

Martyr will be released as a single early November. Hugely influential and hailed by Q magazine as "the most popular electronic band the world has ever known", Depeche Mode follow 25 incredibly successful years of sublime, superlative electronica with their first ever Best Of collection released on Mute on November 13th.īrimming with 17 hit singles that span their incredible and varied career, this eagerly anticipated album also contains the brand new track 'Martyr' which pulses with their relentlessly energetic sound and it sits immaculately amongst their luminous history. "The dark overlords of electro-pop" - NME "One of the coolest bands we've ever had" - The Sun "One of the greatest British pop groups of all time" - Sunday Telegraph The new album’s music resurrected the period of the eighties, but with the contemporary top level arranging it sounded very attractive and unpredictable.Released November 14th on Sire/Reprise (USA) Entitled Sounds Of The Universe, it arrived in the first half of 2009. 1 and proceeded to work over their new studio attempt. In 2006, the band released the compilation of their masterpieces The Best Of Depeche Mode, Vol. He continued with the impressing record Hourglass. Besides, Gahan launched the solo career with the Paper Monsters disc in 2003. Depeche Mode got the Grammy prize for the song Suffer Well from this album. However, Playing The Angel of 2007 brought the band back on their high position. Exciter saw light in 2001 and was quite a disappointment for the band's fans due to the lighter sound. However, the new album Ultra with singles Barrel Of A Gun and It's No Good, filled with Gahan's deep vocals, was issued in 1996. Dave was persuaded to undergo medication in a rehab after he almost died from an overdose. The support tour was problematic due to the drug addiction of Gore and Gahan. In 1993, the long play called Songs Of Faith And Devotion was released with the lead grunge-bluesy single I Feel You. It contained the rhythmical, mesmerizing single Personal Jesus and dark romantic song Enjoy The Silence. After a lengthy tour supporting Music For The Masses the musicians got down to their new album - the cult Violator. Full of experiments Music For The Masses disc made the band popular around the USA and was presented by tunes like Let Me Down Again and Behind The Wheel. Depeche Mode became associated with the gothic culture that was coming to force around that time. The Black Celebration album, released in 1986, with the impressing composition Stripped finished the band's transition from cheerful dance music to dark electronica.

The single of 1984 People Are People, devoted to the theme of racism, gave Depeche Mode the status of international stars. The third disc Construction Time Again with the hit Everything Counts astonished the listeners with its industrial flavor and political-social issues.
