Speak & Spell

by Depeche Mode

Speak & Spell cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 5 October 1981
  • Label: Mute
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:01:33
  • Community rating: 3.53/5 from 17 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Almost entirely crafted by founding member Vince Clarke before his departure, Depeche Mode's debut is a shockingly bright, naively joyous monument of early synth-pop. Built upon simple drum machines and bouncy analog synthesizers, 'Speak & Spell' is an incredibly playful, fiercely rhythmic dance-pop gem that radiates youthful, futuristic energy.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic, lgbtq, synth, minimal, synthesizers, dance, accessible, Synth-heavy

Tracklist

  1. New Life (3:44)
  2. I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead (2:16)
  3. Puppets (3:56)
  4. Boys Say Go! (3:05)
  5. Nodisco (4:12)
  6. What's Your Name? (2:42)
  7. Photographic (4:43)
  8. Tora! Tora! Tora! (4:31)
  9. Big Muff (4:21)
  10. Any Second Now (Voices) (2:34)
  11. Just Can't Get Enough (3:40)
  12. Dreaming of Me (4:01)
  13. Ice Machine (4:06)
  14. Shout! (3:43)
  15. Any Second Now (3:07)
  16. Just Can't Get Enough - Schizo Mix (6:43)

Credits

  • Depeche Mode - primary artist, producer, synthesizer [synthetics], voice [voices]
  • Martin Gore - composed by [compositions]
  • Vince Clarke - composed by [compositions]
  • Eric Radcliffe - engineer
  • John Fryer - engineer
  • Jack Adams - lacquer cut by
  • Brian Griffin - photography by
  • Daniel Miller - producer

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