These guys have always been, for me, one of those "background music" type bands. Hear them all the time, but don't pay that much attention to them. Therefore, this is the only album I've ever bought of theirs. It's a good album for the "casual" fan like me, having all their popular singles as well as some decent less popular songs. I originally bought this album for their cover version of "Love Song" by The Cure, from the 50 First Dates soundtrack, and wasn't expecting to know more than a handful of other songs. Which is pretty much what happened. Only knew 7 out of 17 songs. And, to be quite honest, they are still pretty much the only ones I know. I tend to just skip to those 7 songs and not really listen to the rest unless I'm just cleaning or something. Oh well. And yeah, this band puts on a hell of a concert. And the multitudes of women flashing their breasts put on a hell of a show, also. Ha. Seriously. I have never seen that many flashers at a concert. Unreal amounts of boobage.
5 Best Songs:
5. "All Mixed Up"
4. "Down"
3. "Come Original"
2. "Love Song"
1. "Do You Right"
"Come Original"
"Love Song"
"Do You Right"
Video's a bit off from the music, but it's still funny seeing how young and hip-hop they were trying to be.
145. The Singles - 1986>1998 by Depeche Mode (1998)
Of the two Depeche Mode singles collections, this one is the more substantial one. It's a toss up, though, as far as which one is actually better, since they've had so many great singles. This one spans their albums from Black Celebration through Ultra, including their two biggest U.S. albums, Music For the Masses and Violator. It starts off with "Stripped," one of their better songs and one of Dave Gahan's stronger vocal performances up to that point, which is followed by "A Question Of Lust," one of the most epic songs Martin Gore has ever written or sung. Obviously "Personal Jesus" is included, but it's one of only a couple weak songs. And while I've never personally been a fan of Ultra, most of the 5 songs from that album that are included here are at least decent. For the most part, this is just a very good collection. The 2003 box set The Singles - 1981>1998, which includes both singles collections, is obviously the definitive collection, but for those who aren't really fans of the earlier Depeche Mode music, this is obviously the way to go.
5 Best Songs:
5. "Never Let Me Down Again"
4. "Condemnation"
3. "Stripped"
2. "A Question Of Lust"
1. "Enjoy the Silence"
"Stripped"
"A Question Of Lust"
The sound is kind of low on this one.
"Enjoy the Silence"
Shitty fan video, just one image the entire time, but it's the album version, not a remix or live version, so it wins.
Well, that's it for now. So far so good on keeping with the schedule I wanted for this one, so yay for that. We'll see after it's been more than one week though. Ha ha.
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