I agree with Vin - I have always wondered "what happened to the Depeche Mode sound" after Ultra and watching this video, I understand how Martin's song writing purity was muddied by other people who, in the end, didn't compliment his writing but kind of watered it down. Every now and then ("Wrong" and "Come back") they hit it perfectly and sound like Depeche Mode again but then again on the same album you have Jezebel. Please, please understand, I am nobody. Just an electronic musician, engineer and sound designer that grew up with DM as well as OMD, Kraftwerk, New Order etc, but I can sense a rhythm to the albums and DM was so incredibly SOLID from Speak and Spell all the way through to Ultra. I can listen to all tracks on all of the albums and they hold interest even to this day - which is an incredible feat for any band - and I'm not sure any other band has done this - but suffice to say, DM for me are those 9 albums and anything after is just another group. Which is fine - you may not agree - but I just wait for those moments of brilliance like Wrong, to come along to add to my joy of listening to DM...
I do somewhat agree with you, but I really thought "Playing the Angel" was quite a strong album and David's songwriting really helped the album overall.
@@csparticus I grew up with them too, my fist concert ever was DM live in Vienna in 1988 at age 14, up til Violator they were my everything. Lost interest, but later when i started to listen to them again on occasion and now looking back at their whole career, it is hard not to agree with @Alesismmt8 and yes, they sure had great songs after Ultra/SOFAD, but that true, magic DM where everything fitted perfectly was gone. There is no denying that. Had they called it quits back then, man, they would be ....can you imagine a band like that? Except Speak & Spell, which is just funny and terrible, haha, but since A broken frame - Ultra/SOFAD, pure perfection. But they keep selling out stadiums so i better shut my mouth, haha!
@@csparticus .....sorry, can't shut up yet, that concert footage at around the 20 min mark, that version of Black Celebration? Nah, that is not progress in any way.
There are a couple tracks on Delta Machine and Memento Mori that hit the DM mark IMO --> especially Heaven and Ghosts Again, but also "Before We Drown", "Angel", and a few others.
Dave said it... They needed some one to fill the missing 4th member, Alan Wilder. The sound of post AW DM really says "something major is missing from the music" .
Es una gran disco, con una onda muy especial, que sólo una banda como Depeche podía lograr que tuviera tal sonido (gracias al ingeniero de sonido también). Es uno de mis preferidos 🎶
I love Depeche, they are one of the most important groups of all time, and I rate Martin, Dave and Fletch highly, but the veiled disrespect for Alan is well on show here, they were no where near as good without him and they all know it. Hence the arrival of a lot of engineers and co-producers There were some good songs for sure, but the albums were not cohesive at all. With the die hard fans saying it's the band being experimental (No the songs were mediocre)Alan was the ultimate arranger for them. My love for the band started to fall at this point.
The Black celebration live version of this concert is incredible, it is clear Martin’s tracks are immortal in any form, even as covers… ps: and if you are curious, yes I love Alan too
Black Celebration is my favourite song of all time, including all artists and genres, and they absolutely massacred it in 2001. I was in tears at the concert of how fucking awful it was.
@@performanceattributi I thought so too, could not believe what i was hearing. Also Dave's voice, sad. But hey, millions of people think otherwise, but i am used to that happening a lot in my life, haha!
El hecho de que Gore requiriera ayuda externa para finalizar su composicion ya habla de lo mal que iba este album. Se estanco por meses, se saltaron la creacion de los demos, simplemente la creatividad ya no estaba ahi, la forzaron y eso se nota. Delta Machine salvó el papelon en 2013 y Spirit y Memento Mori han recompuesto el camino de alguna manera, sin llegar a ser magistrales como su etapa 1983-1997
Gerardo, muchas gracias por tus aportes (desde el primero de 1980, hasta el 2001). Muchos amigos míos, han conocido mas a DM por tus links. Yo tengo todos estos en formato DVD en las ediciones deluxe, pero respecto a Playing The Angel, Sounds of the Universe, Delta Machine y Spirit, hay algo parecido? Muchas, muchas gracias por tu iniciativa por subirlos a TH-cam
Exciter is one of my favourite DM albums, alongside with Some Great Reward, Music for the Masses, Songs of Faith and Devotion and Ultra. They should put the Exciter songs on their set lists again.
Curiously enough, Exciter is an album that needs to be heard with a distance. At the time of its release, it was my least favourite Depeche album, by quite some margin. I didn't like most of the songs, apart from Dream On and the Sweetest Condition. As the album (and myself, obviously) got older, my perception of it changed. By no means is it my favourite Depeche album now, it's not even in my top 5 Depeche albums, but it's a lot better than most people, including myself, gave it credit for.
Despite the album has some terrific songs, only Freelove and When the Body Speaks has been performed some times after Exciter tour. So, the album has not stand the time. Unlike Ultra, which half of songs have been performed later tours a lot.
Many great songs on this one. Freelove, Shine, The dead of night, Goodbye lovers, Dream on, When the body speaks, Comatose. Brilliant album although the sound is perhaps a bit ordinary at times compared to many of their other albums.
Starting 2001 I had just been out of a rough time in my professional/personal life so maybe I matched with the peaceful and bright mood I found in this album. Have you noticed there are no power snares-drums recorded in it? Was very funny to see in "A Night in Paris" a blooper when Dave move his arms towards Christian like asking to push some power starting "The Dead of Night" and Eigner's expression is like "Sorry Dave, wrong starting song to ask for it!" :-D I still love Freelove lyrics, the small interludes inserted are perfect, pictures in that pool are awesome and I love that picture inside that shows my country in the wall (México). I thought it was subliminal, but they didn't come.
even this (in my opinion) "strange" album as a whole has its own vibe that I totally love. The weirder this album gets the better. Where my zombies at!! :)
Exciter may have been considered the red-haired stepchild of their discography on its time of release, but its not hard to see how it would've succeeded in the modern music era. The production style and synth layers of Exciter remind me a lot of Jack Antonoff's works.
One of my favorite ones. Atmospheric, addicting, beautiful....along with Ultra that is much stronger, darker they two are just beautifully balanced. Listening to Ultra wakes up my senses, Exciter calms them. 2 beautiful albums. My favorites.
Despite the album has some terrific songs, only Freelove and When the Body Speaks has been performed some times after Exciter tour. So, the album has not stand the time. Unlike Ultra, which half of songs have been performed later tours a lot.
@@marguskiis7711 lmao you can't just say that so seriously...on tour they do 20~ (23 in MM) songs, they can't just perform all of their songs, and ofc their most popular ones are from other albums, not Exciter, but that doesn't mean Exciter didn't stand the test of time...
@@MoonwalkerKari Exciter is their least live performed album in their catalogue. Fact. Even the later albums songs are frequently taken to the lists of their later tours. But not Exciter's.
I'm a lifelong DM fan but I'm a bit of a cliche too in agreeing with many fans, post Wilder (Ultra being the exception) there's only glimpses of greatness. Most albums since then sound like a bunch of low quality B sides.
DM running on Fumes. This new stuff is not up to par. They still have a good back catalog of hit songs they can rely on in live shows. But the new material is not making it.
I dont get the hate for "The dead of Night", I absolutely love it. I love the horror stomp of it, the weird, zany noises, the outlandishness of it. Reminds me of shock rock, and me being a massive Metal fan, it utterly fits me. Equally great to me is the exciting beats and sounds of "I feel Loved". Unfortunately despite a couple of other lovely lush atmospheric songs like Freelove and When the Body Speaks, "Exciter"s overall bright but dull vibes feel flat. If people love it as a chilled out album, thats great. But its quite lifeless in many places and lacks real presence, 'cept for a few stand out songs.
The most ironically named album in history ?? I made my own version of this. Threw away the horrific Dead Of Night and I Feel Loved, and you’re left with a gently, sparkling thing. Late night DM. Intimate and fragile. Those two tracks I got rid of, they’re so out of place. The last thing the delicate When The Body Speaks needs is Dead Of Night staggering in vomiting and flailing around like your worst drunken uncle at a family wedding. Same with IFL. Exciter works as a twinkly elektro album made up of lullabies and ballads.
I agree. No Wilder, no DM. I wonder if Wilder will return to the band? DM probably still have one more album in them and if Wilder is involved, Depeche Mode can regain their old glory and go out with a bang.
@@vinchauhun5534On the contrary, without Depeche there is no Wilder. The proof is that you spend time commenting on a video of a period that you don't like instead of supporting the successful (???) Recoil
Exciter is really good album, but I feel it like "Porsche that rides 60 km/h". It is somehow "braked", I think that boys could afford to experiment much more with the sound. And also, it is first album with Martin songs that I really hate. One Caress, Home, Sweetest perfection, they are really good...and then come such a weak track like Breathe or Comatose...
Agree 100% Martin fell in love with his vibrato during this album, now it's like he can't sing without it. I do like Eternal for the post apocalyptic mood, and fail for the political statement. But songs like Breathe, Jezebel, Damaged People, the Child Inside etc. Are self-agrandizing shit. He's so good when he simplifies his voice and just feels what he wrote.
Speak and Spell through SOFAD are masterpieces, up there with Beatles, Zeppelin, Smiths. Ultra was really good, about half of the album was up to par. I feel every album since Exciter is a completely different band. I understand they have contributed an enormous gift to the world through their music and they are one of my favorite bands. I still hold out for hope that they'll bring Alan back for a final album. It would be like the Beatles getting back together.
"Porsche that rides 60 km/h". ON BLOODY POINT Most accurate review of Exciter I've ever read! However, the only track I love on this album is Comatose. It sounds like something straight off Some Great Reward, like It Doesn't Matter. No effin guitars or drums there
@@ynveroton3874 cuando se fue Alan se me fue las ganas de segir escuchándolos es tan grande el qe tuvieron qe suplantarlo con muchos y músicos y algunos ingenieros de sonido más allá de eso el álbum después de ultra qe más nos gusta a mi y a mis amigos saludos
Me parece muy buen disco y lo único que no me gusta es el orden de las canciones, ahora si me preguntaran en que puesto lo pondría no estaría ni entre los mejores diez de Depeche.
No amount of sound engineering can replace Alan Wilder. The band know that and they are insecure about it and it shows. Ultra and Playing the Angel were the last true DM sounding albums, the rest is not. Exciter wasn't a bad album, despite what people say. When I first listen to it, I thought it was bad. Then after a couple of listens (after several months gap), it grew on me. Some songs are a bit weak like I Feel Loved. I don't like that song. But that's my taste. Others may like it! The album is still better the last one, that Spirit rubbish.
It may be unfortunate that Ultra was among the better DM albums (some would put it top five). Had Exciter been the album that came out after SOFAD, DM might have invited Alan back.
@@Goryptor If you compare Sounds of the Universe to other albums, it is better than what was and is still being made today. It's well crafted and the songs are good. But compared to itself, it reminds of Speak and Spell. It's a polished Speak and Spell, but it's not what expect from DM. If I find a song difficult to listen to or I don't like a song, later on that song will grow on me. This did not happen with the albums after Playing the Angel. And thanks for commenting. :)
@@Kickingit06 I don't know if Alan would have come back. I came across an interview of him talking about DM, and he didn't seem too happy. He was discussing a few tracks about Playing the Angel and called them over-processed with no atmosphere. Maybe now that Fletch is no more there may be a chance. So far I haven't heard if Alan is back in the studio making new music. At first I didn't like Ultra, but now I like it. Definitely better than last three albums, Spirit included. Actually, Spirit has no spirit. It's dead as dead can be.
This was the beginning of the not always great material point. Theres a few good songs. Just nothing like year’s passed. Playing The Angel was a nice “Up”, Delta Machine a serious disappointment (but a few great songs), Sounds of The Universe a decent record, and the worst was Spirit.
@@nathanquiring3003 most long term fans really find it pretty lackluster, even their least favorite. I think it lacks the layers and is dull, compared to most of their music. Obviously it has some brighter moments here and there. But.. it is a personal opinion
One good song on spirit, So much love the rest sound nothing like Depeche Mode they're no longer an electronic band they just include a couple of songs in that style on each album to keep the old fans quiet.
Vamos, no es el mejor disco de DM. Ni esta entre los 5 o 6 mejores. Quizá de los más débiles. Pero el mas débil de DM es una cumbre para otros grupos. Un disco agradable.
I appreciate the band trying to survive. Wish i could respect their choice of not including Alan Wilder in their Hall of Fame incpduction...he earned the inclusion. That was a classless move of an insecure band who makes alright music now..not bad but just cannot seem to reach the stèllar heights they haď befofe without effort.
Ofc last good tour, Dave was full of energy, Martin too and the setlist... Halo,Waiting for the night and Clean, something different instead of Policy of truth,World in my eyes...
@@pretuff ofc what tour is that..so you've been to every tour since speak and spell over 40 years 14 tours then you know what your talking about 😊..personally sofad crystal palace was my favourite in 93
@@colinheaton6934 I thought that the 2017 gig in London was terrific - amazed that they can still produce a performance like that after all these years and a shame that it was never recored for a live DVD.
@@orac101 it was amazing but not in the same league as 20 years previous unfortunately..The DM machine is huge now but imagine the albums coming out now 85 to 95...wow now that would be unbelievable
Al ya no estar ALAN WILDER hablaron de MARTÍN GORE y sus letras, MARTÍN COMIÓ, MARTIN SE AGACHÓ, MARTÍN MARTÍN MARTIN... pero para nada que es un gran álbum DEPECHE MODE se acabó cuando se fue ALAN
Woah, that concert at around the 20 min mark is awful, Black Celebration? Seriously? Also Dave's singing is not what it was before. I had lost interest back in the day after Violator, up till then they were my everything. So i say all of that with hindsight, must have been around 2007 or so when i started to listen to them again occasionally. I liked Free Love when i saw the video on MTV, but the magic sure was gone, again, partly due to myself. Then the cover? Phallic? That is sth i would never, ever associate with that plant. Also, the weakest cover since Singles 81-85, haha. Terrible. Then of course the choice of Eigner, double bass drum rock drummer with zero ....well, i guess not zero but you all know what i mean and feel the exact same as i do, so..... That just leaves the admiration of Dave Gahan as a front man. Seriously, i mean their whole look back in the day was so perfect, a band, a true band, a gang, perfection. But him alone, besides his phenomenal voice, his stature, his dress code, his dancing, his feel, his .....one sexy mother and pair him with the likes of Martin Gore and Alan Wilder, how lucky these 4 men are and were. Fantastic team around them and voilà , you got a band! But nobody would have held it against them, had they called it quits after Ultra, right?
IMO this is one of their weaker albums - I think Mark Bell's production is perfect for Bjork but not suitable for Depeche. It doesn't help that Martin was completely uninspired and Dave wasnt allowed to contribute songs yet. It's in that lower tier for me with stuff like "Sounds of the Universe" and "Construction Time Again"
La verdad es el álbum más flojo Depeche Mode junto al Construction...y no es malo pero si algunas de las canciones dejan mucho que desear y escucharlo todo resulta aburrido I Feel Loved se siente muy fuera de lugar es una canción dance pop que fácilmente podría cantarla Madonna pero Freelove me parece una de sus mejores canciones incluso mejor que Dream On pero siento que en el vídeo si lo están sobrevalorando
Nada. Es un excelente disco. Se separaron de la era oscura, de Wilder, pero... (tomando en cuenta que Wilder uso una base de I am You en su mezcla de In Chains del 2011)... Podria concluir que el disco Exciter con Wilder tendría un toque más... Exciter. Más delicado y relax, digamos. Pero no es el peor disco. Ahora, Delta Machine... no.
"Dream On" must be one of the lamest singles ever made by Depeche. I dont know what it is but I never liked the song. Its kind of like "Weres The Revolution" from the last record. Its unbelieving how they choose that as the first single on that album.
Good that tastes are different. I think it is one of the best singles they ever released. And it perfectly sums up what is amazing and awesome about Exciter.
@@everpuremusic I think there are much better songs on the Exciter abum. They could have chosen "Dead Of Night" as a single instead. That songs got an amazingly heavy chorus. Really striking.
Soy un fan que tiene a DM como el soundtrack de su vida y este disco es el que menos me gusta aunque no lo considero malo por sus temas, es la producción lo que me parece desacertada. Para disco malo tienes Spirits.
El peor disco es Speak and Spell y con diferencia. Una bazofia de pop masticable y pegajoso, del calibre de los que hace Vince Clarke. Solo le salva Photographic. Por suerte, se marchó tras ese disco, de lo contrario Depeche no hubiera continuado existiendo.
This album is pretty much trash except for 2 or 3 songs. I stopped going to Depeche Mode concerts after the Ultra tour. I still can't believe they opened those shows with the laborious Dead of Night. I remember feeling like they sucked the energy out of the venue with that one. It felt like it took forever for the shows to feel exciting after that lethargic opener.
Wish America tour got Fad Gadget. Instead we got another cringe worth band from Fletch. We went from The The and OmD and stabbing westward to john.mary and paul and other shit bands
I agree with Vin - I have always wondered "what happened to the Depeche Mode sound" after Ultra and watching this video, I understand how Martin's song writing purity was muddied by other people who, in the end, didn't compliment his writing but kind of watered it down. Every now and then ("Wrong" and "Come back") they hit it perfectly and sound like Depeche Mode again but then again on the same album you have Jezebel. Please, please understand, I am nobody. Just an electronic musician, engineer and sound designer that grew up with DM as well as OMD, Kraftwerk, New Order etc, but I can sense a rhythm to the albums and DM was so incredibly SOLID from Speak and Spell all the way through to Ultra. I can listen to all tracks on all of the albums and they hold interest even to this day - which is an incredible feat for any band - and I'm not sure any other band has done this - but suffice to say, DM for me are those 9 albums and anything after is just another group. Which is fine - you may not agree - but I just wait for those moments of brilliance like Wrong, to come along to add to my joy of listening to DM...
I do somewhat agree with you, but I really thought "Playing the Angel" was quite a strong album and David's songwriting really helped the album overall.
@@csparticus I grew up with them too, my fist concert ever was DM live in Vienna in 1988 at age 14, up til Violator they were my everything. Lost interest, but later when i started to listen to them again on occasion and now looking back at their whole career, it is hard not to agree with @Alesismmt8 and yes, they sure had great songs after Ultra/SOFAD, but that true, magic DM where everything fitted perfectly was gone. There is no denying that.
Had they called it quits back then, man, they would be ....can you imagine a band like that? Except Speak & Spell, which is just funny and terrible, haha, but since A broken frame - Ultra/SOFAD, pure perfection.
But they keep selling out stadiums so i better shut my mouth, haha!
@@csparticus .....sorry, can't shut up yet, that concert footage at around the 20 min mark, that version of Black Celebration? Nah, that is not progress in any way.
There are a couple tracks on Delta Machine and Memento Mori that hit the DM mark IMO --> especially Heaven and Ghosts Again, but also "Before We Drown", "Angel", and a few others.
Exciter is an album that’s getting better with age, it’s a landscape album and needs to be viewed from afar, I love it,
I think the same
I've always loved exciter..when others haven't.. still do xx
Absolutely. I've learned to love this album over time.
I like the album
The only thing you’ll see from afar are the very few melodies Martin came up with… rest is just ungodly noise and screeching
Dave said it... They needed some one to fill the missing 4th member, Alan Wilder. The sound of post AW DM really says "something major is missing from the music" .
Its a shame Tim Simenon didn’t hang around. He worked so well with DM.
He was exhausted by Ultra recording sessions@@ConstableHandsy
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Shine.. top 3 DM songs can't believe it's never been done live brilliant song
Totally agree! Shine is a beautiful song.
Yeah , same for me.
Yeeeeeeehhhhaaaaa one of my favourites!
Are you serious???
@@eduvasz 1qqqqq
Es una gran disco, con una onda muy especial, que sólo una banda como Depeche podía lograr que tuviera tal sonido (gracias al ingeniero de sonido también). Es uno de mis preferidos 🎶
Not their best but has definitely aged well...I feel love is awesome!
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I love Depeche, they are one of the most important groups of all time, and I rate Martin, Dave and Fletch highly, but the veiled disrespect for Alan is well on show here, they were no where near as good without him and they all know it. Hence the arrival of a lot of engineers and co-producers There were some good songs for sure, but the albums were not cohesive at all. With the die hard fans saying it's the band being experimental (No the songs were mediocre)Alan was the ultimate arranger for them. My love for the band started to fall at this point.
Yes. Alan deserves much more respect!
The Black celebration live version of this concert is incredible, it is clear Martin’s tracks are immortal in any form, even as covers… ps: and if you are curious, yes I love Alan too
Black Celebration is my favourite song of all time, including all artists and genres, and they absolutely massacred it in 2001. I was in tears at the concert of how fucking awful it was.
@@performanceattributi I thought so too, could not believe what i was hearing. Also Dave's voice, sad. But hey, millions of people think otherwise, but i am used to that happening a lot in my life, haha!
An Excellent album!!!
far from it
El hecho de que Gore requiriera ayuda externa para finalizar su composicion ya habla de lo mal que iba este album. Se estanco por meses, se saltaron la creacion de los demos, simplemente la creatividad ya no estaba ahi, la forzaron y eso se nota. Delta Machine salvó el papelon en 2013 y Spirit y Memento Mori han recompuesto el camino de alguna manera, sin llegar a ser magistrales como su etapa 1983-1997
Gerardo, muchas gracias por tus aportes (desde el primero de 1980, hasta el 2001).
Muchos amigos míos, han conocido mas a DM por tus links. Yo tengo todos estos en formato DVD en las ediciones deluxe, pero respecto a Playing The Angel, Sounds of the Universe, Delta Machine y Spirit, hay algo parecido?
Muchas, muchas gracias por tu iniciativa por subirlos a TH-cam
En TH-cam solo hay de Playing y del Best of además de estos, búscalos
Este disco es realmente único una joya exótica
Produced by my old school pal, Mark Bell, of LFO fame. May he rest in peace. ☹️
Top form producer, all his work bjork was also epic. RIP Mark Bell
Grandee amigooo esperamos mas de esto!
Exciter is one of my favourite DM albums, alongside with Some Great Reward, Music for the Masses, Songs of Faith and Devotion and Ultra. They should put the Exciter songs on their set lists again.
¿What is the song that starts playing at minute 28:03?
Easy Tiger
Curiously enough, Exciter is an album that needs to be heard with a distance. At the time of its release, it was my least favourite Depeche album, by quite some margin. I didn't like most of the songs, apart from Dream On and the Sweetest Condition. As the album (and myself, obviously) got older, my perception of it changed. By no means is it my favourite Depeche album now, it's not even in my top 5 Depeche albums, but it's a lot better than most people, including myself, gave it credit for.
Thanks!
Al fiiin!!!!
I AM YOU
A t t e m p e d . . .
Perfetta!
DEPECHE MODE No.1 /ever/
Love this!
Spoiler alert : depeche mode doesnt change a song in their setlist the entire tour
Despite the album has some terrific songs, only Freelove and When the Body Speaks has been performed some times after Exciter tour. So, the album has not stand the time. Unlike Ultra, which half of songs have been performed later tours a lot.
That Martin is one musical genius!
@28:30
Ya it doesnt feel like a classic DM albu. U got that right. Ita no where near as good as previous
Yep, and they've not written an anthemic chorus since the mid 90s.
Many great songs on this one. Freelove, Shine, The dead of night, Goodbye lovers, Dream on, When the body speaks, Comatose. Brilliant album although the sound is perhaps a bit ordinary at times compared to many of their other albums.
Starting 2001 I had just been out of a rough time in my professional/personal life so maybe I matched with the peaceful and bright mood I found in this album. Have you noticed there are no power snares-drums recorded in it? Was very funny to see in "A Night in Paris" a blooper when Dave move his arms towards Christian like asking to push some power starting "The Dead of Night" and Eigner's expression is like "Sorry Dave, wrong starting song to ask for it!" :-D I still love Freelove lyrics, the small interludes inserted are perfect, pictures in that pool are awesome and I love that picture inside that shows my country in the wall (México). I thought it was subliminal, but they didn't come.
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even this (in my opinion) "strange" album as a whole has its own vibe that I totally love. The weirder this album gets the better.
Where my zombies at!! :)
I love this album
Para el playing with the angel sacaron el final de la docuserie?????
Exciter may have been considered the red-haired stepchild of their discography on its time of release, but its not hard to see how it would've succeeded in the modern music era.
The production style and synth layers of Exciter remind me a lot of Jack Antonoff's works.
I can't believe they couldn't get Mark Bell for this documentary.. what an arse.. (yes I know he's passed away since..)
is there something like that coming for "PLAYING THE ANGEL" ??
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One of my favorite ones. Atmospheric, addicting, beautiful....along with Ultra that is much stronger, darker they two are just beautifully balanced. Listening to Ultra wakes up my senses, Exciter calms them. 2 beautiful albums. My favorites.
Despite the album has some terrific songs, only Freelove and When the Body Speaks has been performed some times after Exciter tour. So, the album has not stand the time. Unlike Ultra, which half of songs have been performed later tours a lot.
@@marguskiis7711 lmao you can't just say that so seriously...on tour they do 20~ (23 in MM) songs, they can't just perform all of their songs, and ofc their most popular ones are from other albums, not Exciter, but that doesn't mean Exciter didn't stand the test of time...
@@MoonwalkerKari Exciter is their least live performed album in their catalogue. Fact. Even the later albums songs are frequently taken to the lists of their later tours. But not Exciter's.
I'm a lifelong DM fan but I'm a bit of a cliche too in agreeing with many fans, post Wilder (Ultra being the exception) there's only glimpses of greatness. Most albums since then sound like a bunch of low quality B sides.
También haz una lista de reproducción con todos los documentales del 81-01 en orden para verlos en série
DM running on Fumes. This new stuff is not up to par. They still have a good back catalog of hit songs they can rely on in live shows. But the new material is not making it.
Es para mi el mejor álbum ...saludos desde Colombia .amigos
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@@GerardoAguirreNewWave mil gracias gerard..soy enfermo por d.m..
Shine is one of my favourites from Exciter.. Rip Mark
Wilder is the sound ..
Wilder doesn't exist without Martin's songs to work with
I dont get the hate for "The dead of Night", I absolutely love it. I love the horror stomp of it, the weird, zany noises, the outlandishness of it. Reminds me of shock rock, and me being a massive Metal fan, it utterly fits me. Equally great to me is the exciting beats and sounds of "I feel Loved". Unfortunately despite a couple of other lovely lush atmospheric songs like Freelove and When the Body Speaks, "Exciter"s overall bright but dull vibes feel flat. If people love it as a chilled out album, thats great. But its quite lifeless in many places and lacks real presence, 'cept for a few stand out songs.
The most ironically named album in history ??
I made my own version of this. Threw away the horrific Dead Of Night and I Feel Loved, and you’re left with a gently, sparkling thing. Late night DM. Intimate and fragile.
Those two tracks I got rid of, they’re so out of place. The last thing the delicate When The Body Speaks needs is Dead Of Night staggering in vomiting and flailing around like your worst drunken uncle at a family wedding. Same with IFL. Exciter works as a twinkly elektro album made up of lullabies and ballads.
One of their best albums.
Without Allan, the magic was gone
Totally disagree
I agree. No Wilder, no DM. I wonder if Wilder will return to the band? DM probably still have one more album in them and if Wilder is involved, Depeche Mode can regain their old glory and go out with a bang.
@@vinchauhun5534On the contrary, without Depeche there is no Wilder. The proof is that you spend time commenting on a video of a period that you don't like instead of supporting the successful (???) Recoil
Consolidated shirt!!
Exciter is really good album, but I feel it like "Porsche that rides 60 km/h". It is somehow "braked", I think that boys could afford to experiment much more with the sound. And also, it is first album with Martin songs that I really hate. One Caress, Home, Sweetest perfection, they are really good...and then come such a weak track like Breathe or Comatose...
Agree 100% Martin fell in love with his vibrato during this album, now it's like he can't sing without it. I do like Eternal for the post apocalyptic mood, and fail for the political statement. But songs like Breathe, Jezebel, Damaged People, the Child Inside etc. Are self-agrandizing shit. He's so good when he simplifies his voice and just feels what he wrote.
Speak and Spell through SOFAD are masterpieces, up there with Beatles, Zeppelin, Smiths. Ultra was really good, about half of the album was up to par. I feel every album since Exciter is a completely different band. I understand they have contributed an enormous gift to the world through their music and they are one of my favorite bands. I still hold out for hope that they'll bring Alan back for a final album. It would be like the Beatles getting back together.
"Porsche that rides 60 km/h". ON BLOODY POINT
Most accurate review of Exciter I've ever read!
However, the only track I love on this album is Comatose. It sounds like something straight off Some Great Reward, like It Doesn't Matter. No effin guitars or drums there
The dead of the night : thanks for never playing this song on any tour after.
They have played that on tour
otro gran album
Les faltta el mestro alan horrible album
@@ynveroton3874 cuando se fue Alan se me fue las ganas de segir escuchándolos es tan grande el qe tuvieron qe suplantarlo con muchos y músicos y algunos ingenieros de sonido más allá de eso el álbum después de ultra qe más nos gusta a mi y a mis amigos saludos
When depeche mode turned from an electronic band to a blues band with some keyboards . A pity
Yes. However, Never Let Me Down Again, Stories of Old, Personal Jesus and some others are blues songs too.
@@StefUllrichMusic also, songs i dont particularly like lol
@@rediscoveryrecords1348 Fair enough.
Me parece muy buen disco y lo único que no me gusta es el orden de las canciones, ahora si me preguntaran en que puesto lo pondría no estaría ni entre los mejores diez de Depeche.
"Struggling to find the singles from the album" - yes, because there's no bloody melodies!
No amount of sound engineering can replace Alan Wilder. The band know that and they are insecure about it and it shows. Ultra and Playing the Angel were the last true DM sounding albums, the rest is not. Exciter wasn't a bad album, despite what people say. When I first listen to it, I thought it was bad. Then after a couple of listens (after several months gap), it grew on me. Some songs are a bit weak like I Feel Loved. I don't like that song. But that's my taste. Others may like it! The album is still better the last one, that Spirit rubbish.
Sounds of the Universe is one of my favourite DM records. The atmosphere captured there is really cosmic at times.
It may be unfortunate that Ultra was among the better DM albums (some would put it top five). Had Exciter been the album that came out after SOFAD, DM might have invited Alan back.
@@Goryptor If you compare Sounds of the Universe to other albums, it is better than what was and is still being made today. It's well crafted and the songs are good. But compared to itself, it reminds of Speak and Spell. It's a polished Speak and Spell, but it's not what expect from DM. If I find a song difficult to listen to or I don't like a song, later on that song will grow on me. This did not happen with the albums after Playing the Angel. And thanks for commenting. :)
@@Kickingit06 I don't know if Alan would have come back. I came across an interview of him talking about DM, and he didn't seem too happy. He was discussing a few tracks about Playing the Angel and called them over-processed with no atmosphere. Maybe now that Fletch is no more there may be a chance. So far I haven't heard if Alan is back in the studio making new music. At first I didn't like Ultra, but now I like it. Definitely better than last three albums, Spirit included. Actually, Spirit has no spirit. It's dead as dead can be.
I haven't contemplated what you said and you make a great point. Thank you for sharing.
Muy bueno
This was the beginning of the not always great material point. Theres a few good songs. Just nothing like year’s passed. Playing The Angel was a nice “Up”, Delta Machine a serious disappointment (but a few great songs), Sounds of The Universe a decent record, and the worst was Spirit.
Delta machine is amazing. What are you honestly smoking
@@nathanquiring3003 most long term fans really find it pretty lackluster, even their least favorite. I think it lacks the layers and is dull, compared to most of their music. Obviously it has some brighter moments here and there.
But.. it is a personal opinion
One good song on spirit, So much love the rest sound nothing like Depeche Mode they're no longer an electronic band they just include a couple of songs in that style on each album to keep the old fans quiet.
@@MrChippiechappie WTR is their best song since TDR
@@TaraTheAndroid only good track on Spirit. It was never the case pre Exciter to say I only really liked a few songs on their records.
Vamos, no es el mejor disco de DM. Ni esta entre los 5 o 6 mejores. Quizá de los más débiles. Pero el mas débil de DM es una cumbre para otros grupos. Un disco agradable.
I appreciate the band trying to survive. Wish i could respect their choice of not including Alan Wilder in their Hall of Fame incpduction...he earned the inclusion. That was a classless move of an insecure band who makes alright music now..not bad but just cannot seem to reach the stèllar heights they haď befofe without effort.
Alan and Vince were both included but did not attend the online ceremony.
The last tour DM did that was any good as a whole..
Ofc last good tour, Dave was full of energy, Martin too and the setlist... Halo,Waiting for the night and Clean, something different instead of Policy of truth,World in my eyes...
@@pretuff ofc what tour is that..so you've been to every tour since speak and spell over 40 years 14 tours then you know what your talking about 😊..personally sofad crystal palace was my favourite in 93
@@colinheaton6934 I thought that the 2017 gig in London was terrific - amazed that they can still produce a performance like that after all these years and a shame that it was never recored for a live DVD.
@@orac101 it was amazing but not in the same league as 20 years previous unfortunately..The DM machine is huge now but imagine the albums coming out now 85 to 95...wow now that would be unbelievable
Saw them for the first time in 2016. Its the coolest thing I've ever done
De este disco en adelante, el sonido Depeche mode es casi no cambia, son melodias repetitivas, se extraña el sonido diferente que los caracterizo
Comatose..
Post Alan Wilder, DM in the main, have produced allot of rubbish ... Ultra been the only exception!
so why don't you call it post Ultra?
Totally agree. Alan was the glue and they know it.
Nope
Correct!!!
Ultra has been Depeche Mode's last great album so far.
Al ya no estar ALAN WILDER hablaron de MARTÍN GORE y sus letras, MARTÍN COMIÓ, MARTIN SE AGACHÓ, MARTÍN MARTÍN MARTIN... pero para nada que es un gran álbum DEPECHE MODE se acabó cuando se fue ALAN
no sabes nada amigo, asi que mejor shhhh :)
Alan se acabó sin Depeche, ni sus defensores gustan de Recoil
Recoil no es equivalente a dm, son muy diferentes, siempre cometen ese error
Que disco para mas malo, sin embargo esta en mi colección de CDs de dM. Alan le daba el sonido al grupo.
Rest in Peace Mark Bell🎹🎧💫😵😔🙏✋✌
No. He produced a bad album with exciter.
Todos estos discos desde Songs of F&D son horribles, muy difíciles de escuchar enteros, casi un martirio.
Woah, that concert at around the 20 min mark is awful, Black Celebration? Seriously? Also Dave's singing is not what it was before. I had lost interest back in the day after Violator, up till then they were my everything. So i say all of that with hindsight, must have been around 2007 or so when i started to listen to them again occasionally. I liked Free Love when i saw the video on MTV, but the magic sure was gone, again, partly due to myself.
Then the cover? Phallic? That is sth i would never, ever associate with that plant. Also, the weakest cover since Singles 81-85, haha. Terrible. Then of course the choice of Eigner, double bass drum rock drummer with zero ....well, i guess not zero but you all know what i mean and feel the exact same as i do, so.....
That just leaves the admiration of Dave Gahan as a front man. Seriously, i mean their whole look back in the day was so perfect, a band, a true band, a gang, perfection. But him alone, besides his phenomenal voice, his stature, his dress code, his dancing, his feel, his .....one sexy mother and pair him with the likes of Martin Gore and Alan Wilder, how lucky these 4 men are and were. Fantastic team around them and voilà , you got a band! But nobody would have held it against them, had they called it quits after Ultra, right?
Dare una opinión sumamente impopular, pero para mí exciter es el mejor álbum post Wilder.
IMO this is one of their weaker albums - I think Mark Bell's production is perfect for Bjork but not suitable for Depeche. It doesn't help that Martin was completely uninspired and Dave wasnt allowed to contribute songs yet. It's in that lower tier for me with stuff like "Sounds of the Universe" and "Construction Time Again"
They did great things but Exciter is pure shit, I read comments from tweens but it remains a great crap.
Entre éste y delta machine, no sé cuál está más feo.
Disco de muy baja calidad para ser DM.
Horribles y al terminar cada disco era un descanso. Agobiantes.
El Delta Machine es un poco mejor con el tiempo pude apreciarlo más pero sigue sin ser un disco grandioso
Delta Machine se traga vivo a este sin llegar a ser magistral, es absurda la comparativa.
Terrible album. Without Alan Wilder, there is no Depeche Mode.
So true, the folk in this video are deluded bigging this album up...
Oh come on, it has 1 and a half semi descent songs :-)
Les faltaba el maestro alan
th-cam.com/video/fFkNgUSEmGw/w-d-xo.html watch this as regards why AW left
Ultra is the best album of all time and SOFAD is just as bad as Exciter.
La verdad es el álbum más flojo Depeche Mode junto al Construction...y no es malo pero si algunas de las canciones dejan mucho que desear y escucharlo todo resulta aburrido I Feel Loved se siente muy fuera de lugar es una canción dance pop que fácilmente podría cantarla Madonna pero Freelove me parece una de sus mejores canciones incluso mejor que Dream On pero siento que en el vídeo si lo están sobrevalorando
Sorry, but it was a boring album...
No, it is not boring. It offers a lot of different ideas. Best example: "I Am You".
Cómo Fanático de DM hace 30 años creo que tengo el permiso para decir que este es el peor álbum de DM
Nada. Es un excelente disco. Se separaron de la era oscura, de Wilder, pero... (tomando en cuenta que Wilder uso una base de I am You en su mezcla de In Chains del 2011)... Podria concluir que el disco Exciter con Wilder tendría un toque más... Exciter. Más delicado y relax, digamos. Pero no es el peor disco.
Ahora, Delta Machine... no.
"Dream On" must be one of the lamest singles ever made by Depeche. I dont know what it is but I never liked the song.
Its kind of like "Weres The Revolution" from the last record.
Its unbelieving how they choose that as the first single on that album.
Good that tastes are different. I think it is one of the best singles they ever released. And it perfectly sums up what is amazing and awesome about Exciter.
@@everpuremusic I think there are much better songs on the Exciter abum. They could have chosen "Dead Of Night" as a single instead.
That songs got an amazingly heavy chorus. Really striking.
Where's the revolution is one of the 10 best songs from the last decade
@@everpuremusic "Dream On" and "Wrong" are their best singles post-Ultra.
@@grimlund "The Dead of Night" is just too much noise. Very annoying song.
The album where dave gahan started to ruin depeche mode by being too involved with the songs.
Miss alan
The only good thing about this album is Mark Bell from LFO.
Exciter -- good songs but weak production.
Este disco es malo de solemnidad. El peor disco de DM.
Soy un fan que tiene a DM como el soundtrack de su vida y este disco es el que menos me gusta aunque no lo considero malo por sus temas, es la producción lo que me parece desacertada. Para disco malo tienes Spirits.
El peor disco es Speak and Spell y con diferencia. Una bazofia de pop masticable y pegajoso, del calibre de los que hace Vince Clarke. Solo le salva Photographic. Por suerte, se marchó tras ese disco, de lo contrario Depeche no hubiera continuado existiendo.
@@jordilopez8375 Tora Tora, Wish I Was Dead y Photographic lo salvan, y con todo eso sobrepasa con creces a la bazofia de procesion que es Exciter.
Whichever way you look at it, DM are not DM without AW.. Sorry but they just aren't.
Que album tan mas malo, lento sin una dirección, falto de calidad, pero bueno es dm se le perdona
This album is pretty much trash except for 2 or 3 songs. I stopped going to Depeche Mode concerts after the Ultra tour. I still can't believe they opened those shows with the laborious Dead of Night. I remember feeling like they sucked the energy out of the venue with that one. It felt like it took forever for the shows to feel exciting after that lethargic opener.
I'm a huge fan, but, in my opinion, Exciter is one of worst DM albuns. Totally no criativity and inspiration.
Lol,ok
It's dreadful.
Wish America tour got Fad Gadget.
Instead we got another cringe worth band from Fletch.
We went from The The and OmD and stabbing westward to john.mary and paul and other shit bands
OMD supported them before your voice dropped, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
We had Fad Gadget at Wembley Arena. Sadly he passed away not long after if I remember well.
I feel loved = worst depeche mode single
"Where's The Revolution"? Hello?
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