Nothing To Fear

Sunday's car boot sale had lots of old vinyl to flip through.  The morning had started cold but by the time I'd worked my way around the field I was thoroughly warm and in the possession of ten LPs, most of which cost 50p or a pound.

This was £1:

Depeche Mode - A Broken Frame (1982)

This second album, coming after 1981's Speak & Spell was Depeche Mode's first without Vince Clarke, who'd left to start Yazoo.

A Broken Frame is generally seen as their weakest album.  I can see why this is the case but for me it has several high spots, including the instrumental Nothing To Fear and the singles Leave In Silence and See You.

It marks the beginning of the change from the poppy debut towards their later, much darker material, and reached no. 8 in the UK album chart.

Spotify:  Depeche Mode – Nothing To Fear



Enjoy The Silence

I picked up a couple of LPs at a charity shop the other day, again both heavy on the synths.  The first was Depeche Mode's 1990 album Violator.

Depeche Mode - Violator (1990)

This album, their seventh, was the one that pushed them from relative success in the UK to worldwide recognition, going gold in the UK and triple platinum in the US.  This copy was a bargain at just 50p as it's an incredible album and in excellent condition.  Top tracks -

Spotify:  Depeche Mode – Enjoy The Silence            Depeche Mode – World In My Eyes

Next was this:

The Electric Moog Orchestra - Music From Star Wars (1977)

Selections from the Star Wars soundtrack as performed on Moog synthesisers?  For 50p?  How could I resist?  The Electric Moog Orchestra specialised in making electronic versions of John Williams' music.  Other soundtracks covered include Battlestar Galactica and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.  Here's some blurb from the back cover:

Amazing.

Spotify:  The Electric Moog Orchestra – Star Wars (Main Title)

              The Electric Moog Orchestra – Imperial Attack (from "Star Wars")