Ranking Depeche Mode - from 'Speak & Spell' to 'Delta Machine'

Today marks the sixth edition of a special series within my weekly feature, Friday On The Turntable - instead of looking at one album, I am featuring all of Depeche Mode's studio albums from 1981 - 2013 - and ranking them! It was a mammoth task, and proved frustrating when putting albums that I love against other ones that I love. Nonetheless, I've provided a ranked list - from #13 (good) - #1 (the best). I enlisted the help of my friend Jesse, who provides a side-by-side comparative list.

If you would like the short / textual version of the list, please scroll past the video. If you would like to watch my video discussion, check out the embedded video below - and be sure to click 'Subscribe' on my Youtube channel - for immediate access to all of my video posts. As always, I look forward to reading your comments and feedback. Click on any of the album titles if you'd like to purchase them. At the very bottom of this article is a link to a Depeche Mode playlist that I created on Spotify, which features my 3 favorite songs from each album.

And as always, here is a link to my band Audra's Bandcamp Site. Thank you!

Here we go...

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#13. Delta Machine (2013)

3 Favorite Songs: Broken, Heaven, Alone

#12. Exciter (2001)

3 Favorite Songs: Freelove, When The Body Speaks, I Feel Loved

#11. Construction Time Again (1983)

3 Favorite Songs: Everything Counts, Two Minute Warning, Love In Itself

#10. A Broken Frame (1982)

3 Favorite Songs: The Sun & The Rainfall, Monument, See You

#9. Sounds Of The Universe (2009)

3 Favorite Songs: Fragile Tension, Wrong, Perfect

#8. Speak & Spell (1981)

3 Favorite Songs: New Life, Dreaming Of Me, Just Can't Get Enough

#7. Ultra (1997)

3 Favorite Songs: It's No Good, Useless, Sister Of Night

#6. Playing The Angel (2005)

3 Favorite Songs: Precious, Suffer Well, Nothing's Impossible

#5. Some Great Reward (1984)

3 Favorite Songs: Somebody, Blasphemous Rumours, People Are People

#4, Violator (1990)

3 Favorite Songs: Enjoy The Silence, Policy Of Truth, Halo

#3. Music for the Masses (1987)

3 Favorite Songs: Never Let Me Down Again, The Things You Said, Strangelove

#2. Black Celebration (1986)

3 Favorite Songs: Stripped, Black Celebration, Here Is The House

#1. Songs Of Faith And Devotion (1993)

3 Favorite Songs: In Your Room, Rush, Walking In My Shoes

Listen to our Depeche Mode Spotify Playlist:

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