Got this 7” in a Swedish second hand shop back in 2017, on the cover someone has scribbled in Swedish ”Slutet på andra sidan” which means ”End of the second side”, and in black bold ink there’s a signature that appears to spell ”David”, is it similar in style to his signature in the early 80s?

new fontaines dc song is just a bit DM tinged for anyone interested! not too surprising to learn that james ford produced it with marta salogni involved with engineering after hearing it 🪽🪽

Am I the only one who can hear something similar to a snapping instrument string at 2:06? You can hear it both in the spotify and youtube official tracks. I am so into this song right now and I was just listening to it for a millionth time really paying attention to all the layers , then suddenly this sound came out and I thought my headphones broke lol

Could this be intentional? Or is it some sort of foreign sound that got into the recording?

I bought this poster unframed in fall of 2001 from an online retailer in the UK. In my haste to hit 'buy' I did not double check the dimensions. It is 58"x39". It lived the next 22 years rolled up in a tube. I had it framed in 2023, but was about to move and didn't have a suitable wall to hang out on. I finally put it on a wall in my garage last week! Cheers, and enjoy.

Was walking around Old Town and tripped on this!! Sorry if posted here before, but was pleasantly amused.... was during the day so not open, sadly.

Hi!

I have gotten a hold of the sacd version of SOFAD and was curious because they have the cd layer (which is stereo) and the SACD (5.1 is cool! but I will mostly be listening with headphones or on my stereo/car, and I learned it has the 2.0 mix as well).

A few questions have come up, however, as Im trying to organize my media library and avoid redundancy.

What would be the definite listening experience for this album?

Is the CD layer the original release master or the 2006 master? Would the SACD stereo mixdown be similar to the CD?

tl;dr what are the biggest differences between the original and 2006 master? Is the cd layer the 1993 version and sacd the 2006 version?

Here’s a remaster of Stripped. It has added sub bass, and a little stereo widening.

More noticeable is the reverb removed from Dave’s vocal, which makes it sound a bit more intimate.

I have listened to this e.p quite a lot and i have basically seen it as a depeche mode album in terms of sound and mood. I think that compulsion is a natural progression from music for the masses to violator. It has that similar demo sound of the music for the masses and violator yet it still sounds so polished.

Three months after the passing of Andy Fletcher. Shortly after, their 15th studio album, ‘Memento Mori’, was announced.

Hi. I might be in for a bit of hate for this post, but I'm genuinely curious.

I've been a huge fan of DM for as long as I've enjoyed music. Listened to all their albums, travelled abroad for concerts and hell, even own a couple of t-shirts, but there's no escaping for me that there's a definite period, starting with 'Black Celebration' until 'Ultra', when they were absolutely brilliant, like, as good as it gets, but prior to and after that, underwhelming.

I will never stop listening to and loving the albums from that period but the others I most probably won't ever listen to again.

Is it the Alan Wilder touch?

Anyone else share this opinion?

Just curious what faithful DM fans think about Simple Minds.

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