- industrial, synthpop, electronic, alternative dance
- 40 min
- 9 tracks
- Mute
Some Great Reward is the fourth studio album by the English electronic band Depeche Mode, released on 24 September 1984 by Mute Records. The album peaked at number five in the United Kingdom and number 51 in the United States, and was supported by the Some Great Reward Tour. This also saw the band using samplers, much like they did in their previous studio album Construction Time Again (1983).
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Character-led, grave, spare and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- The Austin Chronicle3/5 ★
- Number One3/5
- PopMatters10/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Record Mirror4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 ★
- Smash Hits/10
- Sounds4/5 ★
- Uncut3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Something to Do3:47
- 2Lie to Me5:04
- 3People Are People3:52
- 4It Doesn’t Matter4:45
- 5Stories of Old3:14
- 6Somebody4:27
- 7Master and Servant4:13
- 8If You Want4:41
- 9Blasphemous Rumours6:22
9 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Depeche Mode
- Label
- Mute
- Released
- 1984
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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