Amazon In the four years since the release of the very average Sounds Of The Universe, social media has come a long way. The new Depeche Mode album has whipped up a media frenzy with, it seems, everyone now a huge fan with a primetime appearance on Letterman Live in the USA proving the fact.
The release of lead single, Heaven, was a sudden affair. After an album taster released in October 2012, it was believed that Angel was in fact the said single. Confusion ensued and Heaven’s release was postponed by a week until everything was cleared up.
The question everyone wants to know is whether Delta Machine’s actually any good. Tantalisingly described by band and PR alike as a cross between Violator and Songs Of Faith And Devotion (coincidentally, their biggest selling albums), the album is produced by Ben Hillier for the third consecutive time. Unusual in itself for pioneers such as DM to stick with the same producer, but the relationship and final sound is obviously something that the band favour. Whilst the production on SOTU was well polished, the songs weren’t really up to much and it suffered. Breaks with VCMG (Martin Gore re-uniting with techno-genius Vince Clarke on the instrumental Ssss album), and Soulsavers (Dave Gahan effectively becoming a member of the group on the album The Light The Dead See), have, it would seem, recharged their Basildon batteries and they are back with all guns blazing. In fact, Gahan’s performance on the Soulsavers album was seen by many as the best of his career at the time.
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