Then it all goes cod reggae on ‘Satellite’ and everyone looks awkward. By the time we get to ‘Monument’, they’re inventing techno just like Derrick May always said.
The only plausible reaction to opener ‘Leave In Silence’ is ‘Good Christ, what have we here?” as it throbs and whumps into DM’s new dark heart. ‘A Broken Frame’ (1982) It could’ve all gone tits-up when Vince Clarke left after their debut album, but Depeche Mode came out fighting.
