Sounds of the Universe is the twelfth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released in Europe on 20 April 2009 and in the United States and Canada on 21 April 2009. It was supported by the 2009–10 concert tour Tour of the Universe.
As with the previous album, Playing the Angel, Dave Gahan has once again written three songs with Christian Eigner and Andrew Phillpott: "Hole to Feed", "Come Back" and "Miles Away/The Truth Is"....
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Sounds of the Universe is the twelfth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released in Europe on 20 April 2009 and in the United States and Canada on 21 April 2009. It was supported by the 2009–10 concert tour Tour of the Universe.
As with the previous album, Playing the Angel, Dave Gahan has once again written three songs with Christian Eigner and Andrew Phillpott: "Hole to Feed", "Come Back" and "Miles Away/The Truth Is". "Spacewalker" and the bonus track "Esque" are instrumentals. Martin Gore shares lead singing duties with Gahan on "In Chains", "Peace" and "Little Soul", he sings the lead of "Jezebel" and the B-side "The Sun and the Moon and the Stars" on the second disc of the deluxe box set. The B-side "Oh Well" is the first track ever to be co-written by Gore and Gahan. The album ends with a short hidden instrumental track after "Corrupt".
Three singles were released from the album; "Wrong", "Peace", and a double A-side of "Fragile Tension" and "Hole to...
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