Depeche Mode-Playing the Angel

[undarrenworld]

Originally Posted by stimpee

Actually I like a lot of the album but some of the lyrics are pants. Lillian and John The Revelator are terrible. I wonder which parts Gahan wrote this time...

Lillian is one of the best songs on the album.
Nothing impossible, Suffer well, Lillian...... DM are back, this album is better than Exciter for sure.



Even the stars look brighter tonight

[stimpee]

Originally Posted by undarrenworld

Lillian is one of the best songs on the album.

guess we'll have to agree to disagree there mr.tonedeaf. its terrible. at least the rest of the album is decent. i shall be purchasing this one.

[joethelion]

Credits for the album:

01 A Pain That I’m Used To
02 John The Revelator
03 Suffer Well*
04 The Sinner In Me
05 Precious
06 Macrovision
07 I Want It All*
08 Nothing’s Impossible*
09 Introspectre
10 Damaged People
11 Lillian
12 The Darkest Star

Written by Martin Gore except * by Dave Gahan, Christian Eigner & Andrew Phillpott.


...kinda surprised that "Suffer Well" is one of Dave's you know?

[absolute zero]

I'm quite surprised to hear ppl slamming "Precious", which I thought was gonna be, by far, most people's favorite (those synth solos are catchy as hell, I was singing along to it unconsciously by the second listen ). I think this is better than Exciter (and Ultra). My fav's besides Precious:

John the Revelator
Suffer Well
Nothing's Impossible

dunno wassup w/'Lillian", sounds more like a Garbage (the band) track. There will never be another 'violator' or album that compares to violator.

[Camiel]

Been listening to it for a while now. Uppers for me: a pain that I'm used to, John the revelator, Suffer well, nothing's impossible. Downers: I want it all (sounds too much as if it could be on paper monsters and I didn't like that album at all), Macrovision (I like it lyrically though).

I do like precious, though I think it's too repetitive. It's got no bridge and I'd expect some chord progression at the end.

But, in the end, I can hear the different experiences in the album. Gahan's solo efforts, Gore's counterfeit and maybe (just maybe) Fletch's interference with Client. I hear subtle aspects from some great reward, black celebration, Violator and Song of faith and devotion. And even a broken frame (Lillian). I think that the guys have reinventend themselves. At least some good and honest music between most of the crap that you hear nowadays.

[Cadevil]

Picked this album up at HMV the other day and after a few listens, I have to say it's great...I think it blows Exciter away.

Lillian is definitely one of the best songs on there.

I'd have to agree that it is very dark though...absolutely nothing uplifting on this album...dark, synthy, moody...DM at their best.

[Camiel]

I especially like John the Revelator. A big fuck you to all the fundamentalists.

[ultradave]

It's good to have some DM fans here.
I got a hold of most of this album mid september and loved it at first listen. Fell in love with the track Lilian at first listen - it reminded me very much of the broken frame / ice machine / shout 82' DM which I still listen to quite frequently. As stated, this album definitely links to their early roots, but strongly with their newer stuff Violator / SoFaD / Ultra / Exciter.
It's a much better work than Exciter (Hands Down). Exciter was a good album, but not one of their better albums.
To me, Ultra made a mark in DM history and still ranks top as my favourite DM album (as a whole) - with UW remixing Barrel Of A Gun... The Soft Mix is the best Remix.
Lyrically, the album is alot like Some Great Reward / Black Celebration - very dark, yet danceable - and really, that's what DM represent. Dark melodies that you can either cry to or dance to. The album was recorded using alot of analog equipment - which adds to the roughness of the tracks. To me it really made this album stand out and really mixed in some old DM with the new.

Well, that's my 2 cents. I got this album from a friend (partial - crappy mp3's - then d/l it from allofmp3.com - bought the CD/DVD - and d/l it from iTunes - so I guess I like it alot

BTW - the (Bare) tracks of Clean and Waiting For The Night are very nicely done. I've been told that they recorded some other tracks as well - Surrender, Nothing's Impossible and Damaged People (?). Would be nice to get a full CD - Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboard and Vocals = Bare.



now playing: "Lilian - DM"

[absolute zero]

I went to a DM CD signing at Tower Tuesday night. *starstruck*
can't wait to see them live!

[hellie]

Originally Posted by absolute zero

I went to a DM CD signing at Tower Tuesday night. *starstruck*
can't wait to see them live!

I am very jealous.

Can't wait to see them also.