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<i>[[Music For The Masses]]</i> is the sixth studio album by [[Depeche Mode]]. It was released on September | <i>[[Music For The Masses]]</i> is the sixth studio album by [[Depeche Mode]]. It was released on 27 September 1987 by [[Mute Records]] and was supported by the [[:Category:1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour|Music For The Masses tour]]. | ||
== Track list == | == Track list == | ||
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#[[Little 15]] - <small>May 16, 1988</small> | #[[Little 15]] - <small>May 16, 1988</small> | ||
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<blockquote>'''Martin Gore''': "I saw a record at a London record shop with really lousy music on it, some Shooby dooby stuff. It had the grandiose name 'Music for the Millions'. I liked it straight away. We were into it because it was such an arrogant title. By the way, the title is meant ironically. We absolutely do not consider our music to be music for the masses, even if it actually seems to resonate in some countries such as Germany where we have a mass of fans."<ref>Source: 1987-10-22 - "Zweimal Haben Wir Uns Geprügelt", by Hannsjörg Riemann, Bravo Magazine issue #44, Germany</ref></blockquote> | |||
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"The title's [...] a bit tongue-in-cheek, really. Everyone is telling us we should make more commercial music, so that's the reason we chose that title."<ref>Source: ''Stripped: Depeche Mode'' - Jonathan Miller (2003)</ref> | |||
— [[Andrew Fletcher]] - ''Stripped: Depeche Mode'' - Jonathan Miller (2003)</blockquote> | |||
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'''Martin Gore''': "[...] When we called [the] album 'Music For The Masses', we were accused of being patronising and arrogant. In fact it was a joke on the uncommerciality of it. It was anything but music for the masses!" | |||
'''Alan Wilder''': "There's much more humour than we're given credit for. Perhaps it's just that ours, or particularly Martin's is a little specialised."<ref name="NME February">Source: Stuart Maconie, <i>NME</i>, February 17 1990 [https://web.archive.org/web/20080303145631/http://www.sacreddm.net/1990s/nme170290/nme170290main.htm via SacredDM] (now defunct).</ref> | |||
— [[Alan Wilder]], [[Martin L. Gore]] - ''NME'', February 1990</blockquote> | |||
== Statistics == | |||
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track1=Never Let Me Down Again| | |||
track2=The Things You Said| | |||
track3=Strangelove| | |||
track4=Sacred| | |||
track5=Little 15| | |||
track6=Behind The Wheel| | |||
track7=I Want You Now| | |||
track8=To Have And To Hold| | |||
track9=Nothing| | |||
track10=Pimpf| | |||
numberofsongs=10| | |||
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track1=Never Let Me Down Again| | track1=Never Let Me Down Again| | ||
track2=The Things You Said| | track2=The Things You Said| | ||
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== Trivia == | |||
*The total number of live song plays from ''Music For The Masses'' is {{#expr: {{SongLivePlays|Never Let Me Down Again}}+{{SongLivePlays|The Things You Said}}+{{SongLivePlays|Strangelove}}+{{SongLivePlays|Sacred}}+{{SongLivePlays|Little 15}}+{{SongLivePlays|Behind The Wheel}}+{{SongLivePlays|I Want You Now}}+{{SongLivePlays|To Have And To Hold}}+{{SongLivePlays|Nothing}}+{{SongLivePlays|Pimpf}}}}. This figure is found by summing the number of individual performances for each album track. | |||
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<metadesc>Music For The Masses is the sixth studio album by Depeche Mode. It was released on September | <metadesc>Music For The Masses is the sixth studio album by Depeche Mode. It was released on 27 September 1987 by Mute Records.</metadesc><nowiki/> |
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This article is about the album. To view a list of its songs and B-sides, see Music For The Masses songs. |
Music For The Masses
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Album | Music For The Masses |
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By | Depeche Mode |
Catalogue number | Stumm47 Stumm47 CDStumm47 CDStumm47 CDXStumm47 CDXStumm47 CStumm47 CStumm47 CStumm47 HMV1 Stumm 47 CDStumm47 Stumm47 |
Release date | 27 September 1987 |
Recorded at | Guillaume Tell (Paris) Konk (London) Puk Studios, Denmark |
Produced by | Depeche Mode Dave Bascombe |
Engineered by | Dave Bascombe |
Number of tracks | 10 |
Music For The Masses is the sixth studio album by Depeche Mode. It was released on 27 September 1987 by Mute Records and was supported by the Music For The Masses tour.
Track list
- Never Let Me Down Again
- The Things You Said
- Strangelove
- Sacred
- Little 15
- Behind The Wheel
- I Want You Now
- To Have And To Hold
- Nothing
- Pimpf
For a full list of songs, singles, and B-sides produced for this album, see the list of Music For The Masses songs.
Singles
- Strangelove - April 13, 1987
- Never Let Me Down Again - August 24, 1987
- Behind The Wheel - December 28, 1987
- Little 15 - May 16, 1988
Quotes
Martin Gore: "I saw a record at a London record shop with really lousy music on it, some Shooby dooby stuff. It had the grandiose name 'Music for the Millions'. I liked it straight away. We were into it because it was such an arrogant title. By the way, the title is meant ironically. We absolutely do not consider our music to be music for the masses, even if it actually seems to resonate in some countries such as Germany where we have a mass of fans."[1]
"The title's [...] a bit tongue-in-cheek, really. Everyone is telling us we should make more commercial music, so that's the reason we chose that title."[2]
— Andrew Fletcher - Stripped: Depeche Mode - Jonathan Miller (2003)
Martin Gore: "[...] When we called [the] album 'Music For The Masses', we were accused of being patronising and arrogant. In fact it was a joke on the uncommerciality of it. It was anything but music for the masses!"
Alan Wilder: "There's much more humour than we're given credit for. Perhaps it's just that ours, or particularly Martin's is a little specialised."[3]
— Alan Wilder, Martin L. Gore - NME, February 1990
Statistics
Album BPM range by song
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106 |
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110 |
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118 |
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120 |
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108 |
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125 |
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103 |
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149 |
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107 |
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114 |
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Average: 116 | |||
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Album live plays by song
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1076 |
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106 |
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301 |
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101 |
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3 |
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627 |
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139 |
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0 |
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101 |
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101 |
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Average: 255.5 | |||
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Trivia
- The total number of live song plays from Music For The Masses is 2555. This figure is found by summing the number of individual performances for each album track.
References
- ↑ Source: 1987-10-22 - "Zweimal Haben Wir Uns Geprügelt", by Hannsjörg Riemann, Bravo Magazine issue #44, Germany
- ↑ Source: Stripped: Depeche Mode - Jonathan Miller (2003)
- ↑ Source: Stuart Maconie, NME, February 17 1990 via SacredDM (now defunct).
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