Sounds Of The Universe

For information on this album's singles, see the Singles section.
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This article is about the album. To view a list of its songs and B-sides, see Sounds Of The Universe songs.

Sounds Of The Universe
Album	Sounds Of The Universe
By	Depeche Mode
Catalogue number	Stumm300 CDStumm300 BXStumm300 No cat # No cat #
Release date	17 April 2009
Recorded	May–December 2008
Recorded at	Sound Design (Santa Barbara) Chung King (New York)
Produced by	Ben Hillier
Engineered by	Ferg Peterkin
Number of tracks	13

Sounds Of The Universe is the twelfth studio album by Depeche Mode. It was released on 17 April 2009 by Mute Records. It was supported by the Tour Of The Universe.

Track list

1. In Chains
2. Hole To Feed
3. Wrong
4. Fragile Tension
5. Little Soul
6. In Sympathy
7. Peace
8. Come Back
9. Spacewalker
10. Perfect
11. Miles Away / The Truth Is
12. Jezebel
13. Corrupt

For a full list of songs, singles, and B-sides produced for this album, see the list of Sounds Of The Universe songs.

Singles

1. Wrong – 6 April 2009
2. Peace – 15 June 2009
3. Fragile Tension / Hole To Feed – 7 December 2009

Statistics

BPM range
In Chains 90
Hole To Feed 110
Wrong 82
Fragile Tension 130
Little Soul 117
In Sympathy 124
Peace 138
Come Back 144
Spacewalker 100
Perfect 104
Miles Away / The Truth Is 118
Jezebel 110
Corrupt 150
Average: 116.69
BPM values are plotted from 1 to 184 BPM. In cases where a song features a change in tempo, the tempo at which the majority of the song plays takes precedence. Unless noted otherwise, BPMs are estimated values determined by Spotify's Audio Analysis algorithm and as such are not guaranteed to be 100% accurate.

Album live plays by song
In Chains 103
Hole To Feed 103
Wrong 228
Fragile Tension 1
Little Soul 22
In Sympathy 2
Peace 22
Come Back 38
Spacewalker 0
Perfect 0
Miles Away / The Truth Is 67
Jezebel 29
Corrupt 68
Average: 52.54
Song live play values are plotted from zero to 1,100. All values are determined by summing the number of times each song has been performed live by Depeche Mode per tour. These totals do not reflect live plays performed by individual members of Depeche Mode as part of solo projects, solo tours, or known one-off performances.

Trivia

• The total number of live song plays from Sounds Of The Universe is 683. This figure is found by summing the number of individual performances for each album track.

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