Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel (W/Dvd)
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Free Music Review: DM is Dressed in Black Again!!!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
Depeche Mode couldn't have picked a better time for a comeback, on the eve of their 25 year anniversary and with many of their peers from the 80's making impressive comebacks (i.e. New Order). Exciter was too digital and Ultra was released during a dark period in DM's history. On "Playing the Angel", DM gives the analog snythesizers a 2005 kick. Tracks like "A Pain That Im Used To" and "The Sinner in Me" are sonic soundscapes full of experimentism. "John The Relevator" has an extremely mean and catchy riff to it, it could be a huge song if released as a single. "Precious" is a beautiful song about a failed marriage and the effects on the children. Their is one big thing that seperates this album from prior DM releases, David Gahan has three writing credits! The songs that Gahan contributed are very strong, "Suffer Well" is remiscent of "Behind the Wheel" with thumping drums. "I Want It all" has a great disconnected, nocturnal sound. "Damaged People" is also very good, with its mumured vocals and driving synths and some chilling effects. "Lilian" is a pure dance song with bittersweet emotion. Their is no filler on "PTA", all the tracks have their place. A classic DM release. The deluxe edition is the purchase to make for DM fans, the 5.1 is great and the extras are very cool.Free Music Review: Getting the Balance Right...
Hit: 5 Stars
Once again, depeche mode have managed to create a new, fresh sound on the glorious Playing the Angel. But don't get me wrong, this is classic Mode. Many reviewers say this is the best album since Violator. I don't know why everyone is still looking for a follow-up album to Violator. Basically, they just want another Violator. Depeche Mode is too much of a pioneering band to settle for doing what they've already done. Playing the Angel is still way too new to me to know where it will fit in my DM catalogue. But where Songs of Faith and Devotion took 3 months to "get" and Ultra took even longer, Playing the Angel has warmed up to me quite quickly. It has the flow of a Black Celebration/Music for the Masses, the sound is a mix of the industrial sound of early depeche (post-Clarke) and the maturity of an Ultra/Exciter. The result means I just cannot stop playing this thing. And I'm not worried that I will tire of it because it is very "dense" and layered a la Songs of Faith and Devotion. My favorite 3 DM albums are 1. Black Celebration - the definitive dm album 2. Violator - the masterpiece 3. Songs of Faith and Devotion - the second masterpiece. Thanks Martin, Dave, and Alan for making this brilliant album.Free Music Review: Y'all are crazy....
Hit: 5 Stars
anyone who is a Depeche Mode fan should love this CD. I skip a third of "Exciter" and a quarter of "Ultra" and only one song off "Playing the Angel" (the instrumental "Introspectre"). This is the best Depeche Mode CD to come down the pike since the 90's. Some reviewers complain this is a rehash of old sounds. Isn't that what made DM popular in the 80's and 90's? If they totally changed direction, people would complain it was too different. I like the "old sounds." I was able to listen to the whole CD through an AOL listening party. I loved it immediately and couldn't believe some of the reviews I read here. If you are a fan, go buy this CD. I drove 30 minutes out of my way last Sunday the 23rd of October to go get this because my local Best Buy didn't have it. Target had the single CD, but I wanted the DVD as well with the "Precious" video and other features. It was well worth the trip and I'm not tired of it yet after six days of constant listening. If this is the last CD the boys put out, I would die happy.Free Music Review: Amazing return to form
Hit: 5 Stars
I bought this album this morning, but have been listening to it through various means for the last two weeks. After the letdown that was "Exciter" this album is a stunning return to form for Depeche Mode. Tracks like "Precious" (the first single), "John the Revelator," "Lillian," "Nothing's Impossible," and "A Pain That I'm Used To" rank up with some of the best of their oeuvre.
The group sounds really into their work, and dedicated to putting out an album that shows what they can do. And it's apparent in each track; the only real misstep is "Macrovision." Personally I wish they had put the B-side "Free" on in its place, but that's a minor detail; "Macrovision" is by no means unlistenable.
All in all, this is an album I would readily recommend to anyone interested in Depeche Mode. Well worth the money!
Free Music Review: Easily the BEST they've done in years.
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm a long-time DM fan from the early days and have followed their entire career, seen them multiple times in concert, etc. However, I've been a bit disappointed with their past two or three releases over the past five years or so, but this album easily makes up for it. It should please picky old-school fans such as myself as well as bring new ones to the group and genre. Simply put, it's beautiful, moving, and will haunt you even when you're not actively listening to it. This release sounds like they're back in the saddle, so to speak. It's been in my constant listening rotation since I purchased it a few days ago. A winner; great work guys!