Critics say this is the defining Depeche Mode album.

Many bands who went the synth-pop route in the 80s struggled to maintain much longevity beyond the genre’s heady early days. Depeche Mode defied that trend to the point where people still eagerly ...

Depeche Mode was part of the Second British Invasion in the early 1980s, while becoming something like The Beatles of electronic music. With a heavy use of synthesizers, samplers, and drum machines, ...