Regarding the album's title, Gore said, 'We called it Violator as a joke. It's got a very repetitive, synthesised sound, and the bass riffs with the echo have a very hypnotic groove that underpins it. Said Wilder, 'they were doing something very different to anyone else at that time Р Р†Р вЂљРІР‚Сљ you can hear electronics in there, and the influence of classical music. 'It's saying that love and sex and pleasure are positive things.' The song 'Blue Dress', which Gore called 'pervy', is simply about 'watching a girl dress and realising that this is 'what makes the world turn.'' With 'Halo', Gore said, 'I'm saying 'let's give in to this' but there's also a real feeling of wrongfulness I suppose my songs do seem to advocate immorality but if you listen there's always a sense of guilt.' The closing track, 'Clean', was inspired by Pink Floyd's song ' One of These Days', from their 1971 album Meddle. Gore called the track 'World in My Eyes' a very positive song. Musically, Violator has been described as synth-pop, alternative rock, dance, and gothic rock. The idea was to work hard and party hard and we all enjoyed ourselves to the full.' After Milan the band relocated to Puk studios in northern Denmark, where most of the album was recorded. 'Everybody was feeling each other out, because they wanted to try working in a different way. According to Flood, they did not do a substantial amount of work in Milan, except for the song ' Personal Jesus', which was crucial in setting the tone and spirit of the album. The band convened to work on the record with Flood at Mute's WorldWide programming room in London for three weeks after which they flew to Milan for the new sessions at Logic studios. For instance, ' Enjoy the Silence' started out as a slow ballad, but at Wilder's suggestion became a pulsating, up-tempo track. The sparse demos allowed the band to take creative liberties with the songs. Several of the basic recordings consisted of vocals over a simple guitar or organ part, with the odd percussion loop, but less sequenced material. After the rigid, limiting effects of almost-finished demos for Music for the Masses, Gore, agreeing to Wilder's request, kept them less complete this time around. There was also a notable change in Gore's demos. Then Fletch and Mart would go away, and they'd come back after we'd worked on it for a while to give an opinion.' So we ended up with this unwritten agreement in the band, where we'd all throw together a few ideas at the beginning of a track. 'That's how we made the group work at that time', clarified Wilder, 'by accepting that we all had different roles and not actually all trying to do the same thing. With co-producer Flood, Wilder began a complementary working relationship, with Flood able to provide the technical know-how and Wilder working on the arrangements and song textures. We decided that our first record of the '90s ought to be different.' We were beginning to have a problem with boredom in that we felt we'd reached a certain level of achievement in doing things a certain way.' Martin Gore elaborated, 'Over the last five years I think we'd perfected a formula my demos, a month in a programming studio, etc. This time we decided to keep all pre-production work to a minimum. Alan Wilder said, 'Usually we begin the making of a record by having extensive pre-production meetings where we decide what the record will actually sound like, then go into a programming studio. The following list details all Dave Gahan or Dave Gahan & Soulsavers songs that have been played live.Compared to previous efforts, the band decided to try a new approach to recording. Broken (as part of a Depeche Mode release)*Р вЂќР вЂћ total of 74 song are confirmed to have been written and recorded by Gahan for his solo works or as part of a Depeche Mode release.The following are Depeche Mode songs which have not been played live.Р вЂќР вЂћ total of 73 songs from Depeche Mode's catalogue have not been played live. Some songs were played only during a solo member's tour, while others are cover songs that were only played early in their career.Р вЂќР вЂћ total of 152 songs are confirmed to have been performed live by Depeche Mode. This list includes all songs Depeche Mode has performed live throughout their career. A total of 223 songs have been recorded, performed live, or assisted with by Depeche Mode and its individual members.

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