On October 17, 2005, “Mute” label released “Playing the Angel”, the eleventh Depeche Mode studio album. It was recorded January – July 2005, at “Sound Design” in  Santa Barbara, California;  “Stratosphere Sound” in New York City, and “Whitfield Studios” in London, and was produced by Ben Hillier.  The album was certified Platinum in France by “SNEP; 2 x Platinum in Germany by “BVMI”; Platinum in Hungary by “MAHASZ”; Platinum in Poland by “ZPAV”; 3 x Platinum in Russia by “NFPF”, and Platinum in Spain by “PROMUSICAE”.

Personnel:

• Dave Gahan – lead vocals
• Martin Gore – vocals, keyboards, guitar
• Andy Fletcher – keyboards
• Dave McCracken – piano, programming
• Andrew Phillpott – programming
• Christian Eigner– programming
• Richard Morris – engineer, programming
• Ben Hillier– engineer, mixing
• Ki Rangnick – engineer, mixing assistant
• Devin Workman – engineer, mixing assistant
• Arjun Agerwala – engineer assistant
• Nick Sevilla – engineer assistant
• Rudyard Lee Cullers – engineer assistant
• Steve Fitzmaurice– mixing
• Emily Lazar– mastering
• Sarah Register – mastering assistant
• Anton Corbijn– art direction, cover design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Martin Gore, except where noted.

1. A Pain That I’m Used To
2. John the Revelator
3. Suffer Well – Dave Gahan, Christian Eigner, Andrew Phillpott
4. The Sinner in Me
5. Precious
6. Macro
7. I Want It All – Dave Gahan, Christian Eigner, Andrew Phillpott
8. Nothing’s Impossible – Dave Gahan, Christian Eigner, Andrew Phillpott
9. Introspectre
10. Damaged People
11. Lilian