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Probably been done before,but,i finally got a copy of the new D.M alb,sounds of the universe.
ABSOLUTE CACK! 
Only two stand out tracks for me,the rest is just drivvel.
(anyone wanna buy two tickets for mancland,dec 18th? 
)
Very dissapointed of Barnsley.
Gazman wrote:
ABSOLUTE CACK!
and yer surprised!
ackcherly,playing the angel wasnae a bad alb,but sotu,is SHITE!
ABSOLUTE CACK!
Only two stand out tracks for me,the rest is just drivvel.
(anyone wanna buy two tickets for mancland,dec 18th?
Very dissapointed of Barnsley.
Don't you wanna see Dave Gahan sweating in leather chaps?
I'm washing my hair that day. And for the whole tour.
well, is not their best. However i found 5 good songs:
Fragile tension, hole to feed, little sound, in sympathy and perfect.
Seen them playing a song called 'Come Back' earlier on Later..with Jools,they shouldnt have bothered ..
SOTU debuted at #2 in the UK, #3 in the US, but went in at #1 in 20 other countries
http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1037655&c=1
Midnight Blue wrote: SOTU debuted at #2 in the UK, #3 in the US, but went in at #1 in 20 other countries
http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1037655&c=1
So f'in what?
You just want to see Dave Gahan in leather chaps, deffo.
Probably not the best album they've ever made...but better than most rubbish out there musically...
I especially liked the songs
In Chains Hole to Feed Wrong Fragile Tension In Sympathy Jezebel Corrupt
(That being said...I must say...even though I generally like how lots of Japanese editions of CDs have bonus tracks...the bonus track for this one was crap; it's called "Oh Well".)
But remember, Depeche Mode are SERIOUS and RESPECTED artists!
Kind of like Newcastle are a MASSIVE club
What people were expecting I don't know. I'm quite happy with it, it's exactly what I thought it would be. Worlds better then GET YOUR BOOTS ON, and the Save starving Africans new cd.
michael preda wrote: What people were expecting I don't know. I'm quite happy with it, it's exactly what I thought it would be. Worlds better then GET YOUR BOOTS ON, and the Save starving Africans new cd.
Come to mention it and btw GET ON YOUR BOOTS by u2 is pretty funny and i like singing it
but back to what the mode issue is.
As for depeche,the first one on jools was ok but i suspected the album was shit because no one (certain mode fans) ever mentioned it to me
Midnight Blue wrote: SOTU debuted at #2 in the UK, #3 in the US, but went in at #1 in 20 other countries
100000000 flies eat shite!
they cant all be wrong...
banshee wrote:
michael preda wrote: What people were expecting I don't know. I'm quite happy with it, it's exactly what I thought it would be. Worlds better then GET YOUR BOOTS ON, and the Save starving Africans new cd.
Come to mention it and btw GET ON YOUR BOOTS by u2 is pretty funny and i like singing it
As for depeche,the first one on jools was ok but i suspected the album was shit because no one (certain mode fans) ever mentioned it to me
Half of us Modies are perpetually caught in 1988. It's a bleak rainy day, and Music for the Masses is blaring on Cassette. Because, the Vinyl never came with the bonus tracks, and the CD's were always mastered too low. Therefore anything after 93 doesnt really exist to the masses.
Heard this the other day and thought it was shit. I haven't heard anything good from them since Alan Wilder left.
michael preda wrote:
Binocher wrote:
I feel the same everytime Coldplay releases an album.
But did anyone actually like Coldplay?.. or are they too scared to own up to it?..
Is this turning into the shite bands forum?
White Thighs are the way forward.
michael preda wrote:
Binocher wrote:
I feel the same everytime Coldplay releases an album.
if you always feel yourself that way...why do you listen to them every time??
next time don't do it. Easy..........
I bet the Sounds of the Universe isn't all that bad, that is why Depeche Mode fans don't like it. I've only heard "Wrong", and I actually like it better than most Depeche Mode songs. At least the video is cool.
Saw Depeche Mode on Jimmy Kimmel (one of many American late night talk shows) and they had a huge audience. The live song seemed to produce no excitement in the worshipping crowd thou.
Burt Reynolds wrote:
michael preda wrote:
Binocher wrote:
I feel the same everytime Coldplay releases an album.
But did anyone actually like Coldplay?.. or are they too scared to own up to it?..
Is this turning into the shite bands forum?
White Thighs are the way forward.
Parachutes is a great album... they went shite after that, where Rush of Blood is fine every once in a long while... Isn't that around the time he started date Gwynth, maybe a link
Andrès wrote:
michael preda wrote:
Binocher wrote:
I feel the same everytime Coldplay releases an album.
if you always feel yourself that way...why do you listen to them every time??
next time don't do it. Easy..........
Because everywhere I go, Viva la bullshit is blaring, because people find them contemporary now.
michael preda wrote:
Half of us Modies are perpetually caught in 1988.
you were still swimming in your daddy's balls in 1988.
Liked the album, though it doesn't compare to their masterpieces... but then again wich artist do it after a 30-years carreer? They won't be doing another Violator or Black Celebration, but Sounds Of The Universe sounds pretty decent and mature to me.
Hopefully I'll save £60 to import the deluxe box set.
dave soligo wrote:
michael preda wrote:
Half of us Modies are perpetually caught in 1988.
you were still swimming in your daddy's balls in 1988.
And by '88 I'm going on about listening to MFTM and 101.
I've just had my third Saturday night listen to Sounds Of The Universe, and I'm torn between relief that the Mode haven't released a bad album and disappointment that the chords are among the worst I've heard from Depeche to date, and I don't just mean Dave Gahan's songs. But this is not a bad album. Peace is good and Little Soul is the dark but gentle sound that I love from Martin Gore. I was however disappointed with the haunting ballad Jezebel, the style which Gore has made his own, certainly when compared with 2005's Damaged People (Playing The Angel).
The good news: Sounds Of The Universe was #1 in the world album charts last week, which means U2 were not!
Empress Touch wrote:
The good news: Sounds Of The Universe was #1 in the world album charts last week, which means U2 were not!
Who fucking cares?
Burt Reynolds wrote:
Empress Touch wrote:
The good news: Sounds Of The Universe was #1 in the world album charts last week, which means U2 were not!
Who fucking cares?
depeche mode ?
just a thought..ermmm i'll get my coat
From what I read on Amazon.com and other sites, they have rated the album 3 to 3.5 stars out of 5.
[magenta]cozmonite61[/magenta] wrote: From what I read on Amazon.com and other sites, they have rated the album 3 to 3.5 stars out of 5.
on Metacritic the album is rated at 70 out of 100:
http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/depechemode/soundsoftheuniverse?q=depeche%20mode
Funny how the critics like SOTU for not sounding like a typical Depeche Mode album, but the fans hate it for that same reason!!
I have heard Wrong on websites before the album came out, and I can say that it was a weak track. The sound a bit industrial and Dave Gahan's vocals were overpowering. Those reasons are the reason why I couldn't get into Exciter, another miss by DM. I could care less what the fans and critics say about whether the album sounds like what DM should be or not. The only things that matter are how everything sound and if there are several strong tracks on the album.
I think Wrong is the worst track on the album! While most DM fans seem to think otherwise! Maybe it's not the worst, but it's very overpraised as some kind of return to form IMO.
From what i've heard, i'm not going to buy a DM cd, it sounds like typical melodramatic Depeche Mode with Gahan over the top spouting stupid overly important sounding drama queen lyrics. normal. Don't expect Depeche Mode to get actually good at this point in their career but the analog synths sound like a better idea than just paying some bored produceer to make them seem modern.
Reminds me of when New Order put out the new albums this decade. people complained that "krafty" was bad, that "jetstream" was bad, that New Order rocked too much (who would of though NO could be a rock band 
), that NO was copying themselves, that New Order was not copying themselves and they should... hell, some fans even said "Draculas Castle" was great
, while others thought that the track should have never been finished to fill up the album so they could stretch it into two records (remember that?)
DM have been floundering ever since Wilder left. Gore may have done most of the songwriting, but it's pretty clear that Wilder's arrangement/production work was the other essential part of the equation.
On the other hand I'll put WFTSC, Turn, and a few others up against anything DM have ever done. Or anything the Cure's done, for that matter (there's another band that hasn't done anything of note since Wilder left DM!)
(Footnote: another random connection - apparently Robert Smith invited Alan to join the Cure and was turned down.)
I wonder why "production" and "arrangement skills" are never terms bandied about with New Order the same way it is with Depeche Mode?
Maybe it's because New Order are able to write good songs organically AS A BAND, and not having to rely on a sterile "production person".
I wonder do Depeche Mode even ever get together for band practice, the way proper bands should do?
