Depeche Mode
Higher Love
Songs Of Faith And Devotion
(1993)

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keller1
Apr 06, 2009 - 08:35
shayde wrote:
Weird, in the intro, I went "Huh, some Tears for Fears I hadn't heard before..."

Guess not.


I thought it was TFF too until I looked.

Decent tune.


bkrontz
Apr 06, 2009 - 08:34

This song had its day... the dust on all of my DP albums is there for a reason. Next tune please. {#Confused}




fredriley
Apr 06, 2009 - 08:33
Wizzuvv_oz wrote:
An album that calls itself "Songs of Faith and Devotion" needs to deliver a _lot_ more than this IMO.

Why? If you listen to it, or even just look at the track titles, you'll see that it does what it says on the tin. The songs have plenty of religious imagery and angsting (is that a word?) about pain, punishment and redemption. Electro-Goth, if you like. but unlike most goth bands DM are danceable and poppy (I can't imagine bopping along to the Neph, for instance ;-)). This is a very fine album IMO, and perhaps their best ever. 9 from the Nottingham jury.



More_Cowbell
Feb 02, 2009 - 06:23
Hey a Depress Mode song that doesnt suck! 4.


Atlantis
Feb 02, 2009 - 06:22
Why is he mooing?

Is this song about cows?


stewliscious
Aug 28, 2008 - 10:45
So wrong. Tie them to the Smiths and New Order with a big rock and chunk 'em into the pit of eternal inconsequence.


snowcat
Jul 27, 2008 - 18:39
jah_blessed wrote:
Beautiful, lesser-known DM song. The closing track of 1993's Songs of Faith and Devotion. IMO, their last truly brilliant moment. They never reached this level again.



Yeah, what an amazing period for them with Alan going away and David's near-death from Heroin overdose. And they had a real drummer on many of the songs on this CD. Brilliant.


tiggers
Feb 21, 2008 - 07:09
heyjoe3577 wrote:


For a non-DM fan, can someone please tell me what of theirs is actually good? So for instance, this song I rate a 5. I'd like to like at least a couple of DM tunes.


Well I would say buy a copy of Violater. Listen to it a good few times and if you aren't hooked walk away from DM.

They have been through several phases and some people prefer one phase to another. Somgs of Faith and Devotion (the album this track is taken from) is darker work in comparison to Violater but as Dave Gahan was fighting serious drug addiction at the time it's no surprise.

heyjoe3577
Dec 20, 2007 - 09:51
kalpol wrote:


Alan Wilder left after this album. Been a bit of a struggle since, but still some good songs on their later stuff.


For a non-DM fan, can someone please tell me what of theirs is actually good? So for instance, this song I rate a 5. I'd like to like at least a couple of DM tunes.

shayde
Dec 20, 2007 - 09:45
Weird, in the intro, I went "Huh, some Tears for Fears I hadn't heard before..."

Guess not.

kalpol
Oct 18, 2007 - 15:13
jah_blessed wrote:
Beautiful, lesser-known DM song. The closing track of 1993's Songs of Faith and Devotion. IMO, their last truly brilliant moment. They never reached this level again.


Alan Wilder left after this album. Been a bit of a struggle since, but still some good songs on their later stuff.

misterclaw
Jul 16, 2007 - 06:30
andrello wrote:
Live version would deserve more than ten. Especially when experienced live.


Well said!

Wizzuvvoz
May 30, 2007 - 08:52
An album that calls itself "Songs of Faith and Devotion" needs to deliver a _lot_ more than this IMO.

On_The_Beach
May 30, 2007 - 08:51
If you're having troulbe getting to sleep . . .

rachlan
May 30, 2007 - 08:49
love this

Pipes
May 14, 2007 - 12:57
Hate it! Hate is a strong word isn't it? Yeah, defenitely hate it.

Kristi
May 14, 2007 - 12:56
Love this song... love Depeche!

horstman
Mar 12, 2007 - 18:17
phreels wrote:
It just keeps going on and on...!


Used to ride my bicycle rollers/trainer to this album. This song could always put my heart rate monitor well over 100% max for extended periods of time. Simple purity.

andrello
Feb 09, 2007 - 13:38
Live version would deserve more than ten. Especially when experienced live.

MadPercolator
Feb 09, 2007 - 13:37
Everything on this album is Depeche Mode's best work. "Enjoy the Silence" was genius on Violator, but absolutely EVERYTHING came together with this album (as a result, Gahan started tumbling into his ultimate blowout and rehab).

Two fave albums in a row! I give RadioParadise a 10 out of 10 for this.

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