Songs Of Faith And Devotion
by Depeche Mode

Songs Of Faith And Devotion by Depeche Mode
Year: 1993
Release date: 1993-03-22
Overall rank: 892nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 453 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1993 (17th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (167th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (892nd)

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Depeche Mode bestography

Songs Of Faith And Devotion is ranked 4th best out of 46 albums by Depeche Mode on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Depeche Mode is Violator which is ranked number 100 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 12,247.

Depeche Mode album bestography « Higher ranked (646th)
Black Celebration
This album (892nd)
Songs Of Faith And Devotion
Lower ranked (1,323rd) »
Ultra

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 892nd | 1990s rank: 167th | 1993 rank: 17th

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 453 votes)
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02/09/2026 05:39 saltysurprise  Ratings distribution  2,94283/100
 
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02/02/2026 12:40 Rockdrigo  Ratings distribution  11180/100
 
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01/26/2026 09:38 robertoveltri  Ratings distribution  82379/100
 
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01/24/2026 14:03 Rockollecto  Ratings distribution  1781/100
 
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01/19/2026 09:55 Sentido  Ratings distribution  35083/100

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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 77.1/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.

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80/100
From 01/24/2026 19:52 | #312781
This one shaped my childhood. I feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel youuuu
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75/100
From 08/13/2023 22:53 | #298611
Still good, but much more hit or miss than their previous efforts.
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From 01/07/2020 01:43 | #246494
This and Violator are Depeche Mode best albums.
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From 01/02/2018 04:01 | #204377
So soulsoothing
My second favorite álbum
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85/100
From 09/05/2017 05:21 | #197297
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.
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65/100
From 06/22/2016 02:36 | #169391
Favoritas: Walking In My Shoes, One Caress, I Feel You, Condemnation
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85/100
From 05/30/2016 23:29 | #167337
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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70/100
From 05/19/2016 02:29 | #166438
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 | #164349
I think this is their fourth best, yet still a classic.
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95/100
From 05/31/2015 19:38 | #142750
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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