Depeche Mode - Songs Of Faith And Devotion (Reissue, 180 gram, Gatefold)

Description

Songs of Faith and Devotion is the eighth studio album by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was first released on 22 March 1993 in the United Kingdom by Mute Records and a day later in the United States by Sire Records and Reprise Records. The album incorporated a more aggressive, darker rock-oriented tone than its predecessor Violator (1990), largely influenced by the emerging alternative rock and grunge scenes in the United States.

Upon its release, Songs of Faith and Devotion reached number one in several countries and became the first Depeche Mode album to debut atop the charts in both the UK and the US. To support the album, Depeche Mode embarked on the fourteen-month-long Devotional Tour, the largest tour they had ever undertaken to that date.

Recording the album and the subsequent tour exacerbated growing tensions and difficulties within the band, prompting Alan Wilder to quit, making this album the final one with him as a band member. The ordeal had exhausted their creative output following the enormous success they had enjoyed with Violator, leading to rumors and media speculation that the band would split. Depeche Mode subsequently recovered from the experience and released Ultra in 1997.

Release Info

Label: Rhino Records WBA1-234428
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: USA & Canada
Released: 2014
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop, Downtempo

Tracklist

A1 I Feel You
A2 Walking In My Shoes
A3 Condemnation
A4 Mercy In You
A5 Judas
B1 In Your Room
B2.a Get Right With Me
B2.b Interlude #4
B3 Rush
B4 One Caress
B5 Higher Love