Been listening to it in the car & loving it🌻

you only need this piece of advice. You need to listen to this album at least 3 times fully before you get hooked. Also some of the tunes start off slow and again you need to listen to all of the track. Lastly have a top hifi system or good set of ear phones and make sure if you have download hi quality not standard format. My only wish is that they would do some extended remixes, especially soothe my sole . Well done boys and cannot wait until the next album

I really like the sound of it. My kinda sound :)

If you've been in just one concert, you will be their fan forever.

I'm not even joking. I think this is one of their best albums, and personally I don't think it can compare to some of the songs you see on the songs nowadays.

This album hit the spot. It's dark and bluesy which suits them better. Electronics are cleverly layered blending with guitar riffs, its sonic sounding, great lyrics and both Gahan & Gore's vocals are stunning, return to form. The live performance this year was breathtaking also.

The best DM album ever released. Period. Based on my personal taste of course.

I've been a DM fan since the start and this is a total mishmash of sounds that completely miss the spot!

I love everything DM, but apart from the odd gems like Alone and Heaven, it's a poor album.

It's too heavy on synth, and it's hard to find the 'heart' of most of the tracks which you can find on any previous album.

Waited a long time for this and totally gutted!

Very very disappointed in this album. DM have always had bleeps and industrial sounds as a signature, but this is just too much. It's not even part or the music, just added for the sake of it. I agree with many of the others on here - HAVE to get a new producer.

Dave Gahan's work with Soulsavers - The Light The Dead See - is far superior to anything DM have done since Songs of Faith. As a life long Depeche Mode fan this is a very painful review to write!

Another DM masterpiece, whenever you think that their prime time is long gone they pull something incredible out of their sleeve, another classic! One of the finest DM albums, probably the best since Violator and SOFAD.

A must have for every DM fan, but also recommended for DM virgins or beginners :) Enjoy!

I must admit I wasn't 100% sure about this album the first time I heard it but as a long-standing DM fan, I thought I should take the time to actively listen to it a number of times. Well, as usual with the band, this opus is more complex and richer than you would expect. This is an absolute revelation. To those who dismiss the album in the comments, I can only recommend they have a few more listens, until they get what DM is trying to achieve with this album. It has so much in it that makes the DM DNA, this is just incredible. I didn't get it first time around, and now it touches my soul like I can't believe! Listen to Broken if you are struggling, it will prepare you for the rest of the album. In retrospect, I like the fact that it wasn't a straightforward album for me, it shows what an amazing band they still are, progressive and creative. Love it, love it, love it!

Is there anything else to say?

You know an album is good when most of the songs on it receive 5-star ratings in my itunes library!

Should Be Higher - one of the best songs.

Upon the first several listens I mistakenly thought this could be it; a post nineties actually half decent Depeche Mode album. However after listening to it enough times to the point of overt familiarity I realised it sadly wasn't. Sure, there are some standouts tracks (Alone, Should Be Higher) but the rest merge into a blues tinged rehash of past glories with far too many Personal Jesus lite riffs. On a plus it is far better than the previous (lack of) effort Sounds Of The Universe but that isn't a recommendation for those unfortunate to have endured that album. However like that album's special edition some of the better tracks are bizarrely found on the extra CD which makes you wonder who exactly decides on an album proper's track listing. Perhaps with a more stringent quality control both albums could have been rendered more cohesive. To summarise not one for the masses...

This album has some hits and perhaps a few misses. The last four albums have been a hit with the music press but have split Mode fans. I think what their latest offering lacks are tunes and riffs. Other bands such as Keane, Coldplay, a-ha and Stereophonics are not afraid to give their songs bold choruses and instrumental breaks but Mode have dropped these for the most part - just try whistling their latest tracks - difficult, isn't it! The last solid Mode album I keep returning to is Ultra - and whilst Delta Machine is growing on me, I hope that they perhaps go back to basics and what they did so well in the 80s and 90s. But above all, they keep recording!

There's a lot of DM fans who have been longing for a Violator MK II or a SOFAD MK II for the last 20 years. Prior to Delta Machine being released Martin Gore actually claimed this lay somewhere inbetween the two and everyone got excited that Delta Machine would match their early 90s peak. But therein lies the problem. What made DM so great for so long is that each album up to and including 2001's criminally underrated Exciter album always changed their sound, no one album sounding like any other. They dared to experiment and challenge expectations. But that stopped with 2005's Playing The Angel and 2009's Sounds of the Universe album. And Delta Machine just reinforces this. It's an album where DM have become obsessed with sounding like DM rather than doing what they did best and change things. Perhaps the problem is the producer, Ben Hiller, who has been the consistent link on this and the previous 2 albums. Or perhaps it just further demonstrates what Alan Wilder used to bring to the production side (he quit the band at their creative peak). Or perhaps it's simply the fact they are now middle aged multi millionaires going through the motions and churning out the expected DM sound rather than being fresh and innovative. It's not a terrible album, but it's just not great by DM standards. And it's also the first DM album where Dave Gahan's penned tracks are the standouts. Martin Gore appears to be having a creative meltdown of late (see also his ill fated techno album with Vince Clarke!)

Having also seen the band live at the O2 in May '13 - it's clear they simply want to be a stadium rock band these days. But its these excesses that are now blighting the band and their sound.

Who knows whether they will be back for another album in 2017 but if they are, lets hope they start looking forwards, rather than backwards for their sound.

DM are BACK!!!

I was lucky to listen to DM alive in Bratislava - they were pure class, simply the best! I needed time to listen to the new album, hooked up on old staff it took some time to adjust, but I can say with certainty now, after the concert and countless listening to the album, that Depeche Mode still rock! This album is amazing. Amongst my favourite songs are: Should be higher, Alone, Secret to the end, Goodbye, Welcome to my world, Heaven:)

... keep listening. Had to listen to this cd 5-6 times before I got it. Like a couple of other people had to turn off after a few tracks but then played it on the way to work in the car and it started to make sense. Little previously unheard sounds suddenly provided clarity.

Not Violator, MftM, SoFaD or SotU but now a great cd I can listen all the way through and enjoy.

I've been a fan since the early 80s and faithfully buy every album but I realised that the last good one was SOFAD in 1993. Sounds of the universe was very weak. So what a thrill to report that this is a real return to form. More good songs than the last 4 albums put together. The first four tracks are excellent then slow, goodbye, alone, long term lie. I think secret to the end is as good a song as any they've ever made.

Best Mode album since Ultra. Period! Maybe even better over time and more listens. "Always" is one of the best ever tracks they have done. Worth the price of the album alone. Other greats are "You should be higher" and "welcome to my world". Top, top stuff. This band STILL have something to say.

Whether you like or dislike this album really depends on the expectations you have before you listen to it. If you wish to hear a re-tread of previous albums and hits then there is every opportunity that you will be disappointed. This is not a Violator or Music For The Masses. Personally, I am of the opinion that trying to re-live past glories would be un-wise. This album certainly does not try to do that and, as such, provides something new for a Depeche Mode fan. It's a more cohesive album than Sounds Of The Universe and as an album reminds me of the 'feel' of Black Celebration. From my perspective, I think it it's excellent, however, I can understand the negative reviews.

Soothe My Soul, Welcome to My World and Broken are truly great Depeche Mode tracks which deserve a place in their magnificent back-catalogue... the rest.............. mehh.

I've only heard 'Soothe My Soul' and I thought it was the

best song I've heard in years! Can't believe the reviews on

here as I was expecting people to agree that this might

be a No 1 for DM. Well, we'll see who's right....

Reviewers on here have made the classic error or reviewing a DM album after one or two listens. Fans of the group should know that it takes 5 or 6 and then (unlike other bands) the albums stay with you forever. 'Playing the Angel' (their best for me) was a classic example

This isn't quite up with the brilliance of 'Angel' or the their last one, but it's certainly better than the grossly over-rated (but still good) 'Songs'. It's the quieter tracks that creep up on you and have a lasting impression, with "My little Universe' and 'Happens all the time' (only available on the longer version) simply beautiful in sound and resonance

Apart from the usual rule for DM (that the opener must be the weakest track!!) this is another album of great depth and whilst there are no absolute classics in the 'Nothing' or 'Sinner in me' category, it's pretty impressive for a band in their 34th year

I grew up on Depeche Mode and still love the early material but let's face it they've never been the same since Alan Wilder left

Really like the last album nothing to get excited about still love Depeche mode but from ultra downwards

I really don't understand some of the reviews on here at all. I think die hard Depeche Mode fans want them to keep recreating and repeating Violator, Songs of Faith & Devotion & Ultra all the time. Maybe it's just me? But Depeche Mode to me are always constantly pushing musical frontiers & are always pushing musical boundaries. They are endlessly innovative, and to be honest the isn't anyone else around, that can blend both electronic music & blues based grunge rock together, and actually make it work. It really is an album like a few of their others, that you have to keep going back to and eventually you will be rewarded.

If people really knew including die hard fans, how many different countless artists and bands they have influenced, they wouldn't be so quick to judge them in a negative way. They are still relevent and are brilliant in the studio, and fantastic live particularly in stadiums. They are better live in a stadium environment than in the studio. That is saying something in itself. The aren't many bands that can continually keep performing brilliantly live for what is now over 30 years. They are quite simply Britains best kept secret, and one of Britains best bands. Just like The Smiths.

This is a great album. It's not quite Violator, but it's on a par with the best, and a lot better than the last album (SOTW). There's no weak tracks at all.... and I particularly like the sense of airy space that the production's brought this time. Alone is a beautiful dark, atmospheric classic, My Little Universe is a menacing beaut of a track, Angel's off beat time sync and driving second verse.... I could go on - a return to form... a great album!

At the first listening , I was not convinced. I founbd it a bit slow. But the more I listened to it , the more Like it. One of their best work

I have religiously followed the Mode since Speak and Spell, tours, every release, every remix sort of thing. I had to listen to this album about 10 times to really start appreciating it, once you get there with it, I do think it is right up there with some of Modes best work. For me, the best 3 tunes are My Little Universe, Sooth my Soul and Allways, which is a brilliant track. I think there is some great electronic influence from the work Martin did with Vince Clarke on VCMG, it seems to be very driven at times by this dark electonic but soulful undertone that perhaps we havent seen since Black Celebration. I think that there still is no-one like Depeche Mode and this album again stamps their individuality into the world of electronic music and shows that even after all these years, they are still producing some of their most cutting edge, pioneering but highly accessable work.

Its no surprise that so many producers, djs and artists in the electronic and dance industry are such avid fans of depeche mode and they way they treat their production process

Well Done again to Ben Hillier for pushing the raw reverb and tireless bass sounds in places, I think they made a good decision to let you take the production from Universe and push it out their there further towards raw electronics.

Buy it

Brilliant , moving , wierd , current & strange. The whole album i like but it did take a few plays i admit! Every track has something special about them but! Should be higher, Alone, & Soothe my soul are are brilliant!!! Can't wait for 29th of May should be a brilliant GIG...ps listen through headphones the sounds are amazing especially My little universe.

Since day one the band have been awesome, never had the radio UK radio support of much lesser bands, but still the best. The music and lyrics are unique, and this album is up there with the rest. Always on the headphones first, then other media. it stands up, its excellent, as always. thanks boys, more hours of top music to listen to.

Well listened to the entire album 5 times and you know what,it's brilliant,it's easily the best album since violator there's no doudt about that depeche always bring something new to the table,welcome to my world the opening track is brooding Ghan @ his best with flicking electronic beats through out,angel is also brilliant,slightly reminded me of I feel you,the more you listen the better it gets,the mode is well and truly back,th those who say this is a weak album is pure crap

It really pains me to write this but the Mode we used to know and love is gone.

This album could be the outakes or demos from their last 2 albums, really bland and uninspiring, Had to stop listening before the end it's that bad, unlistenable.

You do worry that the best is long behind them.

This is no follow on from Violater or SOFAD as its being banded.

Please Mode rediscover what you used to be best at.

On first play through was genuinely confused by how hit and miss the tracks were.

'Should be higher' is just epic, and gave me goose bumps when I listened to it. Dave's wonderful voice weaves and soars majestically above and below the beautifully paced and harmonious melody. Of course it's subjective, but if the rest of the album felt as polished as this track it would be unbelievably good.

'Angel', 'Slow', 'Broken' and 'Heaven' amongst others also stand out, but without 'Should be higher' they aren't strong enough to carry the album.

And then there are the tracks that leave me perplexed. I simply can't get into them. And it really pains me as a lifelong fan to admit that, let alone write that down. There's moments within them that I like, but they feel like a mish-mash of different musical ideas which someone has then tried to rescue by gluing Daves voice and a few trademark DM sounds onto them. Something just feels like it's gone awry.

So an album of extremes. Brilliant one minute, irritating to the point of track deletion the next. Do I regret buying it? Of course not. But do I feel frustrated that some of the songs just don't feel up to the usual DM standard? Absolutely.

This album does not jump out at you with a "wow" tune however once you settle down with your headset on and properly listen, it's a decent album. Not the greatest but decent and certainly better than the last effort.

I have got to be honest: I think Depeche Mode should quit while their reputation is still just about intact. Since Alan Wilder left the band they have struggled to find the sound that made them a great band. This album is depressingly similar to the last album. It's just bland, flat and frankly boring to listen to. I just wish they would bite the bullet and ask Alan to come back and turn on the magic again.

As with all of their albums (Violator included) there are split opnions here - which to me means they're doing something right. Actually they're doing a lot right and this counts among their best. Many bands lasting 30 years would have gone for something much more safe and banal, or just re-mastered their back catalogue, but not DM. The blues twist, tinkered with on previous records, adds a nice new twist that makes this fresh. Gore is as strange and wonderful as ever ('The Child Inside', 'Always'), Gahan hits new notes on 'Should be Higher' and is in turns strident and soulful throughout - and to me they both harmonise in different ways from before ('Alone'),

I first listened to this on vinyl one evening and loved it from start to finish on first listening, though not everyone will - especially those who don't like their techno so much (I do), as this forms the backdrop to much of the album more even than on SOTU. They are masters of the well-put together album and this is no exception, with a perfectly complementary mix of beautiful songs. Heartily recommended. They will storm the 02 - Europe and the US even more so.

B side material at best. Sorry. Mode fan since 86...

It's becoming tedious now. Boring, bland, insipid, and I'm a fan!

After being a fan since day one,, they still manage to get under my skin,,a fantastic album from a superb band.

After tentatively listening to a few tracks using the iTunes functions, I was in two minds. Being a big fans and having bought it, I can honestly say its brilliant. Should be higher is one track, that for me, is one of their all time best! Its a slow burner, but gets under your skin. Classic.

Love this album, i initially was in two minds but every time I listen to this album i can hear more and more of the old music.

I heard the other day that even after more than 30 years together and selling more than 100 million albums they can still produce great albums like this, how true that is.

Well done DM

I'm a quite new fun, not like you all here who knows them since they've started. I listened to their old albums and they all fascinated me but I wasn't sure if new album was same. But more I listen to album, more I'm into their world like I did when I first listened to their albums just a year and a half ago. I totally agree with reviewer 10/9/83 that delta machine is perfection at this point. They are growing and growing. How I wish I could known them earlier.

Baffles the life out of me how someone calls themselves a DM fan since they've started can call this abysmal..! Everyone will have there own opinion but that just doesn't make sense .....I personally think this is perfection at this point in their career ...17 amazing tracks :) thank you very much :D

Loving this new helping! They have taken alot of time to construct this dark and sometimes uplifting album! Everyone says their best offering since Violator and Songs of Faith and Devotion. I still think Ultra was a great album and this is their best since then. Dave's voice sounds good again! Looking forward to seeing them in May! Keep up the good work...

The original electricians , plugged back in . Welcome back ..

It's 'OK' at best so far... might need a few more plays to find it... Seems they've re-used a bag load rifs, beeps and recognisable breakes from the last 3 albums.. so not as new as I'd hoped!

This is without doubt a great album. I do agree with others that it needs a few listens to really get into but disagree with the negative comments I have seen. Why is it that people can not judge an album on its own merits without comparing it to earlier great albums like Violator or songs of faith and devotion? If Bands were to replicate those earlier successes over and over again they would become very boring and would probably get heavy criticism for doing so. For me everything about this album sounds great. If your a real fan of D.M. And electronic music then listen without prejudice and you will be rewarded!

This record is simply beautiful.

Maybe I was bound to jump on board with this album but it is BRILLIANT unless you are a iron who loves only instant gratification from your music. f so you don't get DM anyway.

I've tried to dislike it. Cant… There's only one thing I dislike and that it misses the same thing all mode albums miss since 94 to some degree or another....... Some of the drum sounds are uninspired but that may be to give it more of a band feel that can be reproduced live. I still think with these songs miller, wilder and jones would have delivered something with some amazing alternatives.. Some soulful songs yet a harder electronic edge. They don't have Alan so we are still always left wondering how he'd of influenced it. I do wish there was a bit more layering and some 'richer' moments. For instance that bass synth at the start of 'all that's mine' (yes I know it's not on the album buts part of the same sessions)... I wonder what AW or Miller would have done with it. More like the bass synth of WIME. Some if the incidentals are violator esque... But I do get the exciter similarity but I think that's down to the material..

BUT

This is a PROPER Depeche Mode album. It needs and deserves to be listened to properly. It is…It is…It is…It is…It is…It is… There is emotion in here and it's up there with the best and it gets better.

It isn't synth pop and it isn't an album with a commercial mega blaster of a single on it. It's a piece of art. It is a first in electronica.

I think It's actually going to be a very important album.

They know something no one else's knows.DM have produced another first in electronica. Bluesy songs, analogue synths and yet avoiding all clichés. From start to finish.

These are demos. You can do better.

What's missing? The multi-layered atmospheric production, melody, the blood stirring, the immediacy of the majority of Gore's writing, humanity and emotion. They have thrown the baby out of the bath water with this one. Climatically under-produced there is nothing to "love" here. Martin Gore's lyrics have almost become a self-parody. It is a huge dissapointment to me especially as I will be seeing them at the O2 for the first time in 20 years. I do hope they heavily mine their back catalogue. Find a new producer guys and find some better songs Martin, new themes I think? Time to grow out of the goth-angst trip perhaps? That they are still trying to do something new at this stage in their career is admirable but this just doesnt cut it, it sounds like it could have been recorded in someones bedroom. Gahan's vocals are better when he stays within the barotone smoothness and stays away from the cod tenor almost hysterical posturing of a post goth Nick Cave-a-like. See Alan Wilder for some tips and ditch the misery, Depeche Mode are fast becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy and are in danger of proving their most ferocious critics right.

Back to the melody, the layered arrangments and true song writing not this forced cyber-blues tosh.

My fave band ever , and thus I'm a bit bias however this is of the if it ain't broke don't fix it mentality .

It's got Dave's gravely lyrics a plenty and some tracks that a couple of listens and you fully appreciate what's involved , hey depeche mode are the uk finest export .

More radio coverage here and they would get the full homegrown love they deserve

Every song is brilliant , one of the best they ever done .

Well what can I say I've been a fan since I was knee high to a grass hopper loved all the early stuff and seen DM around the world on various tours…Loved everything up to the last album and was the last time I saw them in concert though I feel they have lost a bit of their edge so not going to this years tour…back to the album yes it's taking me a few plays but its growing on me….i might have to rethink about the concert in May…I love the bluesy synth sound…more please!

this has to be the best album since Violator. Every track is carefully crafted and entices you to turn up the volume.

I'm starting to get annoyed. Having been a DM fan for more years than I care to admit to, in my opinion these are average songs which could have been salvaged by a different production approach - in fact the same old story for the last decade. And why are Dave and Martin now singing in what I can only describe as 'Vic-Reeves-Club-Style'? Poor old Flood looks like he was left polishing a proverbial. To compare this album to Violator and SOFAD smells of a cynical marketing ploy; it should never be mentioned in the same breath. They wanted the album to sound 'modern', but it sounds more dated than the stuff they did 20+ years ago. Move on people, there's nothing to see here.

This is a classic Mode album that demands you listen to every track. There is not a weak song amongst it whilst offering a least four of their strong tracks ever, which for a band in its fourth decade is pretty unprecedented. I would sum it as Violator for the 21st century it's that good.

This album see the guys back to their brilliant best.Violator was the best album they ever done,i think we're heading for an equal here. Pop on some headphones and digest the layers and loops of sounds that swirl with sublime perfection to the ear. Amazing!!!!

Followed DM since Violator and have never heard them reach that excellence again. This offering is over-electro, lyrically haphazard and pretty dull really. Disappointed.

zzzzzzz sorry dozed off. This is a very dull and uninspiring album. No melodies, over written, over produced simply very underwhelming and from a fan who has every album. Bored writing this.

Cannot believe people are comparing this to Violator. I want to like it and have listened to it several times, resigned myself to the fact they are not the band they used to be.

Way way past their best now......love the Mode, but where are the songs?????

I've been a DM fan for the whole of their career, yes i'm in my 40's!

So on that basis I feel I know a fair bit about their music and direction. I was so looking forward to this release but now feel totally deflated!! The spoken word is fine in a track or two but the repetition killed me. Found the whole album lazy and lacking that DM punch that we all know they possess.

Sorry DM 1/10 for effort on this one

I don't want to start comparing this album with their previous stuff as it's largely not the point; everyone has their favourites. The blinding message here is that, whilst Depeche have absolutely nothing to prove to anyone, they've recorded an album that is absolutely unremitting in his focus, passion and delivery. They still sound relevent and they still sound utterly like Depeche Mode, insomuch as there is a definite thread here that one can trace back through all of their work. As a Depeche Mode fan, I absolutely want them to enjoy making new music and if Delta Machine is anything to go by, it sounds like they really enjoyed putting this one together.

Key tracks: Alone, Soft Touch/Raw Nerve, Broken, Slow

Oh dear. I love depeche mode. But this is terrible. Defiantly not worth £10.99. Save your money.

I've been a depeche mode fan since the early days, but I've got to say people, this album is the worst thing they've ever put out. Really really disappointing.

I suppose every band is allowed a bad album from time to time, so who knows this may be an anomaly. Very poor - sorry! :-(

So it's 20 years since Songs of Faith and Devotion, which was the last amazing album from Depeche mode and like fine wine proves, the older you get the better it tastes and this is definitely the case with Delta Machine. 'Heaven' is majestic, 'Soothe my Soul' is a real stomper and will be epic live, plus top tracks later on like 'Soft touch/raw nerve' and 'Should be higher' mean that the entire album keeps up the quality that kicks of the start of this album! Will definitely make it onto many 2013 Best of compilations and for a band that beens around over 33 years, that's some accolade!

and again…another boring Ben Hiller album

This album should be re named Demo Machine. There is an almost total lack of melody in these songs that has been replaced with to many Sci Fi sounds.

I think I must be listening to a different stream than everyone else. I had to turn this off half way through; I couldn't bear it any longer. What I love best about Depeche Mode is when they're lush and multi-layered, when there's some power and passion and energy, and there's no evidence of that here. It's all 1981-esque bleeps and slow (and often jarring) rhythms - where's the punch, the fire, the power? Dave Gahan once more drawls rather than sings (he's starting to sound like the Pub Singer), and whilst Martin Gore's harmonies are as divine as ever it's just not enough to redeem this one for me.

I suspect this might become the first DM album I don't own. They've had £100+ off me for live tickets in May - they don't need another tenner for an album I'll never listen to again. And these tracks will be the ones I disappear off to the loo during when they're at the O2.

You might love it. Other listeners clearly do. But me - not so much.

First thing first, i love DP - however, this is my least favourite album to date. Granted, a few good tracks, namely "Should Be Higher", "Alone", "Soothe My Soul" and of course, the recent single "Heaven". No doubt, a lot of DP fans will like this album, but having waited some time for this release, i have to say really disapointed.

That's what I like to hear. True Mode tracks at the highest level :)

Oh my word, I can see why it's being streamed before being released. This album is totally unexpected after the first release, Heaven. So retro and electronic, yet has a soulful maturity. Outstanding, can't wait to hold the double disc product next week (sorry I-tunes, but thanks for streaming). Not that DM or most fans care but this could be a massive hit.

This album is amazing. I've been a fan since mid 80's and I truly believe this is their best work. Ben Hillier has taken a load of flack some justified but my, has he pulled it out the bag this time!!

Mart said there were 3-4 standout tracks and I have to agree but the whole album is fused together perfectly taking you on a journey in synth heaven. There is something for everyone. Daves voice is outstanding and I can't wait to hear the extra tracks on the deluxe. Roll on may 28th at the o2.

Well done lads, 10 out of 10.

This is the old Mode that we know and love. The volume of passion and energy in the album reflects the music from the Violator age and is so so welcome. Great album and a must have for any DM fan. Welcome back guys. Great to see Flood back in the chair

What can I say, they have surpassed themselves...AGAIN!!!

Just like a good wine, they get better with age.