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Depeche Mode - Catching Up with Depeche Mode Audio CD

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Depeche Mode Band: Depeche Mode
Title: Catching Up with Depeche Mode
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Release Date: 1990-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Dreaming of Me 2: New Life 3: Just Can't Get Enough 4: See You 5: Meaning of Love 6: Love in Itself 7: Master and Servant 8: Blasphemous Rumours 9: Somebody 10: Shake the Disease 11: Flexible 12: It's Called a Heart 13: Fly on the Windscreen

Cathcing Up with Depeche Mode of our youth
Fast forward 28 years later, and this cd justs brings a smile to my face, remembering the Depeche Mode from my youth. The first time I heard "Dreaming of Me" on WLIR radio, I was an instant Depeche Mode Fan. It's fun, light, and a great look back at Vince Clarke's writing for Depeche Mode, with a follow up of Martin Gore's forced entry into the song writing. The LP and cassette tape are stashed away somewhere, and it's time to buy the CD. The newer fans, younger than 35, might not appreciate this light airy Depeche Mode sound, but true fans are going to love popping Catching Up into your minivans and BMW's cd players and laugh when you see a Fly on the Windscreen. .


hits from depeche mode
there are some songs wich are not included in albums,like flexible and its called heart. this compilation is really good. and this compilation is good starting point for people who discovers depeche mode for the first time.


A Greatest Hits cd to keeps the fan busy til' the next album comes out
. the title is self explanatory.


A Decent Compilation
Depeche Mode had little exposure in America during the early 80s, and most of their albums were unavailable. Although it's no longer necessary, this was collection of early DM songs was essential when it was released. After the release of the American only album, People are People became a big sucess, Sire decided to release a compilation of early DM singles, both for the benefit of American fans and to cash in. The result is Catching Up With Depeche Mode, an outdated but fun compilation.

The songs are all pretty great, but that's a given with Depeche Mode. The first three songs, Dreaming of Me, New Life, and Just Can't Get Enough, are vintage Vince Clark synth pop, which can be grating upon first listen, but definitely grow on you upon repeated listens. These songs are noticeably more happy sounding than most of the ones that were written by Martin Gore.

Next we have See You and The Meaning of Love, which were some of Martin's earliest compositions. At this point he was only trying to copy Vince's style, and many people dislike these songs. Personally, I think they're maybe even better than Vince's singles, and certainly on par with them.

At this point in Depeche Mode's career, Martin started to develop his own style, writing moodier songs with deeper lyrics. Love In Itself and Master and Servant are both upbeat songs and very catchy. Blasphemous Rumors is a song about the unfortunate things that happen to people. Somebody is a piano ballad, and possibly my favorite song in DM's catalog.

The last four tracks were single-only releases and showed what was going to come on Black Celebration. First we have Shake the Disease and its b-side Flexible. Shake the Disease is one of the darkest singles DM released, and another favorite of mine. Flexible is a very fun, dancy song. Next we have It's Called A Heart and its b-side Fly on the Windscreen. I'm not a huge fan of It's Called a Heart, but it is kind of catchy. Fly on the Windscreen had several versions, one of which appeared on the aforementioned Black Celebration. It is one of their best songs and is about the fragility of life. I believe it should have been the single instead of It's Called a Heart.

A lot of people complain about the fact that this collection lacks various singles of the era, including Everything Counts and People are People, which are no doubt two of their best songs from the period. However, this was meant to be a companion compilation to People are People. Those two songs, and several other singles, make up the bulk of that album, though, curiously, Love in Itself appears on both compilations.

Since Catching Up was released, The Singles 81-85 was released, which is a bit more comprehensive than this. But if you pair this with People are People, you'll have all the tracks on that compilation and then some. This album is also very cheap, despite being out of print, and some people may prefer the tracklisting. I would probably recommend The Singles 81-85 over this, but if you're on a tight budget, you might get this one instead.


there's someting beating here...


it all sounds dated, sure - the new stuff sounds dated the day it hits the streets. there's something beating here inside this album and its called a drum machine and sequencer.

but what you can hear, if you listen just one step past the production and the synthesizers, are some really awesome songs.

it is a dream of mine to record a handful of my personal faves of depeche mode in a guitar/bass/voice format, give them some of the rock energy they lacked and the gutsy tactile feel of a guitar. i recorded halo last summer, it sounds awesome except for the guitar solo at the end was whacked out. anyways. . . why not? after all - ask yourself, is it a sin. . . to be flexible? when the ship comes in?.


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