Album Rating: 2.5
Good call Kaleid ^_^
My personal bonus favorite is "All That's Mine", actually I think it should have been on the album. It
might even become one of my favorites off DeMa. The synth melody is gorgeous and kind of 80ish... and
dare I say "Wilder-like" too? Just kidding ;)
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Album Rating: 3.5
Yeah, I agree about the melody, but it's still totally a Dave track ("Like a ship on the ocean/Heading out to sea") - uhh, what? If you're on the ocean... :/
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Album Rating: 2.5
Ohh I hadn't notice that :P
(Being French, I must concentrate a bit to get a sense of english lyrics)
Hmmm indeed it is a curious verse!
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Album Rating: 3.5
none of the bonus tracks really interested me as much as the album's tracks, for me they did a good job with the cut i guess
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I am 40 and have been a DM fan for 30 years. There are often albums where I only truly love 2 or 3 songs. I am of course a huge fan of Violator and Music for the Masses...having grown up with them. As an adult, I believe their best is Playing the Angel. It had the perfect mix of grind..and pop and slow etc. What confuses me about some fans is...what the aversion is to a song that's "upbeat" and has a fast tempo. It doesn't make it pop and doesn't mean you have to hate it. John the revelator, Suffer Well, Personal Jesus....I like the new album but I feel like in an aversion to being "pop" there are not enough uptempo songs in the mix. Soothe my Soul...I love it but must admit its very close to Personal Jesus. There are a lot of songs I do like...i just wish the balance was there as it was in Playing the Angel...or Violator for that matter. No one wants to go to a DM concert and not have a few songs to dance to 😊 I love you DM! Keep on!
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Album Rating: 5.0
This is ridiculously good, and it's so nice to have these guys back.
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I might end up getting this in the near future. It's pretty interesting.
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and it's so nice to have these guys back.
Bah, they never left ;)
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Album Rating: 5.0
'09 seems like forever ago though! Picked up the deluxe album today, this warrants a physical copy.
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Album Rating: 3.5
Bah, they never left ;)
True dat. They're on a cycle of an album every four years - it's been that way since 1993.
There were a couple of songs I thought would be growers; in particular, Alone. After a few listens you really start to think - what a great song! Listening to it now, its longevity really stands out as a great Martin track - Dave has certainly delivered this time (Should Be Higher is brilliant) but Martin's still the dominant force.
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The Bass on this is intense...makes my house shake :/
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Album Rating: 5.0
So far the only song I dislike is Broken, I just can't get into it, it sounds like a PTA or Sounds outtake to me  ... but the bonus tracks more then make up for it imo, especially Always and All That's Mine, after a few listens the first bonus track isn't as strong as I initially thought. Happen's all the time should have been on the album tho, I agree with you Kaleid. This is a good sign, album is still in my car. Thus far, this and The Next Day are looking like my candidates for album of the year
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Is the deluxe copy worth the extra cash compared to the standard?
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Another improvement on this album over the last two is the mixing. Seems like the last two were kinda loud, you know? There isn't as much obvious clipping on this one.
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Yeah, I've listened to about half of this album. It's really brooding and reflective.
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Album Rating: 3.5
Another improvement on this album over the last two is the mixing. Seems like the last two were kinda loud, you know? There isn't as much obvious clipping on this one
Mixed by Mark Ellis (Flood). The same Flood that co-produced & mixed Violator and SOFAD.
Interesting fact: Flood achieved his nickname when he was a simple studio assistant. He was a tad over-eager in delivering cups of tea to the musicians. His contemporary, the accurately-named "Drought" didn't seem to appreciate the importance of a nice cuppa to the creative process and hasn't been heard from since 
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Oh, so Flood did work on this? No wonder I like this so much.
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Haha, nice.
I guess it also helps that a lot of the synths on this album are cleaner and less distorted than the ones used on Sounds and Playing.
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Album Rating: 2.5
"I guess it also helps that a lot of the synths on this album are cleaner and less distorted than the
ones used on Sounds and Playing."
I agree very much. I also think the "clean" sound of synths in Depeche's history has always well
contributed to the atmospheres of Black Celebration, the stadium-sound of Music for the Masses and the
"pureness" of Violator.
That being said... I think "John the Revelator" is still my favorite post-Alan song. What a tune ;D
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I also think the "clean" sound of synths in Depeche's history has always well contributed to the atmospheres of Black Celebration, the stadium-sound of Music for the Masses and the "pureness" of Violator.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
As for John The Revelator, I was never too big on that track. Nothing's Impossible or I Want It All are more of my thing. At least on that one album.
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