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.
- Dream On
- Shine
- The Sweetest Condition
- When the Body Speaks
- The Dead of Night
- Lovetheme
- Freelove
- Comatose
- I Feel Loved
- Breathe
- Easy Tiger
- I Am You
- Goodnight Lovers
