http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depeche_mode_discography
this is not all listed in one place but is going to be more complete than the list linked in the first post
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
also here are some possibly-less-obvious songs I hope people are considering because they're fantastic:
"Tora! Tora! Tora!" "Ice Machine""Pipeline""Shame""Lie To Me""Stories Of Old""Here Is the House""World Full of Nothing""The Things You Said""To Have and to Hold""Sea of Sin""Happiest Girl""Higher Love""Useless""Shine""Freelove""The Sinner in Me""Macro""I Want It All""The Darkest Star""In Chains""Hole to Feed""Corrupt"
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
I voted for at least one of those, which is one of my all-time Depeche Mode favourites.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
man, 20 songs is really too few IMO
I feel like I'm picking my favorite twenty children
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
"Sea of Sin"
Will be somewhere between #2-#5 on my ballot.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
I think I'll have three of those. Slightly disappointed to find that I think the best tracks are mostly the singles though.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
holy shit I am reminding myself of "Shake the Disease"
this is fucking impossible
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
Shake the disease is great.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
My list prob won't have anything post 1993 or so on it.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
No! They were the greatest rock'n'roll band in the world there for a bit.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
At least two songs from the 00s will be on my ballot (Martyr and John the Revelator).
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
"In Chains" is really, really, really great, as is "The Darkest Star"
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
I listened to But Not Tonight so much my sophomore year in college that my then boyfriend finally asked me to layoff it for a while because he couldn't handle it anymore. It's near perfect imo. It makes me feel, yo.
YES. The segue from the verses to "I haven't felt so alliiive. In years" is my favorite in the Depeche canon.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
"But Not Tonight" really is kinda the last 'light' Depeche song I can think of, IE something that captures the breezier feeling of their earliest singles. Nothing else after that is anywhere near as giddy, for lack of a better term.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
"Pleasure, Little Treasure"?
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
gah I have 19 spots taken and 10 more songs I want to vote for
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
xpost -- a little too harsh lyrically, I'd say.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Monday, April 23, 2012 6:18 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
An easy inclusion on my ballot, that one! :D
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
would it be silly to vote for both "Stripped" and "Breathing In Fumes"?
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Monday, 23 April 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
Can I give all my votes to "Shake The Disease"?
The uh bit in the song that goes "you know how hard is for me to shake the disease" sends chills down my spine - Dan, is there a really obvious name for the vocal technique they employ here?
― etc, Monday, 23 April 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
I don't know if there is a specific term for that vocal technique. Most people I know would describe that line as "flipping into head voice".
Most singers have three separate registers where they can sing; chest voice is low to medium range (think most of Dave's DM vocals), head voice is high but still full voice (think the held "yooooooooou" in "Precious"), and falsetto or whisper voice is basically half-voiced super high (the first "I know" in "In Chains"). Where those register breaks are varies from person to person; people with a higher register break between chest and head voice are considered to be tenors (men) or sopranos (women) while people with lower register breaks are baritones/basses (men) or mezzo-sopranos/altos (women). (I'm leaving out the whole thing of men singing in women's ranges as countertenors because that's confusing.) Dave Gahan is a baritone; that line is him doing a big leap up from his chest voice into his head voice, which pushes his comfortable vocal range right on the text "hard it is for me". The strain, while controlled, adds an extra emotional dimension to the delivery of the text.
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Monday, 23 April 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
the idea of even making this list is making me all sorts of O_O
― Badu and a sax run hand-in-hand (jjjusten), Monday, 23 April 2012 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
Alfred gets it.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 23 April 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks for that explanation Dan. It's absurd how little I know about singing.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 23 April 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
my "But Not Tonight" is "Somebody"
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Monday, 23 April 2012 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
Somebody is just a teensy bit too schmaltzy for me. That said, I still love it a lot.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 23 April 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
(ps - it is great for the purpose you used it for tho iirc)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, April 23, 2012 6:32 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
When I heard 'Lilian' from Playing The Angel for the first time, it came across as poppy in a way that Depeche hadn't been for years. I always thought it could have gone on one of Depeche's earlier albums. It's certainly not as 'light' as 'But Not Tonight', though, with it's 'pain and misery' lyric and everything.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 23 April 2012 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
I really don't know what to do with Enjoy The Silence. I love it so dearly, it's one of the rare elite tracks I'd've'd no hesitation at calling best-tune-ever at some point in life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Q-wq_YRlM
This is just about my favourite clip ever. Dave is having such a good time! I once bought a white vest purely so I could strut about at the top of our stairs, emulating his stagecraft here. Also, I'd forgotten until tonight but when I was in charge of a society at University I designed its official letterhead round a screengrab of Dave-as-Canute from the video.
And yet ... I don't think it'd be my listen of choice today, so it wouldn't be my no.1. In which case giving it a minor placing feels so wrong. I may have to exclude it entirely and hope others pick up the slack.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 23 April 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
surprisingly, "Enjoy The Silence" and "Personal Jesus" are not candidates for my ballot (neither are "People Are People" or "Blasphemous Rumours")
however, "The Things You Said", "World Full Of Nothing", "Shine" and "Stories of Old" are
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Monday, 23 April 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
It's not my place to tell you how to arrange your ballot, but that logic is bonkers.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 23 April 2012 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
eh, not really; the only one of those Big Four I would really consider is "Personal Jesus", which I'm kind of tired of
the other four, OTOH, are all personal favorites that were instant loves from the first time I heard them that I played just as often as the Big Four, only I haven't gotten tired of them
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Monday, 23 April 2012 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry, I was referring to ismael's post.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 23 April 2012 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
that famous ten-minute mix of "Never Let Me Down" will make my ballot -- a better car song than "Route 66."
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 April 2012 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
oh lol
in that case: OTM, vote for your favorites IMO
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Monday, 23 April 2012 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
ha, fair enough - bonkers logic is the lifeblood of these things imo
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 23 April 2012 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
btw PAINWILL YOU RETURN ITI WON'T SAY IT AGAIN
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Monday, 23 April 2012 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
Dan waht? You are excluding some stone cold classics.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 23 April 2012 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
you're talking about a band with something like 75+ stone-cold classics!
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Monday, 23 April 2012 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
I mean not that they'll need your vote but still.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 23 April 2012 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
right now I have 19 songs on my ballot:
9 from the 80s4 from the 90s6 from the 00s
A Broken Frame and Ultra are the only albums completely unrepresented
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Monday, 23 April 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
as long as "Pimpf" is on your ballot all's right with the world
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 April 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
oh dear
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Monday, 23 April 2012 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
dammit I have to leave for work but "World Full Of Nothing" just started
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Monday, 23 April 2012 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
er rehearsal rather
9 from the 80s8 from the 90s3 from the 00s
I keep forgetting Violator is 90s, not 80s; those totals seemed ridiculously unbalanced 'til I checked
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 23 April 2012 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
... can't we just vote for 40?
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Monday, 23 April 2012 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
Lol two of my fab DM songs are on a broken frame.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 23 April 2012 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
It has the best sleeve
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 23 April 2012 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
I really only like "Shouldn't Have Done That" and "The Sun & The Rainfall" off that album but at least one of them really should be on my ballot
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Monday, 23 April 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
What is the stupidest Depeche Mode song?
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
i voted!
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
Sent!
― Kent Burt, Thursday, 3 May 2012 01:12 (twelve years ago) link
CRUTIS I just sent to your hotmail!!!
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, 3 May 2012 02:17 (twelve years ago) link
Errr I mean gmail.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, 3 May 2012 02:18 (twelve years ago) link
Oh and the poll-specific one I now see we were meant to send to in the first place.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, 3 May 2012 02:20 (twelve years ago) link
If we ever do a New Order poll I wonder how many participants would consider "Regret" or "Crystal" post-peak.
i'm set up to do New Order poll at number 37
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 May 2012 02:23 (twelve years ago) link
VOTED
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 May 2012 04:02 (twelve years ago) link
poll is closed. will try to get results thread started by Thursday afternoon.
― crüt, Thursday, 3 May 2012 08:12 (twelve years ago) link