#1009 Muse – Black Holes and Revelations

Muse released their fourth studio album Black Holes and Revelations in 2006. The band took more control in production and changed direction in style citing Depeche Mode, Millionaire, Lightning Bolt, Sly and the Family Stone, and music from southern Italy as some of their influences. The themes are the same as their previous albums. The […]

#744 Pet Shop Boys – Very

I was a fan of Pet Shop Boys‘ earlier music, but dare I say they became too gay for me. I think Very was the last album I bought of theirs. I have not heard much from them since this album. I was a fan of synth-pop and techno, which I felt other bands, such […]

#669 Depeche Mode – Violator

If there was an album I was hoping to see on the list it was Depeche Mode‘s 1990 hit album Violator. This album and The Cure’s Disintegration are two albums from this time period that take me back in time to a place where I felt free and I felt love, a tainted love, but […]

#593 Depeche Mode – Music For The Masses

Depeche Mode is a band that I have heard of many times over. I am a fan. I only wish I had seen them in concert. Somehow I have missed every tour they have done. One of these days I will see them. It seems almost silly to review Music For The Masses from 1987. I […]