Speak & Spell

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Speak & Spell
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Length
11 tracks
Release Date
5 October 1981
Speak & Spell is the debut album from the British synthpop group Depeche Mode, recorded and released in 1981. The album peaked at #10 in the UK Albums Chart. Overview This was the only Depeche Mode album with Vince Clarke as a member of the band. Clarke wrote most of the songs for the band, before departing to form the synthpop duo Yazoo with Alison Moyet. The album is significantly lighter in tone and melody than their later work, a direction which can largely be attributed to Clarke's writing. After he left, Martin Gore would take over songwriting duties, writing almost a… read more
Speak & Spell is the debut album from the British synthpop group Depeche Mode, recorded and released in 1981. The album peaked at #10 in the UK A… read more
Speak & Spell is the debut album from the British synthpop group Depeche Mode, recorded and released in 1981. The album peaked at #10 in the UK Albums Chart. Overview This was the on… read more

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Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track New Life
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 4:24 291,840 listeners
2 Play track I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead
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 2:19 113,608 listeners
3 Play track Puppets
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 3:56 112,238 listeners
4 Play track Boys Say Go!
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 2:45 95,522 listeners
5 Play track Nodisco
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 2:50 92,530 listeners
6 Play track What's Your Name?
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 2:57 79,626 listeners
7 Play track Photographic
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 3:41 127,590 listeners
8 Play track Tora! Tora! Tora!
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 3:11 92,347 listeners
9 Play track Big Muff
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 4:12 86,134 listeners
10 Play track Any Second Now (Voices)
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 80,138 listeners
11 Play track Just Can't Get Enough
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 3:40 1,032,720 listeners

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Depeche Mode is an English electronic band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The original line-up included Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher, and Vince Clarke. Since 2022, the band has consisted of Gahan and Gore. With Clarke as the primary songwriter, Depeche Mode released their debut album "Speak & Spell" in 1981 during the British new wave movement and were part of the MTV-driven Second British Invasion. Clarke left the band later that year and went on to form the groups Yazoo and Erasure. The remaining trio recorded their second album, "A Broken Frame&q… read more
Depeche Mode is an English electronic band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The original line-up included Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher, and Vince Clarke. Since 2022, the band h… read more
Depeche Mode is an English electronic band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The original line-up included Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher, and Vince Clarke. Since 2022, the band has consisted of Gahan and Gore. With Clarke as… read more

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