Album Rating: 3.0

Tora Tora Tora though brother. Also don't miss on the bonus cuts like Ice Machine

This shit came out in 1981, it was basically futuristic

Album Rating: 2.0

And then they started releasing better albums

Album Rating: 2.5

discog walk start; visit on Remastered 2020 Box ed. Interesting debut by a master band of the new wave style(electro/synth/alt). This shit came out in 1981, it was basically futuristic [2], agreed "Big Muff/Tora!Tora!Tora!" are perfect examples of that. And then they started releasing better albums [2], indeed. Such a unique band. Much love for them.

Album Rating: 2.5

if you can make it through this you deserve some great reward

lmao come on mannnnnn it's a good album

yea this rules

Album Rating: 3.0

the almighty unlistenable 2.5 album

Album Rating: 2.5

i was feeling generous at the time GOSH

Album Rating: 3.0

we walk on a beach of snip-happy crabbies

Album Rating: 2.0

I remember downloading "Photographic" all those years ago and thinking it was a fun albeit maybe corny song. Happy to know that I got lucky and picked one of the the best songs from the album to download off Napster or whatever P2P service I was using at the time. I didn't really start seriously listening/investing into Depeche until well.....



"if you can make it through this you deserve some great reward" That line just made me burst out laughing. That's the oldest Mode album I have. I am going to take the 'Speak and Spell' challenge right now. Let's see how cheery/dated and cheesy this album sounds today. Since it's easier than ever to hear music especially when youtube started rollin' full speed ahead. I had just been playing dark ambient stuff but these mixes weren't really grabbing me.

Album Rating: 2.0

So where's my damn reward?! I completed the challenge. This upload to youtube apparently started looping when it ended (and didn't have "Just Can't Get Enough", I heard that song enough anyway I know what that's about). Definitely don't think anyone is missing anything by skipping this album. "New Life" isn't bad kinda catchy. I actually wanted to hear "Puppets" again (so I don't mind that this is playing again the first three or four songs anyway) It just sounded really interesting and darker to me, compared to most of the album it didn't really have any real cheese to it and didn't sound incredibly dated. That's my favorite on this album for sure. Kinda surprised how much I like it. Even "photographic" while certainly not bad at all wasn't as good as I remembered. "Nodisco" was interesting at times but other than that, there really isn't much to this album. I'll play "Puppets" some more if I think of it, but that's really about it.



I also had to mention "What's Your Name." I just started laughing so much when that song came on. That's like some baby bopz shit recorded on an actual speak (sing) and spell toy. Really bad, it did invoke laughter so there was that at least. It was so pretty. I think I would just give it a 2 - 2.5. Truthfully probably a 2 but "Puppets" really surprised me. So there's that I never thought I would play this album tonight.

Album Rating: 2.5

ok sandinista is your next challenge good luck

Album Rating: 2.0

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144 minutes? I knew it was long but wow that's longer than I thought. I definitely won't take that challenge tonight or maybe ever haha I'd rather try to beat a level of the AVGN videogame without dying.

this is cute and fun and im glad it exists
on a big depeche mode kick, spent hours yesterday just clicking through the singles over and over (Home and Never Let Me Down Again my overall faves, but also the intro for People Are People)

i love simple synths. interesting timbre go home play me a triangle wave bassline

Album Rating: 4.0

When that synth melody kicks in at about 1:30 on Photographic...just orgasmic.



Surprised this is only a 3 on here, thought this was considered a groundbreaking album.

Damn this album fucking sucks.

Album Rating: 4.0

It pales in comparison to what they'd become but "New Life", "Photographic", "Dreaming of Me", and "Just Can't Get Enough" are all great songs. JCGE is a top tier synthpop song ever.



Some big weakspots on here but if synthpop is a genre you enjoy this is an important album in it's development and I wouldn't call any album with 3 or 4 bangers on an 11 track album one that fucking sucks. But to each their own of course. Doesn't seem like early synthpop gets a lot of love on this site.