Sounds Of The Universe

[bigwavedave]

Sounds Of The Universe is finally growing on me. I set my cd aside for a month and gave it a fresh listen yesterday. I must say, it's better than I remembered, and after hearing some of the songs in a live setting I am starting to get them. I think if they had trimmed it down from an hour to about 45 minutes, this would be a really good album!

[obs]

[i]> I think if they had trimmed it down from an hour to about 45 minutes, this would be a really good album![/i]

Yeah, it's one of the good/bad things about CDs. You usually get more music over vinyl, but some of the tracks may be ones that wouldn't have made it back in the vinyl days.

[glokstadt]

[quote][i]Originally posted by rotator[/i]
<br>Well --- Now that someone else has done the leg work....this will give you an idea of how I rank DM albums...I own almost every version of the UK/US & German LPs, 12"s and 7"s and promos up until about 1991 (and a few others I've picked up along the way like ugh. 'In Your Room'...I aint no johnny come lately fan [;)]

[b]1 - A Broken Frame
2 - Violator
3 - Speak And Spell
4 - Black Celebration
5 - Music For The Masses
6 - Some Great Reward
7 - Construction Time Again
N/A - Songs Of Faith And Devotion
N/A - Ultra
N/A - Exciter
N/A - Playing The Angel
N/A - Sounds Of The Universe[/b]


this is how I rate the singles:

[b]http://rateyourmusic.com/list/rotator/depeche_mode__the_definitive_25_singles[/b]
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M, you and I have the same taste in SynthPop music and DM especially!

My rankings:
1 - A Broken Frame
2 - Speak And Spell
3 - Some Great Reward
4 - Black Celebration
5 - Music For The Masses
6 - Construction Time Again
7 - Playing The Angel

Don't own these, so cannot comment:
N/A - Violator
N/A - Songs Of Faith And Devotion
N/A - Ultra
N/A - Exciter
N/A - Sounds Of The Universe

So maybe I'm missing something by not owning these albums, or maybe I'm not... You tell me.

Like you Rot, I to collected all the album versions and 12" singles [not so much the 7" versions], including the imports that are seq. numbered in those 10,000 copies only releases from the [i]A Broken Frame[/i] to [i]Construction Time Again[/i] era!



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[latebar]

Glok, u MUST own Violator & Songs Of Faith And Devotion.

believe me, u will thank me for it[:D]

[harleytexas]

After seeing them in concert, the new songs still don't impress me. This is not an album I'll be playing a lot, just like Songs Of Faith And Devotion.

[q89747]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Judas101[/i]
<br>DM always get's high expectation from there Hardcore fans (including Me lol) I think the Album's sound is way too Analog'ish.. It's like Speak and Spell meets Exciter, But Speak and Spell is more Upbeat and Exciter's overall sound is more Bombastic/Bigger..

I was hoping to hear some thumpy bouncy driven drum(ala' Never let me down/Strangelove/Personal Jesus) sounds on the album, which I think PTA lacks.. Drum tracks was like listening to MIDI, thin and lifeless.. uninspiring Synth Riffs/Leads (where's ALAN!)Soundwise is was ok but the over-used of Analog gears(?) are somewhat annoying. They should have gone with a different Producer! Flood or Trent Reznor!!

Jezebel, Wrong and In Chains are my fav so far, after non-stop playin on my Car for a week lol.. Maybe my age is the reason why SOTU hasn't really grown on Me.. SOFAD is there last Album that got me Hook instantly, It was a groundbreaking Album Song-wise and Sound-wise not fav by most DM hardcore fans though lol.

I won't watch them live this year tour, I'll just wait for the DVD.. I was really expecting a bigger sounding album than SOTU, possibly
a jump from PTA but it was a step back instead IMHO





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Okay I finally got around to getting this LP. IMO the production is pretty good, if overmastered (as are pretty much all big-name LPs nowadays). But if they're going to bring back any previous producer, let it be Dave Bascombe-- sod Flood. MFTM was their best album, no small part of which was the production. By the way, my favorite tune on the album is Come Back-- one of the non-Gore tunes interestingly enough (to me).