Sounds Of The Universe
by Depeche Mode
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Sounds Of The Universe is ranked 11th best out of 47 albums by Depeche Mode on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Depeche Mode is Violator which is ranked number 93 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 12,119.
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Sounds Of The Universe track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/16/2026 11:54 | glebrus | 469 | 81/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2026 04:59 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,336 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/02/2026 19:08 |  serpico | 875 | 86/100 |
| ! | 04/06/2026 08:34 | cicadelic | 13,515 | 73/100 |
| ! | 02/26/2026 15:19 |  CA Dreamin | 743 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.7/100, a mean average of 68.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.
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This is a harder DM album, one of my favorite. I like it, because it has a mood and contains only songs which belongs there.
There’s not much I like here. This is an album with very few risks. Unfortunately, they only get songs here that are probably the result of routine songwriting ("Wrong" makes a little impression), but I don't recognize the group anymore. In general, the sharp edge and the penetrating melodies are absent. While Jezebel is saved by the beautiful story told by the lyrics, the absolute highlight of this album is "The Truth is ..." that swings as usual and uses enthusiastic vocals.
Sounds of the universe suffers from melodramatic writing but does have fairly interesting instrumentals to hold it up.
Typical latter day Depeche Mode album, full of competent synth rock/pop, but with nothing spectacular on it. Up until, songs of faith, they always had three or four great tracks, usually the singles taken from the album, but they just don't seem to able to write those kind of songs anymore. Still, there's nothing wrong with this album, it just that it feels a bit ordinary.
Eastwood 03/10/2015 21:39 | #136526 | TOP COMMENT
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Good synthpop album. Best 10 songs average is 82,5/100 and the album can get good 85/100. Previous comment is correct: nothing great, nothing bad. Best songs are "In Chains", "Wrong" and "Perfect" all 85/100. All other songs only just good 80/100, except "Spacewalker" is a poor filler instrumental.
Bach 11/17/2013 16:42 | #93139 | TOP COMMENT
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Nothing great, nothing bad.
Best tracks: Wrong, Peace, Fragile Tension, Miles Away.
Takes a couple of listens to sink in.
A nice wacky modern album.
Depeche Mode does as Depeche Mode does. One for the fans of earlier work.
lightmyway 05/08/2012 08:16 | #41822
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