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One of the bands that not only dominated the charts for most of the 80s, but they also typified the type of music that will be looked back on as 'the sound of the 80s'. Their sometimes Germanic electronic pop became softer on this album. They ... Full Descriptionwere becoming more of a band, and they were 'rockin', just a little. Keyboards still dominated but the melody seemed less regimented. Vocalist Dave Gahan excelled, as his voice grew in power. In a year or two they would become stadium rock stars, and change forever. The reissued CD had a number of excellent bonus tracks including some interesting remixed material.
Recorded at Studio Guilliame Tell, Paris, France and Konk, London, England.
Depeche Mode: David Gahan (vocals); Martin Gore (vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer); Alan Wilder (keyboards, synthesizer, programming); Andrew Fletcher (keyboards, synthesizer).
Rolling Stone (p.74) - "4 stars out of 5 -- "Gore's pensive but sensual songwriting reaches a new plateau..."
Q (6/95, p.135) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...has its dark, gloomy secrets and layered soundtrack grooves to support some of the groups' most self-conscious and self-questioning storylines....Most of the songs....are real diamonds in the darkness....this was the point at which Depeche Mode were first taken seriously."
Alternative Press (p.200) - "MASSES is articulate, intricate electronic music that lacked the tinny feel of DM's early synth pop..." Hide Description Music For The Masses Music | List Price | $12.97 (You save $4.48) | | Category | Rock Albums, Pop CDs, Alternative, Rock/Pop, Synth Pop | | Label | Reprise | | Orig Year | 1987 | | All Time Sales Rank |  3567  | | CD Universe Part number | 1100168 | | Catalog number | 25614 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 25, 1990 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Depeche Mode; David Bascombe | | Engineer | David Bascombe | | Recording Time | 62 minutes | | Personnel | Martin Gore - vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer
Alan Wilder - keyboards, synthesizer, programming
Andrew Fletcher - keyboards, synthesizer
David Gahan - vocals
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Depeche Mode Music For The Masses Songs Music For The Masses Music Music For The Masses Music Review Average Rating: (4.8 out of 5 stars)  Best Depeche Mode Album Ever!
I've Been a fan of Depeche Mode for about twelve years but recently I've developed a new obsession. I never owned this album so I purchased it and I can't believe I've spent the last twelve years not knowing the brilliance of this abum. It encompasses who Depeche Mode are perfectly. I am in love with this album.
Submitted by jjorgensen6 (Lincoln,NE,USA) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Classic Depeche Mode
I only found out about this album recently, and, having only been exposed to their 'Violator' album growing up, I didn't know that it could get any better than that. But this album is definitely on equal par. Awesome melodic tracks. Classic 80's sound! A MUST for all Depeche Mode fans!
Submitted by lmagnusson (Novato, CA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No An Excellent work
This album is what i believe to be one of the best albums, containing a song called "The thingg you said". while this song has had an odd effect on me, i believe it is better than "enjoy the silence" which until i heard this song was my favorite depeche mode track.
Submitted by Blackwind9789 (Boulder, CO)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No A Masterpiece!
Ok, Ok. So the goths might say that Black Celebration is like soooo essential,dark and depressing..blah,
blah,blah. The fact is that Music for the Masses is by far much superior than anything they had released before.
Not only is this a more consistent album , but it is also their first to hit the Billboard top 40 and the first to reach platinum status.
Submitted by pulsedemon80 (Hartford, Conn.)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  Second besides Violator
This album was distance away from what made Violator a success. But give it a try if you're interested into deep electronics for full effect. Highlights are as follows - Never Let Me Down Again; the Things u said; Strangelove; Sacred; Little 15; Behind the Wheel; To have + to hold; Nothing; Pleasure, Little Treasure. Very catchy, very moody. Moving :)
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Buy Music For The Masses CD Purchase Music For The Masses CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Depeche Mode Ultra CD (1997)
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With Alan Wilder now gone, ULTRA is Depeche Mode's first album as a trio. But in many ways it marks a return to form for the band. Producer Tim Simenon gives ULTRA a rich, lush sound that rejects the straight-ahead rock and analog experimentation of VIOLATOR and SONGS OF FAITH AND DEVOTION. Instead, ULTRA moves deftly between the sparseness of Depeche Mode's legendary early work and the complex, hard-edged sounds the band came to experiment with. The wide dynamic range allows for seamless interplay between thick, atmospheric keyboards; snaking intertwining programming lines; and ...
| | Depeche Mode People Are People CD (1984)
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Depeche Mode's fourth American album is more a patchwork compilation of singles documenting a rather confusing period in the band's career. After the twinkly synthpop of their 1981 debut SPEAK AND SPELL, founding songwriter Vince Clarke left the band ...
| | Depeche Mode Some Great Reward CD (1984)
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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.
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| | Depeche Mode Black Celebration CD (1986)
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BLACK CELEBRATION, Depeche Mode's fifth album not counting compilations, reflects a band coming into its own, exploring new sounds yet staying true to the electronic New Wave that catapulted the foursome to icon status. The production and arrangements move further into the atmospheric, somewhat industrial realm first tentatively explored on the preceding SOME GREAT REWARD, with more impressive results. "Fly On the Windscreen," a song previewed in a much different arrangement on the singles compilation CATCHING UP WITH DEPECHE MODE, sounds more convincing ...
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