Artist...............: Depeche Mode
Album................: Delta Machine [Deluxe Ed.]
Genre................: Electro-pop
Source...............: Cd
Year.................: 2013
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy
Codec................: Flac
Information..........: TntVillage
Covers...............: Front
Total Size...........: 462 Mb
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The strange thing about Depeche Mode is that even when they possess the wisdom that comes from being put
through the wringer -- both as a band about to break up and lead singer David Gahan's struggles with
addiction -- they are still quite good at making self-destruction sound seductive. Everybody knows that was
the devil talking in "Personal Jesus," while "Strangelove," "Behind the Wheel," and so many other prime
Depeche tunes sink in a sea of sin or drown in damnation, and the band sound like they're in the throes of
ecstasy while doing it. Delta Machine, the band's 13th album, feeds off this negative energy and winds like
a snake the whole time, slithering through a well-written (ten songs from Martin Gore with three coming
from Gahan) and lusciously recorded set of serpentine siren songs (behind the boards there's Playing the
Angel and Sounds of the Universe producer Ben Hillier, plus longtime asset Flood providing the mix).
"Heaven" is a simmering ballad, combining the sexy and lusty attitude of "Personal Jesus" with the reserve
of their 2005 hit "Precious." The great "Alone" seems the quintessential post-millennial Depeche track with
music that glitches, groans, and somehow grabs the listener, while the lyrics give away the big conundrum
"I couldn't tell if you were blessed or cursed," which is the sexiest trait ever according to the Mode.
With some blues-rock guitar and the darkest synthetic landscape underneath, key track "Slow" is a lusty
wish to delay la petit mort, while "Should Be Higher" suggests "When the shame and the guilt are removed
and the truth will appear" as if the Rocky Horror Picture Show's "Don't Dream It, Be It" traded its camp
for carnal desire. "Should Be Higher" is also one of the rare moments where the beat is pushed, so those
who still expect the dancefloor side of the group will be disappointed with this slower set. Those who
don't buy into the dark eroticism that drives the album will be disappointed as well, but don't mistake
"dour" for "down for it" when it comes dressed-in-leather pants, because the simmering and dark Delta
Machine is certainly the latter.
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Tracklist
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Disc 1
01. Welcome To My World
02. Angel
03. Heaven
04. Secret To The End
05. My Little Universe
06. Slow
07. Broken
08. The Child Inside
09. Soft Touch/Raw Nerve
10. Should Be Higher
11. Alone
12. Soothe my Soul
13. Goodbye
Bonus Disc
01. Long Time Lie
02. Happens All The Time
03. Always
04. All That's Mine
