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All rights reserved.Depeche Mode - Speak And Spell (CD 1981)
| 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 (Voices) 11. Just Can't Get Enough 12. Dreaming Of Me 13. Ice Machine 14. Shout 15. Any Second Now (alternate version) 16. Just Can't Get Enough (alternate version)
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.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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