http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4269&rws=%2Fdepeche-mode%2Ftop-tracks.rssDepeche Mode will forever be '80s icons thanks to their role in helping invent synth-pop as we know it. But unlike so many of their peers, they've remained both active and relevant. From their earliest days with Vince Clarke (before he left for Yaz, then Erasure), Depeche Mode took a spindly, synth-pop sound and filled it out with touches of techno, industrial, Americana and modern rock. Principal songwriter Martin Gore and his bandmates fuse classic pop songcraft with productions that keep pace with advances in music technology; lead singer Dave Gahan's dramatic delivery, meanwhile, has helped their songs of loss and redemption become pop-culture touchstones, covered by everyone from Tori Amos to Marilyn Manson. It's easy to chart the overall arc of the band's career, from its minimalist, electro-pop beginnings to the swelling pop yearning of <I>Music for the Masses</I> and on to the dark extravagance of albums like <I>Violator</I> and <I>Exciter</I>. But an abundance of alternate versions and remixes has produced a messy canon. For many fans, that's half the fun: Depeche Mode's B-sides make for a fascinating alternative history of these alt-rock heroes. - Philip SherburneSynth Popen720Wed, 2 Dec 2009 02:28:02 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4269&rws=%2Fdepeche-mode%2Ftop-tracks.rss Depeche Mode will forever be '80s icons thanks to their role in helping invent synth-pop as we know it. But unlike so many of their peers, they've remained both active and relevant. From their earliest days with Vince Clarke (before he left for Yaz, then Erasure), Depeche Mode took a spindly, synth-pop sound and filled it out with touches of techno, industrial, Americana and modern rock. Principal songwriter Martin Gore and his bandmates fuse classic pop songcraft with productions that keep pace with advances in music technology; lead singer Dave Gahan's dramatic delivery, meanwhile, has helped their songs of loss and redemption become pop-culture touchstones, covered by everyone from Tori Amos to Marilyn Manson. It's easy to chart the overall arc of the band's career, from its minimalist, electro-pop beginnings to the swelling pop yearning of <I>Music for the Masses</I> and on to the dark extravagance of albums like <I>Violator</I> and <I>Exciter</I>. But an abundance of alternate versions and remixes has produced a messy canon. For many fans, that's half the fun: Depeche Mode's B-sides make for a fascinating alternative history of these alt-rock heroes. - Philip Sherburne http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1979146&rws=%2Fdepeche-mode%2Ftop-tracks.rss Alt/Punk Tue, 20 Mar 1990 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Depeche Mode on Rhapsody Online 1979146 tra.1979146 Depeche Mode art.4269 0.99 Violator alb.125227 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/3/3/9/1269337_170x170.jpg 2003-01-31 00:00:00.0 1990-03-20 00:00:00.0 true Enjoy The Silence tra.1979146 372000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1979146&rws=%2Fdepeche-mode%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1979146&variant=data&rws=%2Fdepeche-mode%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1978907&rws=%2Fdepeche-mode%2Ftop-tracks.rss Synth Pop Tue, 20 Mar 1990 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Depeche Mode on Rhapsody Online 1978907 tra.1978907 Depeche Mode art.4269 0.99 Violator alb.125227 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