Memento Mori

For information on this album's singles, see the Singles section.
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Memento Mori
Album	Memento Mori
By	Depeche Mode
Catalogue number	19658784211 19658784202 19658789812
Release date	24 March 2023
Recorded	July–October 2022
Recorded at	Electric Ladyboy (Santa Barbara) Shangri-La (Malibu)
Produced by	James Ford
Mixed	October–November 2022
Mixed by	Marta Salogni
Mixed at	Studio Zona (London)
Formats	LP • CD • MC
Number of tracks	12

Memento Mori is the fifteenth studio album by Depeche Mode. It was released on 24 March 2023 by Columbia Records, being the first album to be released after the death of Andy Fletcher on 26 May 2022. It was supported by the Memento Mori Tour.

Notes

From the depechemode.com press release:

We started work on this project early in the pandemic, and its themes were directly inspired by that time. After Fletch's passing, we decided to continue as we're sure this is what he would have wanted, and that has really given the project an extra level of meaning.

— Martin Gore – depechemode.com

Dave Gahan and Martin Gore explain the creation process of the album during the 2022-10-04 press conference:

Gahan: "We got together the first time in, just for a couple of weeks, I guess a few months ago now?"
Gore: "Yeah, something like middle of July I think it was. One thing I think is important to say, is that all of the songs, and even the album title, was kind of decided before Andy passed."

A postcard of the album artwork and lyric excerpts from 'Ghosts Again' was sent to fans who signed up for the countdown timer that was available on the depechemode.com website starting on 26 January 2023. More information about the countdown and scans of the postcard are available on the song's page.

Track list

1. My Cosmos Is Mine
2. Wagging Tongue
3. Ghosts Again
4. Don't Say You Love Me
5. My Favourite Stranger
6. Soul With Me
7. Caroline's Monkey
8. Before We Drown
9. People Are Good
10. Always You
11. Never Let Me Go
12. Speak To Me

For a full list of songs and singles produced for this album, see the list of Memento Mori songs.

Singles

1. Ghosts Again – 9 February 2023
2. My Cosmos Is Mine – 16 June 2023
3. Wagging Tongue – 7 July 2023
4. Speak To Me – 11 August 2023
5. My Favourite Stranger – 20 October 2023

Statistics

Album live plays by song
My Cosmos Is Mine 113
Wagging Tongue 116
Ghosts Again 121
Don't Say You Love Me 0
My Favourite Stranger 56
Soul With Me 48
Caroline's Monkey 0
Before We Drown 18
People Are Good 0
Always You 0
Never Let Me Go 0
Speak To Me 39
Average: 42.58
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 Memento Mori is 511. This figure is found by summing the number of individual performances for each album track.

References

Depeche Mode studio albums 1981-1982: Speak & Spell • A Broken Frame 1983-1986: Construction Time Again • Some Great Reward • Black Celebration 1987-1993: Music For The Masses • Violator • Songs Of Faith And Devotion 1997-2001: Ultra • Exciter 2005-2013: Playing The Angel • Sounds Of The Universe • Delta Machine 2017-2023: Spirit • Memento Mori Recoil studio albums 1986-1988: 1 + 2 • Hydrology 1992-2000: Bloodline • Unsound Methods • Liquid 2007: SubHuman Dave Gahan studio albums 2003-2007: Paper Monsters • Hourglass 2012-2015: The Light The Dead See • Angels & Ghosts 2021: Imposter Martin Gore solo albums and extended plays 1989-2003: Counterfeit e.p. • Counterfeit² 2012-2015: Ssss • MG 2021: The Third Chimpanzee Official releases Studio albums • Live albums • Compilation albums • Video albums • Singles