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Gravity Kills: Superstarved

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On March 19, 2002, “Sanctuary Records” label released “Superstarved”, the third Gravity Kills studio album. It was recorded June 1999 – October 2001, at “The Mattress Factory”, “ASI” in Chicago, and “Mr. Blood” in St. Louis, and was produced by Martin Atkins, Jeff Scheel, Matt Dudenhoeffer, Doug Firley and Brad Booker.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Scheel – lead vocals
  • Matt Dudenhoeffer – guitar
  • Doug Firley – keyboard
  • Brad Booker – drums
  • Derek Geisser – guitar
  • Richard Fortus– guitars
  • Bob Dog Caitlin – sitar
  • Charles Levi– bass
  • Matt Dudenhoeffer – backing vocals
  • Julian Beeston– programming
  • Julian Beeston – engineer
  • Julian Beeston, Martin Atkins – mixing
  • Craig Wagner – Gravity Kills logo and star design
  • John Bergin – artwork, design
  • Steve Truesdell – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Scheel, Matt Dudenhoeffer, Doug Firley and Brad Booker, except where noted.

  1. Love, Sex and Money
  2. Take it All Away
  3. Fifteen Minutes
  4. Forget Your Name
  5. Enemy
  6. Breakdown
  7. Beg and Borrow
  8. One Thing
  9. Personal Jesus – Martin L.Gore
  10. Wide Awake – Jeff Scheel, Matt Dudenhoeffer, Doug Firley, Brad Booker, Richard Fortus
  11. Suffocate
  12. Superstarved
  13. LS&M Reprise

Depeche Mode: Spirit

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On March 17, 2017, “Columbia” label released “Spirit”, the 14th Depeche Mode studio album. It was recorded April – August 2016, at “Jungle City Studios” in New York City, “Sound Design” in Santa Barbara, California, and was produced by James Ford. The album was certified Platinum in France “SNEP” and 2 x Platinum in Poland by “ZPAV”.

Personnel:

  • Dave Gahan– lead vocals, backing vocals
  • Martin Gore– guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals, lead vocals
  • Andy Fletcher– keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals
  • James Ford- mixing, drums, pedal steel guitar
  • Matrixxman– programming
  • Kurt Uenala– programming, bass guitar
  • Jimmy Robertson – engineer, mixing
  • Connor Long, Óscar Muñoz, David Schaeman – engineer assistant
  • Brendan Morawski – engineer assistant, mixing assistant
  • Brian Lucey – mastering
  • Anton Corbijn– cover, all visuals and art-direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Martin L. Gore, except where noted.

  1. Going Backwards
  2. Where’s the Revolution
  3. The Worst Crime
  4. Scum
  5. You Move – Martin L. Gore, Dave Gahan
  6. Cover Me – Martin L. Gore, Peter Gordeno, Christian Eigner
  7. Eternal
  8. Poison Heart – Dave Gahan, Peter Gordeno, Christian Eigner
  9. So Much Love
  10. Poorman
  11. No More (This Is the Last Time) – Dave Gahan, Kurt Uenala
  12. Fail

Depeche Mode: Music For The Masses

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On September 28, 1987, “Mute” label released “Music for the Masses” the sixth Depeche Mode studio album. It was recorded February – July 1987, at “Studio Guillaume Tell” in Paris; “Konk” in London, and was produced by Dave Gahan , Martin L. Gore, Andy Fletcher, David Bascombe and Daniel Miller. The album was certified Platinum in France  by “SNEP”, and Platinum in the US by “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Dave Gahan – lead vocals
  • Martin L. Gore – co-lead vocals, keyboards, guitars
  • Andy Fletcher – keyboards
  • David Bascombe – engineer
  • Martyn Atkins – design, photography
  • Mark Higenbottam – design, photography
  • David Jones – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Martin L. Gore.

  1. Never Let Me Down Again
  2. The Things You Said
  3. Strangelove
  4. Sacred
  5. Little 15
  6. Behind the Wheel
  7. I Want You Know
  8. To Have and to Hold
  9. Nothing
  10. Pimpf / Interlude 1

Depeche Mode: Delta Machine

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On March 22, 2013, “Columbia” label released “Delta Machine”, the thirteenth Depeche Mode studio album. It was recorded March – October 2012, at “Sound Design” in Santa Barbara, and “Jungle City Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Ben Hiller.

Personnel:

  • Dave Gahan – vocals
  • Martin Gore – co-lead vocals, keyboards, guitars
  • Christoffer Berg – programming
  • Kurt Uenala– additional programming, vocal recording
  • Ferg Peterkin – engineer
  • Tomas del Toro-Diaz – engineer assistant
  • Dan Tobiason – assistant engineer
  • Will Loomis – assistant engineer
  • Flood– mixing
  • Rob Kirwan – mixing
  • Drew Smith – mixing assistant
  • Bunt Stafford-Clark – mastering
  • Anton Corbijn– backprojection images, design, photography
  • Anja Grabert – back projection images

Track listing:

All tracks by Martin Gore.

  1. Welcome to My World
  2. Angel
  3. Heaven
  4. Secret to the End
  5. My Little Universe
  6. Slow
  7. Broken
  8. The Child Inside
  9. Soft Touch/Raw Nerve
  10. Should Be Higher
  11. Alone
  12. Soothe My Soul
  13. Goodbye

Depeche Mode: Songs Of Faith And Devotion

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On March 22, 1993, “Mute” label released “Songs of Faith and Devotion”, the eighth Depeche Mode studio album. It was recorded February 1992 – January 1993, at “Chateau du Pape” in Madrid, and was produced by Flod, David Gahan and Martin Gore.

Personnel:

  • Martin Gore – vocals, keyboards, guitars, programming, mixing
  • Dave Gahan – vocals
  • Steáfán Hannigan – uilleann pipes
  • Wil Malone– string arrangement, conducting
  • Hildia Campbell – additional vocals
  • Samantha Smith – additional vocals
  • Bazil Meade – additional vocals
  • Matthew Vaughan – additional programming
  • Chris Dickie – engineer
  • Paul Kendall, Steve Lyon – engineer
  • Mark Einstmann – engineer assistant
  • Volke Schneider – engineer assistant
  • Shaun de Feo – engineer assistant
  • Jeremy Wheatley – engineer assistant
  • Flood– mixing
  • Mark Stent– mixing
  • Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
  • Anton Corbijn– art direction, sleeve design, visuals
  • Area – design
  • Daryl Bamonte– album coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Martin Gore.

  1. I Feel You
  2. Walking In My Shoes
  3. Condemnation
  4. Mercy In You
  5. Judas
  6. In Your Room
  7. Get Right With Me
  8. Rush
  9. One Caress
  10. Higher Love

Depeche Mode: Construction Time Again

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On August 22, 1983, “Mute” label released “Construction Time Again”, the third Depeche Mode studio album. It was recorded in 1983, at “Garden Studios” in London,  and was produced by Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher, Alan Wilder and Daniel Miller.

Personnel:

  • Dave Gahan – lead vocals
  • Martin Gore – vocals, keyboards, guitar
  • Andy Fletcher – keyboards
  • Alan Wilder – drums, percussion
  • Gareth Jones – engineer
  • Corinne Simcock – engineer assistant
  • Martyn Atkins – design
  • Ian Wright – illustrations
  • Brian Griffin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Martin L. Gore, except where noted.

  1. Love, in Itself
  2. More Than a Party
  3. Pipeline
  4. Everything Counts
  5. Two Minute Warning – Alan Wilder
  6. Shame
  7. The Landscape is Changing – Alan Wilder
  8. Told You So
  9. And Then