Playing the Angel
by Depeche Mode
- Type: Album
- Released: 17 October 2005
- Label: Mute
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:29:29
- Community rating: 3.76/5 from 14 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Hailed as a return to form, 'Playing the Angel' captures the dark, industrial edge of Depeche Mode's best work. Featuring the hit 'Precious', the album explores pain and suffering with vintage synthesizers. It is their strongest album of the 2000s.
Genres
Descriptors: rhythmic, electronic, industrial, synth, distorted
Tracklist
- A Pain That I'm Used To (04:10)
- John the Revelator (03:41)
- Suffer Well (03:49)
- The Sinner in Me (04:55)
- Precious (04:10)
- Macro (04:02)
- I Want It All (06:09)
- Nothing's Impossible (04:21)
- Introspectre (01:42)
- Damaged People (03:27)
- Lilian (04:45)
- The Darkest Star (06:55)
- Free (05:10)
- Waiting for the Night (Bare) (04:19)
- Newborn (05:35)
- Newborn - Foster Remix By Kettel (05:28)
- Better Days (02:28)
- Better Days - Basteroid "Dance Is Gone" Vocal Mix (07:12)
- Better Days - Basteroid "Dance Is Gone" Remix (07:11)
Credits
- Dave Gahan - performer [depeche mode is]
- Martin Gore - Member
- Andy Fletcher - Member
- Vince Clarke - Member
- Alan Wilder - Member
- Alan Wilder - Member
- Andrew Fletcher - performer [depeche mode is]
- David Gahan - Member
- Martin Gore - Member
- Anton Corbijn - art direction, photography by, design [cover design]
- Four5one Creative - design
- Ben Hillier - engineer [engineered by]
- Richard Morris - engineer [engineered by]
- Jonathan Kessler - management
- J.D. Fanger - management [depeche mode office]
- Venusnote Limited - management [depeche mode office]
- Baron Inc. - management [for]
- Emily Lazar - mastered by [(the lodge)]
- Sarah Register - mastered by [assistant (the lodge)]
- Steve Fitzmaurice - mixed by
- Martin L. Gore - performer [depeche mode is]
- Dave McCracken - piano
- Andrew Phillpott - programmed by [original programming]
- Christian Eigner - programmed by [original programming]
- Nick Sevilla - recorded by [assistant (sound design)]
- Arjun Agerwala - recorded by [assistant (stratosphere sound studios)]
- Rudyard Lee Cullers - recorded by [assistant (stratosphere sound studios)]
- Devin Workman - recorded by [assistant (whitfield street studios)], mixed by [assistant (whitfield street studios)]
- Kt Rangnick - recorded by [assistant (whitfield street studios)], mixed by [assistant (whitfield street studios)]