A Broken Frame

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 A Broken Frame songs.

A Broken Frame
Album	A Broken Frame
By	Depeche Mode
Catalogue number	Stumm9 CDStumm9 CStumm9
Release date	27 September 1982
Recorded at	Blackwing Studios (London)
Produced by	Depeche Mode Daniel Miller
Number of tracks	10

A Broken Frame is the second studio album by Depeche Mode and the first to be recorded without Vince Clarke as a member. It was released on 27 September 1982 by Mute Records. The album was supported by the See You and A Broken Frame tours.

Track list

1. Leave In Silence
2. My Secret Garden
3. Monument
4. Nothing To Fear
5. See You
6. Satellite
7. The Meaning Of Love
8. A Photograph Of You
9. Shouldn't Have Done That
10. The Sun & The Rainfall

For a full list of songs, singles, and B-sides produced for this album, see the list of A Broken Frame songs.

Singles

1. See You - January 29, 1982
2. The Meaning Of Love - April 26, 1982
3. Leave In Silence - August 16, 1982

Statistics

Album BPM range by song
Leave In Silence 121
My Secret Garden 116
Monument 104
Nothing To Fear 119
See You 140
Satellite 89
The Meaning Of Love 150
A Photograph Of You 145
Shouldn't Have Done That 132
The Sun & The Rainfall 118
Average: 123.4
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
Leave In Silence 232
My Secret Garden 47
Monument 34
Nothing To Fear 34
See You 212
Satellite 48
The Meaning Of Love 135
A Photograph Of You 44
Shouldn't Have Done That 47
The Sun & The Rainfall 47
Average: 88
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 A Broken Frame is 880. This figure is found by summing the number of individual performances for each album track.

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