Depeche Mode get tuff!

tcb2000 · Post by **tcb2000** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 4:08 pm

^ Wot he said

Agreed about Violator being no 1. But then my tastes go back to Broken Frame and Black Celebration. Though Songs Of Faith etc... is a classic.

Haven't even heard Exciter or Ultra....the singles were that uninspiring...

Rich

Dog · Post by **Dog** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 5:44 pm

'Ultra' was pretty good, it still had that Alan Wilder feel to it, but unfortunately Mark Bell couldn't perform miracles with the dross that is 'Exciter'. Very uninspiring album.

Post by **Loopz** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 7:20 pm

i liked 'Exciter'. Took ages to get a grasp of it though.

tcb2000 · Post by **tcb2000** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 12:44 pm

Listened to it for the first time last night. Love 'John The Revelator' and the rest is great on first listen...need some more time for it to sink in.

Wondering if there's a subtle ploy by DM's marketing dept to actually put out on to t'internet a low quality version which is good enough to listen to but annoying enough to force you to buy the album when it comes out??? I'll be seriously unchuffed if I buy the album next week and the quality is the same as the version I got...

Rich

Post by **Loopz** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:10 pm

The version i got sounds fine. Is the one you got from the net lowbitrate or is the sound quality bad on a high bitrate mp3 ?

tcb2000 · Post by **tcb2000** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:25 pm

It's a 192kbps, so I can only assume it was re-encoded at that from a lower resolution source. It sounds really badly compressed and there's no depth to the sound at all...

Rich

Dog · Post by **Dog** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:38 pm

There was a huge tonal difference in the downloaded version of 'Precious' compared to the CD single version.

I'm still waiting for the official CD album on this one

Post by **Loopz** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 6:32 pm

Mine was VBR and Meaty!

shadyboy · Post by **shadyboy** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 7:25 pm

Have to say as well that the two tracks Dave Gahan has written on Playing the Angel (The Sinner In Me & I Want It All) are arguably better that some of Martin's from the last two albums.

Maybe this is the way forward for them, it would be interesting to hear what the two of them could write together.

Dog · Post by **Dog** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:16 pm

shadyboy wrote:Have to say as well that the two tracks Dave Gahan has written on Playing the Angel (The Sinner In Me & I Want It All) are arguably better that some of Martin's from the last two albums.

Maybe this is the way forward for them, it would be interesting to hear what the two of them could write together.

Watching Gahan being interviewed for the re-release of the '101' DVD, he mentioned that he's always felt that he's been in Martin's shadow when it came to songwriting and that making his own album proved to himself, Martin and others that he could also write songs...