"Pet Sounds of the Universe?"

Better be good. Can't remember the last Mode cd I bought, but it was shiat. Exciter?
Song of Faith and Devotion however was the dogs bollocks.

RabidDog: Better be good. Can't remember the last Mode cd I bought, but it was shiat. Exciter?
Song of Faith and Devotion however was the dogs bollocks.

The most recent one (the one after Exciter) is really good - much groovier and more electronic than their '90s stuff. Hopefully the new one will be in the same vein.

Yeah, I loved their last album, Playing the Angel. I would definitely recommend it. I'm looking forward to the newest one.

you know who else was released on april 20th?

/420

Nothing they release now will ever come close to "Violator"

Track listing:

1. World In My Eyes
2. Sweetest Perfection
3. Personal Jesus
4. Halo
5. Waiting For The Night
6. Enjoy The Silence
7. Policy Of Truth
8. Blue Dress
9. Clean

This is just a Blasphemous Rumour.

Dead for Tax Reasons: you know who else was released on april 20th?

KMFDM.

Walker
Nothing they release now will ever come close to "Violator"

Agreed.
Halo is one of my favorite songs.

I was going to see them in Chicago during Touring the Angel, but they canceled.
/prays to Personal Jesus for Omaha or Chicago tour

queers

(Graps jewel encrusted crown, royal cape, gold scepter and lawn chair. Begins walking.)

Ahhh but how many songs did Dave write?

And how many will feature Martin oversinging about senses and breathing and sinning? Poor guy's gotta bring it down a notch.

Last album could have REALLY done without Macro, Marty.

Well, I'm looking extremely forward to it. Now, I hope they tour somewhere close to where I live. Oh, and I joined the street team, which asked for my home address and I'm hoping they'll send me neat stuff in the mail.

Exciter was pretty good, actually. I hated it when I first listened to it, but after you listed to it a few more times, it starts sounding good.

"Suffer Well" was the first song that Dave wrote for DM, everything else was done by Martin and he does a good job.

Sound doesn't travel well in space, though.

Awesome. Playing the Angel really brought them back from obscurity. Looking forward to it.

AufDerFlucht76:

"Suffer Well" was the first song that Dave wrote for DM, everything else was done by Martin and he does a good job.

Oddly enough, "Suffer Well" is my favorite song from that album. Although IIRC he only wrote the lyrics; the music was written by a member of his solo touring band.

AufDerFlucht76:

"Suffer Well" was the first song that Dave wrote for DM, everything else was done by Martin and he does a good job.

Dave penned two other songs on Angel: Sometimes and Nothing's Impossible.

He's supposed to have at least another three on the new one (or at least that seems to be the arrangement that keeps Dave in the group....).

Transpogue: Last album could have REALLY done without Macro, Marty.

No arguments here. That and "I Want it All" - thankfully they're right next to each other so I can skip them at the same time.

Here's hoping that we can get a better mastering job on the next album, as well. PTA's mastering was an abomination.

Jeez, am I the only one who didn't like Playing the Angel? Exciter was good if you were looking for something soft and downtempo, but I personally feel that the last TRUE Depeche Mode album was Ultra.

Transpogue: AufDerFlucht76:

"Suffer Well" was the first song that Dave wrote for DM, everything else was done by Martin and he does a good job.

Dave penned two other songs on Angel: Sometimes and Nothing's Impossible.


Note: "I Want it All" and "Nothing's Impossible". "Sometimes" is by Martin and is on Black Celebration. It's unfairly maligned by fans in my opinion.

I stopped listening to Depeche Mode after Violator, and what little I heard from them didn't make me miss my younger days. However, I came across Playing the Angel and it was awesome. Probably my favorite album of theirs, and that's saying something.

swahnhennessy
I stopped listening to Depeche Mode after Violator, and what little I heard from them didn't make me miss my younger days. However, I came across Playing the Angel and it was awesome. Probably my favorite album of theirs, and that's saying something.

Gahan's solo work is worth a listen. Not reinventing the wheel, but well worth downloading purchasing.

interface2x: Transpogue: AufDerFlucht76:

"Suffer Well" was the first song that Dave wrote for DM, everything else was done by Martin and he does a good job.

Dave penned two other songs on Angel: Sometimes and Nothing's Impossible.


Note: "I Want it All" and "Nothing's Impossible". "Sometimes" is by Martin and is on Black Celebration. It's unfairly maligned by fans in my opinion.

Crap! I forgot the title of that song...he repeats the word "sometimes" a lot, and I got it confused for the real title, "I want it all."

BTW, the real song "Sometimes" on BC is perfectly craptastic.

yeah, that's 'cause he's your personal jesus. Can't you see?

MUSIC FOR THE MASSES FTW

interface2x: Transpogue: Last album could have REALLY done without Macro, Marty.

No arguments here. That and "I Want it All" - thankfully they're right next to each other so I can skip them at the same time.

Here's hoping that we can get a better mastering job on the next album, as well. PTA's mastering was an abomination.

Yep... PTA had some of the worst mastering I have ever heard, and I was a mastering engineer in the 90s...

Wonder who is mixing it? I didn't think much of the mixing on PTA either - especially the vocals (Lillian). Actually, I haven't really felt that the sound and production has been up to spec since Ultra, but like a battered wife, I keep buying every release, hoping that somehow the album will be as good as SOFAD or Violator, or even Ultra. So far, IMHO, I haven't had much luck :-)

/check out the surround remasters of the older albums though - the PCM stereo encoded versions on the DVD are quite good in comparison to the normal releases.
//I really hope Steve Fitzmaurice doesn't mix the new one
///REALLY

I've heard that the SACD and Vinyl versions of PTA had good mastering, but I've had trouble finding a rip as I don't have the hardware to play either.

I will answer my own question on who is mixing the new one - apparently a chap named Tony Hoffer, who mixed Gahan's Hourglass and Goldfrapp's Seventh Tree. Should be an improvement :-)

Walker: Nothing they release now will ever come close to "Violator"

Track listing:

1. World In My Eyes
2. Sweetest Perfection
3. Personal Jesus
4. Halo
5. Waiting For The Night
6. Enjoy The Silence
7. Policy Of Truth
8. Blue Dress
9. Clean

Few bands of any genre will come close to topping this album. One of the best records of the 90's for sure.

/Converge's cover of "Clean" is really, ridiculously good.

Walker: Nothing they release now will ever come close to "Violator"

First CD I ever bought, though "Disintegration" was a close second.

I hope they do a decent sized tour. I haven't seen them since they were touring SOFAD.

I want somebody to share
Share the rest of my life
With my former best friends
And my old college roommates.

/I think that's how it went

Let...it...die...already.

1988 called. They want their band back.

Mulchpuppy: First CD I ever bought, though "Disintegration" was a close second.

Personally, I'd put Disintegration first.

overrated band
then and now

dispassionate artifice



http://myspace.com/daveyunderground

Also, I hate pitchfork.

digitalgunfire: MUSIC FOR THE MASSES FTW

THIS

/a million and one times.

great band.

Theonceovertwice: Let...it...die...already.

1988 called. They want their band back.

Considering they released their best work in the 1990s, I think you've failed.