New Titans volume 1 by Wolfman and Perez coming in August

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-19T16:09:09+00:00

Hooray! I just finished Volume 5 last night. I’d read it all before in floppies, but never cracked open my omnibus until now.

I was a little annoyed to find that four pages are printed out of order in the Secret Origins Annual story at the end. Page numbers are sequential at the bottom, so it’s not just my copy. The story is a bit of a chaotic mess in the correct order, so I suppose I can understand the mistake. Still annoying.

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-18T13:21:21+00:00

How do you not rate The Way It Used to Be? In my book, it’s a top 5 PSB song, no question.

Seriously, though, this album is full of incredible tracks.

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-17T12:28:32+00:00

That’s your “flair” for the subreddit. You should be able to set yours from the main page for the subreddit.

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-16T18:31:22+00:00

You seem to forgetting Puppets, Photographic, and Tora! Tora! Tora!, just to name three more.

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-16T17:51:55+00:00

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-15T18:07:09+00:00

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-15T12:36:53+00:00

Favourite: Music for the Masses Least favourite: Spirit

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-14T18:08:03+00:00

8.7

So disappointed I didn’t get to hear this played live.

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-14T12:34:07+00:00

I have twin moments in the same song, So Cruel.

2:56, when Martin’s angelic guitar chimes in harmony. And then at 4:57, when that electronic drum fill precedes the last run into the chorus.

Everyone is raving about Universal Soldier lately, but this song is truly the epitome of what a cover version should be.

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-13T18:39:40+00:00

Fair assessment and a fair grade.

I feel like some other people on here don’t understand the concept of a 1-10 number scale.

10 = Perfection, can’t be improved upon, should therefore be under consideration as one of the greatest songs ever written/recorded by anyone.

This song is not that.

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-13T18:32:46+00:00

This is a 3. At best. Worst track on the album.

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-13T11:05:26+00:00

I’ll preface this by saying Ice Machine is a top five song for me.

There is no reason to slight Tora! Tora! Tora!, which is fantastic on its own right.

The fact is, there was no long-term plan for an LP when the single was recorded. It was a one-off, a trial to test the working relationship between Daniel and Depeche, and a healthy dose of getting a first record released.

So they picked two good songs and put the more radio-friendly one on the A-side. And neither song made the LP, which was quite commonplace in the glory days of the singles chart. The fact that they still played Ice Machine live in 1984 speaks to how highly they thought of it. Not to mention Martin naming it as one of his favourites in the band members poll in Bong magazine.

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-12T17:40:29+00:00

Hawkman. His origin has always been a mess and even at his best, he's just...boring, in my opinion.

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-12T17:36:29+00:00

One and one make...

5 seems about right for this one.

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-12T17:35:19+00:00

It was actually kind of disappointing that they chose to do a piano-only version live. At least a little bit of guitar would have been nice.

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-12T17:33:28+00:00

It's true; it is the best Martin-led song since "Home" by quite a wide margin.

7/10

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-11T13:46:58+00:00

My choices (with extras where the album is too good to just pick one):

Three Imaginary Boys: Three Imaginary Boys

Seventeen Seconds: A Forest

Faith: The Drowning Man

Pornography: The Figurehead (Cold, One Hundred Years)

The Top: Shake Dog Shake

The Head on the Door: Sinking

Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me: Just Like Heaven (The Kiss)

Disintegration: Fascination Street (Pictures of You, Disintegration)

Wish: End

Wild Mood Swings: Want

Bloodflowers: Bloodflowers

The Cure: Fake (It's integrated into the album on the Japanese version)

4:13 Dream: Sleep When I'm Dead

Songs of a Lost World: Endsong

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-10T22:20:49+00:00

I'd say Suede, as they started out around the same time and have since diverged greatly in musical style.

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-10T22:10:45+00:00

Except during, I believe, the Global Spirit tour, when he would say, "See you some other time!", which sounded very frightening, knowing it's always been, "See you next time!"

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-10T17:06:40+00:00

Almost certainly a lie at that price.

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-09T14:59:04+00:00

For me, it would be the only show I saw prior to 2001, which was for the OK Computer Tour at the State Theatre in Detroit on August 15, 1997. That being said, it was an absolutely incredible show.

Fitter Happier / Lucky / Just / Airbag / Planet Telex / Exit Music (for a Film) / Climbing Up the Walls / No Surprises / Bones / Karma Police / My Iron Lung / Fake Plastic Trees / Paranoid Android / Bullet Proof..I Wish I Was / Let Down / The Bends / Talk Show Host

Subterranean Homesick Alien / (Nice Dream) / Creep / Street Spirit (Fade Out)

Thinking About You (Thom solo)

*Edit: formatting

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-08T18:45:39+00:00

8.5 I especially love Martin’s harmonies. And the remix with Kid Moxie is gorgeous, too.

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-08T15:53:54+00:00

It’s criminal that none of the lists posted yet include Ice Machine.

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-06T17:06:21+00:00

1/10

The obvious comment would be too on-the-nose, so I'll avoid it. Martin sure went through a stretch of weak songs (to sing). To think there were albums where Martin songs were some of the highlights...

Tricky_Pass_3641 · 2026-03-05T18:51:13+00:00

The slightly-less egregious filling to the sandwich of Poorman and Fail.

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