Songs Of Faith And Devotion (studio album)
by Depeche Mode

Songs Of Faith And Devotion by Depeche Mode
Year: 1993
Overall rank: 903rd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 446 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1993 (17th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (169th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (903rd)

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Depeche Mode bestography

Songs Of Faith And Devotion is ranked 4th best out of 45 albums by Depeche Mode on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Depeche Mode is Violator which is ranked number 102 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 12,321.

Depeche Mode album bestography « Higher ranked (645th)
Black Celebration
This album (903rd)
Songs Of Faith And Devotion
Lower ranked (1,296th) »
Ultra

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 446 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.9/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.

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75/100
From 08/13/2023 22:53
Still good, but much more hit or miss than their previous efforts.
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From 01/07/2020 01:43
This and Violator are Depeche Mode best albums.
#246494 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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From 01/02/2018 04:01
So soulsoothing
My second favorite álbum
#204377 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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85/100
From 09/05/2017 05:21
Songs of faith and devotion marks the the final album in Depeche mode's golden era. This album has the most rock influenced sound in their career.
#197297 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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65/100
From 06/22/2016 02:36
Favoritas: Walking In My Shoes, One Caress, I Feel You, Condemnation
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From 05/30/2016 23:29
The follow up to, violator, songs of faith and devotion, is another excellent Depeche Mode album. Kicking off with the magnificent, I feel you, it sees the band embracing rock more than ever before. Other highlights include, walking in my shoes, in your room, and the soul ballad, condemnation. It slightly runs out of steam towards the end, but it's a small quibble. The late eighties/early nineties was Depeche Mode's imperial phase and this album, along with, music for the masses, and violator, are their best records.
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From 05/19/2016 02:29
IDK... feel like this had a lot of hit and miss stuff on it. I feel like they were trying new ideas that didn't quite work (vocal style didn't match a more modern/almost hip-hop beats). That's my opinion of course. You are entitled to yours.
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85/100
From 04/23/2016 16:22
I think this is their fourth best, yet still a classic.
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95/100
From 05/31/2015 19:38
Though it's not Violator by any means, it's a damn good album with great songs! Very interesting how the Mode branched out to natural instruments and took influences from other genres
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From 01/31/2015 22:05
Almost as good as Violator, but not quite as gripping.
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