Cover of “Construction Time Again” by Depeche Mode
With Gareth Jones as producer and the Einsturzenden Neubauten in mind, Depeche Mode constructed the image that shaped them in the 1980s: a look at global, social injustices, martial, metallic sounds, Dave Gahan in the baritone.
In order to keep the mood of their third album, they also left out a previous single (“Get The Balance Right!”).
They only released two singles internationally, the big “Love, In Itself” hasn’t been taken into account by the band to this day. The even bigger “Everything Counts” made Depeche Mode relevant in a larger context, as political skeptics (“The grabbing hands /Grab all they can /All for themselves after all”).
“Everything Counts” would accompany the musicians for a long time to come, live as the final piece sung in a choir with the audience (immortalized on the “Music For The Masses” tour and in “101”), most recently also on the “Spirit” -concert tour. It fits any time, and with this song, Depeche Mode document their early strengths.
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