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Written by KZYR
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Tuesday, 03 February 2009 |
Depeche Mode has revealed the track list for its 12th album,
"Sounds of the Universe," which is due April 21 from EMI. First
single "Wrong" will be available March 9.
As previously reported, "Universe" is led by the three-minute,
hard-edged single "Wrong," which keyboardist Andy Fletcher told
Billboard.com was an antidote to "bubble-gum pop" inappropriate
"for where we are in society at this moment."
Frontman David Gahan spells primary songwriter Martin Gore on
tracks like "Hole to Feed," based on a Bo Diddley beat, while Gore
takes the mic on the ballad "Jezebel." Other songs include the
midtempo stomper "Peace" and the rhythm-driven "Fragile
Tension."
Fletcher says Gore was writing at an unusually prolific pace once
the band finished touring in support of 2005's "Playing the Angel."
"Martin generally doesn't write songs in the studio. He used to
write songs in the gaps between, but this time he spent a whole
year writing," Fletcher says. "It's quite amazing, really. He was
ringing me every month saying, 'I've got another tune!'"
Depeche Mode begins an international stadium tour May 10 in Tel
Aviv; North American dates are taking shape for August and
September.
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