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Depeche mode... Because?

Advantages: brilliant, entertaining
Disadvantages: none

Well, i can say this brings music to my ears, a person jesus to me if you like, something most people would dislike nowadays, but for me, I love them, all over and all around, Depeche mode are a brilliant band for your entertainment and theyre fair in all aspects, unlike some bands, I think due to depeche mode being around a lot longer then some other bands, this is the gears to my ears, keeps me happy when i get down... I hope you all like this ...

sansboy 28.12.2006 · Read full review
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Review of 101 [SACD] - Depeche Mode

A return to form

Advantages: More memorable songs than any other Depeche Mode album since Violator
Disadvantages: Would have been improved by dropping one or two weaker tracks

...however pleased to say that Playing the Angel is for the most part a strong album and is probably the most consistent Depeche Mode album since Violator. The album starts strongly with the semi-industrial sounding single A Pain That I'm Used To and in fact the first 5 tracks are almost flawless, with a decent variation in pace too. Given their strength it's not surprising that 4 of these first 5 songs were released as singles, although if I had to ...
...single, released before the album came out) sounds a little bit "Depeche Mode by numbers" to me. This is the first time Dave Gahan has contributed to the songwriting on a DM album and his 3 songs are amongst the best on the disc (Suffer Well, Nothing's Impossible and I Want it All). By contrast I found the 2 tracks featuring Martin Gore on lead vocals a huge disappointment, on both Macro and Damaged People he sounds like he is simply trying too ...

weaveab 20.03.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Playing The Angel - Depeche Mode

Hits , over and over again

Advantages: classic tracks
Disadvantages: too much previously found on Pop!

~0~ hits ! - the very best of erasure ~0~ 2003 has been a bit of successful year for Erasure . Firstly saw the release of the highly successful erasure album ' Other Peoples Songs ' , a compilation of classic songs given the erasure treatment . from it were released two successful singles , namely ' Solisbury Hill ' and ' Make Me Smile ( Come Up and See Me ) ' . Next followed a UK tour , which was again well received . Then came the surprise release ...
...released the compilation album ' Hits - the very best of Erasure ' . In the meantime andy and vince continue to work on new material. ~0~ comparison time ~0~ Back in 1992 mute records released ' Pop ! 20 hits ' , a compilation album containing erasures first 20 released singles , plus a bonus remix track of the first ever single release ' Who Needs Love (like that) ' . ' Hit's - the very best of ' was released a full eleven years later . However ...

CaptainKidd 29.12.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Hits (The Very Best Of Erasure) - Erasure

A-Ha - Definitive Collection?

Advantages: Very good first half.
Disadvantages: Bad second half.

A-Ha will probably always be remembered mostly for their hit single in the 80's ' Take On Me' and the video that accompanied it, which featured groundbreaking animation at the time. But there was always a lot more to a-ha then this, as shown on this greatest hits collection. While there is that excellent hit, there are also other notable hits, including 'Hunting High And Low', 'The Sun Always Shines on TV' and 'The Living Daylights', which all have ...
...the sound of bands around today like Coldplay and Keane, who have both stated that they are huge fans of a-ha. And rightfully so, a-ha have a knack for writing excellent pop songs, which is showed beautifully on the album 'Hunting High And Low'. But this isn't that album. This collection ranges from 1994 to 2004. And like most bands, the material wavers over time, and gets either less accessible or more schmaltzy. Some of the later stuff lacks inspiration, ...

sobelecta 05.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Definitive Singles Collection 1984-2004, The [ECD] - A-Ha

An epic album from an epic band.

Advantages: Epic. Mostly a work of genius.
Disadvantages: Makes me over-use the word "epic". Moments of odd un-epicness.

I'm continuing my poke through my record collection with another offering from Norwegian legends a-ha. Scoundrel Days was a-ha's "difficult" second album. It was a move away from their "synth pop" reputation after Hunting High and Low, and was perhaps a bit of a shock for their teenage fans, but at ten years old I was too young to be disappointed. I loved it. I held long scarves in my hands and danced, with an abandon that can only be described ...
...album, and it's probably the reason why, by the time I was a teenager, I was into rock and metal. Luckily since then I've realised I'm a TERRIBLE dancer. In a highly unscientific poll (a search through my memory to remember the opinions of fellow a-ha fans over the years) the vast majority of a-ha fans named SD as their favourite ever a-ha album. It's certainly the one I'd want on a desert island, and it's the "classic" a-ha album they play the ...

anaglypta 31.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Scoundrel Days - A-Ha