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Depeche Mode - Sound Of The Universe
Dopo il timido annuncio sul loro sito di ormai 16 mesi fa, e la divertente conferenza stampa Berlinese di ottobre, dove venne presentato anche il Tour Mondiale, con un assaggio di “Wrong" e "Peace” primo e presumibilmente secondo singolo, esce il dodicesimo Studio Album dei Depeche Mode, “Sound of Universe“. Unica Band i DM (oltre agli U2) superstite di uno dei decenni più carismatici ed intriganti che la musica possa aver avuto, i mitici “80”. E’ proprio da qui che nasce questo lavoro, dagli anni 80, figlio di sintetizzatori analogici made in 80 e non solo, qualcosa del parco Synth di Martin appartiene anche al precedente decennio, tutto o quasi, acquistato nel negozio virtuale più grande del mondo “Ebay”. Statistiche e numeri a parte direi che è ora di parlare del contenuto di questo CD.
13 brani più altri 5 inediti rintracciabili solo per chi avrà la fortuna di possedere anche la versione Deluxe (Io); tutti con un ottimo spessore sia sonoro che compositivo dove trova in “Wrong” l’apice compositivo, un sorta di Filastrocca/cantilena dove il tutto si fonde in una strofa allungata senza un preciso ritornello, penso che a livello commerciale è difficile trovare pezzi di successo senza una vera forma canzone come questa, qui i DM ancora una volta hanno trovato la chiave giusta. Tutte le Songs sono di Martin Gore, ad eccezione di 3 brani “Hole To Feed” la migliore delle 3 senza nulla togliere alla bellissima “Come back” ed alla Delta Blues “Miles Away” che sono scritte dall’ormai navigato David Gahan che canta divinamente in tutti i pezzi, tranne che in “Jezabel” sospirata da Gore.
Un Album curato molto nei particolari, nel suono e nell’estetica, grazie alla mano del fido Ben Hillier giunto alla seconda fatica con i DM. Nei 13 brani si trova un’po’ di tutto, c’è molto "Black Celebration" e "Some Great Reward", qualcosa di "Violator" qualcosa di "Exciter" ed un inevitabile strascico di “Play the Angel”, tutto comunque poco sgamabile, d’altronde i Synt sono quelli i suoni pure, i miracoli non li fa nessuno o quasi, i brani girano tutti sulla stessa frequenza, il suono è molto plasmato, solo le chitarre riescono ad uscire da questa nube di Synth anche se in SOTU si sono ridotte rispetto al passato. La parte secondo me poco azzeccata sta nell’arrangiamento dei vari brani, a parte "Wrong", quasi tutti hanno un arrangiamento al di sotto del valore della Song stessa, vedi “Come Back” ed “In Chains” due splendidi lavori sminuiti dall’arrangiamento, anche la parte ritmica (Tutta eseguita con vecchie Drum Machine e generatori di Suoni di Batteria) è un’po fine. Spiccano comunque “In Chains” travolgente ed ipnotica, “Peace” anni 80 con cori della prima ora e “Corrupt” secondo me il più bel pezzo dell’album (Wrong a parte) con chitarre e ritmica alla “Personal Jesus” ma molto più profondo.
Anche se i brani sono per la maggior parte ottimi pezzi, manca il vero pezzo da secondo e terzo singolo, nessuno ha la personalità di “Wrong”, forse per via degli arrangiamenti o per la ritmica ridotta ?
In conclusione posso solo dire che sia un ottimo album, da 4 stelle come minimo, un album da avere, da ascoltare attentamente e per molte volte, perché pieno di particolari, e perché rimane e rimangono nonostante tutto, sempre al di sopra del proprio tempo!
Grazie DM mi avete regalato ancora uno splendido lavoro.
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01 In Chains (06:52)
The way you move Has got me yearning The way you move Has left me burning I know you know what you�re doing to me I know my hands will never be free I know what it�s like to be In chains The way you move Is meant to haunt me The way you move To tempt and taunt me I know you knew on the day you were born I know somehow I should�ve been warned I know I walk every midnight to dawn In Chains In chains, I�m in chains In chains, I�m in chains You�ve got me dying for you Its you that I�m living through You�ve got me praying to you Saying to you anything you want me to You�ve got me reaching for you My souls beseeching me too You�ve got me singing to you Bringing to you anything you ask me to The way you move Is mesmerizing The way you move Is hypnotizing I know I crumble when you are around Start to mumble a bit of a false sound Straggle, stumble, shackled and bound In chains In chains, I�m in chains In chains, I�m in chains You�ve got me dying for you Its you that I�m living through You�ve got me praying to you Saying to you anything you want me to You�ve got me reaching for you My souls beseeching me too You�ve got me singing to you Bringing to you anything you ask me to I�m in chains In chains, I�m in chains In chains, I�m in chains In chains, I�m in chains
02 Hole to Feed (03:55)
We are here
We can love
We share something
I'm sure that you mean the world to me
Your name was the one that was always chosen
Your words and the kindness that set me free
The shame as a hole that has kept us frozen
You open my eyes to a world that I could believe
Words can leave you broken inside
You’ll have to decide
I'm hanging onto my pride
We are here
We can love
We share something
I'm sure that you mean the world to me
When you get What you need
there's no way of knowing
What you'll have is another hole to feed
Your games simple played you've left us hoping
The gift that we have the life that we breathe
This world could leave you broken inside
With nowhere to hide
I'm hanging onto my pride
We are here...
We've been chosen...
We've been blessed with the place we need to find and then open
We are here
We can love
We share something
I'm sure that you mean the world to me
When you get What you need
There's no way of knowing
What you'll have Is another hole to feed
03 Wrong (03:12)
I was born with the wrong sign
In the wrong house
With the wrong ascendancy
I took the wrong road
That led to the wrong tendencies
I was in the wrong place at the wrong time
For the wrong reason and the wrong rhyme
On the wrong day of the wrong week
I used the wrong method with the wrong technique
Wrong
Wrong
There's something wrong with me chemically
Something wrong with me inherently
The wrong mix in the wrong genes
I reached the wrong ends by the wrong means
It was the wrong plan
In the wrong hands
The wrong theory for the wrong man
The wrong eyes on the wrong prize
The wrong questions with the wrong replies
Wrong
Wrong
I was marching to the wrong drum
With the wrong scum
Pissing out the wrong energy
Using all the wrong lines
And the wrong signs
With the wrong intensity
I was on the wrong page of the wrong book
With the wrong rendition of the wrong hook
Made the wrong move, every wrong night
With the wrong tune played till it sounded right yeah
Wrong
Wrong
(Too long)
Wrong
(Too long)
I was born with the wrong sign
In the wrong house
With the wrong ascendancy
I took the wrong road
That led to the wrong tendencies
I was in the wrong place at the wrong time
For the wrong reason and the wrong rhyme
On the wrong day of the wrong week
I used the wrong method with the wrong technique
Wrong
04 Fragile Tension (04:09)
There's a fragile tension
That's keeping us going
It may not last forever
But, oh well, it's blowing
There's something magical in the air
Something so tragic we had to care
There's a strange obsession
That's drawing us nearer
We don't understand it
It never gets clearer
There's something mystical in our dreams
So simplistic, it kicks and screams
All we will seem to reek on the edge of collapse
Nothing can keep us down
There's a dizzying feeling
That's keeping us flying
Some glittering gauntlet
Without even trying
There's something radical in our hands
Nothing logical to our plans
07 Peace (04:27)
Peace will come to me
Peace will come to me
Iâ??m leaving bitterness behind
This time Iâ??m cleaning up my mind
There is no space for the regrets
I will remember to forget
Just look at me
I am walking of incoming
Look at the frequencies of which I vibrate
Iâ??m going to light up the world
Peace will come to me
Peace will come to me
Iâ??m leaving anger in the past
With all the shadows that it caused
There is radar in my heart
I should have trusted from the start
Just look at me
I am a living act of holiness
Giving all the positive virtues that I possess
Iâ??m going to light up the world
Peace will come to me
Just wait and see
Peace will come to me
It's meant to be
Peace will come to me
Just wait and see
Peace will come to me
Itâ??s inevitability
08 Come Back (05:15)
Come back Come back to me I�ve been waiting here patiently (Repeat 1x) I�ve been walking a thin white line Between love and hate I could use a lil company A lil kindness to go a long way Weeks turn into months Months turn into years Reaching the same conclusions Gathering up the fear Come back Come back to me I�ve been waiting here patiently (Repeat 1x) I�ve been walking a thin white line Between love and hate I could use a lil company A lil kindness to go a long way Weeks turn into months Months turn into years Reaching the same conclusions Gathering up the fear Come back Come back to me I�ve been waiting here patiently (Repeat 3x) Come back Come back to me (Repeat 1x)
12 Jezebel (04:38)
They call you Jezebel
Whenever we walk in
you're going straight to hell
For wanted acts of sin - they say,
and that I'll have to pay
But I need you just this way
They call you Jezebel
For what you like to wear
You're morally unwell
They say you never care for me
But what the fail to see is that your games are the key
Open their eyes to the beauty
Open their hearts to the fun
Open their minds to the idea that you don't own someone
They call you Jezebel
Whenever men walk by
They say that they can tell
The longing in your eyes is real
and how you really feel
But they can't see your appeal
Jezebel
13 Corrupt (05:03)
I could corrupt you
In a heartbeat
You think you're so special
Think you're so sweet
What are you trying?
Don't even tempt me
Soon, you'll be crying
And wishing you'd dreamt me
You'll be calling out my name
When you need someone to blame
I could corrupt you
It would be easy
Watching you suffer
Girl, it would please me
But I wouldn't touch you
With my little finger
I know it would crush you
My memory would linger
You'd be crying out in pain
Begging me to play my games
I could corrupt you
It would be ugly
They could sedate you,
But what good would drugs be?
But I wouldn't touch you
Put my hands on your hips
It would be too much to
Place my lips on your lips
You'd be calling out my name
Begging me to play my games
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Altre recensioni
Di Giordyboy
Dopo più di trent’anni di carriera e successi questi tre ricchi signori di mezza età ci regalano un altro album fantastico e ancora una volta sorprendentemente innovativo.
Riassumendo nove canzoni di un altro pianeta e quattro normali. Tirate voi le conclusioni.
Di Alevox
Sounds of the Universe non ha semplicemente nessun motivo, se non quello del nome che porta, per essere ascoltato.
Un vero peccato, perché con un gran singolo come 'Wrong' ci si aspettava grandi cose dal dodicesimo lavoro in studio della band.
Di donnie darko
Un album tosto, per nulla ruffiano, che credo possa conquistare il cuore dei fans come sta facendo con me.
Questo è un album che loro stessi hanno definito arrogante, e credo di aver capito il senso vero della frase.
Di Aragno
Niente rende più l'idea di quello che penso su questi 3 "ragazzi"... la classe è rimasta sempre uguale.
Sono certo che il suo valore emergerà anche per chi adesso fa' fatica a metabolizzarlo e se poi questo non dovesse accadere, pazienza... Tanto a me mi garba...
Di Breus
Il peggior album dopo 'Speak and Spell', con l'aggravante che questo era l'album d'esordio.
'Sounds of the Universe' è un disco noioso fin dall'inizio e non riesci a sentirlo intero neanche volendo.
