- electronic, synthpop, synth-pop, pop
- 41 min
- 10 tracks
- Mute
A Broken Frame is the second studio album recorded by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode, working as a trio, and released on 27 September 1982 by Mute Records. The album was written entirely by Martin Gore and was recorded as a trio after the departure of Vince Clarke, who had left in December 1981 and formed Yazoo with singer Alison Moyet.
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Character-led, grave, spare and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
- The Austin Chronicle2/5 ★
- The Philadelphia Inquirer3/5 ★
- PopMatters6/10
- Q3/5 ★
- Record Mirror3/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 ★
- Smash Hits8/10
- Spin Alternative Record Guide4/10
- Uncut2/5 ★
- Release Magazine6/10 ★
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Tracks
- 1Leave in Silence4:51
- 2My Secret Garden4:47
- 3Monument3:16
- 4Nothing to Fear4:19
- 5See You4:33
- 6Satellite4:44
- 7The Meaning of Love3:07
- 8A Photograph of You3:04
- 9Shouldn’t Have Done That3:15
- 10The Sun & the Rainfall4:58
10 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Depeche Mode
- Label
- Mute
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- FR
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