Depeche Mode - Construction Time Again

damn I voted "The Landscape Is Changing" but now I want to change my vote to "And Then..."

I voted "The Landscape Is Changing" and don't want to change my vote ever. "Told You So" is also marvellous though. Those two are my favourite Depeche Mode songs, even better than any or their singles. Single b-side from the same era, "Fools", is ace as well.

(And this is of course the best Depeche album)

And, before you go further, a "Some Great Reward" poll would be fine, but I believe we've already done most of the albums following that one. :)

Geir, what's your take on "Pipeline"? I figured it would be too clangy and abstract for your taste, so I've always been a bit surprised that this is your favourite DM album.

"Everything Counts" FTW, one of their best ever songs.

I guess "Landscape" is really a better vote since "And Then..." sounds more like Some Great Reward

and it totally makes sense to me that this album is Geir's favorite -- A Broken Frame through Black Celebration is my favorite period of Depeche because their melodies were strongest and most lyrical then. This album is kind of the most pure mix of their earlier innocent pop with their later industrial/cinematic sound.

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oh, how could it be anything other than "everything counts"?!?

Geir, what's your take on "Pipeline"?

Weakest track on "Construction Time Again", but those ping pong balls are surely great :)

the grabbing hands grab all they can all for themselves after all

come on. this isn't even close

it's gonna be "everything counts" in a landslide...

"Love, in Itself," tho I can never tell if I hate the synth horns or not.

'The grabbing hands grab all they can' always brings Hamburglar to mind and I expect a 'robblr robble' to pop up in the sing.

i voted for SHAME

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Nice to see "The Landscape Is Changing" doing so well beneath the singles.

it would've been amusing to see "more than a party" get a vote ... and "pipeline" (legitimately) deserved some love.

though i voted for "everything counts."

Would have voted for 'Two Minute Warning', which I still feel is one of their most underrated tracks. Wilder's other contribution here, 'The Landscape Is Changing', has never been one of my favourites and I'd definitely place it at the bottom of the pile (excellent outro, but that doesn't really save it for me) alongside 'Shame', although it's great to hear the panned percussion on headphones on that track.

Yeah "Two Minute Warning" is pretty great. The way the chorus opens up out of nowhere always gets me, really pretty. Don't remember if I voted in this poll but I would have just thrown another vote at "Love, in Itself", which is a weirdly awesome song even for them.

Grab all they can. Happy 40th:

https://thequietus.com/articles/33308-depeche-mode-construction-time-again-review

No, really. :-D