A Broken Frame

by Depeche Mode

A Broken Frame cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 27 September 1982
  • Label: Mute
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:18:56
  • Community rating: 3.39/5 from 15 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following Vince Clarke's sudden departure, Martin Gore took over primary songwriting duties, steering Depeche Mode into significantly darker, more emotionally complex territory. 'A Broken Frame' is a highly transitional, deeply melancholic synth-pop album that balances naive pop melodies with sombre, autumnal atmospheres and increasingly sophisticated electronic production.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic, synth, minimal, analog

Tracklist

  1. Leave in Silence (4:49)
  2. My Secret Garden (4:46)
  3. Monument (3:14)
  4. Nothing to Fear (4:16)
  5. See You (4:34)
  6. Satellite (4:42)
  7. The Meaning of Love (3:06)
  8. A Photograph of You (3:04)
  9. Shouldn't Have Done That (3:12)
  10. The Sun and the Rainfall (5:05)
  11. My Secret Garden - Live in Hammersmith (7:29)
  12. See You - Live in Hammersmith (4:10)
  13. Satellite - Live in Hammersmith (4:24)
  14. Nothing to Fear - Live in Hammersmith (4:26)
  15. The Meaning of Love - Live in Hammersmith (3:12)
  16. A Photograph of You - Live in Hammersmith (3:30)
  17. Now This Is Fun (3:25)
  18. Oberkorn (It's a Small Town) (4:09)
  19. Excerpt from: My Secret Garden (3:16)

Credits

  • Depeche Mode - primary artist, producer [produced by]
  • Ching Ching Lee - calligraphy
  • Martyn Atkins - design
  • Eric Radcliffe - engineer [engineered by]
  • John Fryer - engineer [engineered by]
  • Jack Adams - lacquer cut by
  • Andrew Fletcher - performer [depeche mode]
  • Dave Gahan - performer [depeche mode]
  • Martin Gore - performer [depeche mode], words by, music by
  • Brian Griffin - photography by
  • Daniel Miller - producer [produced by]
  • Jaqui Frye - stylist [clothes stylist]

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