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Depeche Mode
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Depeche Mode ( də-PESH MOHD) are an English electronic band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. Originally formed with the line-up of Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke, the band has consisted of Gahan and Gore since Fletcher's death in 2022.
With Clarke as their primary songwriter, Depeche Mode released their debut album Speak & Spell in 1981 amid the British new wave scene and were a part of the MTV-driven Second British Invasion. Clarke left the band at the end of 1981, going on to form the groups Yazoo and later Erasure. The remaining trio recorded their second album, A Broken Frame (1982), with Martin Gore as chief songwriter. The band then recruited Alan Wilder, establishing a line-up that continued until 1995, beginning with the albums Construction Time Again (1983) and Some Great Reward (1984). The albums Black Celebration (1986) and Music for the Masses (1987) cemented them as one of the most popular alternative bands of the 1980s, and their June 1988 concert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl drew a crowd of more than 60,000 people.
In 1990, Depeche Mode released their seventh album, Violator, which reached number 7 on the Billboard 200 and was certified triple Platinum by the RIAA. The following album Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993) was also a success, though the band's internal struggles during recording and touring resulted in Wilder's departure in 1995. The band returned to the line-up of Gahan, Gore, and Fletcher, and released the album Ultra in 1997. The band continued touring and recorded five more albums as a trio—Exciter (2001), Playing the Angel (2005), Sounds of the Universe (2009), Delta Machine (2013) and Spirit (2017)—until Fletcher's death in 2022. Gahan and Gore have since continued as a duo. Their latest album, Memento Mori, was released in 2023.
Depeche Mode have had 54 songs in the UK singles chart, 17 Top 10 albums in the UK chart, and have sold more than 100 million records worldwide. Q included the band in its list of the "50 Bands That Changed the World!" Depeche Mode also rank No. 98 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". In 2016, Billboard named Depeche Mode the 10th Greatest of All Time Top Dance Club Artists. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020.
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Depeche Mode (parfois stylisé DM) est un groupe britannique de musique électronique et de rock alternatif, affilié à la new wave, originaire de Basildon, dans l'Essex (Angleterre). Formé en 1980, il apparaît au sein du courant de la synthpop et devient rapidement influent et populaire sur la scène internationale. Son nom est issu du magazine français Dépêche Mode.
Repéré par l'agent de Soft Cell avant d'être dirigé par Daniel Miller qui le fait signer sur son label Mute Records en 1981, DM connaît son premier succès en Europe à l'automne de cette même année avec Just Can't Get Enough et aux États-Unis en 1984-1985 avec le single People Are People.
Le succès de sa synthpop au style très empreint de musique industrielle est constant jusqu'en 1990 avec l'album Violator, incluant les titres Personal Jesus, Policy of Truth et surtout Enjoy the Silence. Les années 1990 sont marquées par la dépendance à la drogue, la surdose et la tentative de suicide du chanteur principal, Dave Gahan, qui n'est désintoxiqué qu'en 1996, et par le départ d'Alan Wilder en 1995. DM, qui ne comporte plus que trois membres, continue à sortir des disques (Ultra en 1997, Exciter en 2001, Playing the Angel en 2005, Sounds of the Universe en 2009, Delta Machine en 2013 et Spirit en 2017). L'année 2022 est marquée par la mort brutale d'Andrew Fletcher, laissant Depeche Mode poursuivre en formule duo. En mars 2023, DM sort Memento Mori, son quinzième album studio.
La quasi-totalité de leurs chansons est composée par Martin L. Gore, sauf celles du premier opus (Speak and Spell) qui sont majoritairement le fruit de Vince Clarke, rapidement parti fonder Yazoo puis Erasure. Depuis 2005, le chanteur Dave Gahan participe à l'écriture de certains morceaux. Martin L. Gore œuvre beaucoup pour que DM ne soit pas uniquement considéré comme un groupe « de synthés », en utilisant notamment la guitare.
Depeche Mode se classe cinquante fois dans le UK Singles Chart, et plusieurs albums ont été numéro un au Royaume-Uni, aux États-Unis et dans d'autres pays européens. Selon Mute Records, en 2008, DM compte 75 millions d'albums vendus dans le monde et plus de 100 millions de disques en incluant les singles. En novembre 2020, leur intronisation au Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vient consacrer une carrière s'étalant sur quatre décennies.
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Discography
Albums
- 1981 Speak & Spell
- 1982 A Broken Frame
- 1983 Construction Time Again
- 1984 Some Great Reward
- 1986 Black Celebration
- 1987 Music for the Masses
- 1990 Violator
- 1993 Songs of Faith and Devotion
- 1997 Ultra
- 2001 Exciter
- 2005 Playing the Angel
- 2009 Sounds of the Universe
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- 2013 Delta Machine
- 2017 Spirit
- 2023 Memento Mori
EPs
Singles
- 1981 Just Can't Get Enough / New Life
- 1981 Dreaming of Me
- 1981 New Life
- 1981 Just Can’t Get Enough
- 1981 Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead / King of the Flies
- 1982 See You
- 1982 The Meaning of Love
- 1982 Leave in Silence
- 1983 Get the Balance Right!
- 1983 Get the Balance Right! / D.J. Delight
- 1983 Everything Counts
- 1983 Love in Itself
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- 1984 People Are People
- 1984 Master and Servant
- 1984 Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody
- 1985 Shake the Disease
- 1985 It’s Called a Heart
- 1986 But Not Tonight
- 1986 Stripped
- 1986 A Question of Lust
- 1986 A Question of Time
- 1987 Strangelove
- 1987 Never Let Me Down Again
- 1987 Behind the Wheel
- 1988 I Want You Now / Behind the Wheel
- 1988 Little 15
- 1989 Personal Jesus
- 1990 Personal Jesus / Regina
- 1990 Enjoy the Silence
- 1990 Policy of Truth
- 1990 World in My Eyes
- 1991 How to Be a Zillionaire (The ’91 remix) / World in My Eyes (The ’91 remix)
- 1992 Enjoy the Silence / World in My Eyes
- 1993 Rush
- 1993 I Feel You
- 1993 Walking in My Shoes
- 1993 Condemnation
- 1994 In Your Room
- 1997 Barrel of a Gun
- 1997 It’s No Good
- 1997 Home
- 1997 Useless
- 1997 Home / Useless
- 1998 Only When I Lose Myself
- 2001 Dream On
- 2001 I Feel Loved
- 2001 Freelove
- 2002 Goodnight Lovers
- 2004 Enjoy the Silence 04
- 2005 Here Is The House
- 2005 Precious
- 2005 A Pain That I’m Used To
- 2006 Clean / Surrender
- 2006 The Darkest Star
- 2006 Suffer Well
- 2006 John the Revelator / Lilian
- 2006 Just Can't Get Enough / Personal Jesus
- 2006 Martyr
- 2009 Wrong
- 2009 Peace
- 2009 Fragile Tension / Hole to Feed
- 2011 Behind the Wheel 2011