Reviews4 Stars - Excellent - "...confirmed Martin Gore as a talent of real depth, creating music that could be both experimental and icily catchy, while combining this with ominous lyrics that hinted at much more than Robert Smith's callow pronouncements...", Ranked #3 in Cmj's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1985in
Additional InformationDepeche Mode's U.S. breakthrough album expanded the U.K. synth band's American following from a small cult of Anglophiles to total teenage adulation. Features the Top 20 U.S. hit "People Are People."