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- Summary: The first album to be released by EMI in the US (previously Warner Music had US rights) for the English alt-electronic band.
- Record Label: EMI
- Genre(s): Electronic, Alternative
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Wrong Wrong Wrong Wrong I was born with the wrong sign In the wrong house With the wrong ascendancy I took the wrong road That led to the wrong... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 28
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Mixed: 10 out of 28
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Negative: 0 out of 28
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With Universe and 2005’s "Playing The Angel," Depeche Mode has created back-to-back albums compelling enough to stand up to its past best.
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Sounds Of The Universe arguably goes on for a bit too long--it doesn't help that closer 'Corrupt' is throwbackish bobbins--and it certainly could have done without token Gore vocal ‘Jezebel’. But other than that it’s just a damn fine record, possessed of the kind of unshowy high quality the Basildon band have seemingly actively opposed in the past.
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Once again the theme of emotional cleansing runs through much of the lyrics, though this particular well of inspiration has not yet run dry.
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Depeche Mode have produced another album fit to fill headphones and stadiums, leaning more towards a muted commercial than perverted side, but for 30-year veterans there’s really nothing wrong with that.
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Ending with a brief, queasy reprise tease of 'Wrong,' Sounds of the Universe concludes anticlimactically, an echo of its promising start.
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They might be no longer going through the motions, but those moves seem awfully familiar.
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Dave Gahan's songwriting has improved since 2007's solo "Hourglass," but this Sounds like a mundane midlife crisis.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 25 out of 34
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Mixed: 3 out of 34
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Negative: 6 out of 34
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Jun 19, 2011
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FelipePApr 21, 2009Fantastic album, one of the best albums of Depeche Mode, I love it!
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IgorAApr 27, 2009Not better then "playing the angel" but strong and nice album, excellent singing.
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NickW.Apr 21, 2009
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BitBurnMay 4, 2009
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andygApr 22, 2009
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stephenbApr 23, 2009
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