Description
the depeche mode feature delta machine, its 13th original album. was recorded between Santa barbara in the california (where Martin Gore resides) and new iorque (where dave gahan lives), produced by ben hillier and mixed by flood. the single heaven is your business card of this new work.
martin gore revealed that he wanted to make this a challenging and modern record and wishes whoever will hear it to feel a certain peace. on his side, the vocalist dave gahan also revealed that when working on this album changed his way of what was the way to create a record. "When we came across a wall, we realized that the album was sounding something very normal, so we moved everything to give it that organic sound to the decay mode," he describes. martin gore, in another statement issued by the publishing company a few weeks ago, had already claimed to be very happy with the final result of the album, describing that "the song has a vibe similar to the violator discs and songs of faith and devotion." the album is the successor of sounds of the universe, edited in April 2009.
Artist
English electronic music band formed March 1980 in Basildon, Essex, and named after a popular French fashion magazine. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan (lead vocals, occasional songwriter since 2005), Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, vocals, chief songwriter after 1981), Andy Fletcher (keyboards), and Vince Clarke (keyboards, chief songwriter from 1980 until 1981). Depeche Mode released their debut record in 1981, "Speak & Spell," bringing the band onto the British new wave scene. Clarke left the band after the release of the album, leaving the band as a trio to record "A Broken Frame," released the following year. Gore took over lead songwriting duties and, later in 1982, Alan Wilder (keyboards, drums, occasional songwriter) officially joined the band to fill Clarke's spot, establishing a line up that would continue for the next thirteen years.
The band's last albums of the 1980s, "Black Celebration," and "Music for the Masses," established them as a dominant force on the mainstream electronic music scene. A highlight of this era was the band's concert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl, where they drew a crowd in excess of 60,000 people. In the new decade, Depeche Mode released "Violator," a mainstream success. The subsequent album, "Songs of Faith and Devotion," and the supporting "Devotional Tour," exacerbated tensions within the band to the point where Alan Wilder quit in 1995, leading to intense media and fan speculation that the band would split. Now a trio once again, the band released "Ultra," in 1997, recorded at the height of Gahan's near-fatal drug abuse, Gore's alcoholism and seizures and Fletcher's depression. The release of "Exciter," confirmed Depeche Mode's willingness to remain together, the subsequent, and very successful, "Exciter Tour," being their first tour in support of an original album in eight years since the "Devotional Tour," although the band had toured in 1998 to support "The Singles 86–98," compilation album.
Depeche Mode have had fifty songs in the UK Singles Chart and thirteen top 10 albums in the UK charts, two of which debuted at No. 1. Depeche Mode have to this day sold over 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the most commercially successful electronic bands and one of the world's best-selling music artists. Q magazine calls Depeche Mode "the most popular electronic band the world has ever known," and included the band in the list of the "50 Bands That Changed the World!" Depeche Mode also rank number 98 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists Of All Time."
Current lineup:
Martin L. Gore: keyboards, guitar, vocals
Dave Gahan: lead vocals
Andrew Fletcher: keyboards
Former members:
Vince Clarke (1980-81): keyboards, backing vocals
Alan Wilder (1982-95): keyboards, drums, backing vocals
Tracks
1
Welcome To My World
04:57
2
Angel
03:58
3
Heaven
04:06
4
Secret To The End
05:12
5
My Little Universe
04:24
6
Slow
03:46
7
Broken
03:58
8
The Child Inside
04:16
9
Soft Touch/Raw Nerve
03:27
10
Should Be Higher
05:05
11
Alone
04:30
12
Soothe My Soul
05:22
13
Goodbye
05:03
Releases
Formats
CD, Vinyl, File, Memory Stick, CDr
Labels
Sony Music , Sony Music, Not On Label, Vigma, Warner Music Russia, Columbia, Sony Records Int'l, Columbia , Star Line , Art Optimum, Fresh Studio, Digital Records , T-Mobile, I Like Music
Countries
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Belarus, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Republic of, Malaysia, Mexico, Russian Federation, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Members
Alan Wilder,Martin L. Gore,Dave Gahan,Andrew Fletcher,
Vincent John Martin