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All rights reserved.| Track Listing 1. New Life 2. I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead 3. Puppets 4. Boys Say Go 5. No Disco 6. What's Your Name 7. Photographic 8. Tora Tora Tora 9. Big Muff 10. Any Second Now 11. Just Can't Get Enough 12. Dreaming Of Me 1. New Life (5.1 surround sound/DVD) 2. I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead (5.1 surround sound/DVD) 3. Puppets (5.1 surround sound/DVD) 4. Boys Say Go (5.1 surround sound/DVD) 5. No Disco (5.1 surround sound/DVD) 6. What's Your Name (5.1 surround sound/DVD) 7. Photographic (5.1 surround sound/DVD) 8. Tora Tora Tora (5.1 surround sound/DVD) 9. Big Muff (5.1 surround sound/DVD) 10. Any Second Now (5.1 surround sound/DVD) 11. Just Can't Get Enough (5.1 surround sound/DVD) 12. Dreaming Of Me (5.1 surround sound/DVD) 13. Ice Machine (bonus track/DVD) 14. Shout (bonus track/DVD) 15. Any Second Now (remix - bonus track/DVD) 16. Just Can't Get Enough (remix - bonus track/DVD) 17. Do We Really Have To Give Up Our Day Jobs (short film/DVD)
Album Notes This is Depeche Mode's first album.Depeche Mode: Andy Fletcher, Martin Gore (vocals, guitar, keyboards); David Gahan (vocals); Vince Clarke (keyboards).Recorded at Blackwing Studios, London, England.This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.Influenced by Kraftwerk, Eno and the punk DIY ethic as it extended to synthesizers, these boys from Basildon were one of the first and most influential synth-pop bands. Along with OMD, Human League and others, Depeche Mode combined the early-'80s New Romantic aesthetic of post-Roxy Music electronics and faddish androgyny with pure pop songcraft straight out of the '60s pop-rock tradition. Theirs was a fresh sound, bubbling over with youth and enthusiasm. With the use of sequencers as well as real-time playing they constructed frothy, infectious pop/dance tunes on their effervescent debut. Vince Clarke was the musical mastermind, and his arrangements layered several melody lines over one another, eschewing full chords almost completely. Tunes like "New Life" and "Just Can't Get Enough" struck a chord with those enamored of the "New Wave" sound but ready to hear something besides electric guitars (DM initially used synths exclusively). A vastly important and influential album, SPEAK & SPELL is virtually ground zero for British synth-pop. Editorial Reviews Rolling Stone | |||||||||||||
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