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Track Listings
| 1. Dream On (2007 Digital Remaster) |
| 2. Shine (2007 Digital Remaster) |
| 3. The Sweetest Condition (2007 Digital Remaster) |
| 4. When The Body Speaks (2007 Digital Remaster) |
| 5. The Dead Of Night (2007 Digital Remaster) |
| 6. Lovetheme (2007 Digital Remaster) |
| 7. Freelove (2007 Digital Remaster) |
| 8. Comatose (2007 Digital Remaster) |
| 9. I Feel Loved (2007 Digital Remaster) |
| 10. Breathe (2007 Digital Remaster) |
| 11. Easy Tiger (2007 Digital Remaster) |
| 12. I Am You (2007 Digital Remaster) |
| 13. Goodnight Lovers (2007 Digital Remaster) |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
On Exciter, Depeche Mode have created an autobiography in the lyrics that, for the first time, strikes a chord with skeptics and believers alike. Singer David Gahan's battle with addiction and its horrendous pitfalls took its toll in their 1990s releases; Songs of Faith and Devotion failed to measure up to their ground-breaking albums of the 1980s, and Ultra found songwriter Martin Gore less inspired, and a hoarse Gahan incapable of delivering his signature clear and booming vocals. Mercifully, Depeche Mode has exorcised the demons and produced an album that places them squarely back on track. The opener, "Dream On", is a close cousin to "Personal Jesus", combining earthy guitar with electrified, pulsating synths. The track's physical and metaphorical imagery poignantly relays the karmic revolution of living the fast life. The brilliant, mesmerising monster of a tune, "The Dead of Night", swaggers with a giant, crushing industrial beat like a Nine Inch Nails song dressed in glamorous drag, while the ballads, "Shine" and "Freelove", are as beautiful as the classic "Somebody" (but entirely unburdened by saccharine sentimentality). Gore's keen ear for shimmering sonics and bellowing rhythm reinvigorate the Depeche Mode-branded synth-pop that's remained unique for the last 20 years. In all, Exciter is a stunning return to form, and a triumph by every definition. --Beth Massa
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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.
Singer David Gahan's battle with addiction and its horrendous pitfalls took its toll in DM's 1990s releases; Songs of Faith and Devotion failed to measure up to their groundbreaking albums of the '80s, and Ultra found songwriter Martin Gore less inspired, and a hoarse Gahan incapable of delivering his signature clear and booming vocals. Mercifully, the band has exorcised the demons and produced an album that places them squarely back on track.
The opener, "Dream On," is a close cousin to "Personal Jesus," combining earthy guitar with electrified, pulsating synths. The track's physical and metaphorical imagery poignantly relays the karmic 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 glamorous drag, while the ballads "Shine" and "Freelove" are as beautiful as the classic "Somebody" (but entirely unburdened by saccharine sentimentality).
Gore's keen ear for shimmering sonics and bellowing rhythm reinvigorates the Depeche Mode-branded synth-pop that's remained unique for the last 20 years. In all, Exciter is a stunning return to form, and a triumph by every definition. --Beth Massa
Singer David Gahan's battle with addiction and its horrendous pitfalls took its toll in DM's 1990s releases; Songs of Faith and Devotion failed to measure up to their groundbreaking albums of the '80s, and Ultra found songwriter Martin Gore less inspired, and a hoarse Gahan incapable of delivering his signature clear and booming vocals. Mercifully, the band has exorcised the demons and produced an album that places them squarely back on track.
The opener, "Dream On," is a close cousin to "Personal Jesus," combining earthy guitar with electrified, pulsating synths. The track's physical and metaphorical imagery poignantly relays the karmic 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 glamorous drag, while the ballads "Shine" and "Freelove" are as beautiful as the classic "Somebody" (but entirely unburdened by saccharine sentimentality).
Gore's keen ear for shimmering sonics and bellowing rhythm reinvigorates the Depeche Mode-branded synth-pop that's remained unique for the last 20 years. In all, Exciter is a stunning return to form, and a triumph by every definition. --Beth Massa
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Where do I begin. This album has to be the finest album that Depeche Mode have released since 'Violator'. 'Songs of faith and Devotion' was a good album but I have always seen that album as being Dave Gahans, so that he could be his self destructing Rock Star to a point of embarassing cliche.
'Ultra' was by far the worst album they had put out simply because they weren't sure, still it did have 'It's no Good' on it.
'Exciter' is simply a journey of rediscovery. Martin has discovered what makes music and especially his music good and fun. He has begun to almalgamate his own influences of music to create an absolute gem of an album. 'Freelove' has to be the most beautiful song he's written since 'Somebody', but he doesn't stop there, he includes another one 'Goodnight Lovers' equally beautiful and somehow painful as well, it sounds like what you would get if you put 'Brian Wilson' of 'The Beach Boys' and 'Leonard Cohen' in a locked room together and told not to come out until they had written something, to put it bluntly excellent. Then there's the signature tune 'Dream On' which has the poppy likeness of 'Personal Jesus' but with more class. 'I Feel Loved' will get you digging out all the classic Mode albums and listening to them again back to back, a great choice for a second single and the remixes I've heard are fantastic, they even do 'Marilyn Manson' better than himself, 'The Dead of Night' and finally I round off the list summary with 'When the Body Speaks' a track which explains everything about what it is to be alive.
For some reviewers who have reviewed this album as the worst album they've done you are completely missing the point about who Depeche Mode are. Depeche Mode write songs, but most importantly they create music, something that for the last two albums has not happened. 'Songs of Faith' was a Blues/Gospel contemporary piece of Americanism that totally backfired because Americans liked the European sound they were producing, OK it went to No.1 but was quickly forgotten and now the only songs worth hearing are 'One Caress' and 'Insight'. 'Ultra' unfortunately was demo and tracks did not flow well 'Uselink' for example. 'Exciter' proves that this band are still here for a while longer and the journey that they create on this record is one of maturity and most importantly rediscovery.
Hats off to the Essex lads, they've created an album that has the texture and mood of 'Black Celebration' and the enjoyment of 'Violator' with the help of the genius that is Mark Bell. They have grown up and grown into a band that can still create new and fresh sounding music.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
i have recently returned to exciter as i didn't think much of it at first and i appreciate it a lot more now. like other dm albums the style is very different. ultra is quite possibly my favourite dm album so following it would of been very hard but there hadn't been a quiet and mellow mode yet and this album fills that gap. tracks like "dream on" and "freelove" are great and "shine" is becoming one of my all time favourite dm songs. fans of brian eno and radiohead's "amnesiac" album will love this. the sound is ambient and soulful and dave gahan's vocals are more rich and soothing as ever. dm fans, please go back to it!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Confused? you should be! All these reviews seem to have only one thing in common and that's comparrison to previous DM albums. To all the ppl. whining about Exciter not being like this and that album: If you wan't to hear an old DM album why buy a new one?? On to the review. No doubt this is one of DMs most "mellow" albums. All those hard pumping beats are removed and only appear in The dead og night and I feel loved. When I started listening to the album I only liked 3 songs. But the album grows on you. Martins lyrics on Breathe are so naive that after listening to them again and again, I start to see how naive and blind true love can be at all stages in life. I could go on like this all day about the album. the bottom line is: If you expect "singalong" songs after listening to Exciter 3 times don't buy the album. If you have more patience (as most DM fans have) go buy it. In time, you too will be thrilled
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Really strange blues
Listening to Exciter in full, my first reaction was, "this is a really strange blues album!". Guitars are still fairly present. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Martin "Zing Hao"
Forgotten Gem.
I purchased this album some years ago now, over that time I have grown to like it more and more, being nearly ten years on, I think it's dated well. Read more
Published 18 months ago by HavaBanana
Loved it at first.....but?
Like every Depeche Mode album, I was looking forward to this release. Dream On was definitely a grower after a couple of listens and the album seems much more positive than... Read more
Published on 23 Jan 2010 by Mr. D. P. Tones
Depeche Mode - Not So Exciting
With Alan Wilder long gone, the edge
has vanished from Depeche Mode.
Alot of the songs appear over done
in production where obvious slow lyric
songs get... Read more
has vanished from Depeche Mode.
Alot of the songs appear over done
in production where obvious slow lyric
songs get... Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2010 by Mr. David Stanton
Far from Exciting.....
Easily DM's most tired, lacklustre album. Lacking any decent melodies, atmosphere or imagination, this is the sound of DM on autopilot, the whole album just fails to make any sort... Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2009 by M. Evans
Exciter
brill a lot of album for the money some deep & thoughtful songs, not everyones cup of tea,
but very good.
but very good.
Published on 4 Oct 2009 by Robert Forbes
Exciting?
This isn't certainly DM's best album, and we miss Alan Wilder a lot in this production; however for a hard-core fan, Exciter must be part of the collection. Read more
Published on 12 July 2009 by Domenico
Horrifically bad
This is an album that even when going back for a fourth or fifth listen, it just doesn't deliver. After starting with such promise with the first single Dream On, it fails to... Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2007 by M. Summerfield
not their best...5.1 mix and documentary superb though.
I disagree. In my humble opinion, i think Ultra was far better, and much better as a WHOLE than this album. Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2007 by Mr. S. R. Dhain
Rose tinted glasses...
The previous reviews all hint at greatness within this album but I feel the album does not come together. Read more
Published on 4 Oct 2007 by Stephen Milsom
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