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Playing the Angel – Depeche ModeOctober 18th, 2005  or  iTunes Price: $9.99 Genre: Alternative Released: Oct 18, 2005 Customer Ratings (119 Ratings)
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View More By Depeche Mode Our ReviewTwenty-five years and 11 studio albums and Depeche Mode still matters. Once underground/alternative masters of the dark end of the synth-pop dance floor, DM is now one of the world’s most successful electronically engineered groups. While the music world has caught up to their technologically driven impulses, it hasn’t learned how to successfully replicate the human ingenuity that powers them. You still need the trio of Gore, Gahan, and Fletcher to run the program. Playing the Angel, the follow-up to their 2001 studio release Exciter, delivers all the expectant drama that made the band favorites of introverted malcontents for three decades. Producer Ben Hiller (Blur, Doves), who admitted to not being a fan of the band’s music before working with them, pushes the group up a few beats to give them a newfound sense of urgency (“A Pain That I’m Used To,” “John the Revelator”), but the trio still drapes their crestfallen images in beautiful electronic hues (“Precious”). Dave Gahan aids main songwriter Martin Gore with three tracks of his own that fit snugly within the group’s internal angst. No amount of worldly success can temper this group’s alluring dark side.. Customer ReviewsBetter than Exciter, but what isn't? (3 stars)As a hardcode DM fan since the age of 12 (the first CD I ever bought was "Construction Time Again"), I rate anything that was done with Alan Wilder as 5+ stars. I think the two albums released since his departure have gone steadily downhill. I had nearly given up all hope that they could ever rekindle their past glory. And then, like a phoenix rising from the ashes, they release "Precious"! Hands down, this is one of the Is it worth it? (4 stars) Hell yes, it is. Stop waiting around for a record better than Violater, it isn't out there. This is Depeche Mode now, not fifteen years ago, and they've made a fantastic record. The sounds are beautiful, there is a real edgy tension in everything, even the slower tracks, and Dave sounds amazing as ever. One does not find groups that stay relevant and challenging after so many years. DM does both, with authority, energy, and honesty. Thi Bring Back Flood as a Producer (2 stars) It is obvious the DM takes on the sound of whatever producer they are using at the time. Had this albums been produced by Flood or Alan Wilder this could have been a return to form. Unfortunately, the synths can actually annoy and take away from the overall feeling the song is trying to invoke. The overall feel of the album is a feeling of unfinished work, like the album didn't go into post-production before final pressing. I do give cud BiographyFormed: 1980 in Basildon, Essex, EnglandGenre: Pop Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s Originally a product of Britain's new romantic movement, Depeche Mode went on to become the quintessential electro-pop band of the 1980s. One of the first acts to establish a musical identity based completely around the use of synthesizers, they began their existence as a bouncy dance-pop outfit but gradually developed a darker, more...
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