Depeche Mode – Speak And Spell LP

Depeche Mode – Speak And Spell LP

Speak And Spell is the debut studio album by British electronic band Depeche Mode. Originally released in 1981, it captures the band’s early synth-pop sound and is the only Depeche Mode studio album to feature founding member Vince Clarke before his departure.

This single LP edition includes New Life, I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead, Puppets, Boys Say Go!, Nodisco, What’s Your Name?, Photographic, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Big Muff, Any Second Now (Voices), Just Can’t Get Enough and Dreaming Of Me. The album is bright, direct and melodic, showing the band’s early pop-oriented electronic style before their later, darker sound developed.

This LP vinyl reissue was released by Venusnote Ltd. on 25 August 2016. The edition presents the album as a single-record remastered vinyl release for Depeche Mode fans, synth-pop collectors and listeners interested in the early 1980s electronic pop sound.

Artist: Depeche Mode
Label: Venusnote Ltd.
Release date: 25 August 2016
Catalog number: 88985329991
EAN: 0889853299911

On a good hi-fi system, Speak And Spell should sound clean, playful and rhythmically precise: early synth textures, tight electronic rhythms, bright melodic hooks and the youthful energy that made Depeche Mode’s debut stand out in the early synth-pop era.

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