Various Artists - For The Masses

Artist:

Various Artists

UPC:

731454091923

Description:

FOR THE MASSES is a tribute album to Depeche Mode.
Producers include: Ted De Bono, Gary Dobbins, Robert Smith, Jack Dangers, Matt Mahaffey.
Engineers include: Palli Borg, C. Hawkes, Paul Corkett, Jeff Moleski, Bobby Dufresne, Jr.
Audio Mixers: Ronald Prent; Robert Smith ; Dave Wyndorf; David J. Holman; David Reilly; Palli Borg; Doug McBride; Frank Duch¿ne; C. Hawkes; Master Frequency; Gary Dobbins; GusGus; Howard Gray; Jeff Turzo; Joe Baldridge; Ken Andrews; Mark Van Hoen; Matt Mahaffey; Paul Corkett; Rabbit in the Moon; Terry Date; Ulrich Wild.
Audio Remixers: Jeff Moleski; Billy Corgan.
Photographer: Martyn Atkins.
Unknown Contributor Role: Ulrich Wild.
As one of the prime innovators of synth-pop, Depeche Mode has influenced an entire generation of knob-twiddling, mousse-wearing devotees. Since 1981, their dark, scientific sound has defined the genre, moving the synthesizer into edgy, aggressive realms. FOR THE MASSES finds that generation paying overdue tribute to the men in black, combining a wide variety of bands who`ve followed in their footsteps in one way or another (with the exception of the Cure, whose recorded output predates DM`s but who contribute a sonically rich version of "World In My Eyes" nonetheless).
FOR THE MASSES sticks to Depeche Mode`s more aggressive and mostly later work--the soft pop of "New Life" or "See You" is eschewed for more hard-edged themes. Some of the covers show a very direct lineage to the band--Rammstein`s gut-wrenching "Stripped" and Meat Beat Manifesto`s breakneck "Everything Counts" inject an over-the-top element of aggression, while Hooverphonic`s "Shake the Disease" displays this band`s talent for giving a song breathing room without compromising its intensity. Smashing Pumpkins even deliver an inspired, beefed-up take on "Never Let Me Down Again."

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Never Let Me Down Again - Smashing Pumpkins
2. Fly on the Windscreen - God Lives Underwater
3. Enjoy the Silence - Failure
4. World in My Eyes - The Cure
5. Policy of Truth - Dishwalla
6. Somebody - Veruca Salt
7. Everything Counts - Meat Beat Manifesto
8. Shake the Disease - Hooverphonic
9. Master and Servant - Locust
10. Shame - Self
11. Black Celebration - Monster Magnet
12. Waiting for the Night - Rabbit in the Moon
13. I Feel You - Apollo 440
14. Monument - GusGus
15. To Have and to Hold - Deftones
16. Stripped - Rammstein

Album Information

Release Date:

08/04/1998

Type:

Collection

Genre:

Electronic

Subgenre:

Electronica

Label:

A&M (USA)

Catalog Number:

540919

Original Release Year:

1998

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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