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Speak & SpellDepeche Mode
Release Date:
Original Release:
1981
# of Discs:
1
J&R Item # 96492_CD
UPC # 075992364225
Label: Reprise
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Performer: Depeche Mode
Engineer: Eric Radcliffe; John Fryer Producer: Depeche Mode; Daniel Miller Distributor: WEA (Distributor) Notes: A vastly important and influential album, SPEAK & SPELL is virtually ground zero for British synth-pop.
Rolling Stone (p.74) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[They] built a massive cult that worshipped the quartet's dance beats, bondage-inspired outfits, singalong tunes and carnal angst."
Depeche Mode (French for "hurried fashion") was one of the first and best of the British synth-pop bands, combining breathless, melodic pop with perky electronics. With main songwriter Vince Clarke's departure for Yaz, Martin Gore took the reigns, and the band's sound became darker and harder, though still true to their trademark synth-driven accessibility. The post-Clarke band's moody dance-pop brought Depeche Mode worldwide superstardom in the second half of the '80s. The band survived overexposure, drug problems, and all the other traditional rock-star travails, and came out older and wiser, entering the 2000s as a fully functioning, mature unit.
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