MP3 | CBR 320 kbps | 47 min | 110 MB
Electronica, Synthpop
Violator is the seventh studio album by the English electronic group Depeche Mode, released by Mute Records on March 19, 1990. Preceded by the hit singles "Personal Jesus" and "Enjoy the Silence" (a Top 10 hit on both sides of the Atlantic), Violator propelled the band into international stardom. The most successful song from the album, Personal Jesus, was ranked number 368 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It is also on Q's 1001 Best Songs Ever.I think most people would agree that Violator is Depeche Mode’s best album, and it’s certainly their most successful. But if you weren’t around when it was released, what you probably don’t understand is how heavily anticipated it was. Consider that “Personal Jesus” and “Enjoy the Silence,” two of the band’s best songs, are on the album — and that they were both released as singles before Violator reached stores in March of 1990. This had a lot to do with Mute and Sire leading with the album’s strongest material, but it isn’t like the rest of the record was hurting for singles (“Policy of Truth” and “World in My Eyes” would have been standouts on any other album). More importantly, the whole thing hangs together really well — Martin Gore delivered nine of his strongest songs, and the band hired Flood to produce, which was a stroke of genius because it resulted in a pleasantly grungy sheen being added to the patented Depeche Mode blend of classically dour pop songcraft and precise, arid arrangements. Flood’s influence exerted itself in different ways — from the grinding cowboy swagger of “Personal Jesus” to the use of (gasp!) real drums on the closing track, “Clean” — but all of them took the band in a new direction that, for better and worse, has helped shape the latter half of their career. For a not-inconsiderable chunk of Depeche Mode’s fans, Violator is the standard by which the rest of the band’s albums are measured, and I think that’s appropriate. Those are the intellectual components of why I think Violator works, but they have very little to do with why I occasionally listen to it today; the album’s enduring appeal is, for me, reflective of just how huge it was in the spring of 1990.
Track list:
1. "World in My Eyes" – 4:26
2. "Sweetest Perfection" – 4:43
3. "Personal Jesus" – 4:56
4. "Halo" – 4:30
5. "Waiting for the Night" – 6:07
6. "Enjoy the Silence" – 6:12
7. "Policy of Truth" – 4:55
8. "Blue Dress" – 5:41
9. "Clean" – 5:28
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