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Godly!
I remember the excitement I felt the first time when this vinyl was spinning on my turn table.After the track 'I feel you', which had taken some getting used to, everything else was simply out of this world. It's the perfect DM album the way I want it to be :- very dark,gloomy and atmospheric. The best DM album to date in my opinion!
Was this review helpful? Yes - NoRe: Not Violator.
"except for In your room, which sound like a bad Violator outtake":
You are stupid asWas this review helpful? Yes - NoNot Violator
This album is good, but very far from Violator. What I like most about this album is that it is completely different from Violator
(except for In your room, which sound like a bad Violator outtake). There is some great songs on that, like I feel you, walking in my shoes, Rush, Higher love or Mercy in you. But
I think this album is missing a little bit of melodic power...Was this review helpful? Yes - NoDepeche Mode- Songs Of Faith And Devotio
This is one of Depeche Modes greatest albums! It's hard hitting (More so, in my opinion than Violator was) yet very musical, containing hit songs like "One Caress" and "I Feel You". It's a great testament to musical talent.
Was this review helpful? Yes - NoTop album, better than Violator even
Some people were terrified about DM's change for this album, and a lot of people still don't get it.
This is a great album, and is my fave DM album along side Black Celebration. Alan Wilder & Flood do an excellent job arranging and layering the album and combined with Martin's excellent songs and Dave's harsher vocals make one wonderful album, one of the most underrated of the 90s.
There was a lot of dissention in the studio making this album and Alan and Flood did a wonderful job of working Martin's songs, and its obvious to see that Alan, as he thought was under-apreciated by Martin and was fed up with Fletch doing bugger all, and its a damned shame he has left and it would be great to see him work with DM in the future.
The best songs on the album for me are Walking In My Shoes, In Your Room and Rush. Both Martin songs are wonderful and the only half weak track is Get Right With Me, which would still rank as a very strong track if it was on Exciter. If you havent heard much DM this is the album to get I think, along side Violator and Ultra.Was this review helpful? Yes - Nobest DM album
Out of all the great DM albums this is the best one they have ever done. It flows beautifully. All the songs are easy to get into and well written. Awesome stuff. This album got thrashed by the media just because it didnt sound like violator.
Was this review helpful? Yes - Novery diverse very good very depeche
This album is brilliant . One Caress, much less the rest of the albumproves that M.L. Gore is one of the best songwriters in at least the last 25 years
Was this review helpful? Yes - NoBEAUTIFUL DARK!
Very-very Dark album ever made.Another
maturation decade of DM after The Black
Celebration And M for Masses album.A beautiful songs for the dark side of the world!Was this review helpful? Yes - NoTheir best album.
Walking In My Shoes is one of the best songs ever written.
Was this review helpful? Yes - NoWithout a shadow of doubt DM' s best.
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SOFAD is one of the best albums ever made.Was this review helpful? Yes - NoPowerful and Excellent!
This is thus far the best album by Depeche Mode very emotional, and again its very dark and good to listen to when you feel depress. Defintely worth buying.
Was this review helpful? Yes - Nothe best piece of music ever made.
listen to one caress, walking in my shoes, in your room or judas and escape to another world.
Was this review helpful? Yes - Nobest, most innovative album of the 90ies
it' s sad SOFAD doesn' t usually get the respect it deserves.
give it a try: this is not music, this is a methaphysical experience!
beautiful!Was this review helpful? Yes - NoDepeche Mode--otro disco de oro!
Este es unos de los mejores discos, que an producido DM! SOFAD es unos de los album mas oscuros y mas fuertes que DM a hecho en anos--te requerda a "Black Celebration."
Was this review helpful? Yes - NoBon, mais lourd !
L'ambiance de cet album est un peu trop lourde a mon gout pour du DM, on finis par se lasser des interminables lirements de Gahan qui semble vouloir nous faire croire qu'il fait pitier et que lui seule a des problemes... enfin, je crois que sur l'aspect visuel, ce fut tout de meme la meilleur tournee 'live'.
Was this review helpful? Yes - NoA new direction for Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode's "Songs of Faith and Devotion" was released to an unsuspecting public in 1993. Their music, up to this point electronically based, was often dismissed as "cold" or "unemotional" by the music press. In actual fact, the band's lyrics have never been cold. Even at their darkest (think "Black Celebration" -1986), the poignancy in those old tracks always shone through, and it's the juxtaposition with the hard electronic beats that gave the band its depth.
On "SOFAD", however, The Mode staked their claim to grunge fame, producing an album that is guitar-driven. It even features live drums!
The critics loved it (which says a lot about the conservatism of the music press)but in hindsight, it is one of the band's weaker efforts. Listening to it again, I can't shake the feeling that sometimes Depeche Mode are trying a little too hard to impress with their new 'live' toys. The first three tracks "I Feel You", "Walking In My Shoes" and "Condemnation", are all fairly average. It's only on "Mercy In You" that the adrenalin really kicks in. It's slowed somewhat with one of songwriter Martin Gore's ballads (the rather lovely yet arrogant "Judas"), before it goes all out on the splendid "In Your Room", one of the few tracks on the album with the 'kinky' lyrics that are Gore's stock in trade.
In fact, the lyrics on this album are really first clss, and the orchestra-driven "One Caress" has to be heard to be believed, such is its quality (and to think that it was recorded in real time). If only Depeche Mode had thought more about the actual songs than their desire to escape their (glorious) past, and "SOFAD" could have been a masterpiece.Was this review helpful? Yes - Nostrange too!
an album unlike any other! although this album is often seen as their pretentious "rock"- album, i cannot see why: when i first listened to "sofad" i couldnt believe my ears:although the songs are as simple as ever, it has a totally unique, very complex sound, sad and uplifting at the same time. music that can really free you from this world. in my eyes, together with radioheads "ok computer" the album of the decade.
Was this review helpful? Yes - NoCD REVIEW
This is in my opinion by far the best album that depeche mode has ever released, it has everything any depeche mode fan could ask for, its unique (something we've all came to expect of depeche mode), its one of those albums you can listen to over and over and never get bored!!!
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