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albummaster
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Location: Spain
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- #1
- Posted: 07/16/2014 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#1330): Music For The Masses
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Today's album of the day
Music For The Masses by Depeche Mode (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 1987.
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Overall rank: 612
Average rating: 78/100 (from 183 votes).
Tracks:
1. Never Let Me Down Again
2. The Things You Said
3. Strangelove
4. Sacred
5. Little 15
6. Behind The Wheel
7. I Want You Now
8. To Have And To Hold
9. Nothing
10. Pimpf
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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Necharsian
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- #2
- Posted: 07/16/2014 21:30
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Ive got the softest spot for Depeche Mode and this is probably their best. Wonderful stuff.
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- #3
- Posted: 07/16/2014 21:39
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I enjoy Depeche Mode to an extent, but can't escape the feeling that their music is style over substance. A good record, for sure, but not near the top of my list of dark '80s post-punk records.
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Grzywa
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Location: Polska 
- #4
- Posted: 07/17/2014 03:22
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Depeche Mode were great at times, but to my mind mostly a singles band. Never recorded a completely great album, Black Celebration and Ultra probably missing it only by close shave.
This is a good one, but nothing further on is nearly as good as Never Let Me Down Again.
Anyway, track picks:
Never Let Me Down Again
Little 15
Behind the Wheel
Strangelove
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Bach
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Location: Italy 
- #5
- Posted: 07/17/2014 14:16
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I love it! My 2nd favourite DM album. 95/100
Best tracks: Never Let Me Down Again, Behind the Wheel, Strangelove, Little 15, The Things You Said.
I like nearly all their albums.
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Secondsoul
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Location: Ireland 
- #6
- Posted: 07/17/2014 21:18
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Decent enough album, Never Let Me Down is without doubt the highlight. I much prefer Violator though!
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Charicature
Age: 50
Location: Vermont 
- #7
- Posted: 07/17/2014 21:27
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Pimpf was an awful track to end it on, but otherwise a great DM album. Still rank it 4th through 6th though. Violator, Songs of Faith and Devotion, Black Celebration are better, and arguably Ultra and Some Great Reward could be too. I'd even throw Sounds of the Universe in there for shits and giggles.
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- #8
- Posted: 07/17/2014 22:52
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A few great songs, but the rest is average imo. There are many albums by them I think I prefer.
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meruizh
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Age: 33
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- Posted: 07/18/2014 18:05
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The good old days from Depeche Mode, what a wonderful record. I wish I could say the same about their last two records. They should stop at some point, their new music is not helping their legacy
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Charicature
Age: 50
Location: Vermont
- #10
- Posted: 07/23/2014 13:18
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| meruizh wrote: | | The good old days from Depeche Mode, what a wonderful record. I wish I could say the same about their last two records. They should stop at some point, their new music is not helping their legacy |
It's been all downhill since they lost Alan Wilder. Now to make things worse Dave Gahan has insisted upon writing songs too...some have been ok, but most seem quite clumsy. Gore also hasn't written many winners of late. Precious was an exception.
On the whole Sounds of the Universe wasn't a bad album, but it still can't compete with their best. I've found it very hard to get into Delta Machine.
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