Speak & Spell - 32 anos!

Today In Depeche Mode History (October 5th):

Speak & Spell is the debut album from the British electronic group Depeche Mode, recorded and released in 1981. The album peaked at #10 in the UK Albums Chart.

Overview

This was the only Depeche Mode album with Vince Clarke as a member of the band. Clarke wrote most of the songs for the band, before departing to form the synthpop duo Yazoo with Alison Moyet and, later, the duo Erasure with Andy Bell.

The album is significantly lighter in tone and melody than their later work, a direction which can largely be attributed to Clarke's writing. After he left, Martin Gore took over songwriting duties, writing almost all of the band's material. Later albums written by him would explore darker subjects and melodies.

The album title alludes to the then-popular "Speak & Spell" electronic toy.

When interviewed by Simon Amstell for Channel 4's Popworld programme in 2005, Martin Gore and Andrew Fletcher both stated that the track "What's Your Name?" was their least favourite Depeche Mode song of all time.

Track listing

For all versions, all songs were written by Vince Clarke, except for "Tora! Tora! Tora!" and "Big Muff" written by Martin Gore. Dave Gahan performs lead vocals on all songs except "Any Second Now [Voices]" which is sung by Martin Gore. "Big Muff" and the original version of "Any Second Now" are instrumentals.

UK LP: Mute / Stumm5

01."New Life" 3:43

02."I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead" 2:14

03."Puppets" 3:55

04."Boys Say Go!" 3:03

05."Nodisco" 4:11

06."What's Your Name?" 2:41

07."Photographic" 4:44

08."Tora! Tora! Tora!" 4:34

09."Big Muff" 4:20

10."Any Second Now (Voices)" 2:35

11."Just Can't Get Enough" 3:40

Bonus tracks on 1988 CD re-release: Mute / Cdstumm5

12."Dreaming of Me" 4:03

13."Ice Machine" 4:05

14."Shout" 3:46

15."Any Second Now" 3:08

16."Just Can't Get Enough (Schizo Mix)" 6:41

- "Shout!" (from the b-side of the "New Life" single) is listed on the CD and all subsequent releases as "Shout", without the exclamation mark.

- The versions of "Dreaming of Me" and "Ice Machine" included on this CD have cold ends like the original 7" single (as opposed to the fading-out versions on the original US album and CD single reissue).

Fonte: wikipedia