Playing the Angel

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My personal favourites right now are Lilian and Damaged People... "Pain and Misery always hit the spot"... but I find my favourite seems to be the last one I heard at the moment :-)

But the beats and groves on all the tracks are really innovative... I'm desparatly trying to find a 5.1 system so I can hear it in full surround sound (apparently there is stuff hidden from the Stereo listener)!

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Karlos wrote:

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Comments please.

Not been and got it yet :-)

How long is it going to take!?!?! :-D

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Karlos?

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Karlos wrote:
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I'm playing the angel right now...

Have to say I'm incredibly dissapointed. After the anticipation it just fails to deliver on the expectations.

It's like exciter all over again.....

HHAHHAHAHHahahaha :roflmao:

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I love Lilian and Damaged People, John the Revelator is damn fine blues choon (with a nice sly dig at Bush...), though right now A Pain That I'm Used To won't get out of my head...

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Karlos wrote:
I'm quite taken by the really simplistic structure of "I want it all". The really minimalistic beat and slow major/minor chordal changes are quite hypnotic. At the same time, there is just enough instrumental detune and antiharmony in places to stop it becoming completely 'background'.

Plus Dave Gahan is one of the few people who can sing the line "Sometime I die, it's true" with total sincerity :-D

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Karlos wrote:
Well I've played the album pretty much exhaustively at work today.

I think it's safe to say my colleagues aren't as into DM as they should be ;-)

Hahahahahahahaha :roflmao:

Give them a couple of days, they'll get used to it ;-) Actually I walked into my local HMV at lunch today, and they were playing the album... When I got there Sinner in me was playing, so I decide to stop there for a bit and listen the track out... but as each song came on, I had to stop there for a little longer... ended up buying a bunch of DVDs...  :crazy:

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Karlos wrote:
They saw you coming.

Hmmmm  :-(

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:lol:

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Karlos wrote:
How many DM fans are there on amiga.org anyway?

Bloodline counts as 2...

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@CountZero

Ahhh another SOFAD fan, first album I ever bought... and still my musical benchmark.

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Karlos wrote:
I think most DM fans prefer SOFAD. For me, I suppose violator would be second place.

And then Black Celebration for third...

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Turambar wrote:
I went to my old work with the intention of buying Playing the Angel today but i bought some Amorphous Androgynous instead... Thou mayest call me a heathen now.

Consider yourself outcast, you may return when you have redeemed yourself.

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Karlos wrote:

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I think most DM fans prefer SOFAD. For me, I suppose violator would be second place.

And then Black Celebration for third...

I'm having a deja vu here. I am sure we had that exact same sequence of post and reply before :-D

Yes, its the annual "Rate your favourite Depeche Mode albums in order of preference" thread... a vital and very holy ritual in the Depeche Mode calender... :-)

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Karlos wrote:
Wasn't it on a different day last time?

Shhhhhh!!! You'll anger the synth god...  :nervous: