Depeche Mode "Music for the Masses" 2024-06-21 Joy steps on the stage

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Depeche Mode "Music for the Masses" 2024-06-21 Joy steps on the stageThis album is a culmination of depeche mode's middle period experimentation. more informed by goth than techno, it is still anchored by plenty of the larger than life baritone melodrama so distinctive of david gahan's vocals. the most experimental track is "pimpf"a song that heave hoes along with the synthesized emulation of a russian men's choir. although nowhere near fast enough to be danceable, the commanding "never let me down" ranks as the best