Tag Archives: Depeche Mode

Simple Minds Sidebar 1: Ranking The Cover Art [part 13]

ALBUM 21: Big Music | 2014 | designer: Peacock When Simple Minds dropped the first preview images of their latest album, “Big Music,” many could not help but think of Depeche Mode’s iconic cover to their album “Music For The Masses.” … Continue reading

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REDUX: Record Review: Depeche Mode – Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead

August 23, 2012 Various Artists: Flexipop #11 UK Flexidisc [1981] Depeche Mode: Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead [ver. 2] Fad Gadget: King Of The Flies [remix] I remember hearing about Depeche Mode by the Fall of 1981. Synthesizer music … Continue reading

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Steel Cage Match: Johnny Cash VS Depeche Mode

Right now I am reading “Johnny Cash: The Life,” by Robert Hilburn and I am almost done with it, so it’s covering the albums he recorded with Rick Rubin. I only have “American Recordings,” so when I read that he … Continue reading

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Finest Remixes [part 4]

The weekend came and went without the time to have so much as a glance in the Record Cell for inspiration, so here are a few titles worthy of adulation from my backlog, with a vital suggestion from Echorich. Once … Continue reading

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30 Days: 30 Albums | Erasure – Cowboy

The other day, I revisited a member of Depeche Mode, who used to be a core collection band in my Record Cell, 20 years ago. I was not too moved by what I had heard. How would I fare with … Continue reading

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30 Days: 30 Albums | Dave Gahan – Hourglass

After 1991, I went off of Depeche Mode. Unlike many former bands of my collection, my disengagement with them had nothing to do with machine-like house mixes of vapid redundancy. I bought every disc I saw that had something unique … Continue reading

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CD A Week Project: #16

Various: REVO Premaster 16 CD-R [2012] The Imposter: Pills + Soap The Imposter: Pills + Soap [Ext.] Age Of Chance: Kiss Age Of Chance: Crash Conscious Age Of Chance: Kiss [Collision Cut] Captain Sensible: Wot [Ext.] Captain Sensible: Happy Talk The … Continue reading

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