Depeche Mode – Speak & Spell – LP

Details

Depeche Mode’s 1981 Debut on 180g Vinyl LP!

Speak & Spellis a remarkable debut album that put Depeche Mode on the world stage. Propelled by the #11 UK single “New Life” and by the international hit “Just Can’t Get Enough” the album positioned Depeche Mode as one of the most interesting of the emerging electronic music artists.

Depeche Mode’s debut is at once both a conservative, functional pop record and a groundbreaking release. While various synth pioneers had come before, Depeche became the undisputed founder of straight-up synth pop with the album’s 11 songs, light, hooky, and danceable numbers about love, life, and clubs…Speak & Spell remains an undiluted joy.-Ned Raggett, AllMusic, 4/5

Selections

Side 1:

1. New Life
2. I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead
3. Puppets
4. Boys Say Go!
5. Nodisco
6. What’s Your Name?

Side 2:

1. Photographic
2. Tora! Tora! Tora!
3. Big Muff
4. Any Second Now (Voices)
5. Just Can’t Get Enough
6. Dreaming Of Me