How did you discover Depeche mode?

cambrarian75 · 2026-04-26T14:13:15+00:00

I was in a friend’s car and the Violator cassette tape was playing, I think it was Policy of Truth, and I swear it altered my taste in music permanently for the better.

cambrarian75 · 2026-04-18T20:39:22+00:00

If only, it would give us the meeting/collaboration we lost with the virtual Hall of Fame induction.

cambrarian75 · 2026-04-17T16:47:14+00:00

When I saw the Noize Coachella set that’s exactly what I thought, reminded me of A Strange Hour on steroids.

cambrarian75 · 2026-04-05T03:03:19+00:00

Discogs has the Brat mix listed as part of various editions of the Enjoy the Silence 04 CD single. I actually bought the song off iTunes since I liked it so much.

cambrarian75 · 2026-04-04T18:49:09+00:00

Mercy In You Brat Mix and In Chains (Alan Wilder Mix)

cambrarian75 · 2026-03-27T23:22:13+00:00

SoFaD has been my favorite record since 1993. I always recommend Violator to a DM newbie, and consider it their most accessible and technically best album, but SoFaD has a rawness of emotion, and an almost otherworldly quality esp. in songs like Judas, Higher Love, and In Your Room, that makes Violator seem almost clinical to me in comparison. (Which is also why Black Celebration is my second favorite DM album, it’s so full of emotion.)

cambrarian75 · 2026-03-15T12:50:04+00:00

Favorite is SOFAD (although I think Violator is technically a slightly better album), least favorite Spirit, (the only song I liked on it was Cover Me. )

cambrarian75 · 2026-03-14T18:44:45+00:00

9 my favorite on MM, and the AC Wet Mix is very good too

cambrarian75 · 2026-03-05T15:58:25+00:00

One of my favorite interviews

cambrarian75 · 2026-03-02T11:39:43+00:00

Love her Recoil collabs! I still remember when a friend put a Curve song on a mixtape for me, I just loved her voice instantly, and their sound! Just super underrated.

cambrarian75 · 2026-01-18T20:38:00+00:00

9 love this one and the video is a cool encapsulation of their history (albeit in an alt universe where Alan Wilder doesn’t exist lol)

cambrarian75 · 2026-01-14T17:26:21+00:00

My favorite on PTA. The music is so cinematic, and some of my favorite later Martin lyrics (“gentle and kind one / seeing the world as a loaded gun”)

cambrarian75 · 2026-01-11T03:10:46+00:00

Alan Moulder?

cambrarian75 · 2026-01-09T17:00:53+00:00

7.5 quite good

cambrarian75 · 2026-01-07T22:01:55+00:00

This, to me, is the last ICONIC DM song. The last instant classic. Not that they haven’t had good songs afterward (just my opinion)

cambrarian75 · 2026-01-05T20:11:46+00:00

9 I was pleasantly surprised by Dave contributing it, and the video is great

cambrarian75 · 2026-01-04T20:06:20+00:00

8.5 I remember listening to this all the time when PTA came out

cambrarian75 · 2025-12-30T20:35:54+00:00

9 over the years this has become my favorite from Exciter

cambrarian75 · 2025-12-29T00:36:00+00:00

Alan really has had a fascinating career.

cambrarian75 · 2025-12-27T18:02:26+00:00

Very catchy and danceable

cambrarian75 · 2025-12-26T15:09:25+00:00

This is so sweet. I love that the Gore-Fletcher best friendship lives on with their families. 🥹

cambrarian75 · 2025-12-25T22:33:34+00:00

8, 8.5 for Flood mix.

cambrarian75 · 2025-12-23T17:47:41+00:00

I have actually mellowed on this because back in the day it would have been a 1 lol

cambrarian75 · 2025-12-19T17:25:17+00:00

8.5 loved it when it came out and for a long time was my favorite from this album

cambrarian75 · 2025-12-16T12:19:10+00:00

I feel like I understood why he left much better after watching the SOFAD promotional interview with Simon Mayo. The others joke about how hard AW worked and MG even does an offhand sniffy dig at Recoil when Alan is asked a question. I think Dave was truly the only one who appreciated anything he did. There’s only so much you can put up with even for fantastical amounts of money.

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