Memento Mori

by Depeche Mode

Memento Mori cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 24 March 2023
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 50:25
  • Community rating: 3.7/5 from 16 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marking the group's first release following the sudden death of founding member Andy Fletcher, 'Memento Mori' deeply confronts themes of mortality and grief. The production balances austere, industrial-tinged electronics with towering pop melodies, reinforcing their status as pioneers of alternative dance music.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, existential, death, industrial, synth

Tracklist

  1. My Cosmos Is Mine (5:16)
  2. Wagging Tongue (3:24)
  3. Ghosts Again (3:58)
  4. Don't Say You Love Me (3:48)
  5. My Favourite Stranger (3:57)
  6. Soul With Me (4:15)
  7. Caroline's Monkey (4:16)
  8. Before We Drown (4:05)
  9. People Are Good (4:24)
  10. Always You (4:18)
  11. Never Let Me Go (4:03)
  12. Speak To Me (4:35)

Credits

  • Depeche Mode - primary artist
  • Davide Rossi - arranged by [string arrangements], strings [string performance], violin, cello
  • Dave Gahan - performer [depeche mode is], written-by
  • Martin Gore - performer [depeche mode is], written-by
  • Christian Eigner - programmed by [original programming], written-by
  • Peter Gordeno - programmed by [original programming], written-by
  • Desiree Hazley - strings [string performance], violin
  • Luanne Homzy - strings [string performance], violin

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