Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode

Some Great Reward

Reprise/Wea, 1984

ASIN B000002L75

4.5 (out of 5) STARS

Plot Summary

1- Something to do

2-Lie to Me

3-People are People

4-It Doesn't Matter

5-Stories of Old

6-Somebody

7-Master and Servant

8-If You Want

9-Blasphemous Rumors

Critical Evaluation

I LOVE Depeche Mode. They have been around for years. I listened to them when I was a teenager. I was excited to hear that some teenagers still listen to them now. Depeche Mode sings about all the normal teenage stuff.

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Information about the author

Depeche Mode (IPA: , ) are an English electronic band who formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan (lead vocals), Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, vocals, chief songwriter after 1981), Andrew Fletcher (keyboards) and Vince Clarke (keyboards, chief songwriter 1980?81). Vince Clarke left the band after the release of their 1981 debut album, and was replaced by Alan Wilder (keyboards, drums, production) with Gore taking over songwriting. Wilder left the band in 1995 and since then Gahan, Gore, and Fletcher have continued as a trio.

Depeche Mode are one of the most successful, influential, longest-lived bands that have emerged from the early 1980s. They have had forty-five songs in the UK Singles Chart and #1 albums in UK, US and throughout Europe. According to EMI, Depeche Mode have sold over 75 million albums worldwide, as part of total worldwide record sales (including singles) in excess of 100 million.

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Genre

rock.

Curriculum Ties

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Reading Level

age 13 and up

Challenge Issues

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Why Included?

One of the teenage girls I interviewed said this was one of her favorite bands. I was surprised but pleased because I like Depeche Mode as well.