ANDY JONES
Over time, Depeche Mode might well be judged as being as important as The Beatles, or even the electronic Rolling Stones. However, whereas The Stones arguably stopped making great albums mere years into their history, the Mode made many well into theirs… and the best of all is Violator. This was the band’s Revolver, a peak of creativity that introduced their trademark synth tones to the world of rock music. So with six varied albums already released in the 1980s, what were Depeche to do as the decade closed? Why, they’d simply go and record their best album to date.