Violator

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I almost rated this a do not listen since I skipped a couple songs, but “Waiting For the Night” grabbed me so I ended up finishing it. I deeply despise Depeche Mode. The vocals are bad, many of the songs are too all over the place and over the top. But I like some of the quieter, simplistic moments like “Waiting For the Night.” I think actually I just liked that song.

World in my eyes - felt like a song that would play when a creepy, pedo villian is chasing me in a club. Sweetest Perfection - Thug in me I can’t finish this

i think it’d be perfect for like a movie or series soundtrack, i don’t think i would listen to it everyday.

1/5 not my cup of tea stale

KROQ killed all love anyone could have for this record. In Los Angeles for a period this disco record was all you could hear every fucking day for several years. I stopped listening to radio. The direct blame for my switching off radio is in large part to my absolute loathing of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who are without a doubt the worst fucking band in the history of rock music joining the Eagles and the Journey/Styx/Nickleback tie for 3rd. Depeche Mode sits comfortably 4th. This is just a loathsome record. If you tried you couldn’t come up with a more bland album that sold millions. This is dance music for dead people. The dead don’t move and neither does this record. Really, take The Sweetest Perfection with its repetive nonsense. It is easy to see why the suckers fell for the disco beat of Enjoy The Silence and Personal Jesus. Policy of Truth is passable it not enough to redeem a fairly dull affair. Clean, apparently about getting “clean” is 5:00 minutes of whining. The biggest problem with the record, as I try to reflect how anyone could have chosen to include this record on the list, is that Depeche Mode was mining the same territory as Frankie Goes To Hollywood, without the humor. This is dour music for wannabe goths who thought the Cure weren’t poppy enough. What the fuck is Blue Dress. I guess it’s an effort to be less self—involved, or maybe not. It turns out that Depeche Mode is a group of plastic people singing about nothing, really. Someone described Depeche Mode as synth-pop with emotional depth. My ass it is. I felt violated by having to listen to this record.

Very monotonous and not something I would usually listen to.

Ok

I like Personal Jesus, but otherwise, no thank you.

Mid 1 tuneless vocals, undanceable groves. doesnt even appeal in a retro synth way

The singles "personal jesus" and "enjoy the silence" are excellent 35 years on. The rest of the album is just plinky plonky nonsense and actually annoying at times. Depeche mode very much a singles band.

New Wave has had its day, but that day is gone. Deep voiced electronic nonsense.

Really don’t see what the fuss is about depeche mode- I always had a feeling I should stay away and I was right.

Dull, monotone. Not for me

Not really my cup of tea.

Not really a fan of this type of music.

Ik enjoyde de silence toen het album voorbij was. Niet mijn ding

Nothing for me here. 1 star.

Unlistenable

didn't like it, didn't fit my mood on a beautiful spring day. (didn't finish listening)

Cannot listen to a whole album with that much synthesizer. 🤢

Only liked enjoy the silence

Don't like this band

Who tf made this list

Trash

Meh

shit

Sure sh*te. Personal Jesus the only track worth listening to.

Snoozefest. Boring as fuck. Zero out of ten.

Weird 80s shit no one likes

My instant thought, 2 seconds in, was ‘no’. That thought remained throughout. Couldn’t wait for it to end.

I couldn’t get over the lead singer’s voice. Somehow throaty and nasally at the same time. It kinda has that British sound to it too. Just made the album so jarring. I can’t say I liked a single song. I think if you put a different vocalist this might be a 3 star, but it was so unlistenable I have to give it a 1.

1/15 songs added to playlist Best song: Enjoy the Silence Not my kind of music, I guess. But don’t really see how anyone would enjoy this. Oh well

I liked them with Vince but they then went transatlantic to fluff the Yanks and it went downhill from there. Clean sterilised pop synths pretending to be dark and 'alternative'. There are acouple of reasonable pop songs on here but it's dreadfully mediocre otherwise. A case in point is 'Policy of Truth' with 116 million listens on Spotify. It's so dull and uninspiring.

I don't like depeche mode.

Meh

Egh

Bad. Moving on.

I've already reviewed one Depeche Mode album. Isn't that enough? Dross

Policy of Truth isn't bad. The rest felt extremely bland. I recognized Personal Jesus, but this version is significantly worse than the radio hit we are all familiar with.

Hated them back in the day but decided to give them another try. Still hate them.

Hate these guys

- nah this isn’t for me - industrial - don’t like the vibes

Was I a Depeche Mode fan before listening to "Violator"? No. Am I a Depeche Mode fan after listening to "Violator"? Also, no. Emphatically, no. The only acceptable purpose for the existence of this album is as a method of contraception. Nobody is getting the horn listening to this goofy shite. Embarrassing music supporting a truly terrible singer. Just awful. Shit band all round. The only quasi bearable tune is "Personal Jesus", and that's because Johnny Cash's cover gave it a little clout. The feature track on this album is called "Enjoy the Silence", which is exactly where my head was at when this fuckin' cringe was finally over. 👎👎

I really don't like this band. It's just so boring and feels like it's trying hard to be moody.

I got 2/3 of the way through this album and did not enjoy a single song. 80's music like this just isn't for me. I give it 2 out of 10 personally.

That sucks soooo bad.

Enjoy the Silence is an alright tune, which is apt considering I'd find more enjoyment in 47-minutes of silence than listening to this album again.

Just not good. Uninteresting. The best part was when it ended.

Music For The Masses was the second album I received when I started on this journey. It was also the first album I rated one star. And in some way I’ve been waiting for this day to come ever since. Violator, the other Depeche Mode album. The opportunity to prove me wrong, or to confirm my suspicions. I do not like Depeche Mode. Their music is consistently both incredibly overwrought and abysmally dreary. Violator is supposed to have taken a break from their usual writing style but that doesn’t come through because it sounds exactly the same as Music For The Masses, same dull electronics, same boring string quartet droning the same few trills midway through the song, same boring lyrics that just repeats the one verse over and over again. Fucking hell. I really can’t stand it. Even the ‘good songs:’ Personal Jesus and Enjoy The Silence have been both played to death and done better by other people. So… I am not going crazy. I do not like this band. What I’m now left to go crazy over is why you fuckers do like them so much

1.5

Didn't like it at all. Even skipped some songs.

I really don’t like this band lol

Boring as fuck. Had one nice song and I guess made a song I like covered by someone else.

Very sleepy album probably good for background noise but that's about it. Only one good song and it's the bands best one "enjoy the silence"

Not ideal

There's a famine in my heart to hear something else.

Meh

Couldn't get past the second song. Just not for me sorry.

1/5. Just awful. An abomination of an album. I cannot believe 90s kids enjoyed this New Wave garbage. I skipped many songs half way through and funny enough, enjoyed one of the bonus tracks better than any song on the actual album!

I'm starting to think that they wasted a lot of these slots. I know 1001 Albums seems like a lot but you can't pick every album from every band ever and I'm sure some real classics are left out for Albums like this. It's both annoying AND boring which is interesting because usually it's one or the other so good job. I find it annoying because the Instrumentation is fucking nails on a chalkboard and boring because the vocalist can only really sing in the droning dull kinda way. I don't know who this music is for but I'm glad I don't know them.

Another Depeche Mode album that leaves me not wanting to listen to them. This is worse than the others, 1.

So boring has aged badly

Overall, did not enjoy this album. Riffs and melodies were repetitive. I did like Clean because it felt authentically moody and brooding.

Not into this kind of music at all

It's ok for a long drive, otherwise, I would not listen.

Boring album. Only enjoy the silence was worth listening.

Not really a fan of the poppy sound. Would have to really check it out when I am not busy.