The Singles 81-85

Depeche Mode - The Singles 81-85

The Singles 81-85
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Artist: Depeche Mode
Brand: DEPECHE MODE
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2011-11-23
Music Label: Reprise
Soundtracks:
  1. Dreaming of Me
  2. New Life
  3. Just Can't Get Enough
  4. See You
  5. The Meaning of Love
  6. Leave in Silence
  7. Get the Balance Right!
  8. Everything Counts
  9. Love in Itself
  10. People Are People
  11. Master and Servant
  12. Rumours
  13. Somebody
  14. Shake the Disease
  15. It's Called a Heart
  16. Photographic [Some Bizarre Version]
  17. Just Can't Get Enough [Schizo Mix]

Free Music Notes for The Singles 81-85

Free Music Review: Another great bang for the buck album
Hit: 5 Stars

Most of the songs on this album come from "Some Great Reward.". The songs on Singles 86-98 come from the albums "Black Celebration," "Music for the Masses," "101," "Violator," "Songs of Faith and Devotion," and "Ultra." Between the DM1 (85-85) album and DM2 (86-98) album you get great bang for the buck although I must be disappointed that "People are People" is nowhere to be found.

Depeche Mode, by many, is considered a "synthesized 80's/early 90s band." However, I would point out that they use guitars and other real equipment in their concerts and some of their tracks. They are more than just a "synth band" in that their beats are hypnotic and their vocals are excellent.

Many people purchase their CDs nowadays to reminisce about "the good old days." If you are someone in your 20s or early 30s many a good time probably occurred to one DM song or another. As a Depeche Mode Fan I will recognize that Violator was the album that busted these guys wide open to selling millions upon millions of albums and that is representative in the DM2 CD (86-98), as it is primarily chocked full of Violator tracks. To me, that was also their best work and was driven, in my opinion, by the progressive nature of electronics. During the 80s/early 90's keyboards and beat machines improved DRAMATICALLY and "synthesized bands" such as DM kept improving their music.

I purchased this CD and the Depeche Mode 2 CD as I didn't have a lot of their stuff on CD format. Folks, if you like great vocals and great beats buy DM2 and DM1. Both of these albums are LOADED with great songs and represent great "bang for the buck" albums, something rare in the music industry. Other good albums with keyboard/dance beats/vocals would be Moby's Play album, the Smiths Singles album and, if you want to be more modern BT's Movement in Still Life and Chicane's Behind The Sun Album is worth listening to and then purchasing.

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The Singles 81-85 by Depeche Mode

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The question we have to ask is "Why?" Depeche Mode released The Singles, 86-98 because there was no comprehensive singles collection representing 1986 through 1998. But why release a singles compilation covering 1981 through 1985 when Catching Up with Depeche Mode already covers this turf? For one thing, the singles "Leave in Silence," "Everything Counts," and "People Are People," which were absent from Catching Up, are included here. All the songs are digitally remastered, but how much does digital enhancement really do to improve the sound of early-'80s synth-pop, which is so dated? Not much. However, it's natural to release a comprehensive singles collection that nicely coincides with 86-98. Both compilations are great for first-timers. And the two remixes on 81-85 ("Photographic [Some Bizarre Version]" and "Just Can't Get Enough [Schizo Mix]") will snag collectors. But maybe the answer has nothing to do with marketable packaging. DM have always fancied themselves as notorious. The liner notes for 81-85 include one negative review and one positive for each song. Perhaps as an attempt to fend off the specter of "where are they now?" Depeche Mode feel the need to remind us how controversial they are by reminding us how controversial they were. --Beth Bessmer

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