Every one of those tracks you've listed is an undeniable classic. I agonised whether to include 'Mercy in You'. I'm surprised they stopped playing it live after the SOFAD tour ended in 1995.
Thanks for watching. I left 'Halo' off the list on a technicality - Anton Corbijn made a video for it. Does that mean it was a single? You like your b-sides, don't you? Ha-ha.
Obviously, you prefer songs with a very dark tone. My personal top 7 of album-only-tracks is: 1. Here Is the House 2. The Things You Said 3. Higher Love 4. The Sun and the Rainfall 5. I Am You 6. Icemachine 7. Shine
Amazing top ! ... To me, it would be so difficult to choose only 7 tracks... lol... I could also add at least Lie To Me (Some Great Reward) - Judas (SOFAD) - Blue Dress and Waiting Fot The Night (Violator).... Well... i stop here... too many great tracls :).
Great list. Hate to admit, this band passed me by for years, and Ive only recently discovered them. My top 3 so far are, 3 Dethroned Emperor 2 Circle Of The Tyrants 1 I Wont Dance
The first album I head was the 1987 masterpiece, Into the Pandemonium. This record changed my life! Morbid Tales (1984) is an album that I overlooked in my teens because the guitar work was too basic. Now I see that it's a proto-sludge metal album that influenced death metal, and I love it.
Amazing list and reasons! You listed so many personal favorites of mine in this list with “Clean” being in my top 10 most favorite DM songs. Thank you!
All good choices. 'It's Called a Heart' is a song that Alan Wilder hated, and Martin Gore it not too keen on it, but it's a decent single. However, the challenge in this video was to identify the best non-singles, and DM have the best singles collection in the world.
Before I even watched this, I hoped your number one choice (no spoiler here), would be on here. That's my most over played album. I'm a true devotee, who lives 20 minutes from their original home town in England. Great video 👍
Yes, Black Celebration is a true classic. I'm pleased you enjoyed the video. Music for the Masses is also a record that deserves the highest praise. Look out for our next video that examines the Top 7 Album Tracks by The Cure.
This was the song that first introduced me to the idea that you can have a heavy guitar album dominated by the personality, charisma, and technical ability of the vocalist. The contemporary prog metal band, Periphery, are the only band that come close, where you can say, "Wow! This music is heavy as fuck, but the vocals are even better than the guitars and groove of the drums."
I can see why it didn't make the cut for Violator. It feels unfinished to me. Depeche Mode's b-sides are quite weak in my opinion compared to, say, The Cure or even the Pet Shop Boys.
@@screamblastrepeat1559 Interesting, because I feel all of Violator's B-sides are excellent and are better than other albums filler. Here in LA we heard Dangerous on the radio quite often at the time of release of Personal Jesus. To each their own though ..
Yes, this was a definite contender. I went for 'Stories of Old' because it seems to be forgotten in the DM back catalogue, even more so than 'Lie to Me' from 1984. 'Two Minute Warning' was another track that nearly made it to the honourable mentions list. And then there is 'Lillian' from Playing the Angel and even 'Don't Say You Love Me' from the new album...
Fascinating analysis. Excellent choices. Personally, I think Delta Machine (2013) is front-loaded with good album tracks, incl. Welcome to My World, Angel, Secret to the End, though those mid-80s/mid-90s albums are chock full of below-the-surface standouts.
Good analysis, good songs selections. I have, of course, a slightly different point of view. I think, it's because of some personal changes in the group. I see the band as a person, as a human being - as it groove up, turn into adult..... • naive Youth (Speak and Spell), • first disappointment (Vince leaves the band, A Broken Frame), • renewal, healing life from disappointments (Alan joins the band for full-time, Construction Time Again), • first victories, first succsesses in life (Some Great Reward) • time for adults, more seriousness, more responsibility, cleberness (Black Celebration, Music For The Masses, Violator, Songs Of Faith And Devotion), • closing one wonderful, beautiful part of life (Alan leaves the band, Ultra), • the beginnig of a new life stage, maturity, slowly turnig into a inevitable end (from 2001 till today) - to tell the truth, I don't like this part very much, as if something is missing here... here is my list of songs: 1) The Sun & The Rain Fall: very soothing, very mysterious. I love its atmosphere (it's the same with My Secret Garden) 2) Blasphemous Rumors: very strong composition, musically and lyrically as well 3) A Question Of Time: a very personal song for me. My father drew my attention to it, and it can be said that I fell in love with Depeche right through it 4) Policy Of Truth: as a teenager, I was impatiently waiting for its clip on TV. From that time I have it under my skin 5) It Doesn't MatterTwo: first love, no debate (also World Full Of Nothing) 6) Home: this song connects me with fate: anything can happen to you, but your fate will lead you home 7) Never Let Me Down Again: the most depeche song. If I had to present a DM to an alien, it would be this song 😊
Wonderful choice of seven, sir. That's what makes this so enjoyable. I wouldn't even dare to list the top 7 DM singles. That's impossible. @@martinbusnyak8938
Heck Yeah, early Kings X rocks!!! Thumbs up for recognizing them. Saw them twice at The Ritz in Roseville, MI. Always appreciated Doug's sound and tone he got out his voice and bass.
Lovely channel, I am watching all your videos from start to finish! Did you check out the Medieval Death LP + DVD and the Mordicus “Rights ‘n Trials” LP! What is your opinion on these two 2023 releases?
Thank you for the kind words. These two records did not come our way. You're welcome to review them retrospectively for our website if you think they are essential albums. Email kirkhoughton11@gmail.com if you're interested.
Great list, I love it! I will check them all. I don't agree with the AHAB record, not because it isn't great (top 3 for me of 2023), but I don't think it's sufficiently experimental as to call it avant-garde. Anyway, just discovered you guys with this video, following you now!
Yes, what you're saying makes sense. The post-metal angle and Radiohead influences give it an extra dimension beyond the funeral doom genre. Admittedly, no other publication has called Ahab's music avant-garde doom.
Surprised by the number one Dawn of Ouroboros..Doesnt sound prog metal at all. More extreme metal or black metal. That voice is really difficult to listen to for any amount of time.
I can see what you mean. But this album is too luscious for black metal, and the guitarists play some drop-tuned prog riffs among the maelstrom of noise.
Good news. There is only one more list to make for 2023. That will be the Scream Blast Repeat Top 50 Albums of 2023, which we will publish on 31 December.
Interesting list. I'd have had dhg as no.1. Still can't stand Liturgy, though. (On a technical note, please please get a decent microphone - the current sound is tinny).
Im really surprised there's no Mention of a lot of Prog albums I personally have on my top 10. Althogh admmitedly, most of them are not TRUE Prog, I think Prog often finds itself shinning the most when it is just an ingredient nowadays Worm/Dream Unending - Starpath Krallice - Porous Resonance Abyss TDK - Nemesta Fleshvessel - Yearning: Promethean Fates Sealed King Gizzard has 2 really good albums this year with heavy prog infusions Afterbirth - In but nof Of (More avant-Garde than Prog admitedly) Ok Goodnight - The Fox and the Bird Lampr3a - Esnse Void Ceremony - Threads of Unknowing These are the prog albums I gave an 8 or more this tear in no particular order. There were some surprises, a few of these are Debut or Sophomore albums, and I personally found them way more interesting and/or entertaining than all the traditional prog albums.
Agree....I would say VERY good to almost great. Friend or Foe has that cool 80's vibe that just takes me back to that Era. But again...the subjectivity of prog rock vs prog metal. They have metallic elements, but lean more toward rock. Id.Entity would be in my top 10 best albums of 2023 regardless of genre specificity.
I have Ne Oblvisicaris, Haken, and Tesseract from this list. And recently discovered Temic, so would have Terror Management Theory in my honorable mentions to be sure. I think a glaring omission here is Scar Symmetry "The Singularity Phase II". And also "I am the Storm" by Redemption. Finally.....depending on subjective genre qualifications....Angra's "Cycles of Pain" is a tremendous album.
