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The full addition of Alan Wilder to Depeche Mode's lineup created a perfect troika that would last another 11 years, as the combination of Martin Gore's songwriting, Wilder's arranging, and David Gahan's singing and live star power resulted in an ever more compelling series of albums and singles. Construction Time Again, the new lineup's first full effort, is a bit hit and miss nonetheless, but when it does hit, it does so perfectly. Right from the album's first song, "Love, In Itself," something is clearly up; Depeche never sounded quite so thick with its sound before, with synths arranged into a mini-orchestra/horn section and real piano and acoustic guitar spliced in at strategic points. Two tracks later, "Pipeline" offers the first clear hint of an increasing industrial influence (the bandmembers were early fans of Einstürzende Neubauten), with clattering metal samples and oddly chain gang-like lyrics and vocals. The album's clear highlight has to be "Everything Counts," a live staple for years, combining a deceptively simple, ironic lyric about the music business with a perfectly catchy but unusually arranged blending of more metallic scraping samples and melodica amid even more forceful funk/hip-hop beats. Elsewhere, on "Shame" and "Told You So," Gore's lyrics start taking on more of the obsessive personal relationship studies that would soon dominate his writing. Wilder's own songwriting contributions are fine musically, but lyrically, "preachy" puts it mildly, especially the environment-friendly "The Landscape Is Changing."
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
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Dave Gahan, Producer - Dave Gahan, Vocals - Martin L. Gore, Producer - Martin L. Gore, Keyboards - Depeche Mode, Main Artist - Gareth Jones, Engineer - Daniel Miller, Producer - Andy Fletcher, Producer - Andy Fletcher, Keyboards - Alan Wilder, Producer - Alan Wilder, Keyboards
(P) 1983 Mute Records Limited, a BMG company, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Dave Gahan, Producer - Dave Gahan, Vocals - Martin L. Gore, Producer - Martin L. Gore, Keyboards - Depeche Mode, Main Artist - Gareth Jones, Engineer - Daniel Miller, Producer - Andy Fletcher, Producer - Andy Fletcher, Keyboards - Alan Wilder, Producer - Alan Wilder, Keyboards
(P) 1983 Mute Records Limited, a BMG company, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Dave Gahan, Producer - Dave Gahan, Vocals - Martin L. Gore, Producer - Martin L. Gore, Keyboards - Depeche Mode, Main Artist - Gareth Jones, Engineer - Daniel Miller, Producer - Andy Fletcher, Producer - Andy Fletcher, Keyboards - Alan Wilder, Producer - Alan Wilder, Keyboards
(P) 1983 Mute Records Limited, a BMG company, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Dave Gahan, Producer - Dave Gahan, Vocals - Martin L. Gore, Producer - Martin L. Gore, Keyboards - Depeche Mode, Main Artist - Gareth Jones, Engineer - Daniel Miller, Producer - Andy Fletcher, Producer - Andy Fletcher, Keyboards - Alan Wilder, Producer - Alan Wilder, Keyboards
(P) 1983 Depeche Mode/Mute Records Ltd, a BMG company, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Dave Gahan, Producer - Dave Gahan, Vocals - Martin L. Gore, Producer - Martin L. Gore, Keyboards - Depeche Mode, Main Artist - Gareth Jones, Engineer - Corinne Simcock, Assistant Engineer - Daniel Miller, Producer - Andy Fletcher, Producer - Andy Fletcher, Keyboards - Alan Wilder, Producer - Alan Wilder, Keyboards
(P) 1983 Mute Records Limited, a BMG company, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Dave Gahan, Producer - Dave Gahan, Vocals - Martin L. Gore, Producer - Martin L. Gore, Keyboards - Depeche Mode, Main Artist - Gareth Jones, Engineer - Daniel Miller, Producer - Andy Fletcher, Producer - Andy Fletcher, Keyboards - Alan Wilder, Producer - Alan Wilder, Keyboards
(P) 1983 Mute Records Limited, a BMG company, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Dave Gahan, Producer - Dave Gahan, Vocals - Martin L. Gore, Producer - Martin L. Gore, Keyboards - Depeche Mode, Main Artist - Gareth Jones, Engineer - Daniel Miller, Producer - Andy Fletcher, Producer - Andy Fletcher, Keyboards - Alan Wilder, Producer - Alan Wilder, Keyboards
(P) 1983 Mute Records Limited, a BMG company, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Dave Gahan, Producer - Dave Gahan, Vocals - Martin L. Gore, Producer - Martin L. Gore, Keyboards - Depeche Mode, Main Artist - Gareth Jones, Engineer - Daniel Miller, Producer - Andy Fletcher, Producer - Andy Fletcher, Keyboards - Alan Wilder, Producer - Alan Wilder, Keyboards
(P) 1983 Mute Records Limited, a BMG company, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Dave Gahan, Producer - Dave Gahan, Vocals - Martin L. Gore, Producer - Martin L. Gore, Keyboards - Depeche Mode, Main Artist - Gareth Jones, Engineer - Daniel Miller, Producer - Andy Fletcher, Producer - Andy Fletcher, Keyboards - Alan Wilder, Producer - Alan Wilder, Keyboards
(P) 1983 Depeche Mode/Mute Records Ltd, a BMG company, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Dave Gahan, Producer - Dave Gahan, Vocals - Martin L. Gore, Producer - Martin L. Gore, Keyboards - Depeche Mode, Main Artist - Gareth Jones, Engineer - Daniel Miller, Producer - Andy Fletcher, Producer - Andy Fletcher, Keyboards - Alan Wilder, Producer - Alan Wilder, Keyboards
(P) 1983 Depeche Mode/Mute Records Ltd, a BMG company, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
The full addition of Alan Wilder to Depeche Mode's lineup created a perfect troika that would last another 11 years, as the combination of Martin Gore's songwriting, Wilder's arranging, and David Gahan's singing and live star power resulted in an ever more compelling series of albums and singles. Construction Time Again, the new lineup's first full effort, is a bit hit and miss nonetheless, but when it does hit, it does so perfectly. Right from the album's first song, "Love, In Itself," something is clearly up; Depeche never sounded quite so thick with its sound before, with synths arranged into a mini-orchestra/horn section and real piano and acoustic guitar spliced in at strategic points. Two tracks later, "Pipeline" offers the first clear hint of an increasing industrial influence (the bandmembers were early fans of Einstürzende Neubauten), with clattering metal samples and oddly chain gang-like lyrics and vocals. The album's clear highlight has to be "Everything Counts," a live staple for years, combining a deceptively simple, ironic lyric about the music business with a perfectly catchy but unusually arranged blending of more metallic scraping samples and melodica amid even more forceful funk/hip-hop beats. Elsewhere, on "Shame" and "Told You So," Gore's lyrics start taking on more of the obsessive personal relationship studies that would soon dominate his writing. Wilder's own songwriting contributions are fine musically, but lyrically, "preachy" puts it mildly, especially the environment-friendly "The Landscape Is Changing."
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:22
- Main artists: Depeche Mode
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Venusnote Ltd.
- Genre: Pop/Rock
(P) 1983 Venusnote Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment International Ltd
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