Depeche Mode Memento Mori CD (Unboxing)

Описание: The first DM album I had a chance to anticipate. In general, at first I expected the worst with the three previous albums, then with the first single there was hope. Then after listening to the album (and all the past 14 including) I can call Memento Mori not a bad album at all, the best album for me since Playing The Angel (they are still on an equal footing in my top). It feels like this time the band actually cared for the final result, in some places it was heartfelt and sincere, to match their age, and Gahan vocally laid out cool (it feels like the last time he did this on Exciter), and Martin is not far behind, his Soul With Me is the best song in his performance since Home (but to me it’s on the same level as Comatose). Of course, this is not the level of albums from Some Great Reward to SOFAD (in my case by Exciter), but it’s also not the level of the last three albums, which is pleasing. Though it's a shame that, unlike the period of Ultra and Exciter, when the band wanted to prove that they can create and get up and come to their senses after Hell, after these two albums they apparently realized that everything was proven and you can not strain too much, and there is no person like Alan Wilder (because it is unknown how much it would be enough, if he had stayed in the group), who would have been the same nerd and a reference point for the rest. The result was often a dull and monotonous sound, which merges into one in different songs. You want to listen to old albums, analyze, notice details, listen back, there is nothing like this with the latest ones, only with selected tracks. Give me the albums from SGR by Exciter (and maybe PTA), I can already sing a lot of songs from them on the first notes. But give me songs from SOTU by Spirit, in 9 out of 10 cases I will not sing the song, I will not even remember which album it is from. Too smooth and sleek, without much passion and impulse. The last words also apply to Memento Mori, (I will definitely listen to Ghosts Again 100 more times), but not to such a large extent and in some places it is even enough. Maybe it's just that I've already come to terms with the fact that DM will never be able to make a great Violator-level album (just like Rammstein will never make a great Mutter-level album). According to Peter Gordeno the band will have more tour for as long as their health allows. Therefore, there is a chance that in 3-4 years there will be a new album. Time only knows what it’ll be like.


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