Memento Mori
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Memento Mori
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| Album | Memento Mori |
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| 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[1] 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
- My Cosmos Is Mine
- Wagging Tongue
- Ghosts Again
- Don't Say You Love Me
- My Favourite Stranger
- Soul With Me
- Caroline's Monkey
- Before We Drown
- People Are Good
- Always You
- Never Let Me Go
- Speak To Me
For a full list of songs and singles produced for this album, see the list of Memento Mori songs.
Singles
- Ghosts Again – 9 February 2023[2]
- My Cosmos Is Mine – 16 June 2023
- Wagging Tongue – 7 July 2023
- Speak To Me – 11 August 2023
- My Favourite Stranger – 20 October 2023
Statistics
Album live plays by song
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113
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116
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121
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56
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48
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18
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39
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Average: 42.58
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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
- ↑ Marta Salogni, da Brescia ai Depeche: "Il nuovo disco è pronto" – rockol.it, 21 November 2022.
- ↑ Depeche Mode on Twitter.
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