They were considerably darker on this album than most of their others and i think that is best. While most people didn't know this album even happened, it was forced upon me by a great friend, and I'm happy that happened :)
I wonder if these hairstyles will come back into fashion?
While Depeche Mode's more happy songs are also good for different reasons, i really feel as though they found their true calling in the more morose musical mixes that began to take hold during this album and remains to this day.
Released a mere 3 years before their breakthrough album "Violator," "Music for the Masses" did reasonably well in the USA with a million units sold. It did quite well in Europe, reaching number 10 on the U.K. charts and number 1 in Spain (it reached number 44 in Poland.) how do you feel about grapefruit? I don't care for it unless it is the pink ones.
This is some of their best work, particularly the songs "Little 15", "Behind the Wheel", and "Sacred."
Here's a taste
some of the other videos are a bit creepy as they seem to be stalking hot ladies in "Strangelove" and of course "Little 15" can easily be interpreted to mean something very inappropriate.
See if you like it... This was one of the most influential albums of my childhood and I have fond memories