6/20/2023 0 Comments Depeche mode album releaseRecorded in a brutal four-month slog in Berlin and London, the tense and claustrophobic nature of the sessions can be felt in the album's dense and dramatic sound. The group pushed those same themes to an extreme on Black Celebration. The follow-up, "Master and Servant," also hit the charts (#49 Dance Club Songs), and become a huge dance-floor favorite on the underground club scene. Following the stark industrialism of Some Great Reward (1984) would be no easy feat Depeche Mode's fourth studio album featured the band's first big hit in America, "People are People," which peaked at #13 on the Hot 100 in August 1985. As Martin Gore assumed primary songwriting duties, his lyrics had moved into darker and more existential directions. It was the album Depeche Mode had steadily been moving towards from the moment founding member Vince Clark left the band.
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