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Revision as of 20:23, 25 March 2017

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Spirit is the fourteenth studio album by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 17 March 2017 through Columbia Records. It was preceded by the single Where's the Revolution. Spirit is the band's second album released under Columbia. Depeche Mode recorded it with new producer James Ford.

Spirit generally received positive reviews from critics upon release.

Background and promotion

On 11 October 2016, the band announced on its website that it would embark on the Global Spirit Tour to support the album. The Summer 2017 European stadium tour will begin in Stockholm on 5 May 2017 and end in Cluj-Napoca, Romania on 23 July.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Financial Times[4]
The Guardian[5]
The Independent[6]
Mojo[7]
The Observer[8]
Paste5.3/10[9]
Pitchfork6.8/10[10]
Q[11]
Rolling Stone[12]

Spirit generally received positive reviews from critics upon release.[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Martin Gore, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Going Backwards" 5:43
2."Where's the Revolution" 4:59
3."The Worst Crime" 3:48
4."Scum" 3:14
5."You Move"
3:50
6."Cover Me"
4:52
7."Eternal" 2:25
8."Poison Heart"
  • Gahan
  • Gordeno
  • Eigner
3:17
9."So Much Love" 4:29
10."Poorman" 4:26
11."No More (This Is the Last Time)"
3:13
12."Fail" 5:07
Total length:49:23
Deluxe edition bonus disc[13]
No.TitleLength
1."Cover Me" (Alt Out)4:27
2."Scum" (Frenetic Mix)5:26
3."Poison Heart" (Tripped Mix)4:16
4."Fail" (Cinematic Cut)5:38
5."So Much Love" (Machine Mix)7:20
Total length:27:07

Personnel

Depeche Mode

Additional musicians, production and engineering

  • James Ford – production, mixing, drums (all tracks, except "Eternal"), pedal steel guitar on "Cover Me"
  • Matrixxman – programming
  • Kurt Uenala – programming, electric bass on "Poison Heart" and "No More (This is the Last Time)"
  • Jimmy Robertson – engineering, mix engineering
  • Connor Long – assistant engineer
  • Óscar Muñoz – assistant engineer
  • David Schaeman – assistant engineer
  • Brendan Morawski – assistant engineer, mix assistant
  • Brian Lucey – mastering
  • Daniel Miller – A&R
  • Jonathan Kessler – management

Artwork

  • Anton Corbijn – cover, all visuals and art-direction
  • Design by Anton Corbijn with SMEL (Amsterdam)

Charts

Chart (2017) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 14
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16] 1
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[17] 3
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[18] 4
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] 1
Irish Albums (IRMA)[20] 3
Italian Albums (FIMI)[21] 1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[22] 32
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[23] 7
Scottish Albums (OCC)[24] 3
Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI)[25] 3
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[26] 3
UK Albums (OCC)[27] 5

See also

References

  1. ^ "Depeche Mode". Depeche Mode. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Critic Reviews for Spirit by Depeche Mode". Metacritic. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  3. ^ Yeung, Neil D. (17 March 2017). "Spirit - Depeche Mode : Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  4. ^ Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (17 March 2017). "Depeche Mode: Spirit review – stripped back, amped up and angry". Financial Times. Retrieved 20 March 2017. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ Petridis, Alexis (16 March 2017). "Depeche Mode: Spirit review – stripped back, amped up and angry". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  6. ^ Gill, Andy (22 March 2017). "Depeche Mode: Spirit review". The Independent. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  7. ^ Doyle, Tom (April 2017). "Review: Spirit". Mojo. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  8. ^ Empire, Kitty (19 March 2017). "Angry after all these years [Review: Spirit]". The Observer. Retrieved 19 March 2017. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ Hayden, Mack (20 March 2017). "Depeche Mode Spirit album review". Paste. Retrieved 20 March 2017. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (18 March 2017). "Depeche Mode Spirit album review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 March 2017. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ Segal, Victoria (April 2017). "Electric Warriors [album review]". Q. p. 98. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  12. ^ Grow, Kory (16 March 2017). "Review: Depeche Mode Back In 'Violator' Mode on 14th LP 'Spirit'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Depeche Mode". Depeche Mode. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  14. ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  15. ^ "Ultratop.be – Depeche Mode – Spirit" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  16. ^ "Ultratop.be – Depeche Mode – Spirit" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  17. ^ "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 11.Týden 2017 on the field besides the words "CZ – ALBUMS – TOP 100" to retrieve the correct chart. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  18. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Depeche Mode – Spirit" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  19. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Depeche Mode – Spirit" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  20. ^ "Irish Albums Chart". IRMA. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  21. ^ "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 12 (dal 2017-03-17 al 2017-03-23)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  22. ^ "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  23. ^ "VG-lista – Topp 40 Album uke 12, 2017". VG-lista. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  24. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  25. ^ "SK - ALBUMS - TOP 100". ČNS IFPI. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  26. ^ "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 25 March 2017. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
  27. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
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