Hearts can never be POLLed -- ILM Artist Poll # 18 -- Depeche Mode RESULTS THREAD

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30 ballots submitted! Good job everyone!

short top 5 albums countdown to come first

5.
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Some Great Reward (4 points / 3 votes)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415J0ED107L._SL500_AA300_.jpg
Construction Time Again (4 points / 2 votes)

4.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41bzpTNUZ5L._SL500_AA300_.jpg
Songs of Faith and Devotion (6 points / 5 votes)

3.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/413VMH3WXNL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
Music for the Masses (14 points / 7 votes)

2.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TQG5SEW3L._SL500_AA300_.jpg
Black Celebration (18 points / 9 votes)

1.
http://www.thecitrusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/depeche_mode_violator.jpg
Violator (31 points / 11 votes)

Well Dan can feel justified there with number two.

*starts the tape*

That top albums list is pretty much exactly how I thought it was going to turn out!

yeah, it wasn't much of a contest. I maybe should have made it top 5 albums instead of top 3.

and now the top 40 tracks results. ties are broken first by number of #1 votes, then by number of total votes.

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40. "Here Is the House"
Black Celebration, 1986
105 points (6 votes)

oh yes, and the youtube link: http://youtu.be/dTw-l1pnads

YES!! I absolutely love this track. One of my big non-single highlights from Black Celebration. When this poll was announced, this was one of the first tracks that sprang to my mind immediately as an easy inclusion for my ballot. Really glad this track made it, although unsure whether it's 'too low' yet! There's loads of great songs to come.

http://cbskroq.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/depeche_mode_10_500_375_anton_corbijn___mute_records1.jpg?w=385
39. "Sea of Sin"
World in My Eyes single, 1990
107 points (5 votes)

http://youtu.be/9QLTh0Yw3CI

^ a track I'd never heard before! it's great!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/eb/Depeche_Mode_Precious.jpg
38. "Precious"
Playing the Angel, 2005
107 points (6 votes)

http://youtu.be/5hPCzFUmeas

when can we post ballots?

after the countdown is over (i.e. after #1 is posted)

I didn't vote for 'Precious', but if we were allowed to vote for 30 or 40 tracks it definitely would have made it in there. A late-period gem.

"Precious" made my top fifteen.

I realize Sea of Sin is a b-side, but I was sure it would place higher. I'm just glad it placed at all now!

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37. "Sweetest Perfection"
Violator, 1990
113 points (4 votes)

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_libq62eai01qdf16no1_500.png
36. "Clean"
Violator, 1990
117 points (6 votes)

"Sweetest Perfection": http://youtu.be/YN-5W41OA0A
"Clean": http://youtu.be/MAk8QvttHnk

http://media.depechemode.com/main_site/2009_discography_498px/singles/01_dreamingofme.jpg
35. "Dreaming Of Me"
7" single, 1981
121 points (6 votes)

http://youtu.be/XQaXdzSjSIQ

Spotify playlist: http://open.spotify.com/user/mondosalvo/playlist/4PbZvk0EhUyQksRQZo978B

I've always loved the drum machine sound on 'Dreaming Of Me'... I know, of all things(!)

http://theredradio.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54ffb97e68834010535f02cd0970b-800wi
34. "Photographic"
Some Bizzare Album compilation, 1981 (original version) / Speak & Spell, 1981
129 points (6 votes, 1 #1 vote)

Was that your #1 crüt?

Some Bizzare version: http://youtu.be/61_E9zuwUU0
Speak & Spell version: http://youtu.be/W8woAY8bu_o

xpost nope! it was on my ballot though. surprisingly near the bottom.

the spelling of "Some Bizzare" still drives me up a wall.

http://image.maniadb.com/images/album/381/381910_1_f.jpg
33. "Love, In Itself"
Construction Time Again, 1983
129 points (7 votes, 1 #1 vote)

video definitely worth watching: http://youtu.be/BwmgGI3KMIk

Most pre-Construction DM is all a haze to me, but Dreaming of You and Photographic are pretty good. Glad I finally got the motivation to check them out.

'Photographic' was my #10. This track and indeed most of the Speak & Spell album remind me of being very little. My dad had Speak & Spell on vinyl, and I have a vivid early memory of running around the living room with my little sister to this track as the record crackled away in the background(!). When I got into my early teens and started getting to the age that I was beginning to listen to music a little more deeply, I fell totally into love with its pure synthpop sound.

Oh, 'Love, In Itself' placed. I find that more surprising than 'Sea Of Sin' placing for some reason. I definitely think 'Here Is The House', for one, is a superior song.

http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/21700000/Martin-Gore-martin-gore-21706083-410-604.jpg
32. "Useless"
Ultra, 1997
144 points (7 votes)

http://youtu.be/_f0zHgs0GpI

"Love, In Itself" is great because it's one of those DM-just-discovered-samplers tracks

I've never really been too keen on the album/single versions of 'Useless'. I absolutely adore that Kruder & Dorfmeister session version, though!

The little guitar section in "Love in Itself" always makes me smile.

Plus one of my favorite lolsad lyrics: "consequently I've the tendency to be unhappy"

http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/EKeKeVWikCc/hqdefault.jpg
31. "Somebody"
Some Great Reward, 1984
163 points (6 votes, 2 #1 votes)

http://youtu.be/LgooMi4NYhY

The little guitar section in "Love in Itself" always makes me smile.

― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Friday, May 4, 2012 1:37 AM (23 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ah yeah, the little instrumental break... nice little snatch of piano in there as well!

I suppose 'Love, In Itself', like most of Construction Time Again does have an adventurous spirit to its production and this exciting sense of branching out and trying to move forward and do something different to what they'd done previously. It's down there as one of my least favourite '80s Depeche singles, though.

Ah yes, and there it is! The one that Martin Gore famously sang in the studio with his dick hanging out!

crüt is OTM, love them just exploring that new Synclavier

The one that Martin Gore famously sang in the studio with his dick hanging out!

Come again? I've never heard that story!

well, he supposedly recorded the vocals while completely naked. it'd be funnier if he had just sang it with his dick hanging out.

sung*

The three big 'Depeche explores the sampler' tracks for me are 'Pipeline' (of course!), 'People Are People' and possibly 'Stripped', where they set up the microphones to sample fireworks on Bonfire Night.

The one that Martin Gore famously sang in the studio with his dick hanging out!

Come again? I've never heard that story!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, May 4, 2012 1:47 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's one of those famous Depeche Mode stories. When Martin Gore did his vocal track for 'Somebody', he was apparently completely naked. I don't think the rest of the band were watching though, I remember hearing that he did his vocal well out of the way in another room.

x-post yeah but the charm of "Love, In Itself" is that it's before they reached the more mature approach they took with those tracks, instead being rather "press this key for guitar doodle-oodles"

I do agree with crut, though, it'd be a hell of a lot more funnier if it had literally just been his dick hanging out.

martin gore was a big influence on mystikal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufB-jsZkraQ

http://blowthescene.com/files/2010/06/people-are-people.jpg
30. "People Are People"
single/People Are People/Some Great Reward, 1984
171 points (8 votes)

http://youtu.be/MzGnX-MbYE4

lmao dave gahan is such a trip in the "People Are People" video

My #13. I've always loved hearing stories about the recording of 'People Are People'. The way they achieved that MASSIVE sound, by sending different sounds to loud PA systems in different rooms of the studio. So loud that apparently the building was shaking! People can say what they like about the lyrics, the track has a hell of a fucking kick to it. I like to listen to this track LOUD.

PaP was my numbah 10. <3

http://img.ffffound.com/static-data/assets/6/c7b81848d2a6ae51c0474795faf2d51763ff956b_m.jpg
29. "Fly on the Windscreen"
It's Called A Heart single, 1985 / Black Celebration ("Final"), 1986
172 points (9 votes)

http://youtu.be/emOeoIJg91o

My #11. Far too strong to have been a mere B-side, and thankfully the band thought the same. I think that's Daniel Miller doing the 'over and done with, over and done with' bits in the intro.

http://depechemode.shinji.be/tour/graph/1988-02-21.jpg
28. "The Things You Said"
Music for the Masses, 1987
173 points (8 votes)

http://youtu.be/yhBElJ5dNpE

okay can I just say a couple of things:

"Somebody" IS TOO FUCKING LOW, WHAT THE HELL
lol "Love, In Itself"! Honestly did not see that coming

Dan, being himself

also lol @ "Here Is The House" coming in at the bottom of the poll, considering it would have been the 21st song on my ballot ("The Things You Said" would have been 22)

so far I voted for:

"Sea of Sin"
"Precious"
"Somebody" (#1) (you fuckers)
"Fly on the Windscreen"

my biggest "wait, WAHT" is a tie between "Love, In Itself" (which I actually like a lot, I just think it's super goofy and not as good as many of their other songs) and "Sweetest Perfection" (which really is Violator's rough spot for me; I don't DISLIKE it but every other song on the album is just sooooooo much better)

http://i48.tinypic.com/212yja.jpg
27. "Black Celebration"
Black Celebration, 1986
178 points (8 votes)

http://youtu.be/27kUmbXezNg

last one for tonight. will post 25-11 tomorrow and 10-1 Saturday.

http://eil.com/Gallery/47221b.jpg
26. "A Question of Lust"
Black Celebration, 1986
183 points (9 votes)

http://youtu.be/vOtRZOlE0WM

I was one of the #1 votes for "Somebody," in deference to the number of mixtapes I put that song on in my teens and 20s. Still gets me.

"Love, in Itself" snuck into the lower reaches of my ballot (just above "A Question of Lust" actually). Always sounds like a Madonna song to me.

"Photographic" was my number 20

i already have six of mine that have appeared.

"Photographic" was my number 20

― Bee OK, Thursday, May 3, 2012 11:59 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

ditto!

I'm happy with the songs from my ballot that have placed so far, and happy furthermore that I got Sea of Sin and Clean into the top 40.

These images are so good!

Fucking hell, I've been really busy lately and didn't even realize this poll was happening. Maybe it's just as well since I would have driven myself crazy trying to rank DM songs (except for "Enjoy the Silence" at #1).

Great results so far ... nice to see that "Sea of Sin" made it. "Precious", "Dreaming of Me", and "The Things You Said" are all too low. The first two I can understand, but I thought ILM worships "Music for the Masses"? I mean, "Sweetest Perfection" made the top 40, are we going to see every "Violator" track on here??

Things You Said = way too low!

<3 the things you said but it ended up being pushed down out of my 20. it's an affecting track but when i was listening to everything all over again i just thought it was a bit less musically gripping than the rest.

re: sea of sin, interesting that on first listen it doesn't grab me any more than their recent material, doesn't seem to have the violator touch of magic. is it me? is my love of violator & other early dm due to a time and place that for me is lost and gone forever?

sadface btw if the rest of the poll is run out during uk bedtime.

Good start to the list. Thought Precious might be a bit higher, still I'm glad it made it.

Here is the House, Fly on the Windscreen and A Question of Lust are the three tracks I voted for from Black Celebration.

Wonder if Violator will be this poll's Innervisions having all its tracks place.

Surprised at Useless placing, it gives me hope that my number one will place which is from the same album.

Two more tracks from Ultra I'm really hoping will place.

Me too. People Are People is the only one of mine to place so far. I had to tweak my ballot to bump it right up near the top - couldn't get it out my head for days, and realised I had it way too low when I found myself bellowing it out loud while walking round the shops.

Mine that have placed so far and the ranking I gave them:

15 - Dreaming of Me
19 - Love, In Itself
17 - Somebody
10 - People are People

Five of mine so far.
Useless - only for the K&D remix.
A Question of Lust - my favourite Martin Gore ballad - love "I need to drink more than you seem to think before I'm anyone's"
Photographic - my #4 - wonderfully harsh - on speaking terms with Warm Leatherette
Precious - the most persuasive of their 00s songs
Fly on the Windscreen - Squarely targeted at the depressive teenage me: "Death is everywhere"

I would have voted for the Pouppée Fabrikk version of "Photographic":

http://youtu.be/_B8BOYjzEns

Ha ha. Classic "scary" German industrial voice.

The Rex the Dog remixes are both very good.

sadface btw if the rest of the poll is run out during uk bedtime.

ooh, sorry! I'll try to start counting down 25-11 as soon as I get home from work, which will probably still be a little late for UK folx but not as late as last night. the top 10 will definitely roll out during UK afternoon/evening, though.

cool, thanks. not that i might not be out anyway, if i manage to get a social life, but good to have the option.

Can't wait until "What's Your Name?" shows up.

P-R-E, double-T-Y!

okay if "What's Your Name?" ends up on this list I'm gonna pitch one

I was kidding! There's no way in hell it will. Even I didn't vote for it and I like my Depeche Mode poppy and heavy on the Vince Clarke tip. That said, I do sort of love it.

any love for Dangerous? loads better than Sea Of Sin if we're talking Violator B sides.

I like Dangerous but NO WAY is it better than either Sea of Sin or Happiest Girl

seven of my picks have already appeared. but my ballot was very unimaginative. i'm glad i didn't include "enjoy the silence" though. something about how the word "very" is pronounced in the chorus always rubbed me the wrong way.

Ok I listened to all the Violator b-sides this morning and all the vocal ones sounded equally poor to my ears. Truly awful lyrics and seemingly just not much time spent on production, idk if given as much spit and polish as Enjoy the Silence was they'd have improved but basically they sounded like cheap 90s euro pop dance.

also, why is there an annoying lag at the end of "enjoy the silence" before the segue into the much superior "policy of truth"?

that'd be "Interlude #2 – Crucified" – 1:52 (hidden song starting at 4:21)

Ok I listened to all the Violator b-sides this morning and all the vocal ones sounded equally poor to my ears.

the problem is that you have defective ears

thanks ledge! i've always wondered what that was.

fyi the one after blue dress is Interlude #3. don't know what happened to Interlude #1...

xp i prefer the term 'differently abled'

hahaha

(maybe they consider the remix coda of "Personal Jesus" to be Interlude #1?)

'Interlude #1 (Mission Impossible)' is the piece of music that appears after 'Pimpf' ends on Music For The Masses.

And there is also an 'Interlude #4', which is the title of the piece of music in between 'Get Right With Me' and 'Rush' on Songs Of Faith And Devotion.

Can't wait until "What's Your Name?" shows up.

P-R-E, double-T-Y!

― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, May 4, 2012 1:25 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I know various members of Depeche Mode consider this to be one of their worst songs, but I can think of Depeche Mode songs that I dislike more.

any love for Dangerous? loads better than Sea Of Sin if we're talking Violator B sides.

― piscesx, Friday, May 4, 2012 3:05 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I like 'Dangerous' a lot, but I ended up not voting for it in the end. It was definitely a contender, though!

something about how the word "very" is pronounced in the chorus always rubbed me the wrong way

???

like Roy Hodgson?

"very unnecessary" used to bother me on the grounds of awkward redundancy, but then I decided that in context it may be deliberate awkward redundancy, so I let it go.

isn't it a Salt n Pepa album?

'very unnecessary' not nearly as bad as 'pass undetectedly' from sweetest perfection.

yeah, i guess i have a problem with the phrasing in the chorus, so it's to do with the whole "very unnecessary" detail. seems a bit contrary to the flow of the song. it may be to do with Dave Gahan's voice which is quite hardened in tone, but when DM get verbose i always pick up on it in the intonation and notice the extra syllables.

Isn't the bigger problem that is words are very unnecessary, then why does the song have lyrics? btw that song is a perfect treasure

It is impossible for me to sing along with it without looking/sounding like an ass tho

i really like the lyrical idea in that song, but yeah it goes about saying it in quite a clunky way imo

anyway, i am enjoying the poll. it's been quite the black celebration celebration so far and i voted for 3 of the songs that have appeared from that album.

DM can be quite a ponderous band, but that's one of their charms.

i really like the lyrical idea in that song, but yeah it goes about saying it in quite a clunky way imo

it's no More than Words, for sure.

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25. "It's No Good"
Ultra, 1997
194 points (7 votes, 1 #1 vote)

http://youtu.be/aieEZ950d1I

boy Gahan really perfected that smarmy face, didn't he

thanks abbott for quick modding.

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9pusiaiHY1qzc711o1_500.jpg
24. "Home"
Ultra, 1997
194 points (9 votes, 1 #1 vote)

curse of the four-letter H words.

http://youtu.be/l87jkd6juq0

I don't think I realized people liked Ultra this much

Gore poodle!!

The only songs I really like from Ultra are the singles.

I do like "Useless" and "Home" a lot but I wouldn't have expected #1 votes for either

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/60881257/Depeche+Mode+Some+Great+Reward+1984.png
23. "Lie To Me"
Some Great Reward, 1984
198 points (9 votes)

http://youtu.be/nop-6HIAHKI

wtf did they do to alan's lower half in that picture?

yesssssssssssssssss

You know I have always been confused about "lay" v "lie" for getting on a bed verbs and that song is one of many that hasn't helped.

I was the #1 vote for "Photographic." Prefer the Some Bizzarre version, natch. Deffo too low, fools.

I cannot tolerate songs like "Somebody" - sappy ballads sung by MLG = zzzz. (This does not include "The Things You Said" which is awesome and was on my ballot.)

this man does not sing this song
http://depechemode.sk/obrazky/skupina/1982-alan-charles-wilder.jpg
22. "Get the Balance Right!"
single, 1983/People Are People, 1984
198 points (10 votes)

http://youtu.be/XWK7QLvuI-I

Finally someone has the guts to say it, 28 years too late.

http://i45.tinypic.com/jaj7n8.jpg
21. "See You"
single/A Broken Frame, 1982
207 points (11 votes)

http://youtu.be/C4kVQnZhHmg

wow Lie To Me. amazing. Some Great Reward is miles better than Black Celebration IMO. it's definitely *the turning point* as far as i'm concerned.
If You Want is proto-techno/house/ everything!

http://depechemodebiographie.de/images/bio1990b.gif
20. "Waiting for the Night"
Violator, 1990
233 points (11 votes)

http://youtu.be/vyrpRzdvp5U

well once again i forgot to vote in a poll i care about because i am a jerk

lol @ jjj, now, alwaysss, forever (forever) (forever) (forever) (forever) (forever)

yes I know it's the wrong band, I just wanted to say that

http://images.popmatters.com/news_art/d/depeche-mode-master.jpg
19. "Master and Servant"
Some Great Reward, 1984
239 points (12 votes)

http://youtu.be/IsvfofcIE1Q

sorry jjjusten, I should have made a mod request earlier.

ha well spotted, thats exactly where i figured this out

http://recoilmx.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/AlanWilder-043.png
18. "A Question of Time"
Black Celebration, 1986
248 points (12 votes)

http://youtu.be/9pt7EWFF_T8

http://991.com/NewGallery/Depeche-Mode-Details---April-1-336069.jpg
17. "I Feel You"
Songs of Faith and Devotion, 1993
251 points (11 votes)

http://youtu.be/iTKJ_itifQg

http://otriva.net/_ld/41/4169.jpg
16. "But Not Tonight"
Stripped single/Black Celebration (US), 1986
256 points (10 votes, 2 #1 votes)

http://youtu.be/0JIl8mHx4iY

the next two both had the same number of points and votes and no #1 votes, so the tie was broken based on the ranking of the highest vote.

http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/musicvideos/2007/7/david-gahan-personal-jesus.jpg
15. "Personal Jesus"
single, 1989/Violator, 1990
285 votes (13 points, highest ranking = #4)

http://youtu.be/u1xrNaTO1bI

Wow, higher than I expected for Personal Jesus (wasn't actually sure it would even be here at all).

But Not Tonight: a song that rose tons in my estimation in recent years. It's an anthem that's ambiguous about that.

"But Not Tonight" was my #1

http://www.multinet.no/~jonarne/Hjemmesia/Favorittartister/depeche/martin_gore.jpg
14. "Blasphemous Rumours"
Some Great Reward, 1984
285 votes (13 points, highest ranking = #3)

"But Not Tonight" was going to be my #1 but then it ended up being my #2.

Conversely, that's lower than I expected for Blasphemous Rumours! ilx be trippin.

http://youtu.be/AZRGPg5laDU

lol I own that spring '93 Details magazine, remarkable for editor in chief William Shaw writing a story in which he accepts Dave Gahan's word that he's "changed" when Gahan had hit his nadir.

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmackuRG5x1qbb1fro1_500.jpg
13. "Halo"
Violator, 1990
291 points (11 votes, 1 #1 vote)

http://youtu.be/iEH4eqtK8SU

Halo has always seemed like one of the minor tracks on Violator to me, but Violator is so good that even its minor tracks are better than a lot of the rest of DM's catalogue.

http://www.destroyrockandroll.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Recoil-Alan-Wilder-Car-Pic.jpeg
12. "Behind the Wheel"
Music for the Masses, 1987
291 points (11 votes, 2 #1 votes)

http://youtu.be/6FrOpHPC-XM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

(this was my very emphatically voted-for #1, btw)

Halo has always seemed like one of the minor tracks on Violator to me, but Violator is so good that even its minor tracks are better than a lot of the rest of DM's catalogue.

Disagree -- they're masters of their game on this track. Rarely have their histrionics been used to such moving affect. Beautiful strings!

Everything about Behind the Wheel is perfect imo. It builds through the first verse, picks up steam in the second with the addition of the snare, and so on and so forth.

"I'm going cheap."

last one for tonight:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q9L-KcV9yQA/Tsw-b3KmQXI/AAAAAAAANIc/b7TG4NWgbxE/s1600/depecheMODE81telly.jpg
11. "New Life"
single/Speak & Spell, 1981
328 points (15 votes)

http://youtu.be/ZFnEhwmpjXI

Spotify reminder: http://open.spotify.com/user/mondosalvo/playlist/4PbZvk0EhUyQksRQZo978B

11. (328 points / 15 votes): New Life
12. (291 points / 11 votes): Behind the Wheel
13. (291 points / 11 votes): Halo
14. (285 points / 13 votes): Blasphemous Rumours
15. (285 points / 13 votes): Personal Jesus
16. (256 points / 10 votes): But Not Tonight
17. (251 points / 11 votes): I Feel You
18. (248 points / 12 votes): A Question of Time
19. (239 points / 12 votes): Master and Servant
20. (233 points / 11 votes): Waiting for the Night
21. (207 points / 11 votes): See You
22. (198 points / 10 votes): Get the Balance Right!
23. (198 points / 9 votes): Lie To Me
24. (194 points / 9 votes): Home
25. (194 points / 7 votes): It's No Good
26. (183 points / 9 votes): A Question of Lust
27. (178 points / 8 votes): Black Celebration
28. (173 points / 8 votes): The Things You Said
29. (172 points / 9 votes): Fly on the Windscreen
30. (171 points / 8 votes): People Are People
31. (163 points / 6 votes): Somebody
32. (144 points / 7 votes): Useless
33. (129 points / 7 votes): Love, In Itself
34. (129 points / 6 votes): Photographic
35. (121 points / 6 votes): Dreaming of Me
36. (117 points / 6 votes): Clean
37. (113 points / 4 votes): Sweetest Perfection
38. (107 points / 6 voteS): Precious
39. (107 points / 5 votes): Sea of Sin
40. (105 points / 6 votes): Here Is the House

guessing my vote for Moonlight Sonata was wasted

Behind the Wheel and Blasphemous Rumours were the two songs that i realised through doing this that i like much less than i thought i did

SHOCKING SPOILER: Moonlight Sonata is NOT in the top 10!!!!

Wow, higher than I expected for Personal Jesus (wasn't actually sure it would even be here at all).

― Johnny Fever, Friday, May 4, 2012 8:39 PM (48 minutes ago) Bookmark

lol wut

not really a fan but Enjoy the Silence should take this. Perfect song all the way.

"But Not Tonight" was my #1

― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, May 4, 2012 8:45 PM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

High five Alf!

Blasphemous Rumors to low!

Too

My #1 probably won't make it. I'm disappointed.

i'm so far 12/20 with my number one "Halo" already showing up.

i might end up getting around 17 in the Top 40.

I have 3, maybe 4 songs that will be in the top 10

gonna roll my eyes at you guys so hard if you voted Enjoy the Silence #1, it's not even the best Violator single ("Policy of Truth", which still missed my ballot)

my top four have already placed, i could be crazy but i think my #5 has a shot at beating 'enjoy the silence' for #1, hoping ilx doesn't let me down again.

^^ i hope that is the case :)

Enjoy the Silence was my no 5 i think.

Enjoy the Silence was my no 5 i think.

Only four of my twenty have placed so far, looks like I'm way off consensus on this one. And you might've picked a more appealing image for I Feel You - the girl in the video was very important to me once upon a time.

Glad to see I Feel You, I ended up placing that much higher than I thought I would once I'd relistened to it.

My first reaction on seeing these results is "OMG 'SEE YOU' IS ON SINGSTAR?!?!"

Can't wait until "What's Your Name?" shows up.

P-R-E, double-T-Y!

― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, May 4, 2012 1:25 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I know various members of Depeche Mode consider this to be one of their worst songs, but I can think of Depeche Mode songs that I dislike more.

It's not even close to being their worst song, even among singles, "It's Called a Heart", "It's Only When I Lose Myself" and maybe "See You" (sorry to the eleven people who voted for it) are worse.

24. (194 points / 9 votes): Home
25. (194 points / 7 votes): It's No Good

Pleasantly surprised here ... it's not that Ultra isn't great, but that I don't think there's much consensus on what the best songs are (a big disadvantage in polls).

I do love It's No Good, even if I was influenced a bit by Alfred's takedown on the voting thread. The video is something else though - loads of laughs (including said smarmy face). Sometimes I'd say it's my favourite clip ever, but there're a lot of other Depeche clips pushing it hard.

Oh man, I love But Not Tonight so much - should have been top 10.

And you might've picked a more appealing image for I Feel You - the girl in the video was very important to me once upon a time.

― Ismael Klata, Saturday, May 5, 2012 3:11 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark

haha otm. i also forgot how ridiculous Gahan is in this video, it almost seems like he's doing a deliberate Bono parody.

i'm so far 12/20

Me too. And I expect at least 5 of the remaining ones to show in the top 10. (Though I am a little amazed that all of the big Some Great Reward singles have already placed. Just my age, I guess, but those are so foundational to my idea of Depeche Mode.)

I'm 8/20. "I Feel You" is so bad-ass.

right. let's do this!

http://media.depechemode.com/main_site/2009_discography_498px/singles/33_walkinginmyshoes.jpg
10. "Walking In My Shoes"
Songs of Faith and Devotion, 1993
333 points (13 votes, 2 #1 votes)

http://youtu.be/GrC_yuzO-Ss

My no.1

So happy to see Home make it. I gave it my number one vote. As I said in the other thread, the combination of those beautiful strings and the incredible vocal gets me everytime. Really happy to see Lie to me place so high too, great song.

See You is the only song in the list so far that I really just don't like at all. I've always hated how lazy the chorus sounds, it's the same problem I have with The Meaning of Love.

Walking In My Shoes is a classic piece of songwriting, terrific to bellow out passionately. I really like the long ebowed coda too. It reminds me of another tune from the era, Suede's 'Europe Is Our Playground', which ends on a similar guitar figure. Any other songs like this, structurally?

http://b.vimeocdn.com/ts/111/378/11137853_640.jpg
9. "Just Can't Get Enough"
Speak & Spell, 1981
342 points (13 votes)

http://youtu.be/_6FBfAQ-NDE

(too low?)

oh, and there was 1 #1 vote for Just Can't Get Enough.

ehh it's a nice enough pop ditty

probably not (ask me again when i see what's to come) though i am surprised at zero #1 votes, it is a perfect little thing. clarke did better things later but (despite many attempts) he never quite managed another bauble that equaled this one.

XPOST

early 80s a bad time for chins in the uk

"Walking in My Shoes" in my top ten.

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/50029419/Depeche+Mode+love.png
8. "Strangelove"
single/Music for the Masses, 1987
378 votes (17 votes)

http://youtu.be/JIrm0dHbCDU

"Strangelove" is probably the best DM music video.

"Strangelove" is also totally badass, it's one of my new favorite songs to sing

that song seemed so brazen in 87

another great video:

http://otriva.net/_ld/26/2658.jpg
7. "Stripped"
Black Celebration, 1986
389 points (16 votes, 1 #1 vote)

http://youtu.be/qU8UfYdKHvs

you have to make this life livable

girls thought they were being "pervy" by singing the lyrics.

This period had no trouble crossing over to Miami radio stations because deejays knew how fabulous Company B sounded next to "Strangelove."

"Breathing In Fumes" was the first Depeche Mode song I heard that wasn't on Some Great Reward; when I got 101 I recognized its elements in "Stripped" immediately and that's been one of my favorite DM songs ever since. It was #2 on my ballot.

I'd've'd Strangelove really high if I'd given it a few more days - terrific vocal.

This period had no trouble crossing over to Miami radio stations because deejays knew how fabulous Company B sounded next to "Strangelove."

whoa ultimate radio station

seriously that swankass sleazy hook (probably the closest depeche mode come to jam-lewis right?), the casual kinkiness of the lyrics, that vague air of doom. i was 13 when 'strangelove' hit (and it hit BIG on mtv) and it felt mysteriously dirty and vulgar in a way that unnerved me; i listened to ALOT of 2 live crew and as vulgar as they were they also basically allowed me to think that at 13 via playground scuttlebutt, 80s teen comedies, and stolen playboys and penthouses i had a fairly good grip so to speak on sex. 'strangelove' hinted that i didn't know ANYTHING.

I have this very deep desire for a Señor Coconut-tyle album of DM covers, esp. Strangelove, which I think would sound fabulous on a marimba.

strangelove is really about relationships, not sex

ok bono

lol

no, I guess that came out wrong. there's definitely sex there, written purposefully in away so that the song can be interpreted in a sexual way, but it's really about being mean to a loved one and awaiting the pain that will be returned

opinions4u

http://991.com/newGallery/Depeche-Mode-World-In-My-Eyes-7890.jpg
6. "World In My Eyes"
Violator, 1990
400 points (16 votes)

http://youtu.be/nhZdL4JlnxI

oh yeah there's a sweetness and, um, emotional depth there that's not present in something like say 'sex dwarf' (waiting to have someone correct me by telling me that 'sex dwarf' despite its title has basically the same theme as 'the living years'). no way i was hearing that in 1987.

yay my fave violator single though nay half the top six composed of violator singles

'World in My Eyes' kind of sneaks up on you with how good it is.

Often, the first track on an album loses its appeal just because you hear it so many time. Not in this case.

my #1

Yeah, it's great.

yeah, sorry, 1 #1 vote for World In My Eyes.

http://i47.tinypic.com/a492ll.jpg
5. "Policy of Truth"
Violator, 1990
436 points (17 votes, 1 #1 vote)

http://youtu.be/M2VBmHOYpV8

http://pixhost.me/avaxhome/7d/0b/00100b7d_medium.jpeg
4. "Everything Counts"
Construction Time Again, 1983
583 points (22 votes, 1 #1 vote)

http://youtu.be/1t-gK-9EIq4

not a fan

Nice!

"Everything Counts" might be the most consistently overrated DM single, although that doesn't mean it still isn't great.

I know what two of the top three will be, but blanking on the third.

perhaps this will jog your memory.

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/28108571/Depeche+Mode+Shake+the+Disease.jpg
3. "Shake the Disease"
single, 1985
591 points (21 votes, 3 #1 votes)

http://youtu.be/r_0sL_SQYvw

Aw yes, the 3-for-1 sale on hair bleach era.

^^^ otm

Shake The Disease was my number one. I'm relieved to see it there, I was begining to think nobody else liked it.

Can't argue with the top two.

"Policy of Truth" was my #1.

Moffe growing vpon the skull of a Gahan
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxd4xbQthD1qb0vb5o1_500.jpg
2. "Enjoy the Silence"
Violator, 1990
623 points (23 votes, 3 #1 votes)

http://youtu.be/diT3FvDHMyo

woah

It's fantastic that "Pimpf" is going to place so high, btw.

If my #1 is the poll's #1 then my mind is going to be blown!

http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/not-the-father-gif-not-the-father.gif

'enjoy the silence' is pretty obv great though, such a great summer song

http://www.theblackmail.com.au/images/bm018/bm018_dm_04.jpg
1. "Never Let Me Down Again"
Music for the Masses, 1987
741 points (26 votes, 3 #1 votes)

http://youtu.be/snILjFUkk_A

lol crut

my ballot:

1. Shake the Disease
2. But Not Tonight
3. Everything Counts
4. And Then...
5. Strangelove
6. Shout!
7. New Life
8. Leave In Silence
9. Fly on the Windscreen
10. Ice Machine
11. See You
12. Stories Of Old
13. Get the Balance Right!
14. Dreaming of Me
15. I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead
16. Now, This Is Fun
17. People Are People
18. Master and Servant
19. Photographic
20. Love, In Itself

mine!

1. it's no good
2. halo
3. a question of time
4. precious
5. never let me down again
6. dreaming of me
7. behind the wheel
8. world in my eyes
9. master and servant
10. love, in itself
11. blasphemous rumours
12. new life
13. strange love
14. the sinner in me (villalobos remix)
15. enjoy the silence
16. shake the disease
17. but not tonight
18. the meaning of love
19. ice machine
20. things you said

i have 'shake the disease' way too low there

Behind the Wheel - 40
Stripped - 36
Sea of Sin - 33
Everything Counts - 30
John the Revelator - 28
Enjoy the Silence - 26
A Question of Lust - 25
Blasphemous Rumours - 24
The Things You Said - 23
Martyr - 22
Kingdom (Dave Gahan) - 21
Shake the Disease - 20
Lie to Me - 19
Clean - 18
Suffer Well - 17
Never Let Me Down Again - 16
World in My Eyes - 15
I Cast a Lonesome Shadow (Martin L. Gore) - 14
And Then... - 13
Get the Balance Right! - 12

shoutout to kroq for deepening my love for these jabronis, anton corbijn to knowing how to shoot some fineass women, martin gore for the tasty licks

1. Walking In My Shoes
2. Barrel of a Gun
3. I Feel You
4. People Are People
5. Satellite
6. Policy of Truth
7. World In My Eyes
8. Enjoy the Silence
9. It's No Good
10. Agent Orange

11. John the Revelator
12. Fragile Tension
13. Shine
14. Stjarna
15. Ice Machine
16. Strangelove
17. Never Let Me Down Again
18. Personal Jesus
19. Nothing to Fear
20. One Caress

Albums: 1. Music for the Masses; 2. Exciter; 3. Songs of Faith and Devotion

Hooray! I'm glad John the Revelator got at least one other vote.

Policy of Truth
Never Let Me Down Again
Barrel Of A Gun
Clean
Sonata No. 14 In C#m ''Moonlight Sonata''
Somebody
Blasphemous Rumours
Just Can't Get Enough
Personal Jesus
Pimpf
Route 66
The Sun And The Rainfall
Waiting For The Night
Stjarna
Agent Orange
Blue Dress
But Not Tonight
Memphisto
It Doesn't Matter Two
Walking In My Shoes

albums

Violator
Music for the Masses
Ultra

my ballot:

Somebody
Stripped
Never Let Me Down Again
Lie To Me
Shame
I Feel You
In Chains
Happiest Girl
I Want It All
Waiting For The Night
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Sea of Sin
Shake the Disease
Freelove
The Darkest Star
Hole to Feed
Fly On The Windscreen
Strangelove
Precious
A Question of Time

Albums:

Black Celebration
Playing the Angel
Construction Time Again

seriously that swankass sleazy hook (probably the closest depeche mode come to jam-lewis right?

my god balls you're right

my ballot:

1. But Not Tonight
2. Shake The Disease
3. Enjoy The Silence
4. Halo
5. A Question of Lust
6. Never Let Me Down Again
7. The Things You Said
8. Strangelove
9. Walking in My Shoes
10. Precious
11. Just Can't Get Enough
12. Dreaming of Me
13. New Life
14. Death's Door
15. Master and Servant
16. World in My Eyes
17. Mercy in You
18. Route 66
19. Policy of Truth
20. Personal Jesus

As essentially a greatest-hits list, my top 19 all made the poll.

Somebody
Master and Servant
Blasphemous Rumors
Personal Jesus
Just Can't Get Enough
But Not Tonight
Everything Counts
Never Let Me Down Again
Enjoy the Silence
See You
People Are People
Shake the Disease
Stripped
New Life
Policy of Truth
Black Celebration
Love, In Itself
A Question of Lust
I Feel You
Flexible

how much airplay did "But Not Tonight" get in '86? To me it sounds like the crucial link between the sound they're abandoning and what awaited them in the MFTM period.

Mine:

1 Shake The Disease
2 Useless
3 Dream On
4 New Life
5 I Feel You
6 Personal Jesus
7 Everything Counts
8 Enjoy The Silence
9 Just Can't Get Enough
10 Walking In My Shoes
11 Never Let Me Down Again
12 Sea Of Sin
13 Stripped
14 Freelove
15 Shine
16 The Sinner In Me
17 Only When I Lose Myself
18 Lie To Me
19 See You
20 Get The Balance Right

Wait, awkward lyrics have been mentioned thus far but not "as long as he remembers who's wearing the trousers"?

I wish I had got around to voting in this though.

World in My Eyes
Blue Dress
Waiting For the Night
Shake the Disease
It Doesn't Matter
Here Is the House
Home
Sweetest Perfection
Never Let Me Down Again
Enjoy the Silence
Clean
But Not Tonight
Rush
Insight
See You
Somebody
Stripped
A Question of Time
Blasphemous Rumours
Policy of Truth

Most disappointed in Insight not placing - I guess it was a long shot. Ok the 'spirit of love' chorus is kinda balls but vocally it's one of their best imo. A Gahan/Gore duet (after the first verse), on headphones it's just immense, especially the moment at 2:25 when Gore appears up close and personal in the right channel.

Would have voted:

Fly On The Windscreen
I Want You Now
Here Is The House
In Your Room
Halo
To Have And To Hold
Stripped
Black Celebration
Behind The Wheel
It Doesn't Matter Two
A Question Of Lust
Policy Of Truth
Somebody
Happiest Girl
The Things You Said
World In My Eyes
Little 15
Condemnation
Blasphemous Rumours
Everything Counts

Wouldn't have made any difference, I suspect.

Although I seem to recall Counterfit (and Counterfit ^2?) votes were allowed which would have changed that as well.

Just for yucks here's the ballot breakdown by album. RIP Blue Dress ;_;

(Dreaming of Me)

New Life
I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead
Puppets
Boys Say Go
Nodisco
What's Your Name?
Photographic
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Big Muff
Any Second Now (Voices)
Just Can't Get Enough

Leave in Silence
My Secret Garden
Monument
Nothing to Fear
See You
Satellite
The Meaning of Love
A Photograph of You
Shouldn't Have Done That
The Sun & the Rainfall

(Get the Balance Right!)

Love, in Itself
More Than a Party
Pipeline
Everything Counts
Two Minute Warning
Shame
The Landscape Is Changing
Told You So
And Then...

Something to Do
Lie to Me
People Are People
It Doesn't Matter
Stories of Old
Somebody
Master and Servant
If You Want
Blasphemous Rumours

(Shake the Disease)

Black Celebration
Fly on the Windscreen - Final
A Question of Lust
Sometimes
It Doesn't Matter Two
A Question of Time
Stripped
Here Is the House
World Full of Nothing
Dressed in Black
New Dress
Breathing in Fumes
But Not Tonight (Extended Remix)
Black Day

Never Let Me Down Again
The Things You Said
Strangelove
Sacred
Little 15
Behind the Wheel
I Want You Now
To Have and to Hold
Nothing
Pimpf

World in My Eyes
Sweetest Perfection
Personal Jesus
Halo
Waiting for the Night
Enjoy the Silence
Policy of Truth
Blue Dress
Clean

(Sea of Sin)

I Feel You
Walking in My Shoes
Condemnation
Mercy in You
Judas
In Your Room
Get Right with Me
Rush
One Caress
Higher Love

Barrel of a Gun
The Love Thieves
Home
It's No Good
Uselink
Useless
Sister of Night
Jazz Thieves
Freestate
The Bottom Line
Insight

(Exciter - nada)

A Pain That I'm Used To
John the Revelator
Suffer Well
The Sinner in Me
Precious
Macro
I Want It All
Nothing's Impossible
Introspectre
Damaged People
Lilian
The Darkest Star

(Sounds of the Universe - nada)

Rush & In Your Room >>>>>> It's No Good & Useless.

wow, ALL of my songs made it except for one that i knew wasn't going to anyway. very nice poll.

my ballot, which was assembled haphazardly over the course of lots of random listening on Spotify having been only familiar with DM as a singles act:

Enjoy The Silence
Policy of Truth
Just Can't Get Enough
Insight
Martyr
Everything Counts
But Not Tonight
I Feel You
Strangelove
In Chains
Suffer Well
Never Let Me Down Again
Walking In My Shoes
New Life
Blue Dress
Useless
Lie To Me
I Want You Now
Blasphemous Rumours
Photographic

my ballot

1. To Have and to Hold
2. Sweetest Perfection
3. Never Let Me Down Again
4. Stripped
5. Barrel of a Gun
6. Master and Servant
7. Shake the Disease
8. World in My Eyes
9. Personal Jesus
10. Enjoy the Silence
11. Sea of Sin
12. Get the Balance Right
13. A Question of Time
14. Black Celebration
15. Happiest Girl
16. Behind the Wheel
17. Home
18. I Feel Loved
19. Rush
20. Pimpf

honestly thought To Have and To Hold was more liked, such an amazing song

can I just say, NB&S your ballot is amazing

wow, am i the only person who voted for Nothing? i think my only other pick that didn't place was Meaning of Love. for shame.

silverfish your ballot is also amazing

Me:

01. Photographic
02. Never Let Me Down Again
03. Black Celebration
04. Everything Counts
05. Behind The Wheel
06. Strangelove
07. New Life
08. Dreaming of Me
09. Boys Say Go!
10. Just Can't Get Enough
11. Puppets
12. Stripped
13. Fly On The Windscreen
14. Get The Balance Right!
15. The Things You Said
16. Blasphemous Rumours
17. Master and Servant
18. Something to Do
19. Shake The Disease
20. Enjoy The Silence

01. Speak & Spell 02. Music For The Masses 03. Black Celebration

Thanks for your efforts, crüt!

This was mine:

1 But Not Tonight
2 Just Can't Get Enough
3 Everything Counts
4 Never Let Me Down Again
5 Enjoy the Silence
6 Policy of Truth
7 Blasphemous Rumors
8 Question of Time
9 World in My Eyes
10 People are People
11 Strangelove
12 See You
13 Personal Jesus
14 Shake the Disease
15 Dreaming of Me
16 The Meaning of Love
17 Somebody
18 New Life
19 Love, in Itself
20 Master and Servant

can I just say, NB&S your ballot is amazing

In a good way, I hope

wow, am i the only person who voted for Nothing? i think my only other pick that didn't place was Meaning of Love. for shame.

― Roberto Spiralli, Saturday, May 5, 2012 7:42 PM

It was my #1 vote!

I don't know enough about DM to have voted, but just wanted to say thanks for running this poll, Crüt.

^^^^ yes

thanks from me too. This list will give me a good starting point to delve into DM.

Thanks, Curt1s. My ballot, more or less (i.e. from memory):

1. Love, In Itself
2. See You (Extended Version)
3. Big Muff
4. Now, This Is Fun (Extended Version)
5. New Life
6. I Feel You
7. Personal Jesus
8. Everything Counts
9. Wrong
10. Just Can't Get Enough

GOD, IS MY FINGER NOT ON THE PULSE...

1. Stripped (#7)
2. Policy Of Truth (#5)
3. Never Let Me Down Again (#1)
4. Everything Counts (#4)
5. Shake The Disease (#3)
6. One Caress (did not place)
7. Rush (did not place)
8. Judas (did not place)
9. Surrender (did not place)
10. Photographic (#34)
11. Fly On The Windscreen - Final (#29)
12. Here Is The House (#40)
13. People Are People (#30)
14. Sacred (did not place)
15. Condemnation (did not place)
16. The Sun & The Rainfall (did not place)
17. Two Minute Warning (did not place)
18. Something To Do (did not place)
19. Puppets (did not place)
20. Goodnight Lovers (did not place)

There are songs that I didn't vote for that I look at on the results and I think 'yeah, I can definitely understand why it's in there, and I probably would have voted for it myself if I'd had the space'.

'Love, In Itself', 'Useless', 'Lie To Me', 'Get The Balance Right!' and 'But Not Tonight' = not worthy of a placing in a Top 40 Depeche tracks list, IMO.

One Caress should've been there I reckon

Not only did I think "Enjoy" would sweep it, but "In Your Room" didn't even place? Maybe because it was a single (and one I love), I assumed it was a lock. Interesting results!

Yeah, One Caress barely missed my ballot.

'Love, In Itself', 'Useless', 'Lie To Me', 'Get The Balance Right!' and 'But Not Tonight' = not worthy of a placing in a Top 40 Depeche tracks list, IMO.

ok this is crazy

Thanks for running the poll, crüt - didn't end up submitting a ballot as I only really know the early singles and MftM, but very happy "Shake The Disease" placed as high as it did.

Thanks crüt

My ballot:

1. Walking in My Shoes
2. Enjoy the Silence
3. Stripped
4. Photographic (Some Bizzare Version)
5. Halo
6. But Not Tonight
7. Never Let Me Down Again (Split Mix)
8. World in My Eyes
9. A Question of Lust
10. A Question of Time
11. Fly on the Windscreen (Final)
12. Something to Do
13. One Caress
14. Everything Counts
15. Behind the Wheel
16. Master and Servant
17. Useless (Kruder & Dorfmeister Session)
18. Rush (Spiritual Guidance Mix)
19. Waiting for the Night
20. Precious

Disappointed not to see my favourite SGW track, Something to Do: smalltown blues by way of boshing EBM. Also surprised by absence of Nothing, which would have been my #21 on a

Listening to Construction Time Again as I type this - fantastically inventive sounds and arrangements but boy those lyrics are even worse than I remembered. So odd, DM's political awareness - lasted for just one year. It didn't suit them.

"New Dress" is political, also somewhat gauche.

ps thx crut!

thanks EVERYONE!!

good poll crüt; y'all

Among the best of boy bands; only One Direction beats them in the number of good songs per album.

It turns out my wife had never seen "101," so we watched it tonight. I actually watch it every few years, and each time I'm elated by the end. Just a wonderful snapshot. So many great songs and performances. Love that it even gives a glimpse of mundane behind the scenes money stuff, something these movies rarely delve into.

It's odd, I've never considered myself a particularly big fan, but there is more stuff from this band that I love than there is from bands I love more. In fact, some of my happiest moments as a consumer (as gauche as that scans) were when those reissues came out, each sounding impeccable and each packaged with those absolutely illuminating documentaries. Helped me appreciate the band even more.

I hadn't heard all of Songs of Faith and Devotion til this year. The arrangement of the non-ballads slowly add and remove instrumental parts that are often so noisy they don't function as hooks when first heard. It doesn't cohere until the last minute or so of each song, when suddenly all of these noises and sounds are combined for a big finish, at which point the song lurches about like a beast composed from diverse monstrous parts, demanding astonishment!
Obviously a lot of this structure came about because they were trying to combine current electronics and the popular guitar sounds of the era.

I overlooked this album for a long time because I wanted more of it to be like "Walking in My Shoes" and "In Your Room", but pretty much every song on it is very good. "In Your Room" matches your description, I don't think it fully clicked with me until I'd heard the song a couple times and knew where it was going

I don’t hate it but I feel it’s indirectly responsible for a lot of music I do hate (eg: nu metal with the on the red mastering, clipped beats, turntable scratches, distorted synth, ugly big guitars)