Memento Mori

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First we will analyze each edition in detail (technical and qualitative analysis), then we will compare the successive editions with their dynamics and assign a final score, and you will be able to listen some samples. All that said, Matt Colton (pictured above) deserves some kudos for doing an exemplary job at smoothing out those crispy/crunchy streaming edges for the Memento Mori vinyl, which instead sounds full and bright without that annoying, clipped brickwall sort of sonic sensation. In addition, in conjunction with Live Nation's Green Nation team, Depeche Mode and Hublot will also support programs on tour and at the venues focusing on limiting use of single-use plastics, improved recycling, food and other waste reduction, and other sustainability-related initiatives.

With a DR4, we are very low in dynamics and far from the quality we could expect from a band from the 80s.Memento Mori is Depeche Mode's 15th studio album and its first as a two-piece lineup of Dave Gahan and Martin Gore, following co-founder Andrew “Fletch” Fletcher’s tragic passing in 2022.

Before we get into the meaty beaty big and bouncy manifesto that is Memento Mori, here are some of the key album pressing stats we’ve ascertained thus far. According to Depeche Mode: "Anton Corbijn's photography and art direction have played an indispensable part in the evolution of the Depeche Mode aesthetic. And if you have been following my reviews here, there, and everywhere, you know I tend to love it when artists make musical references to past works without stealing the entire concept (like numerous sampling artists might do).Language - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.

Since neither the liner notes nor the official press release specifies these details, I employed a little bit of record-collector sleuthing knowledge to find the name of the disc-mastering engineer — and I found it to be none other than Matt Colton at Metropolis in London. My only complaint — not unique to Depeche Mode, I must note — is related to using the fourth side for a laser-etched graphic element, which I think is a wasted effort. Produced by James Ford, with additional production work by Marta Salogni, 'Memento Mori''s gestation took place during the early stages of the COVID pandemic, resulting in themes inspired directly by that period. To wit: Depeche Mode have placed 54 songs in the UK Singles Chart and 17 albums in the UK Top 10 to date, and they’ve sold more than 100 million records worldwide. Bottom line — the wonderful listening vibes Memento Mori evokes, and what they in turn inspire in listeners like me, are all very good things indeed.Strange/Strange Too will be released through SME worldwide, excluding USA, Canada and Mexico (where the title will be released through Warner Music Group). Previously available as individual titles in VHS and Laserdisc formats (now out-of-print and highly collectible), Strange (1988) and Strange Too (1990) are compilations of the provocative and visionary short films lensed by master photographer/director Anton Corbijn, in collaboration with Depeche Mode, to create a new visual iconography for the band and their music.

Produced by James Ford, with additional production work by Marta Salogni, Memento Mori's gestation took place during the early stages of the Covid pandemic, resulting in themes inspired directly by that period. Certain items can take longer to source than the estimated week, particularly during busy trading periods and may take longer to arrive at our warehouse. This, of course, revisits the earlier question for some of you fellow audiophiles as to whether you need to own a 180g 2LP set that includes 8-bit-flavored drum machine sounds. Memento Mori' is Depeche Mode's 15th studio album and its first as a two-piece lineup of Dave Gahan and Martin Gore, following co-founder Andrew 'Fletch' Fletcher's tragic passing in 2022.

Si, para los que amamos a esta banda, podemos decir que después de más de 40 años de carrera, y que sigan a este nivel es para estar de enhorabuena, de lo mejor que se puede escuchar de ellos desde Ultra, las melodías se nota que están muy bien trabajadas, un disco como concepto muy completo y repleto de canciones que nos hacen ser optimistas de cara al futuro, cuando parecía más cerca su ruptura total. As a reminder, the scale goes from 0 to more 20, but the dynamics are considered good from 12, quite good between 10 and 11, and deteriorate below 10. Like the band’s last album that I seriously got into, March 2013’s Delta Machine, Memento Mori is actually a very good record. The band's progression in their latest years have heard them move into darker, peakier, sadder and more industrial themes, as they make do with a future-present that wasn't promised to them in the 80s, while drawing on deathly topoi and nodding to Ingmar Bergman. Meanwhile, Side 3’s “Always You” grabbed me for very personal reasons, as the simple-but-ominous repetitive two-chord changes remind me of a similarly somber-yet-forward-looking song I wrote many years ago as part of a song-cycle tribute to my late partner.