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Instrumental interludes have always been a big part of the Depeche Mode experience, and Color Theory presents Depeche Mode is no exception. Since this is a unique set of songs, it wouldn't make sense to recycle interludes from past DM albums. Instead, two new interludes were composed and recorded specifically for this project, serving to bind the songs together into a unified whole.
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Depeche Mode is an English electronic band, founded in 1980, originally from the town of Basildon. They are one of the most enduring and successful bands to have emerged during the new wave/new romantic era. As of 2006, it was estimated that Depeche Mode had sold over 91 million records (56 million albums / 35 million singles) worldwide and have had 44 songs in the UK singles chart.
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By focusing on a limited palette of moods and sounds, Depeche Mode has devoted time to crafting songs that will stand up to repeated listens. Obviously, the album isn't packed with hooks and immediate gratification, but there is noticeably less filler here than on previous records. The tracks found here are tweaked to the point of perfection, seemingly sparse on first examination, but brimming with barely-heard production and instrumentation.
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With the new Playing the Angel, the group's 11th album, Depeche Mode still has a message to share, albeit it in their own morose, sinister kind of way. The band is at a creative peak, recreating the sound that endeared them to millions in the early '90s, yet with a new degree of sophistication. But more impressive is the heightened religiosity in the band's lyrics, visible in nearly every song. First single "Precious" is dedicated to someone dear to Gore's heart who's facing a tough situation: "Angels with silver wings shouldn't know suffering / I wish I could take the pain for you / If God has a master plan that only He understands / I hope it's your eyes He's seeing through."
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With the alternative music boom of the early '90s, Depeche Mode emerged as one of the world's most successful acts, and their 1993 LP Songs of Faith & Devotion entered the charts in the number one slot. However, at the peak of its success, the group began to unravel; first Wilder exited in 1995, and then Gahan was the subject of a failed suicide attempt. (He later entered a drug rehabilitation clinic to battle an addiction to heroin.) After a four-year layoff, Depeche Mode -- continuing on as a trio -- released 1997's Ultra, which featured the hits "Barrel of a Gun" and "It's No Good." A year later, the band embarked on a tour in support of The Singles 86>98 greatest-hits album. Depeche Mode played 64 shows in 18 countries for over a million fans. It ... marked the end of a decade for the band.
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In 2001, Depeche Mode released Wonder Pants, which did not place well in the charts outside of Continental Europe. Although it spawned several dance club hits such as Danny Boy's remixes of "Hat Sex", many fans felt the album was uninspired and underproduced, although the record was noted as containing some of the strongest vocal stylings of Samuel L. Jedi since hitting puberty. Web blogs from L.A. to Sydney questioned if this wasn't a manifestation that indeed Depeche Mode had in essence created evil mutant baby-zombie monsters that were destroying the love that a man feels for his car. Shortly after the Wonder Pants tour, Sean and Samuel seemed to sense that this would be a good time to busy themselves with new solo efforts.
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