Songs of Faith and Devotion

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Songs of Faith and Devotion
Songs of Faith and Devotion cover
Studio album by Depeche Mode
Released March 22, 1993
Recorded Madrid and Hamburg, 1992
Genre rock
Length 47:26
Label UK: Mute / US: Sire
Producer(s) Depeche Mode, Flood
Professional reviews
Depeche Mode chronology
Violator
(1990)		 Songs of Faith and Devotion
(1993)		 Songs of Faith and Devotion Live
(1993)


Songs of Faith and Devotion is Depeche Mode's eighth full-length album, which was released on March 22, 1993. The album is their first "rock sound" experiment. It reached #1 in both the UK and US album charts. This is Alan Wilder's last album with Depeche Mode.

It was supported by the Devotional tour

Songs of Faith and Devotion has sold 919,000 units in the U.S. as of April 2006.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] 1993 release: Mute / Stumm 106 (UK)

  1. "I Feel You" – 4:35
  2. "Walking in My Shoes" – 5:35
  3. "Condemnation" – 3:20
  4. "Mercy in You" – 4:17
  5. "Judas" – 5:14
  6. "In Your Room" – 6:26
  7. "Get Right with Me" – 3:32
  8. "Rush" – 4:37
  9. "One Caress" – 3:30
  10. "Higher Love" – 5:56

[edit] 2006 re-release

Mute: DM CD 8 (CD/SACD + DVD) / CDX STUMM 106 (CD/SACD)

  • Disc 1 is a hybrid SACD/CD with a multi-channel SACD layer.
  • Disc 2 is a DVD which includes "Songs of Faith and Devotion" in DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 and PCM Stereo plus bonus material
  1. "I Feel You" – 4:35
  2. "Walking in My Shoes" – 5:35
  3. "Condemnation" – 3:20
  4. "Mercy in You" – 4:17
  5. "Judas" – 5:14
  6. "In Your Room" – 6:26
  7. "Get Right with Me" – 3:32
  8. "Rush" – 4:37
  9. "One Caress" – 3:30
  10. "Higher Love" – 5:56

Bonus Tracks (in DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM Stereo):

  1. "My Joy" – 3:57
  2. "Condemnation (Paris Mix)" – 3:21
  3. "Death's Door (Jazz Mix)" – 6:38
  4. "In Your Room (Zephyr Mix)" – 4:50
  5. "I Feel You (Life's Too Short Mix)" – 8:35
  6. "Walking In My Shoes (Grungy Gonads Mix)" – 6:24
  7. "My Joy (Slowslide Mix)" – 5:11
  8. "In Your Room (Apex Mix)" – 6:43

Additional Material:

  1. "Depeche Mode 93-94 (We Were Going To Live Together, Record Together And It Was Going To Be Wonderful)" [36 Minute video]

Hidden at the end of "Get Right with Me' is Interlude 4, which is an excerpt from a Brian Eno remix of "I Feel You". It's often used to introduce the song when played live.

[edit] Singles

  1. "I Feel You" (15 February, 1993)
  2. "Walking in My Shoes" (26 April, 1993)
  3. "Condemnation" (13 September, 1993)
  4. "In Your Room" (10 January, 1994)

[edit] Personnel


  • Guest musicians:
    • Steafan Hannigan – uillean pipes on "Judas"
    • Bazil Meade, Hildia Campbell, Samantha Smith – additional vocals on "Get Right With Me"
    • Wil Malone – string arrangements and conducting on "One Caress"


[edit] Charting

Peaked at # 1 on the UK and US Chart and 17 other countries

[edit] Miscellanea

  • Songs of Faith and Devotion is the only Depeche Mode studio album with the band on the cover.
Depeche Mode
David Gahan | Martin Gore | Andrew Fletcher
Vince Clarke | Alan Wilder
Depeche Mode discography

Studio albums: Speak & Spell | A Broken Frame | Construction Time Again | Some Great Reward | Black Celebration | Music for the Masses | Violator | Songs of Faith and Devotion | Ultra | Exciter | Playing the Angel

Compilations: People Are People | The Singles 81>85 | Catching Up with Depeche Mode | The Singles 86>98 | Remixes 81 - 04 | The Best Of, Volume 1

Live Albums: 101 | Songs of Faith and Devotion Live

Tribute Albums: For the Masses | A Techno Tribute to Depeche Mode

Singles: Dreaming of Me | New Life | Just Can't Get Enough | See You | The Meaning of Love | Leave in Silence | Get the Balance Right | Everything Counts | Love, in Itself | People Are People | Master and Servant | Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody | Shake the Disease | It's Called a Heart | Stripped | A Question of Lust | A Question of Time | Strangelove | Never Let Me Down Again | Behind the Wheel | Little 15 | Everything Counts (Live) | Personal Jesus | Enjoy the Silence | Policy of Truth | World in My Eyes I Feel You | Walking in My Shoes | Condemnation | In Your Room | Barrel of a Gun | It's No Good | Home | Useless | Only When I Lose Myself | Dream On | I Feel Loved | Freelove | Goodnight Lovers | Enjoy the Silence 04 | Precious | A Pain That I'm Used To | Suffer Well | John the Revelator / Lilian | Martyr
Videography

Videos: The World We Live In and Live in Hamburg | Some Great Videos | Strange | 101 | Strange Too | Devotional | The Videos 86>98 | One Night in Paris | Touring the Angel: Live in Milan
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