In particular, Martin Gore’s lyrics, whilst still brimming with double meanings and cryptic wordplay, are presented with a lot of soul-bearing and heart aching honesty. This is Depeche Mode in full Technicolor Cinescope, painting with a wide palette of emotional hues. It’s a fitting entry point to an album where each track feels bigger and more ambitious than previous outings and musical moods meld and segue from one song to the next.Įven sparse arrangements like the rumor fueled “The Things You Said” and the erotically charged “I Want You Now” still have a sprawling feel to them. The symphonic coda adds a sense of drama giving the track an expansive, cinematic feel.
“Never Let Me Down Again” with its metallic stomping beat and soaring chorus transcended the typical tropes of an ode to drugs and pushed it into a sonic place that was just as euphoric.
Tracks like album opener “Never Let Me Down Again” and the synth-pop charged “Strangelove” became unlikely breakouts crossing over from alt-radio into the fringe of the mainstream.
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