- synth-pop, electronic, synthpop, rock
- 62 min
- 14 tracks
- Labels
Music for the Masses is the sixth studio album by the English electronic band Depeche Mode, released on 28 September 1987 by Mute Records in the United Kingdom and Sire Records in the United States. The follow-up to their successful album Black Celebration (1986), it was co-produced by Depeche Mode and David Bascombe. Recorded in Paris and London and mixed in Denmark, it was the first Depeche Mode album to see band member Alan Wilder take control of the production.
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Character
Character-led, grave, spare and epic.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
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- Q3/5 ★
- Record Mirror4/5
- Sounds4/5 ★
- The Village VoiceB+
- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Blender4/5 ★
- Mojo5/5 ★
- Pitchfork8/10
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Never Let Me Down Again4:35
- A2The Things You Said4:10
- A3Strangelove5:00
- A4Sacred4:45
- A5Little 154:15
- A6Behind the Wheel5:17
- A7I Want You Now3:27
- B1To Have and to Hold2:50
- B2Nothing4:10
- B3Pimpf / Interlude #1: Mission Impossible4:56
- B4Agent Orange5:05
- B5Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro mix)4:54
- B6To Have and to Hold (Spanish taster)2:33
- B7Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter mix)5:34
14 tracks, 62 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Depeche Mode
- Label
- Labels
- Released
- 1987
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Cassette
- Country
- FR
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