Warner Bros / Wea
1989
Counterfeit 2
About This Album
Depeche Mode's evolution from trendy synthesized pinup boys to platinum-selling synth-rock superstars probably came as a shock for those who first heard the band's British hits "New Life" and "Just Can't Get Enough" in the early '80s. The band's 1981 debut album Speak and Spell was a disposable but entertaining collection of frothy dance tunes that made the Human League sound like Joy Division. Founding member Vince Clarke left the band prior to the recording of its second album, leaving songwriting duties to Martin Gore, who took the band in an entirely different direction on albums like Some Great Reward and the band's masterstroke, Black Celebration. The synthesizers and dancefloor elements were still there, but the material was considerably more downbeat and definitely more substantial. Songs like the S&M-inspired "Master and Servant" and the self-explanatory "Blasphemous Rumors" became Depeche Mode classics, earning the group a huge following of alienated teenage outcasts and college radio fans. Following the release of Music for the Masses in 1987, Depeche Mode took an extended hiatus, and Gore released his first solo album, Counterfeit, in 1989.
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