Sounds of the Universe

Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe
Critic Score
Based on 21 reviews
2009 Ratings: #472 / 923
User Score
Based on 229 ratings
2009 Rank: #259
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
musicOMH

It's tempting to wonder how this album would be received if it surfaced under plain cover. Such is Depeche Mode's influence on the multitude of new electronic pop thrown at us this year, it's clear the new offering would fit in immediately. Yet while said 'new pop' might throw its arms around the likes of Just Can't Get Enough and Enj

oy The Silence, it would have more trouble embracing a song like Jezebel.

MarkAnMan
85

I'm sorry Music for the Masses, I'm sorry Some Great Reward and I'm sorry Black Celebration, and I'm really baffled to say this... but Sounds of The Universe is DM 3rd best album.
And I'm so surprised 'cause I didn't remember this album being this good, in fact, it doesn't have any right to be this great. At this point, their career was almost three decades long, and even if Playing the Angel was a big improvement from their previous albums, it didn't pointed towards the direction the band ... read more

depechemode4lif
82

SOTU still has some extremely compelling moments. Admittedly, SOTU isn't one of their most adventurous albums as it simply continues the analog trend of Playing The Angel. However, Martin's songwriting remains extremely solid on this project. Fragile Tension, Wrong, In Sympathy, Jezebel, In Chains, Corrupt, and Little Soul prove that while this might not be their most sonically interesting project, there is still an excellent amount of tracks that shouldn't be overlooked.

ScoopTime
31

Sounds of the universe more like Snooze of the Universe....

I am going to bed now

LoPasFilter
75

It's alright. "In Chains," "Wrong," and "Peace" carry the album

rzbig
65

"Pissing out the wrong energy"
This album should have been great, but it rarely packs a good punch. Most of the songs are good, but don't really have much to say. Also the most positive-sounding DM album bar S&S.
+ Wrong, Fragile Tension, In Chains
- Jezebel

daFigz
70

By track six, I began to lose interest. This means the first five tracks held me tightly as in rapt attention. I like the pixie stick cover art and find myself staring hard at this graphic as if something invisible will become visible if I stare long enough. The antihistamine has paused the eyeball holes to stop leaking. Imagine performing microsurgery with runny eyes. Surgeons can be pretty arrogant. So, if you're about to go under the cuchillo de carne, avoids arguing with the surgeon about ... read more

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