🪶 precious and fragile things, need special handling, my god what have we done to you? 🪶 happy depechecember! the black celebration marches into the mid 2000’s with @Depeche Mode’s eleventh studio album, playing the angel after the exciter tour, dave embarked on a solo career, releasing his debut solo album and going on tour to support it. with a newfound sense of creativity, he demanded to write songs for depeche mode, something main songwriter martin gore did not want to concede to things became tense until fletch brokered a deal to allow dave to write a few songs for each record, and things went back on track for the band. for this album, they returned to the alternative rock sound they were famous for while it did have undisputed bangers like john the revelator, lilian, and a pain that i’m used to, a stand out track is suffer well, written by dave, and it earned the band a grammy nomination the religious themes concerning suffering and redemption were motivated largely by martin’s own personal struggles at the time, including a relapse to alcoholism and an emotionally draining divorce; precious specifically was about the trauma his children experienced from the divorce and the guilt he felt from it this album was a top ten in many countries, including the us and the uk, and while many viewed it as a return to form, some felt it lacked the innovation and creativity that is typically expected from the band, claiming it was too “safe” a record this album is excellent, it’s a great alternative rock album that doesn’t date itself and has many anthemic bangers, many feel that this was dm’s last great album, but i disagree—stick around for the home stretch, their four most recent albums!
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