Depeche Mode - Ranking the Songs: My Top 30

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Depeche Mode - Ranking the Albums from 'Speak and Spell' to 'Memento Mori'

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Depeche Mode - Memento Mori - Review

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[Friday On The Turntable] 25 Years of Depeche Mode's Violator

Welcome to Friday On The Turntable, where I post short videos that feature a particular artist / record / theme / etc, which usually centers around the vinyl record format. This series has been going strong for a few years now, so make sure you are subscribed to my Youtube channel (link below) to catch all of the past and future episodes.

It's crazy, but true... Depeche Mode's 7th album - Violator - has turned 25 years old.

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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.

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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

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[Friday On The Turntable] Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses

Welcome to this week's Friday On The Turntable feature! For those of you that follow my blog on Facebook, you'll recall that each Friday I post a featured record that I'm currently enjoying. To enhance the experience, I've been filming short videos - discussing a brief history of the record, my favorite tracks and what it means to me. The video is embedded below - and don't forget to subscribe to my youtube channel here.

This week's featured discussion is the band Depeche Mode - and their 6th album, Music For The Masses. Check out the video below where I chat about my memories of the album's release, its production / history, singles, favorite tracks, and some other excellent albums released in the same year - 1987. Please share your thoughts / comments below. Thank you for watching and subscribing. 

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