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|title=Sweetest Perfection | |||
|screen=hd | |||
|screenshot=Album-Violator.jpg | |||
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]] | |||
|album=[[Violator]] | |||
|songwriter=[[Martin L. Gore]] | |||
|producer=[[Depeche Mode]]<br>[[Flood]] | |||
|studio=Puk Studios, Denmark<br>Logic Studios, Milan | |||
|tempo=101 | |||
|timesignature={{music|time|3|4}} | |||
|key=B Major | |||
|mixingby=[[François Kevorkian]] | |||
|engineeringby=Pino Pischetola<br>Peter Iversen<br>[[Steve Lyon]]<br>Goh Hotoda<br>Alan Gregorie<br>Dennis Mitchell<br>Phil Legg | |||
|engineeringassistance=[[Daryl Bamonte]]<br>Dick Meaney<br>David Browne<br>Mark Flannery | |||
|sleevedesignby=[[Anton Corbijn]]<br>Area | |||
|label=[[Mute Records]] | |||
|length=4:43 | |||
|recordingdate=May 1989 – January 1990 | |||
|releasedate=19 March 1990 | |||
|colorscheme=Violator | |||
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"[[Sweetest Perfection]]" is a song from the 1990 album ''[[Violator]]'' by [[Depeche Mode]]. | |||
== Notes == | |||
[[Alan Wilder]] describes how the outro came to be in a Q&A on {{Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] website: "The weird stuff at the end came together during the mixing stage (with [[François Kevorkian]]). It's the kind of thing you resort to when you haven't really got an ending ;-)"<ref>Source: [http://oldsite.recoil.co.uk/forum/qa/dmviol.htm SHUNT ARCHIVES Q&A : DEPECHE MODE : VIOLATOR]</ref></blockquote> | |||
In 2006, all of Depeche Mode's studio albums were being remastered. Engineer Kevin Paul told ''{{EL|http://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/remixing-depeche-mode-surround Sound On Sound}}'' magazine: "'Sweetest Perfection' was completely crazy. It has lots of tape loops, lots of phasing, all sorts of crazy sounds going on. That was really hard to emulate and I had to put my personal spin on it just to get it to work." | |||
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{{Template:Lyrics|Sweetest Perfection| | |||
The sweetest perfection | |||
To call my own | |||
The slightest correction | |||
Couldn't finely hone | |||
The sweetest infection | |||
Of body and mind | |||
Sweetest injection | |||
Of any kind | |||
I stop and I stare too much | |||
Afraid that I care too much | |||
And I hardly dare to touch | |||
For fear that the spell may be broken | |||
When I need a drug in me | |||
And it brings out the thug in me | |||
Feel something tugging me | |||
Then I want the real thing not tokens | |||
Things you'd expect to be | |||
Having effect on me | |||
Pass undetectedly | |||
But everyone knows what has got me | |||
Takes me completely | |||
Touches me sweetly | |||
Reaches so deeply | |||
I know that nothing can stop me | |||
Sweetest perfection | |||
An offer was made | |||
An assorted collection | |||
But I wouldn't trade | |||
The sweetest perfection | |||
To call my own | |||
The slightest correction | |||
Couldn't finely hone (Nothing can stop me) | |||
The sweetest infection (Takes me completely) | |||
Of body and mind (Touches so sweetly) | |||
Sweetest injection (Reaches so deeply) | |||
Of any kind | |||
|Martin L. Gore|©1990 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.}} | |||
== Composition == | |||
=== Sample sources === | |||
{{#lst:List of Depeche Mode sample sources by album/Violator|DM-SS-SP}} | |||
== Live performances == | |||
{{Live section}} | |||
== Trivia == | |||
*'Sweetest Perfection' has been covered by '''Fourplay String Quartet''' (1998). | |||
[[Category:Song]] | |||
[[Category:Depeche Mode songs]] | |||
[[Category:Violator songs]] | |||
[[Category:Songs in B Major]] | |||
[[Category:Songs between 100-104 BPM]] | |||
[[Category:Songs written by Martin L. Gore]] | |||
== References == | |||
<metadesc>"Sweetest Perfection" is a song from the 1990 album Violator by Depeche Mode.</metadesc><nowiki/> | |||
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Sweetest Perfection
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| Song | Sweetest Perfection |
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| By | Depeche Mode |
| Songwriter | Martin L. Gore |
| Produced by | Depeche Mode Flood |
| Recorded at | Puk Studios, Denmark Logic Studios, Milan |
| Length (mm:ss) | 4:43 |
| Tempo | 101 BPM |
| Time signature | 3 4 |
| Key | B Major |
| Engineering assistance | Daryl Bamonte Dick Meaney David Browne Mark Flannery |
| Mixed by | François Kevorkian |
| Recorded | May 1989 – January 1990 |
| Originally released | 19 March 1990 |
| Live performances as Depeche Mode | 21 times * |
| Total live performances | 29 times * |
"Sweetest Perfection" is a song from the 1990 album Violator by Depeche Mode.
Notes
Alan Wilder describes how the outro came to be in a Q&A on Shunt, the official Recoil website: "The weird stuff at the end came together during the mixing stage (with François Kevorkian). It's the kind of thing you resort to when you haven't really got an ending ;-)"[1]
In 2006, all of Depeche Mode's studio albums were being remastered. Engineer Kevin Paul told Sound On Sound magazine: "'Sweetest Perfection' was completely crazy. It has lots of tape loops, lots of phasing, all sorts of crazy sounds going on. That was really hard to emulate and I had to put my personal spin on it just to get it to work."
Lyrics
Sweetest Perfection
The sweetest perfection
To call my own
The slightest correction
Couldn't finely hone
The sweetest infection
Of body and mind
Sweetest injection
Of any kind
I stop and I stare too much
Afraid that I care too much
And I hardly dare to touch
For fear that the spell may be broken
When I need a drug in me
And it brings out the thug in me
Feel something tugging me
Then I want the real thing not tokens
Things you'd expect to be
Having effect on me
Pass undetectedly
But everyone knows what has got me
Takes me completely
Touches me sweetly
Reaches so deeply
I know that nothing can stop me
Sweetest perfection
An offer was made
An assorted collection
But I wouldn't trade
The sweetest perfection
To call my own
The slightest correction
Couldn't finely hone (Nothing can stop me)
The sweetest infection (Takes me completely)
Of body and mind (Touches so sweetly)
Sweetest injection (Reaches so deeply)
Of any kind
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1990 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
Composition
Sample sources
| "Sweetest Perfection" Depeche Mode 1990 |
Self-made samples | ||||
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| Sample | Notes | Audio | |||
| Drum elements, tom drum, ambient elements | A series of manipulated drum and ambient elements originally recorded for use with 1983's "Pipeline" are utilised sporadically throughout "Sweetest Perfection". |
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| Sample sources | |||||
| Sample | Source | Status | Notes | Audio | |
| Guitar elements | Fleetwood Mac - "Black Magic Woman" - 29 March 1968 |
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A manipulated, reversed, looping section of audio derived from "Black Magic Woman" by Fleetwood Mac is audible throughout the verse sections of "Sweetest Perfection. | ||
| Drum elements, snare drum | Akai - S1000 MIDI Stereo Digital Sampler - SL601 SAMBA SET - SN-HI3 and S1000 - SL602 AMBIENCE SET - SN HIGATE - June 1988 |
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A manipulated, processed composite snare drum sound comprised of samples derived from the Akai S1000 diskettes SL601 "Samba Set" and SL602 "Ambience Set" is utilised throughout "Sweetest Perfection". Notably, this composite snare sound would also see use sporadically throughout "Personal Jesus" and "Policy Of Truth". | ||
| Drum elements, crash cymbal | Optical Media International (OMI) - Emulator III Universe of Sounds Master Studio Collection Volume 1 - Electric Lead - "Crash" |
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A crash cymbal derived from "Crash", a sample featured on the "Electric Lead" voice of Universe of Sounds Master Studio Collection Volume 1 by Optical Media International is utilised sporadically throughout "Sweetest Perfection". | ||
| Drum elements, ride cymbal | Optical Media International (OMI) - Emulator III Universe of Sounds Master Studio Collection Volume 1 - Machine Set - "MPC Ride Cym 1" |
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A ride cymbal derived from "MPC Ride Cym 1", a sample featured on the "Machine Set" voice of Universe of Sounds Master Studio Collection Volume 1 by Optical Media International is utilised throughout the outro of "Sweetest Perfection". |
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Live performances
- Main article: Available recordings of "Sweetest Perfection"
- Main article: List of dates where "Sweetest Perfection" was played
Trivia
- 'Sweetest Perfection' has been covered by Fourplay String Quartet (1998).
References
