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Depeche Mode's U.S. breakthrough album, 1984's SOME GREAT REWARD, expanded the U.K. synth band's American following from a small cult of Anglophiles to the same sort of teenage adulation that the Cure had started attracting around the same time. Featuring the Top 20 U.S. hit "People Are People," along with cult faves such as the intensely mopey "Blasphemous Rumours," the fashionably S&M-tinged "Master and Servant," and the disarmingly earnest love ballad "Somebody," this is the album on which Depeche Mode finally shed the stigma of founding songwriter Vince Clarke's departure.
SOME GREAT REWARD finds Martin Gore coming into his own as a songwriter, with Alan Wilder taking Gore's place in the George Harrison role, adding two fine tunes of his own. The addition of mechanical factory noise to several songs, as well as the more introspective tones and more intricate constructions, aligned the band more with darker industrial bands than with sunny technopop groups. Meanwhile, Gahan's vocals started hinting at a deeper, moodier tint, foreshadowing the gloomier, more complex, more angular path that was to follow.
Live Recording
Recorded at Music Works, London, England and Hansa Mischraum, Berlin, Germany.
Depeche Mode: David Gahan, Alan Wilder, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher.
Recording information: Hansa Meschraum, Berlin, Germany; Music Works, London, England.
Photographers: Stuart Graham; Brian Griffin .
Unknown Contributor Roles: David Gahan; Martin Gore; Alan Wilder; Andrew Fletcher.
Depeche Mode: Martin Gore (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); David Gahan (vocals); Andrew Fletcher, Alan Wilder (keyboards, synthesizer, background vocals).
Producers: Depeche Mode, George Jones, Daniel Miller.
Q (7/95, p.139) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...confirmed Martin Gore as a talent of real depth, creating music that could be both experimental and icily catchy, while combining this with ominous lyrics that hinted at much more than Robert Smith's callow pronouncements..." CMJ (1/5/04, p.16) - Ranked #3 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1985"
CLASSIC A masterpiece! Depeche Mode is one of my favorite bands ever and this is definitely one of their very best works. Contains the classics "People Are People" and my favorite DM song "Blasphemous Rumours." Some great songs that I wasn't expecting were "Something To Do", "Master and Servant", and "Lie To Me." Buy this if you are a cool person who wants to get on in the world. Submitted by a reviewer (Palmdale, CA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 1 of 2 found this helpful.
One the best... This album of Depeche Mode is one the best with great lyrics and rhythms! Great music. Submitted by nickeye_9 (Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 1 of 2 found this helpful.
This is beyond AWESOME!!! as a long time fan of 80s music,you know dm, tears for fears(when kurt smith was still in the band), u2, kraftwerk(the group who sung "the model), to name a few, i always like dm's songs....i had the album on cassette tape but i don't know what happened to it.
well----i still remember like it was yesterday each time i hear it....that's why i say that it's beyond awesome!!! Submitted by jay (El Segundo, Ca, US) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 1 of 2 found this helpful.
A tape full of great music As a long time Depeche Mode Fan, I must say that this is one of my favorites! On this tape my favorite song is Somebody. Each song on this tape moves me and makes me think about life. Overall, I would definately recommend this to any DM Fan!!! Submitted by videogabe (Queens, NY) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 1 of 2 found this helpful.
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