Sounds Of The Universe

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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 Sounds Of The Universe songs.
Sounds Of The Universe
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Album Sounds Of The Universe
By Depeche Mode
Catalogue number Stumm300
CDStumm300
BXStumm300
No cat #
No cat #
Release date 17 April 2009
Recorded May–December 2008
Recorded at Sound Design (Santa Barbara)
Chung King (New York)
Produced by Ben Hillier
Engineered by Ferg Peterkin
Number of tracks 13

Sounds Of The Universe is the twelfth studio album by Depeche Mode. It was released on 17 April 2009 by Mute Records. It was supported by the Tour Of The Universe.

Track list

  1. In Chains
  2. Hole To Feed
  3. Wrong
  4. Fragile Tension
  5. Little Soul
  6. In Sympathy
  7. Peace
  8. Come Back
  9. Spacewalker
  10. Perfect
  11. Miles Away / The Truth Is
  12. Jezebel
  13. Corrupt

For a full list of songs, singles, and B-sides produced for this album, see the list of Sounds Of The Universe songs.

Singles

  1. Wrong6 April 2009
  2. Peace15 June 2009
  3. Fragile Tension / Hole To Feed7 December 2009

Statistics

BPM range
90
110
82
130
117
124
138
144
100
104
118
110
150

Average:
116.69
  • 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
103
103
228
1
22
2
22
38
0
0
67
29
68

Average:
52.54
  • 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 Sounds Of The Universe is 683. This figure is found by summing the number of individual performances for each album track.


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