{"product_id":"depeche-mode-playing-the-angel-u-s-release-cd-used","title":"Depeche Mode \/ Playing The Angel (U.S. Release) - CD (Used)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Depeche Mode\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e WACR2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Audiobook\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 18-10-2005\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description\n\n\nThe first new album in four years, PLAYING THE ANGEL is quintessential Depeche Mode- hi-tech electronic pop with enormous hoods and yet faster paced, more urgent then recent albums. The first single is \"Precious.\"\n\n\nAmazon.ca\n\n\nThe blasphemous opinions surrounding Depeche Mode's 2001 release\nExciter were well warranted.\nExciter didn't supply Depeche Mode diehards much in the way of dance tunes, and the experimental sounds drummed up by Bjork producer Mark Bell strayed from the industrial standard in an overly delicate, less than welcoming way. True fans, luckily, forgive and forget and as well they should, given\nPlaying the Angel's return to dark, brooding greatness. The first single \"Precious\" is an emotionally loaded, characteristically long faced, distortion-pocked masterwork - a \"Personal Jesus\" level accomplishment. Also on that order are \"Suffer Well;\" the droning, lovely and altogether danceable \"Lillian\"; \"I Want it All,\" whose muffled beats and blasts of suck-you-in static recall the industrial glory days; and the simple, synthy exercise in hyper-intelligent pop that is \"John the Revelator.\" Those songs make it easy to salute the band for parting the sea of imitators and returning to its roots, but an obvious stain prevents\nPlaying the Angel from being a perfect album. Two tracks are the problem: Martin Gore may be a brilliant lyricist, he wrote every song on\nPlaying the Angel, but pull David Gahan away from the mike and pretentiousness prevails. Some will find \"Macrovision\" lovely, but it's arguable that there's no room for trilling on a Depeche Mode disc. The same goes for \"Damaged People,\" a dangerous, show-tune-ish flirtation. A couple of clunkers don't spoil the lot, though, and this return to form will alienate few. All hail the 80s.\n--Tammy La Gorce\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC:\u003c\/b\u003e 009362493482\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 0093624934820\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Audio CD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e UsedVeryGood\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ID Shop.ca","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45944600461346,"sku":"QI-WRUL-1MYA","price":5.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0889\/9428\/3554\/files\/51Ux72ckXLL.jpg?v=1783611162","url":"https:\/\/kastor.club\/products\/depeche-mode-playing-the-angel-u-s-release-cd-used","provider":"Kastor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}