With the album finally hitting store shelves in those European markets blessed with Friday release dates, it's time for HOME to take stock of this new album, and in particular the amazing box set that comes with it. Oh, and there's plenty of eye candy in the form of exclusive photos of the finished product!!
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THE ALBUM
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Let me just come right out and say it from the start. I love the new record. No point denying it. "Sounds Of The Universe" is as solid as anything they've done in the past. Album opener "In Chains" is a very retro Mode track, immediately reminding me of tracks like "In Your...
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News galore today, as the band have already announced US dates, USA Today ran the cover exclusively on their site, and now the official site has been updated with all the juicy details for the deluxe edition of the album. Five additional new tracks, six remixes, FOURTEEN demos incl. "Clean" and "Walking In My Shoes" and more video content that you can shake a sharp stick at. Go feast your eyes after the jump!
Deluxe Box Set Edition
CD 1 - Sounds Of The Universe
1. In Chains
2. Hole To Feed
3. Wrong
4. Fragile Tension
5. Little Soul
6. In Sympathy
7. Peace
8. Come Back
9. Spacewalker
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Depeche Mode's "Tour of the Universe" is happening in conjunction with the release of the group's twelfth studio album, Sounds Of the Universe (Mute/Capitol/Virgin), which will be released on April 20th in Europe, and April 21st in North America. Alongside a standard CD format, Depeche Mode has announced that Sounds Of The Universe will also be released as a Special Edition CD+DVD and a Deluxe Box Set that will include a host of exclusive material:
• Three CDs containing the album, bonus songs and remixes, as well as 14 demos available exclusively-- a career first for Depeche Mode.
• A DVD that...
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