A Broken Frame

I had never listened to the early DM albums until very recently. I had everything from Violator onwards. I went to see them at Birmingham in January and they were fantastic. It was after this I decided to have a listen to the early albums which for years I must admit passed of as throwaway pop....... how wrong was I they are as good as the later albums that I love so much. I can honestly say that in my humble opinion these guys have never made a bad record. Buy them all and the 180gm vinyl is great.

The album that made me fall in love with Depeche Mode over 30 years ago. So good to hear it on this new heavyweight vinyl release. The artwork (courtesy of Brian Griffin's wonderful photography) is first class, colours much sharper than the original release that I have from '82. Clearly, this series of re-issues have been given the 5-star treatment that they deserve. I class this release and the two albums that followed it as the 'holy trinity' of Mode albums - a gritty, industrial soundtrack of early-mid 80's Britain.

Very nice release.,all housed in a double doored digipak design,very robust & will last if not abused.2 disc set,the sacd combo & the dvd.sacd is multichannel(5.1),dvd album dolby digital 5.1 Surround/dts 5.1/PCM Stereo(2.1).dvd documentary PCM Stereo(2.1)/4:3.dvd live dolby digital 5.1 Surround/dts 5.1/PCM Stereo(2.1)dvd 3 bonus tracks PCM Stereo(2.1)The backgrounds used are framed at 4:3 which I thought odd.,but overall a very solid release.Wazza.

Sounds good. The fist album of DM written by Martin Gore. A shot film, and live in Hommersmith also intresting on extra DVD.

Well I had this album bought for me age 14 vinyl now have the CD version love this depeche mode amazing thank you.

the English story.

Just technical facts for those who care about this sort of stuff:Like many of the Depeche Mode CD+DVD releases, the music tracks on the DVD are recorded in DTS 96/24 (5.1) and LPCM Stereo 24 bit 48KHz. They all sound brilliant.This particular release is that bit more special as the CD is actually a Hybrid SACD. Awesome :o)

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