In this special edition of Friday On The Turntable, I am ranking Depeche Mode’s entire studio album catalog – from 1981’s ‘Speak & Spell’ to 2013’s ‘Delta Ma…
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Friday On The Turntable: Ranking Depeche Mode – from ‘Speak & Spell’ to ‘Delta Machine’
Thanks for watching! – Bret
Songs of Faith and Devotion was probably DM’s akin to Beatles “White” album
moment. Still holds up well 20 years later, and I was disappointed when
Delta Machine came out after DM claimed this was their best work since
SOFAD and Violator.
Thanks James. I appreciate it. – Bret
Thank you! I appreciate all of the kind words – glad you are enjoying the
videos. Good luck with your Depeche Mode collection – Violator is a
difficult one to find on vinyl, but as you can tell from my video… any
Depeche Mode album is good for the collection. Thanks again. – Bret
Awesome video Bret ! I was just at the recorde store today looking at
Depeche Mode vinyl looking for Violator which they didn’t have but they had
all these other ones you guys talked about.. I only have a Greatest Hits cd
but I want to dive deeper into their catalogue.. Thank you.. Love your
channel and these ranking videos.. The U2 one was awesome.. Thanks again..
Chez
Thanks Travis.
‘Paris’ is definitely an excellent live record – great version of
‘Charlotte Sometimes.’ Happy to see you feel the same way about Songs Of
Faith & Devotion. Thanks for watching, Damian. – Bret
Your # 1 is my # 1 I’ll take it a step further and say that Walking in My
Shoes is probably my all time favorite DM track. I also have the live
version of that album somewhere around here, it’s every bit as good as The
Cure ‘Paris’ (one of my fave live albums ever). Great ranking fellas, loved
this one
Great video, Bret & Jesse! Been on a big Depeche Mode kick as of late and
have been wanting to dig deeper into their catalog. I did like how you both
had very different lists! Cheers
Hi guys, great video. Totally agree with your number one choice. When i was
in the worst part of my addiction including also being in prison, I
listened to this album continually on repeat. My cell mate hated DM to
start wih but really grew to love them in the year we were together. It
took the band to a very dark place. Violator would be my second for pretty
much the same reasons. Fantastic post guys. Cheers James
Thanks Fernando!
4 me Delta machine its in the top 5 …..
Good Job guys !!!
Thanks for watching! – Bret
Brenden, well said. Thanks for watching. Enjoy your weekend and the
beautiful Melbourne weather. – Bret
Songs of Faith and Devotion is my number one to. Proof that difficult times
can produce great art.
Nice ranking of Depeche Mode, it’s cool to see what people like. For me
it’s all good no matter what the order however I think the new album is
good maybe because I just saw them live. Anyway, very cool video
Way to be honest with the new DM album. I heard half of it and it did
nothing for me that sounded new and original. I suppose this would happen
to a lot of 80’s bands who’s overall sound is keyboard orientated”. I did
love your top three picks. After that I think I would choose ‘Speak and
Spell’. I am a huge Vince Clark fan so I would give that high marks because
of him. Great job guys. Maybe Dave will repost this on the DM site? Talk to
you soon Bret~ Rob/Boston
Thanks John! That guy on the right always seems to show up when I’m about
to film a video. :) Violator is a great choice – takes me right back to
1990! Have a good weekend! – Bret
Another great video guys. Songs of Faith and Devotion as well as Violator
are my favorite albums, it takes me back to my high school years. I
remember hearing I Feel You for the first time and going wow!. Walking in
my shoes and Condemnation are two of favorite DM songs. I only have seen
them live once, in Bogota, Colombia in 2009 and I was blown away!. I will
see them again Sept 18 here in Houston!. The new album is ok, it’s a good
excuse to go on tour and that is fine by me. Cheers, Jean.
Thanks Joe! Glad you enjoyed. Have a good weekend as well. – Bret
Have a great time at the upcoming show, Jean. Undecided if I’m gonna make
it out to see them this time around. Ticket prices are just out of control
these days! Totally agree with you – while the new album is decent, I’m
happy they are still making music and taking the songs out to the people.
Thanks for watching. – Bret
Really enjoyed this video Bret….agree that SOFAD is their absolute best
and was great to hear you both reminiscing about that tour – I can still
remember that opening sequence behind the curtains like it was yesterday.
Powerful stuff! Have a great weekend ;) Joe
good job you introduced that hirsute guy on the right otherwise wouldnt
have recognised him! My favourite DM album is Violater but I dont have a
full set so i need to get onto it and expand what I have! – John
Thanks Simon!