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- S3
- P1
- EP
- ¤3¥2DEPECHE MODE¥1
-
-
- Songs Of Faith And Devotion
- (Mute)¤1
-
- Released: 1993
- Overall rating: ¤378.8%¤1
- Number of songs: 10
- Best songs: ¤5Walking In My Shoes 92%¤1
- ¤5I Feel You 86%¤1
- ¤5Judas 84%¤1
- Singles
- released: ¤5I Feel You¤1
- (so far)
-
- The first single, I Feel You shows
- very clearly that Depeche Mode of
- today is more an ordinary rock group
- than an absolutely synthesizer based
- group. It makes me wonder if it really
- is the same group that in the begin-
- ning of the eighties had Kraftwerk as
- ð
- their models. They have matured a lot.
- However all the songs are not in the
- same style as I.F.Y., some of them
- are actually very much alike the songs
- on Violator, Music For The Masses as
- well as Black Celebration.
- As usual Martin Gore has written all
- the songs, and he has done a good work
- I think.
- This is definitely not their best
- album, but it is worth buying for both
- old as well as new DM fans!
-
-
- The songs are:
-
- ¤51. I Feel You 4:34 86%¤1
-
- It has a very heavy sound and a great
- atmosphere, but is a bit gloomy though
- the lyrics are quite romantic. However
- the song is very good, especially when
- played loud!
- Ð
- ¤52. Walking In My Shoes 5:33 92%¤1
-
- Oh, it's just great! It begins quite
- calmly, but gradually it thrives to be
- a real hit. Yet the song seems to have
- a bigger potential than they are
- using, so hopefully they will release
- a mixed version later. I'm waiting for
- it!
-
- ¤53. Condemnation 3:18 80%¤1
-
- This reminds me a bit about the old
- Depeche Mode, perhaps just a bit, but
- anyway! The song has kind of a black
- shaping, but that is something an old
- Depeche Mode fan should be used to by
- now. Furthermore it's very cool and
- quite beautiful actually.
-
- ¤54. Mercy In You 4:17 68%¤1
-
- Another black shaped song. Depressed
- ð
- music for depressed people maybe? Well
- I don't know, but perhaps Gore is
- having a boring life...
-
-
- ¤55. Judas 5:12 84%¤1
-
- Somehow this song reminds me a bit of
- Somebody (Some Great Reward, 1984). It
- is just a feeling. Anyway, it's really
- a beautiful song that should be per-
- fect to have in the background anytime
- I'd say. It has quite a gloomy ending
- though.
-
-
- ¤56. In Your Room 6:22 78%¤1
-
- A very dark and gloomy song. It sounds
- exactly as it has been taken from the
- Black Celebration album. It is very
- hard to judge, but I like it!
- Ð
- ¤57. Get Right With Me 3:51 68%¤1
-
- This song is actually quite jolly, at
- least compared to the others. The end
- is one of the weirdest though.
-
-
- ¤58. Rush 4:32 77%¤1
-
- The refrain is real fast, but the rest
- is at the normal speed, quite slow
- that is. This is perhaps the most
- sorrowful song of them all, but it is
- actually good.
-
-
- ¤59. One Caress 3:28 82%¤1
-
- Another song in the same style as
- Judas. Really soft and beautiful! And
- the strings in the background are
- great, perfectly arranged and conduc-
- ted by Wil Malone.
- ð
- ¤510. Higher Love 5:52 73%¤1
-
- What could be more perfect than ending
- a gloomy record with a gloomy song? DM
- obviously thought the same way, since
- this is the last track. Do I sound
- negative?
- Ð
-