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Songs of Faith and Devotion

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Guitars weren’t unknown in Depeche’s world in the least by the time of Songs of Faith and Devotion, but hearing Martin Gore peel out the main lick underpinning the overt swagger of “I Feel You” in 1993 created a lot of “Have Depeche Mode gone grunge?!?” reactions. (Answer: no.) While the band’s absolute dysfunction both in studio and on tour was its own mess, Songs still hit and hit hard, with other singles like the melodramatic “Walking In My Shoes” and the near-silent-to-near-apocalyptic build of “In Your Room” adding to their now deep catalogue.

Ned Raggett

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