Violator turns 30
I grew up in a smallish town in a small state. No one would have accused any of us being trendy but I can clearly remember hearing Personal Jesus, Enjoy the Silence and Policy of Truth for the first time. This was foreign-sounding, fearless and sexy music. I think I had followed a girl to the album and she loved the record. Things for us didn't work out but the album stuck.
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Depeche Mode's Violator turns 30 years old this week and remains as timeless as fun than ever - a placard for a decade but also a touchstone for music. 47 minutes of good times and bad which will be with us
Like it's party and sun predecessor Duran Duran's Rio - Depeche Mode's album was the perfect, bleak and beautiful party point-in-time album. This was a girl in a black skirt and a pair of dark sunglasses strutting past a mysterious man a black hat. This was a dangerous album it felt like. Moments, images and sounds locked in time.
1. "World in My Eyes" 4:26
2. "Sweetest Perfection" 4:43
3. "Personal Jesus" 4:56
4. "Halo" 4:30
5. "Waiting for the Night" 6:07
6. "Enjoy the Silence" 6:12
7. "Policy of Truth" 4:55
8. "Blue Dress" 5:41
9. "Clean" 5:32
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