Alan Wilder vocals
This page lists confirmed examples of Alan Wilder's vocal contributions in Depeche Mode songs and in his personal demos, with accompanying audio examples. All audio examples from the albums have been extracted from the SACD multi-channel remasters, except where noted.
Alan's speech can be heard in various interviews; see Interviews featuring Alan Wilder. One particularly good example is 1990-03-20 The Wherehouse (Sire-Reprise PRO-C-4329).
Demo recordings
Alan Wilder contributed four demo songs for Some Great Reward.
Construction Time Again
Everything Counts
"Everything counts in large amounts" from the album version chorus.
"Everything counts in large amounts" from "Everything Counts (Reprise)":
Two Minute Warning
"Time has come, my days are numbered":
"Time has come, my days are numbered / two minute warning":
"Time has come, my days are numbered":
Black Celebration (album)
Black Celebration
"I'll drink to that"
Music For The Masses
Sacred
"Trying to sell the story of love's eternal glory"
Violator
Sweetest Perfection
Alan sings the ending backing vocals alongside Dave Gahan (Dave's vocals are not heard as it is in the other rear channel excluded from the below audio).
"Nothing can stop me / Takes me completely / Touches so sweetly / Reaches so deeply" repeated until the end of the song.
Enjoy The Silence
"Here in my arms / they can only do harm"
Live recordings
Alan contributes significant backing vocals live.
- Alan is prominently heard in the right channel of 1982-03-28 De Lantaren, Rotterdam, The Netherlands/Source 1.
- Alan is prominently heard in the left channel of 1984-06-02 Suedwest Stadium, Ludwigshafen, Germany/Source 2.
- Alan is prominently heard in the left channel of 1984-11-02 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK/Source 1.
- Alan is prominently heard in the right channel of 1993-07-31 Crystal Palace Sports Ground, London, England, UK/Source 1.
World In My Eyes (Devotional)
Isolated backing vocals of "now let your body do the moving / and let my hands do the soothing / let me show you the world in my eyes" from the Devotional video soundtrack contributed by alan_files:
