It started with a cover. I was sixteen, standing in ELPI in Krefeld, flipping through the racks the way you do when you're not looking for anything specific but somehow certain that something is about to find you. And then it did. The cover, dark and embossed, and on the front, a heroic figure sculpted... Continue Reading →
Some Great Reward - The Album That Changed Everything There are albums you listen to, and then there are albums that stay with you. Some Great Reward definitely falls into the second category for me. As Depeche Mode's fourth album, it was the record that finally pushed them into the spotlight. It is often regarded... Continue Reading →
After Construction Time Again opened the door to Depeche Mode for me in 1983, it felt almost unavoidable to look back. If their third album could already shift something in me, then what had I missed in the years before? Even then, I sensed that to understand the direction this music would take me, I... Continue Reading →
