Music for the Massesis the sixth studio album by Depeche Mode. It was originally released on 28 September 1987 by Mute Records. This album is a culmination of Depeche Mode’s middle-period experimentation. More informed by Goth than techno, it is still anchored by plenty of the larger-than-life-baritone melodrama so distinctive of David Gahan’s vocals. The most experimental track isPimpf– a song that heave-hoes along with the synthesized emulation of a Russian men’s choir. Although nowhere near fast enough to be danceable, the commandingNever Let Me Downranks as the best single on the track, with the most hummable Strangelove comingin at a close second. Each song is a praiseworthy accomplishment, but the singles here set off the experimental tracks, making the album seem thematically schizophrenic.

RIYLGary Numan, New Order, The Cure

Tracklisting

1. Never Let Me Down Again (Remastered)
2. The Things You Said (Remastered)
3. Strangelove (Remastered)
4. Sacred (Remastered)
5. Little 15 (Remastered)
6. Behind the Wheel (Remastered)
7. I Want You Now (Remastered)
8. To Have and to Hold (Remastered)
9. Nothing (Remastered)
10. Pimpf (Remastered)