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Track Listings
| 1. I Feel You |
| 2. Walking In My Shoes |
| 3. Condemnation |
| 4. Mercy In You |
| 5. Judas |
| 6. In Your Room |
| 7. Get Right With Me |
| 8. Rush |
| 9. One Caress |
| 10. Higher Love |
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Now seems an ideal time to take a new look at this mighty album. How does it sound thirteen years on? At the time it came at the end of a run of three classic albums (with its two predecessors Music for the Masses and Violator).
With Violator Depeche Mode had taken the familiar electronics about as far as they could go. They had also gathered their biggest world wide audience so far. SOFAD represented a complete rethink of the DM ethos. From the opening I Feel You you are aware that this represented something new, the only real precusor to this album being Personal Jesus. But SOFAD took everything further, harder, richer. There are more guitars, there is a wider musical pallette. Whilst not quite as commercial as Violator, Martin Gore's songwriting peaked on this album. What we have here is a collection of ten classics. From the blues inflected I Feel You right through to the spiritual Higher Love. The single versions of Condemnation and In Your Room were good, but the album versions are better.
I would put this just ahead of Violator as my favourite DM album. It contains the best meeting of Gore's songwriting skills and Alan Wilder's arrangements. It takes a few plays to really sink in, but time has not blunted its greatness...
With Violator Depeche Mode had taken the familiar electronics about as far as they could go. They had also gathered their biggest world wide audience so far. SOFAD represented a complete rethink of the DM ethos. From the opening I Feel You you are aware that this represented something new, the only real precusor to this album being Personal Jesus. But SOFAD took everything further, harder, richer. There are more guitars, there is a wider musical pallette. Whilst not quite as commercial as Violator, Martin Gore's songwriting peaked on this album. What we have here is a collection of ten classics. From the blues inflected I Feel You right through to the spiritual Higher Love. The single versions of Condemnation and In Your Room were good, but the album versions are better.
I would put this just ahead of Violator as my favourite DM album. It contains the best meeting of Gore's songwriting skills and Alan Wilder's arrangements. It takes a few plays to really sink in, but time has not blunted its greatness...
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
When I first heard 'I feel you' I was amazed and impressed by their change in sound, however when first hearing this album I was hugely disappointed. It seemed such a departure from the Depeche Mode albums I had grown up with. They seemed to be trying to fit in with the grunge sounds that Dave Gahan was so in love with at the time. One of the songs even sounded like a church hymn, what the hell was going on! I went back to listening to 'Music for the Masses' and stopped playing 'Songs..'.
About a year later I still found the songs playing in my head so I decided to give it another listen. The songs seemed to have grown and the sound was so developed and warm. I don't know if it was my tastes changing or just that whatever the style you can't deny a good song, and this album is full of them.
It's nearly 10 years later now and I keep going back to this album, more so than any of their other albums. I don't like having a favourite album as your tastes do change and grow and good new music is coming out all the time (it might not be obvious but it is out there!), but if I had to pick out one absolute must from my CD collection it would be this album. If you like Depeche Mode but don't have this album, then go out and get it now (the singles version of 'In your room' lacks all of the power of the album version), if you never particularly liked DM then go out and buy it anyway and give it a few listens, you might be surprised by it's warmth and deepth, not something often associated with electronic music.
This album along with Leftfield's 'Leftism' will probably remain the most played in my collection for many years to come.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By orac
Format:Audio CD
On the first listen, the average Mode fan can be forgiven for thinking that Depeche have abandoned their electronic foundations, but repeated plays reveal a different story. Songs of Faith and Devotion is a unique and powerful album. A succesful blend that includes gospel with lush orchestral arrangements. The added touch of hard techno on tracks such as Rush, gives the album added depth. The blues feel to some of the tracks is a suprising yet welcomed move forward. Producers Flood and Alan Wilder really pushed the recording techniques with this album, and the result is melodic grunge without the distortion! The entire album has an epic sound which can be hard to define in one media friendly soundbite, but Gore's songs remain as powerful as ever. Song's captured something very dark and memorable. Gahan's heartfelt vocals are so powerful on this album, it can hardly get better than this. Many of us remember how powerful these songs were live during 1993's Devotional tour, and the album catches the power of these tracks. Walking in My Shoes has become an all time Mode classic, but it's the album tracks such as One Caress and Higher Love which leave a lasting impression. An album to treasure.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
[Insert joke about my name and the track 'Mercy In You']
The 8th studio album - I think - by the lads from DM and the last to feature Alan Wilder as a member. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Joseph Mercier
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent CD
I like all the tracks on this album. Purchased to replace a copy which mysteriously disappeared from my collection? Have to be an avid mode fan to appreciate it!
Published 4 months ago by Coz1
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good but not as good as I remember...
Depeche Mode played a big part in the soundtrack of my teenage years. After recently catching the movie 101 late one Friday night on BBC4 I thought I'd dust down my surviving Mode... Read more
Published 10 months ago by K. K. Jakubczyk
5.0 out of 5 stars
Depeche golden age
This is one of DM best albums.
If you are reading, then you might be interested in deciding wheter to buy this DM album or another first. Read more
If you are reading, then you might be interested in deciding wheter to buy this DM album or another first. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Magister
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply Awesome
This album is an outstanding piece of work, and now having watched the Excellent DVD that comes with it it's even more so ! Read more
Published 17 months ago by Super P
5.0 out of 5 stars
Truly for daily devotional!
The album which almost became their swansong.
This album puts hair on their fans' chest (even if you're female). Read more
This album puts hair on their fans' chest (even if you're female). Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2011 by J. Oon
1.0 out of 5 stars
poor sound
The quality of the recording is so terrible that I cannot fairly judge the artistic performance. It sounds like the recording was done in a bathroom in a bucket and afterwards... Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2010 by I. Posselt
4.0 out of 5 stars
Depeche Mode - A Shoe Walking Delight!
Violator was good but SONGS OF FAITH
AND DEVOTION is lyrically superior and
a more spiritual experience completely. Read more
AND DEVOTION is lyrically superior and
a more spiritual experience completely. Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2010 by Mr. David Stanton
5.0 out of 5 stars
'what the spirit seeks the mind will follow'
Songs Of Faith And Devotion (in and towards the female sexuality) is my overall favorite album of Depeche Mode. Read more
Published on 22 Dec 2009 by Deven Gadula
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good Film, Bad Remaster
Like the others I've heard in this DM remasters series the 5.1 mix is a bit of a disappointment. The magic of the original is lost as they try unsuccessfully to recreate incredible... Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2009 by Spiralizer
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