1) Which song would you lose from the album?
2) Which song is the most radical on the album (he's using the vinyls as masters; I'll use the complete CDs with the bonus tracks, i.e. B-sides as the masters myself; although they won't be eligible for answering in #1)
3) Which song have you listened to the most?
4) What is your favorite song on the album at the moment?
5) How would you rate the album overall?
A Broken Frame, of course, the second album, but the first penned by Martin Gore. Because of it, it doesn't sound like Speak & Spell; it's a much moodier, darker album--although not nearly as dark as Depeche Mode later got. There were, however, two tracks that were obviously meant to sound like Vince Clark; Meaning of Love and A Photograph of You. Which are both good songs, but which don't fit the rest of the album very well. And while moody, the mood isn't nearly as dark as it was going to be in a couple more years.
Anyway, to answer the specific questions:
1) Satellite. Without question. This song is so weird and I just can't stand listening to it, quite frankly. It's not even successful in an experimental way, it's just very strange and unlikable and difficult to listen to.
2) I think I'll pick Leave In Silence. It's maybe not quite as musically radical as Monument or Shouldn't Have Done That, but it is pretty radical for a single, and it really didn't sound like anything else on the radio at the time. In fact, releasing it was an extremely bold move at the time, because who would have thought that the band that released Just Can't Get Enough and New Life would lead off a sophomore album.
3) The Sun and the Rainfall is the song I listen to the most. It's truly beautiful, and I've tried to round up every bootleg variant of it that I could. It also seems to really be a fan favorite too; one of those kind of cult classics.
4) The Sun and the Rainfall is also my favorite track. It really is great.
5) Seven out of ten. Very different than Speak & Spell, but of similar quality. It's fun to see the seeds of the darker Depeche Mode already starting to pop up too.
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