying the spiritual guidance remix of 'rush' right now. really pretty cool

just watched the 'useless' video. becomes really silly when martin walks over to the camera with the guitar.

Classic. I generally hate "Best Of" albums, but I picked up The Best Of, Vol. I today, and it's great, for exactly the reason I read this evening in this Pitchfork review:

I've been a miserable bastard lately, and this collection has indeed transported me back to a time I didn't even go through at the time, when a kid's most pressing problems could be dealt with by drawing the shades for six to eight hours.

This is so perfectly true.

(The quote is true about me, I mean, not just the reviewer.)

Well, my next "Best Of" album by them will be "The Singles" part 3, whenever that one is released. Only 9 more singles so far since the last volume, so it'll still be some time, I expect. :)

So I like their April Fools joke this year:

When the band were recording their "Black Celebration" album, the boys took a break, and recorded a full album of "oldies". Named "Toast Hawaii" (after Fletch's favorite food item at the recording studio cafeteria, and later used as the name of Fletch's record label), the album has not been heard outside of the "inner circle" of Depeche Mode's friends since the 1986 recording...until now.

All copies of the album were thought lost, until Mr Gore found a cassette copy of "Toast Hawaii" in a box of old cassettes. After extensive remastering, the project is ready to be released.

Following recent web releases by bands such as Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails, the "Toast Hawaii" album will be a web release. Starting April 8th, fans will be able to purchase multiple formats of the album:

$10: The full album in your preferred digital format (AAC, MP3, FLAC, WAV)
$20: The full album in digital format, along with a copy of the album on compact disc, autographed by Fletch.
$40: The full album in digital format, along with a copy of the album on compact disc, not autographed by Fletch.

it's better than most UK newspapers managed this year, certainly.

Today is the 20th anniversary of the "Concert for the Masses" at the Rose Bowl in Pasedena. I'm going to listen to "101" in order to commemorate the event.

A review of the new documentary film on Depeche Mode fandom. Sounds fantastic! Official site of the film here:

http://theposterscamefromthewalls.com/

What in the world.

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