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Latest album: Exciter
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Depeche Mode
One of Depeche Mode's greatest strengths is also their greatest weakness. The band comes up with some of pop music's most inventive lyrics, and at the same time, they always give the impression that they'll arbitrarily sing about anything, as long as it's depressing. But on Exciter there's an autobiography in the lyrics that, for the first time, strikes a chord with skeptics and believers alike.
The opener, "Dream On", is a close cousin to "Personal Jesus", combining earthy (朴实的) guitar with electrified, pulsating (律动的) synths (合成器). The track's physical and metaphorical imagery poignantly (尖锐的) relays the karmic (命运的) revolution of living the fast life. The brilliant, mesmerizing monster of a tune, The Dead of Night, swaggers with a giant, crushing industrial beat like a Nine Inch Nails song dressed in glamourous drag, while the ballads Shine and Freelove are as beautiful as the classic Somebody ---but entirely unburdened by saccharine (甜腻腻的) sentimentality. Gore's keen ear for shimmering sonics and bellowing rhythm reinvigorate the Depeche Mode-branded synth-pop that has remained unique for the last 20 years. In all, Exciter is a stunning return to form, and a triumph by every definition.
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