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1983 studio album by Depeche Mode

Construction Time Again
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Studio album by

Depeche Style
Released 22 August 1983 (1983-08-22) [one]
Studio The Garden, London
  • Hansa Mischraum, Berlin
Genre
  • Synth-pop[2]
  • industrial[3]
Length 42:26
Label Mute
Producer
  • Daniel Miller
  • Depeche Fashion
Depeche Mode chronology
A Broken Frame
(1982) 		Structure Fourth dimension Again
(1983) 		Some Great Reward
(1984)
Singles from Construction Time Over again
  1. "Everything Counts"
    Released: 11 July 1983
  2. "Love, in Itself"
    Released: 19 September 1983

Construction Time Over again is the third studio anthology past English language electronic music band Depeche Style. It was released on 22 Baronial 1983 by Mute Records.[iv] It was the band's first album to feature Alan Wilder every bit a member, who wrote the songs "2 Minute Alert" and "The Landscape Is Changing". The album's title comes from the 2nd line of the get-go verse of the runway "Pipeline". It was recorded at John Foxx'due south Garden Studios in London, and was supported by the Construction Time Again Bout.

Background and themes [edit]

In Jan 1983, shortly before the release of the "Go the Balance Right!" single, songwriter Martin Gore attended an Einstürzende Neubauten concert, giving him the idea to experiment with the sounds of industrial music in the context of pop.[v]

This album introduced a transition in lyrical content for the group. Construction Time Again would include a bevy of political themes, sparked by the poverty Gore had seen on a then-recent trip he had taken to Thailand.[5]

Tour [edit]

The bout, which took place in Europe, began in September 1983 in Hitchin, England. Following an initial leg of dates in the U.K. and Ireland, a second leg in December reached Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands and Due west Germany.

In March 1984, the group performed its first dates in Italy and Spain. The final date was a i-off show in June supporting Elton John in Ludwigshafen, Due west Federal republic of germany, where "People Are People", the pb unmarried from their adjacent album, fabricated its live debut on the special set. A bout in back up of the human activity'south subsequent studio release, Some Great Advantage, followed in September.

Critical reception [edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [four]
The Austin Chronicle [6]
Number One 5/5[vii]
PopMatters 5/x[8]
Q [9]
Record Mirror [10]
Rolling Stone [11]
The Rolling Stone Anthology Guide [12]
Smash Hits seven/10[13]
Uncut [14]

On the album's politically inclined lyrics, Anne Lambert of Number One wrote: "[Martin Gore]'s protest songs are serious and sharply observed, merely they retain that distinctive ear for a commercial melody". She concludes: "Information technology's impossible to option out tracks, every bit the whole upshot is sharp, tight, smoothen and absolutely riveting!"[7] In Smash Hits, Peter Martin notes that the band's attention is at present turned "outwards to the earth (and all its issues)", pointing out the Russian, European and Oriental influences apparent in the music. He goes on: "The songs are all the same electronically based, but the brilliantly melodic and boisterous border is assorted past a heart-searching ' Tin Drum '-type sparseness." Summing upward, Martin calls the album "[a] dauntless departure."[thirteen]

New Musical Express hailed the anthology, saying that "Everything Counts" "is Mode's all-time ever single [...] Information technology sold because it combines edgy and poignant melodies held in thrilling tension; a tough, urgent dancebeat; and a gleamingly modern sound with an element of quirkiness to mark it out in the crowd. And the same goes for every other track on the album." Reviewer Mat Snow qualified Alan Wilder'southward composition "2 Minute Warning" as "a haunting melody whose transition from poetry to chorus explodes in one of those breathtakingly uplifting moments" and concluded that Depeche Mode "have made a assuming and lovely pop tape. Simple every bit that."[15]

Commenting on the results of the band's new line-upwards, AllMusic's Ned Raggett considers Construction Fourth dimension Again to be "a bit hit and miss... [although] when it does hit, it does and so perfectly". Singling out "Dear, in Itself" Raggett observes: "Depeche never sounded quite so thick with its sound before, with synths arranged into a mini-orchestra/horn department and real piano and audio-visual guitar spliced in at strategic points." Regarding Alan Wilder'southward songwriting, Raggett states: "Wilder'south... songwriting contributions are fine musically, but lyrically, 'preachy' puts it mildly, especially the surroundings-friendly 'The Landscape Is Irresolute'."[4]

Runway listing [edit]

All pb vocals by Dave Gahan, except where noted.

All tracks are written by Martin L. Gore, except where noted.

Side one
No. Championship Lead vocals Length
1. "Love, in Itself" 4:29
2. "More than Than a Party" 4:45
3. "Pipeline" Gore 5:54
4. "Everything Counts" Gahan and Gore 4:twenty
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
5. "Two Minute Warning" Alan Wilder 4:thirteen
6. "Shame" Gahan and Gore 3:51
7. "The Landscape Is Changing" Wilder 4:49
8. "Told Y'all Then" 4:26
9. "And Then..." v:39
CD
No. Championship Length
ix. "And Then..." 4:35
10. "Everything Counts (Reprise)" (hidden rails) i:05
Usa and Canadian CD
No. Championship Length
ix. "And So..." v:40
10. "Everything Counts" (Long Version) 7:23

2007 Collectors Edition (CD + DVD) [edit]

A short film
No. Title Length
1. "Depeche Mode: 1983 (Teenagers Growing Upwards, Bad Government, and All That Stuff)" (written and produced past Roland Brown; directed by Ross Hallard and Phil Michael Lane) 38:56
Construction Time Once more (DTS 5.ane, Dolby Digital 5.i and PCM Stereo)
No. Title Writer(due south) Length
i. "Dearest, in Itself" iv:29
2. "More Than a Party" four:46
three. "Pipeline" 5:55
iv. "Everything Counts" 4:21
five. "Two Infinitesimal Warning" Wilder iv:thirteen
half dozen. "Shame" 3:52
vii. "The Mural Is Changing" Wilder iv:49
eight. "Told You Then" 4:27
9. "Then..." 4:forty
10. "Everything Counts (Reprise)" (hidden track) 0:59
Additional tracks (PCM Stereo)
No. Title Author(south) Length
11. "Become the Balance Right!" 3:17
12. "The Great Outdoors!" Gore, Wilder 5:04
13. "Work Hard" Gore, Wilder 4:24
fourteen. "Fools" Wilder 4:17
15. "Get the Balance Correct!" (Combination Mix) 8:01
16. "Everything Counts (In Larger Amounts)" 7:22
17. "Love, in Itself.4" 4:40

Personnel [edit]

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Construction Time Again.[16]

  • Daniel Miller – production
  • Depeche Mode – product
    • Andy Fletcher
    • Dave Gahan
    • Martin Gore
    • Alan Wilder
  • Gareth Jones – tonmeister
  • Corinne Simcock – engineering assistance on "Ii Infinitesimal Warning"
  • Brian Griffin – cover photography
  • Ian Wright – illustrations
  • Martyn Atkins – design

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "News in Brief..." (PDF). Music & Video Week: Europe's leading music business newspaper. 20 August 1983. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on ix March 2021. Depeche Mode, currently in the singles nautical chart with Everything Counts, release their third album, Construction Fourth dimension Over again STUMM 13), on Mute Records on Baronial 22.
  2. ^ Abebe, Nitsuh (twenty July 2006). "Depeche Fashion: Speak & Spell / Music for the Masses / Violator Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. ^ Reed, Alexander S. (five June 2013). Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music. Oxford University Press. p. 231. ISBN9780199832606.
  4. ^ a b c Raggett, Ned. "Structure Time Again – Depeche Mode". AllMusic . Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  5. ^ a b Thompson, Dave (fourteen Jan 2005). "The Landscape Is Irresolute". Q. pp. 78–83. ISSN 0955-4955. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011 – via Sacred DM.
  6. ^ Gray, Christopher (15 June 2007). "Reissues". The Austin Relate. ISSN 1074-0740. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  7. ^ a b Lambert, Anne (27 August 1983). "Riveting Stuff". Number One. No. 17. London. p. 32. Retrieved 26 November 2019 – via Depeche Mode Press File.
  8. ^ Keefe, Michael (10 May 2007). "Catching Up (Again) with Depeche Way". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved fourteen June 2014.
  9. ^ "Depeche Manner: Structure Time Again". Q. No. 107. London. August 1995. pp. 138–39. ISSN 0955-4955.
  10. ^ Page, Betty (27 August 1983). "Men at Werk". Record Mirror. London. p. 22. ISSN 0144-5804.
  11. ^ Sheffield, Rob (19 April 2007). "Into the Manner". Rolling Rock. No. 1024. New York. p. 66. ISSN 0035-791X.
  12. ^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Depeche Mode". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 229–30. ISBN0-7432-0169-8 . Retrieved thirteen January 2019 – via Google Books.
  13. ^ a b Martin, Peter (1–14 September 1983). "Depeche Style: Construction Fourth dimension Again". Smash Hits. Vol. 5, no. 18. London. p. 21. ISSN 0260-3004. Retrieved fourteen August 2017 – via Depeche Mode Press File.
  14. ^ Dalton, Stephen (May 2001). "Bask the Silence: 20 Years of Depeche Way Albums". Uncut. No. 48. London. p. 66. ISSN 1368-0722.
  15. ^ Snow, Mat (27 Baronial 1983). "Uplifting New Buildings". NME. London. ISSN 0028-6362.
  16. ^ Construction Time Once more (liner notes). Depeche Style. Mute Records. 1983. STUMM thirteen. {{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  17. ^ "Depeche Mode Nautical chart History".
  18. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4376b". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 4 Jan 2019.
  19. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Depeche Mode – Structure Time Once again" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  20. ^ "Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste". InfoDisc (in French). Retrieved 4 January 2019. Select "DEPECHE Fashion" from the driblet-downwards bill of fare and click "OK".
  21. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Depeche Mode – Construction Time Again" (in German language). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  22. ^ "Charts.nz – Depeche Style – Construction Time Again". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  23. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Depeche Mode – Construction Time Again". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  24. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Depeche Manner – Construction Fourth dimension Once more". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  25. ^ "Official Albums Chart Meridian 100". Official Charts Visitor. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  26. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 1984" (in German language). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 4 Jan 2019.
  27. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Depeche Fashion;'Structure Time Again')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved fourteen June 2014.
  28. ^ "British album certifications – Depeche Manner – Structure Fourth dimension Again". British Phonographic Industry. 10 Nov 1983. Retrieved 29 September 2020.

External links [edit]

  • Anthology information from the official Depeche Mode website
  • Official remaster info

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_Time_Again

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