02-04-2011, 22:30
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DEPECHE MODE "speak and spell" 1981, cassette. #10 UK, #28 AU, #192US.
when i selected this one i thought "cool!..havent heard this for about two decades!". i do however occasionally pop out a few of their 7" singles and do still enjoy them but wasnt sure about how i'd feel about an album as a lot of the 'UK new wave' synthesized material from that period makes me cringe.
thankfully though, this album still sounds ok after all these years, the same cannot be said for some of the links i have found as theyve been replicated from VHS/Beta tapes and audio visual wasnt what it is today.
the three singles from the album are by far the best tracks with the classic synth-pop hit "just cant get enough" coming out on top.
Vince Clarke,main writer left the band after this album and went on to form Yazoo with female vocalist Alison Moyet, then went on to Eurasia, so all writing duties and vocals landed on the shoulders of Martin Gore who took the band away from synth-pop to a darker place both lyically and musically.
although this one is not as good as Human League's "dare" album it still represents the best qualities of "new wave" beats. i was also surprised to notice that the Modes are still touring and recording in the UK, having had their latest chart entries as recent as 2009, having not heard any of their material since the end of the '80s i cant comment on the band's latest output, but they are obviously survivors.
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: big muff
best track: just cant get enough
tracks:
1. new life*** #11 UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQDI-C441is live
2. puppets**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eerVPrRm84 live
3. dreaming of me** #57 UK.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CSVoqq1NQA live
4. boys say go!**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVAUOxveuvc live
5. nodisco**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pihcRVdRibk audio
6. what's your name*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bm44F-mvrQ live
7. photographic*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMml0GylZfI live
8. tora! tora! tora!**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1N4VKipGhk live
9. big muff*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb-AIrvd5gY audio
10.any second now*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7owUaFgRcY audio
11.just cant get enough*** #8UK, #4AU.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a84L1hVVEls video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiG2VeNkLuE live
3s=2
2s=5
1s=4
rating: 1.8
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.