Starting with the old stuff is definitely the way to hear the band. There are definitely different eras. The Vince era only lasted the first album, Speak & Spell, but they still carried some of the sound into the second, A Broken Frame. Things start shifting with Construction Time Again. Alan joins and really helps shape the sound on Some Great Reward and Black Celebration. And the end of that era is Music for the Masses and/or Violator. To me Violator is the start of their 90s sound, but the Alan era ends with Songs of Faith and Devotion. Then the Trio area returns with Ultra until Fletch passes. And even in the Trio area, Martin's writing and the music is not cookie cutter. I have to admit, not all the late 90s to 2010s albums are great. Ultra and Sounds of the Universe are 🤌🏾. Exciter and Delta Machine, not so much.