A Broken Frame

DEPECHE MODE Released 2nd LP ‘A BROKEN FRAME’ 40 Years Ago Today

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Back in time

27 September 2022

Band: DEPECHE MODE
Who: British heroes who went from synth-pop
to darkwave bombast over the years.
Active: Since 1980 – 14 studio LPs (so far)

Anniversary LP: A BROKEN FRAME
Released: 27 September 1982 – 40 years ago today

Artwork: It depicts a woman cutting grain in an East Anglian‘s field in the UK.
It was taken by Brian Griffin (who also did the artwork for their debut Speak & Spell)
using a mixture of natural and artificial lighting. Griffin cited as inspirations the socialist realism of Soviet Russia, especially the work of Russian painter Kazimir Malevitsj, and German Romanticism.

AllMusic/Ned Raggett: “A notably more ambitious effort than the pure pop/disco of the band’s debut… Gore’s lyrics sometimes veer on the facile, but David Gahan’s singing comes more clearly to the fore throughout — things aren’t all there yet, but they were definitely starting to get close.” Score: 3/5.

Singles/clips: Leave In Silence / See You

– LEAVE IN SILENCE –

– SEE YOU –

Stream full album via Spotify

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Amazing Artwork! DEPECHE MODE 40 Years Ago

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For your eyes only

Band: DEPECHE MODE (Basildon, Essex, UK)
Album: A BROKEN FRAME
Their 2nd, turning 40 this year (27 September)

Artwork: The photo is taken by Brian Griffin (who also did the artwork
for the band’s debut album Speak and Spell). It’s a picture of a woman cutting
grain in an East Anglian field, in Cambridgeshire (UK). Griffin mixed natural
and artificial lighting. He named social realism of Russia, especially the work
of Kazimir Malevitsj and German Romanticism as his inspiration for this image.

Key single…

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