DEPECHE MODE Music For The Masses 1987 UK MUTE VINYL EMBOSSED COVER W/INNER
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:2267118 | Artist: Depeche Mode |
| Record Size: LP (12-Inch) | Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom |
| Release Year: 1987 | Duration: LP |
| Genre: Rock | Speed: 33RPM |
| EAN: Does not apply |
DEPECHE MODE Music For The Masses 1987 UK MUTE VINYL EMBOSSED COVER w/INNER DEPECHE MODE
Music For The Masses
1987 UK MUTE (STUMM 47)
PRESSED WITH THE CUSTOM MUTE PICTURE LABELS
MARTIX: *Stumm-47 - A-1* / *Stumm-47 - B-1*
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL TEXTURED SLEEVE WITH RAISED FONT AND BACK PHOTOS
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL LYRIC INNER SLEEVE
Initially the title must have sounded like an incredibly pretentious boast, except that Depech...e Mode then went on to do a monstrous world tour, score even more hits in America and elsewhere than ever before, and pick up a large number of name checks from emerging house and techno artists on top of all that.
As for the music the masses got this time around, the opening cut, "Never Let Me Down Again, " started things off wonderfully: a compressed guitar riff suddenly slamming into a huge-sounding percussion/keyboard/piano combination, anchored to a constantly repeated melodic hook, ever-building synth/orchestral parts at the song's end, and one of David Gahan's best vocals .
Other key singles "Strangelove" and the (literally) driving "Behind the Wheel" maintained the same blend of power and song skill, while some of the quieter numbers such as "The Things You Said" and "I Want You Now" showed musical and lyrical intimacy could easily co-exist with the big chart-busters.
Add to that other winners like "To Have and to Hold, " with its Russian radio broadcast start and dramatic, downward spiral of music accompanied by Gahan's subtly powerful take on a desperate Gore love lyric, and the weird, wonderful choral closer, "Pimpf, " and Depeche's massive success becomes perfectly clear
Side 1:
Never Let Me Down Again (4:47)
The Things You Said (3:55)
Strangelove (4:38)
Sacred (5:01)
Little 15 (4:14)
Side 2:
Behind The Wheel (5:17)
I Want You Now (3:28)
To Have And To Hold (3:08)
Nothing (4:12)
Pimpf (3:56)
LABELS: EXCELLENT+
Clean, unmarked labels with just a few spindle traces
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT+
Both surfaces shine like new with nothing but harmless wispy hairlines from the inner visible under bright light
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT+
Plays beautifully throughout with just a little low-level surface noted on some of the quieter sections but mostly between tracks - nothing major.
No clicks, ticks or pops - sounds great
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
Crisp, clean, sharp and fresh with unworn edges and spine where all text is clear and bold
INNER SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Some light creasing and the catalogue number and original price written in the top corner otherwise, like-new, clean and fresh wit no splits to any of the edges
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