So, it's kind of funny. One of the websites I use as reference for this list really hates this album. They call it "lifeless" and "a thoroughly unengaging affair and the worst record INXS have recorded." Ringing endorsement, that one. Apparently, they would have been happier had the band missed half the notes musically and gotten most of the words wrong. I dunno, call me crazy, but I'd rather hear the songs and actually be able to sing along with them. Not getting into this one too much either, because like the Greatest Hits album this one leans heavily on Kick and X for material, especially since it was recorded during the tour for X. Recorded live at Wembley Stadium for the video, the album included versions of songs from Rio as well.
5 Best Songs:
5. "Mystify"
4. "New Sensation"
3. "Devil Inside"
2. "The Stairs"
1. "Need You Tonight/Mediate"
"Devil Inside"
"The Stairs"
"Need You Tonight/Mediate"
125. Some Great Reward by Depeche Mode (1984)
This was pretty much Depeche Mode's breakthrough album in the U.S., mostly because of the song "People Are People." It includes one of the band's most beautiful songs ever, "Somebody," as well as one of their most cynical, "Blasphemous Rumours." "Somebody" is all about wanting somebody to love, and at points is almost too sweet, but in the end is just a great song. "Blasphemous Rumours," on the other hand, is a very bitter song about a girl who tries to kill herself and fails, then once she embraces life and finds Jesus (didn't know he was lost - ha ha), gets hit by a car and dies. "Master and Servant" is a lovely little S & M tune, filled with sexual tension from start to finish. "Something To Do," the album's opener, is a pretty aggressive song for Depeche Mode, at least at this stage of their career. The four lesser known tracks on this album ("Lie To Me" "It Doesn't Matter" "Stories Of Old" and "If You Want") do well to keeping the flow of the album moving pretty steadily, and are all pretty solid songs in their own right. Definitely the best Depeche Mode album prior to Music For the Masses.
5 Best Songs:
5. "Stories Of Old"
4. "Somebody"
3. "If You Want"
2. "Something To Do"
1. "Blasphemous Rumours"
"If You Want"
"Something To Do" (The intro part is actually music from "Master and Servant")
"Blasphemous Rumours"
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