Depeche Mode new album Delta Machine

[empyrean]

New Studio Album ‘Delta Machine’ Set For Release March 26th on Columbia Records

Depeche Mode to Debut Video for First Single ‘Heaven’ on VEVO Next Friday, February 1st

(Columbia Records; New York, NY; January 24, 2013) – Depeche Mode have announced they will release their highly anticipated 13th studio album, entitled Delta Machine, on March 26th worldwide via Columbia Records. The album, recorded over the last year in Santa Barbara, California and New York City, was produced by Ben Hillier and mixed by Flood. In addition to the album announcement, Depeche Mode have also confirmed that the video for the first single “Heaven” will debut on VEVO next Friday, February 1st. Alongside a standard CD format, Depeche Mode will release Delta Machine in an exclusive Deluxe Edition with four additional new tracks and accompanied by a 28 page hardcover book including photos by longtime artistic collaborator Anton Corbijn (please see track listing, as well as album and single configurations below).

Martin Gore said of the release, “Writing this album was incredibly daunting as I wanted the sound of this collection to be very modern. I want people to feel good about listening to this record, to get some kind of peace. It’s just got something magical about it.”

Dave Gahan added, “With this release we’ve completely shifted our idea of how to create an album. When we hit a wall where we realize the album is beginning to sound too normal, we’ll mess it up and really give it that organic Depeche Mode Sound. Delta Machine is no different, and I can’t wait for all of our fans to hear it.”

Following the release of their new album, Depeche Mode will embark on a European stadium tour, kicking off in Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park on May 7th. They will perform 34 shows in 25 European countries, featuring appearances at Milan’s famed San Siro Stadium, the Stade De France in Paris, and Moscow’s Locomotive Stadium before wrapping up the European leg of their tour in Minsk, Belarus on July 29. A full North American tour will follow, with details to be announced in the coming weeks.

The tracklisting for Delta Machine is as follows:

STANDARD:
1 - Welcome To My World
2 - Angel
3 - Heaven
4 - Secret To The End
5 - My Little Universe
6 - Slow
7 - Broken
8 - The Child Inside
9 - Soft Touch / Raw Nerve
10 - Should Be Higher
11 - Alone
12 - Soothe My Soul
13 - Goodbye

DELUXE EDITION: (includes hardcover 28-page booklet)



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[empyrean]

Hey guys, help me how to post an image here. (this is embarrassing) [:D]

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[djcraig]

[quote][i]Originally posted by empyrean[/i]
<br>Hey guys, help me how to post an image here. (this is embarrassing) [:D]

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take out the two underscores and put in your image address.

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"Heaven":

https://soundcloud.com/#mrbigdavedm-1/d ... ode-heaven

[Judas101]

I've got mixed feelings about the first single-Heaven! it's slow tempo ballad and it's supposed to sound like a delta blues songs? where's the blues guitar solo?

DM should stick with Synths, it's there strength! leave the guitars to Metallica [:D]

Hopefully the rest of the Album picks up the tempo and sound like the Iconic DM Synth solo ala van halen!

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[bongsteve]

Initial reviews have been pretty promising. Those that have heard it say Heaven isn't representative of the album at all and not one of the better tracks. I for one really like Heaven so I'm cautiously optimistic.

[Jim2]

Still waiting for my copy of Heaven Maxi CD. I'm looking forward to this release more than the past few.

[pranavc]

I am so not feeling this new single. To be honest, the last single by these guys that I really liked was "Walking in my shoes" - and that was 20 years ago!

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[q89747]

Anyone catch them on Letterman last night? Song ain't bad; nothing to write home about though. Dave sounded off-key to me.

[tileboy]

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2013/0 ... letterman/

[obs]

COlumbia Records? Sony [xx(].
Did they leave Mute or something? How strange.

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[quote][i]Originally posted by obs[/i]
<br>COlumbia Records? Sony [xx(].
Did they leave Mute or something? How strange.
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/d ... rds-400330

Why strange? EMI certainly wasn't doing them any favors. Even Pet Shop Boys just bolted Parlophone/EMI...they're new album will be released independently in June:

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/n ... balt-label

[djcraig]

Depeche Mode Pull Back the Curtain on 'Delta Machine'

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Listening to Gahan sing I now realize how the lead singer of MUSE was so influenced by him. "Starlight" could have been a Depeche song.

[djcraig]

Just sampled the new Depeche: http://www.amazon.com/gp/dp/ref=pe_2912 ... B00BU2TEGS

My problem with this, as well as all post 90s Depeche is that the songs sound like demos. Minimal and sparse without the melodic hooks and instrumentation that they use to present. Boring.

[Passing_Stranger]

Agree - first time I heard the album I thought it were demos that leaked online somehow. Couldn't believe it's the "finished" product. There's almost nothing worth listening for the second-third time on the main CD (the bonus disc, by contrast, is very good!).

Still, listen to the demos of Personal Jesus and Enjoy the Silence and you'll see - that's the kind of music Gore always wrote. Their finished sound was created in the studio bearing, as a result, very little resemblance to the original form. And I suspect now Gore has a complete control over the studio proceedings - or the producers don't dare to criticize him or even have their say. So maybe they wanted to show the world how they sound in "demo" form?

Anyway, I'm not a fan of DM so didn't have any expectations. It still baffles me, though. Interesting to see how it'll perform.