On May 14, 2001, “Mute” label released “Exciter”, the tenth Depeche Mode studio album. It was recorded June 2000 – February 2001, at “RAK Studios”, “Sarm West Studios” in London; “Sound Design” in Santa Barbara; “Electric Lady Studios”, “Sony Music Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Mark Bell and LFO.

Personnel:

• Dave Gahan – lead vocals
• Martin Gore- keyboards, guitar
• Andy Fletcher- keyboards, sampler, synthesizer, bass
• Airto Moreira– percussion
• Christian Eigner– drums
• Knox Chandler– solo cello, string arrangement
• Natalie Cenovia Cummins, Ralph H. Farris, Leo Grinhauz, Joyce Hammann, Todd C. Reynolds– strings
• Gareth Jones– engineer, additional production, pre-production
• Andrew Griffiths, Jonathan Adler, Boris Aldridge, Lisa Butterworth, James Chang,  Andrew Davies, Alissa Myhowich – engineer assistant
• Nick Sevilla – engineer assistant
• Steve Fitzmaurice– mixing
• Mike Marsh – mastering
• Form – design
• Anton Corbijn – art direction, cover art, photography
• Paul Freegard – additional production, pre-production

Track listing:

 All tracks by Martin Gore.

1. Dream On
2. Shine
3. The Sweetest Condition
4. When the Body Speaks
5. The Dead of Night
6. Lovetheme
7. Freelove
8. Comatose
9. I Feel Loved
10. Breathe
11. Easy Tiger
12. I Am You
13. Goodnight Lovers