STUMM47
LP, UK
1987, clear vinyl
 
Media: VG+
Sleeve: VG
 
Some marks from the original inner on the outer sleeve (square ring wear?) small barely noticeable scuff on bottom right corner. Can provide photos. Plays through beautifully.
 
All pre-owned vinyl is professionally cleaned with a Project VC-E record cleaner before shipping
 
This album is a culmination of Depeche Mode's middle-period experimentation. More informed by Goth than techno, it is still anchored by plenty of the larger-than-life-baritone melodrama so distinctive of David Gahan's vocals.
The most experimental track is "Pimpf" - a song that heave-hoes along with the synthesized emulation of a Russian men's choir. Although nowhere near fast enough to be danceable, the commanding "Never Let Me Down" ranks as the best single on the track, with the most hummable "Strangelove" coming in at a close second.
Each song is a praiseworthy accomplishment, but the singles here set off the experimental tracks, making the album seem thematically schizophrenic.
 
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