They have now “dark albums”, if we can call it. These last albums are the reflex of Dave’s problems. We can’t compare the things that Dave went through in the 80’s to the things of the 90’s. All the albums are different, all of them have different things. They’ve been changing their musical style since the 1st album. I guess you don’t get a thing about Depeche Mode’s style. (Are iPods still a thing?) We even dumped them into a Spotify playlist for ya.
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Plus they gave us “Policy of Truth.” ‘Nuff said?Īnyway, here are 10 Depeche songs that aren’t on nearly enough iPods. And the Music for the Masses-Violator-Songs of Faith and Devotion trifecta is still one of the best album runs in pop music history. They’re still touring and they still put on astonishingly good shows. But shit, they’ve been around for almost 35 years. And we still have no idea what Andy Fletcher does, right? Things really started to go downhill once Alan Wilder left after Songs of Faith and Devotion. Gahan has only had writing credits on a handful of tracks since 2005, and one of them is “Suffer Well,” which is the best Depeche Mode song since 1997’s “Barrel of a Gun”.
Some say this slow and steady decline is a result of Martin Gore allowing Dave Gahan to bully his way into the songwriting (to what extent Gahan actually “writes” songs is unclear). 2009’s Sounds of the Universe was similarly excruciating (except “In Chains”-that song was pretty dope). Last year’s Delta Machine was unlistenable. They haven’t released a great album in over 20 years. And Playing the Angel was good, not great. Let’s face it: Depeche Mode haven’t released a good album in nearly a decade.