Violator (album)

Occupation

• Vocals: Dave Gahan
• Keyboard, guitar, vocals, bass: Martin L. Gore
• Keyboard, Drums: Alan Wilder
• Keyboard: Andrew Fletcher

Studios

• Logic ( Milan )
• Puk (Denmark)
• The Church & Master Skirt, London ( England)
• Axis, New York ( USA)

Violator (English for " intruder " ) is the seventh studio album by the British synthpop band Depeche Mode. It appeared in 1990 and with over 15 million units sold worldwide to date the best-selling album of the band. In the published by Rolling Stone magazine in 2003 " list of the 500 best albums of all time " is out on place 342.

On the album followed the global World Violation Tour. Since this Personal Jesus and Enjoy the Silence were always part of the live concerts from Depeche Mode.

Music style

With the album, the band installed unverfremdete acoustic guitars in their songs began. So surprised the first single Personal Jesus by the rocking guitar game. The song was later covered by Johnny Cash, Marilyn Manson, Placebo and more recently by Nina Hagen. The song was also the most successful 12 " single in the history of Warner Bros. Music Group. Similarly shaped by guitar is the very successful single Enjoy the Silence, the most famous song of the band.

Title list

The texts were written by Martin Gore, who took over the vocals even when the songs Sweetest Perfection and Blue Dress. All other titles have been, as usual, sung by Dave Gahan. The album contains two Interludes: Interlude # 2 - Crucified by Enjoy the Silence and Interlude # 3 by Blue Dress (Interlude # 1 is located on Music for the Masses, Interlude # 4 on Songs of Faith and Devotion ). In the Crucified heavily distorted voice of Andy Fletcher is heard, which expresses precisely this word.

Setlist of the World Violation Tour 1990

• I Want You Now
• Here is the House
• Little 15

• World Full of Nothing
• Sweetest Perfection
• Blue Dress

The song Route 66 included a cover of Bobby Troup and as a B- side on the single Behind the Wheel.

Republication

On 31 March 2006 Violator was re-released as SACD and DVD. The new edition contains the previous album tracks in multi-channel sound and the documentation Depeche Mode 1989-91: " If you wanna use guitars, use guitars" also the following bonus tracks:

• Dangerous
• Memphisto
• Sibeling
• Kaleid
• Happiest Girl ( Jack Mix)
• Sea of ​​Sin ( Tonal Mix)