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Some Great Reward [Hybrid SACD]

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  • Audio CD (2 Oct 2006)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Hybrid SACD
  • Label: Mute
  • ASIN: B000GFLI3C
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 39,070 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

Disc: 1
1. Something To Do
2. Lie To Me
3. People Are People
4. It Doesn't Matter
5. Stories Of Old
6. Somebody
7. Master And Servant
8. If You Want
9. Blasphemous Rumours
Disc: 2
1. Something To Do
2. Lie To Me
3. People Are People
4. It Doesn't Matter
5. Stories Of Old
6. Somebody
7. Master And Servant
8. If You Want
9. Blasphemous Rumours
10. Depeche Mode 1984 - Various Artists
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Some Great Reward, the band's 1984 industrial/mainstream masterpiece, spawned the #13 Billboard® smash "People Are People." Also features the signature Depeche songs "Somebody," "Blasphemous Rumors," and "Master And Servant." DVD boasts three additional tracks including "In Your Memory" and a remix of "Somebody," plus five songs captured live in concert in Basel and Liverpool in '84 including "People Are People" and "Master And Servant." 27-minute DVD film Depeche Mode 1984: You Can Get Away With Anything If You Give It A Good Tune explores the band circa '84 and also features recent interview segments.

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Depeche Mode's US breakthrough album, 1984's SOME GREAT REWARD, expanded the UK synth band's American following from a small cult of Anglophiles to the same sort of teenage adulation that the Cure had started attracting around the same time. Featuring the semi-hit single "People Are People" along with two cult faves, the mopey "Blasphemous Rumours" and the fashionably S&M-tinged "Master and Servant", this is the album on which Depeche Mode finally shed the stigma of foundingsongwriter Vince Clarke's departure. Here Martin Gore came into his own as a songwriter, while Alan Wilder took Gore's former place in the George Harrison role, contributing two fine tunes. The addition of mechanical factory noise to several songs aligned the band more with darker industrial bands than sunny technopop groups, a change which became more pronounced over the next few releases.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Depeche up the ante in a big way, 3 Oct 2006
By R. WIGGLESWORTH "Ghost of Acid" (Bristol) - See all my reviews
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This is my favourite Depeche album. On this album, the framework the band would follow pretty much until now in terms of songwriting style was layed down. This was the one where they found their voice. From the start, the album sounds much harder and harsher. It is arguably their first album that flows comfortably. It is also not afraid to experiment, not only sonically but in terms of people's perception of what was "acceptable". It does have sonic similarities to "construction time again" but on this album they are not afraid to be molre challenging - it's hard to imagine that 22 years ago "Blasphemous Rumours" and "Master and Servant" shocked some radio 1 DJs, but they did.

As for a broken frame, the accompanying short film is very strong with lots of old archive footage - watch out for Alan complaining that Martin has gone on holiday while he mixes the album. The "berlin" effect is reflected nicely - Berlin was where Bowie recorded "Low" and these days it is known as a techno city. Nice to see that Depeche's "up the ante" album was tied into this vibe as well.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Rewarding experience, 28 April 2009
By Binro The Heretic "mattieboyz" (Hillsborough, Sheffield) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Some Great Reward (Audio CD)
I got into La Mode in 1985 when they really began to move away from their synth-pop roots after releasing their first 'Best of' album. 'Some Great Reward' is really the second of a two part transition that was begun with 'Construction Time Again'. Unlike many of their contemporaries, DM had the foresight to see where the 80s were going musically, and began the process of metamorphosing into stadia-filling electro warriors. This album contains gems such as the brooding 'Stories of Old', pervy classic 'Master and Servant', and the seminal 'Blasphemous Rumours'. These are the best tracks but there is not one dud on the CD and I can heartily recommend this album as a way of understanding Depeche Mode as they were and seeing what they would become. Sublime.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars depeche mode got harder edged...and it works., 3 Jan 2007
By Mr. S. R. Dhain "shekhardhain" (leicester) - See all my reviews
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again, as with my other reviews, i know it's the fans that are buying these so all I can say is....DONT HESITATE HERE EITHER.

some great reward was the 2nd album of the hansa trilogy that DM made, and although BLACK CELEBRATION was the pinnacle, this is an absolute corker.

But to the important parts. The songs are all superb on this - from something to do , to blasphemous rumours- and hearing them in 5.1 surround is an absolutely sublime experience...you really have to hear it to believe it.

I cant recommend how much of a difference the 5.1 remix makes here, as IMHO, the original mixes of this are a bit...flat.

superb re-rendering of a classic album.
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4.0 out of 5 stars shades of utter brilliance!!!
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Published on 26 Feb 2007 by Mr. Nathan Armstrong

4.0 out of 5 stars Deluxe reissue of 1984's breakthrough album...
Discounting the debut LP 'Speak & Spell', which was mostly penned by Vince Clarke & indebted to Silicon Teen Daniel Miller, the Mode's albums up to 'Some Great Reward' had been... Read more
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