And finally, the moment has arrived to talk about a Depeche Mode album that struck me in an almost entirely negative way. A sense of déjà vu, of having heard better things before, and of boredom, pervades most of the thirteen tracks that make up the album; aside from the long and nighttime "In Chains," which opens the work, or the driving lead single "Wrong," there is very little else to salvage. The first and only slight misstep in an otherwise exemplary career...HOLE TO FEED...
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