Depeche Mode: Violator Album Review Part 1 - A General Discussion

[@Francoisknyc]

Thanks for the mention...

[@VaughnGeorge]

Francois you are very welcome Sir and I would be honoured if you'd agree to an interview with me on my channel. I can assure you that my entire community of subscribers would be over the moon if you agreed to it!! Cheers to you Sir!! VG:-)

[@VaughnGeorge]

I hope you enjoy part 1 of my Violator album review series and remember that you can see all the previous Depeche Mode album reviews by searching in my previous videos !! VG :-)

[@tafur101]

Of course my friend.....!!!!

[@jackgahan149]

I ALLWAYS ASK FANS OR GUYS LIKE YOU WITH A CHANNEL IN KZbin AND NEVER KNOW WAY THE ROSE IS CUT IN 6 PIECES! DID YOU KNOW WAY???😐

[@h.ferguson3645]

Excellent Vaughn. Please go as geeky and deep as you can. This album deserves it. Also it would be brilliant if you would explain the different vocal harmonies in the songs!

[@TheRahsoft]

@@jackgahan149 ask anton corbin - he was the art "direction" for DM during that period.

[@robertohot4322]

Excellent analysis and interpretation of the music you and all on here enjoy and love. Good humour always helps

[@Kubit76]

Violator is a masterpiece. Epic and made history in music. It was my introduction as well into DM. Beautiful in every way.

[@VaughnGeorge]

Amen brother !! VG :-)

[@thesinnerinside]

Thank you for a review buddy! Looking forward for part 2 🔥

[@alicehastnel4500]

Why i can like this video only once :( the best review ever!

[@VaughnGeorge]

Bless you Alice!! Thank you so much !! VG :-)

[@daveschrdinger]

Vaughn, I would like to see, how you play the parts of Alan, Martin and FLETCH...

[@loveandpeace2930]

Wie soll er denn den Part von Fletch "spielen"? 🤔

[@daveschrdinger]

@@loveandpeace2930 , ich glaube, dass Fletch die Bass-Partie und verschiedene Samples spielt. Oder bin ich falsch?

[@ultramet]

I appreciated the video as always but this is the greatest album of all time. Not much to debate here. In fact, Violator has become synonymous with “perfection”. For example, you can even use it in a sentence “that Audi A6 is nice but it’s no Violator. Now the Audi R8 THAT is a Violator. “

[@ERICF66]

Violator (for me) is a close #2 right behind Music For The Masses at #1!! Fight me. 🤣🔥😁🤓

[@TFHats]

Will you also go into the b-sides like Dangerous, Khaleid, Sea of Sin and happiest girl? These tracks aren’t simply b-sides and have a quality of their own.

[@Tomversal]

And a happy 70th birthday to Daniel Miller, unappreciated genius!

[@oceane_chin]

I believe he's not 'unappreciated'. DM mentions about him all the time

[@Tomversal]

@@oceane_chin I mean Unappreciated by most people in general, not necessarily the fans or the band just people who might like the band but don't take time to study or read all the notes on their albums

[@thisistype_concept9964]

The sound is still as fresh today as it was then, an incredible achievement.

[@EtsiJuuret]

It's the album out of time!

[@inga1721]

👌

[@jamesstewart7736]

Agreed. I still listen to this album regularly. Definitely one of my top 5 albums of all time 👏🏻

[@AnalogX64]

Looking forward to this series, you can do a Bonus episode on the six B-sides "Dangerous", "Memphisto", "Sibeling", "Kaleid", "Happiest Girl", and "Sea of Sin". Sea of Sin and Happiest Girl being my two favourites and I haven't found any info on those two tracks, how they came about etc.

[@VaughnGeorge]

For sure !! A series on the B-sides for sure!! VG :-)

[@erichschoenholtz5170]

I agree. The B-sides from this album are very good and could have been A-sides IMHO.

[@thekevindeucey]

Dangerous has always been one of my favs. DM fan since 1983.

[@validcore]

Dangerous is underated & better than alot of Violator songs.

[@crimsoneyedkyu3728]

@@validcore Dangerous is one of my favourite songs ❤ and it is sad that it wasn't even played live for once

[@thekevindeucey]

Violator made it impossible for the mainstream to ignore DM.

[@niklasandersson9084]

"Violator" and "songs of Faith and Devotion" are my all time favourite records. Almost impossible to choose one over the other. But i think i like "Songs of Faith and devotion" a bit more.

[@mhoppy6639]

Vaughn the Flood story is absolutely true. I’ve heard him recount it in numerous interviews.

[@GeorgeDemin]

14:20-14:23 killed me 😂 By the way, about metal names, Dave stated that at one point they considered calling their latest album “Maelstrom”, but they thought that it’s too metal

[@nsford7651]

Violator is absolutely stunning. It's perfect. I must have listened to it hundreds of times!

[@MrFredNC]

Your "Mart and Alan in the studio with the "Shake the Disease" demo" impression is pure gold. I figure this was pretty much exactly what it looked like.

[@VaughnGeorge]

hahahaha yeah cheers my friend !! VG :-)

[@anitaklisovic7782]

I always lough when you say: Martin, you kinky b..... with that deep voice of his

[@SandroRMontenegro]

Kraftwerk : Computer World Depeche Mode: Violator Erasure: Chorus. Best albuns of the World .

[@EtsiJuuret]

Kraftwerk: Die Mensch Maschine is their central album!

[@SandroRMontenegro]

@@EtsiJuuret ok ! It could be too 😁

[@oceane_chin]

Looking forward for the blue dress and waiting for the night episode... When I listen to it, I feel like I'm floating while fireflies flying back and forth inside my head are making those beautiful sounds.

[@VaughnGeorge]

"Blue Dress" is one if my vernal favourites too!! VG :-)

[@PopDropChannel]

The long awaited review, just in time for a quality spent Sunday afternoon.

[@VaughnGeorge]

I hope you enjoy this !! VG :-)

[@JackHekler]

I would love to see an extensive interview between you and Flood on this album(ten parts as well)

[@wawawswfc4957]

There best album from start 2 finish ....waiting 4 the night is just pure class ....and when i go ...at my funeral my songs ....will b omd messages live & the wftn live ....

[@VaughnGeorge]

Thank you my friend !! VG :-)

[@grimlund]

It would have been interesting to see how Enjoy The Silence would have sounded If Martin would have produced it instead of Alan. I think that Martin wanted the song to be a slow ballad or something. Alan wanted the song to be faster. More up beat. I dont think that ETS would have been such a huge hit If not Alan would have been around there.

[@ToreHansen]

One of the best electronic albums ever, the end.

[@alexgalaktionov9952]

Watching this review made me feel like hearing the opening intro of the World Violation tour. You immediately feel that there is something unforgettable coming from behind these curtains and with your video now the curtain falls and we just about to see them live on the peak of their creativeness!

[@tominoakachudak]

I got hooked by Freelove Flood mix. Then an older friend lent me One night in Paris. The funny thing is that I saw the file where Enjoy the silence was corrupted, so I had to skip it. That time I didn´t know the English word enjoy, I didn´t look up the term in a dictionary, and I couldn´t just type somewhere the phrase „Enjoy the silence“ and get back at least some bars. Later I asked the older friend who gave me the One night in Paris cd that, what is their best album. He said Violator; I bought the cd, started to listen to it from the beginning, came to Enjoy and was mind blown. I repeated it a few times and was able to come to an end, notifying that the Policy of truth has got its power and that the Blue dress and Clean got something in them too, but ... the most powerful moment was when I heard Enjoy.

[@RajeSharm]

Great one as always. And Great theme mix 🎹👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽

[@VaughnGeorge]

Thank you Sir!! VG :-)

[@briandarnell1195]

An absolute masterpiece. I’m not overstating when I said that musically, it changed my life.

[@VaughnGeorge]

I get what you mean Brian !! It was the same for me!! VG :-)

[@robertohot4322]

Enjoy the silence is timeless and takes me right back to 1990. What is the version at the beginning of this?

[@robertohot4322]

@@VaughnGeorge Just realised it is your expert playing

[@titanuxsound]

Now I can say today is Sunday, i was waiting for this moment, now I can't wait for the ETS video, this story of Alan working on the track without the rest of the band it really fascinates me, and I think that it highlighted the genius of mr. Wilder. Thanks the lord for this

[@anitaklisovic7782]

No, you are young and great

[@VaughnGeorge]

Bless you !! VG :-)

[@joseca7509]

The b sides!!, they're as good as the main tracks, man i love that about DM

[@ninabarlevypsy.d.6071]

Violator came out my senior year of high school. I'd already been a fan since Some Great Reward but this is certainly one of my favorite DM albums.

[@cfcashfloh5280]

if you wanna „hear Violator with different eyes“ ... listen to Nine Inch Nails „ Pretty Hate Nachine „ ... check the producer and production date... what you try to describe in the end and to put into words ... is art ... (in sports you would say „he makes ist Look so easy“)

[@blueroses7935]

'Violator' is just sublime; so good that it's painful. I also adore DM's other classic-era albums, but 'Violator' is the pinnacle. (I know some ppl prefer SOFD, but I'm more into the 80s/90 sound rather than rock, blues, gospel etc., though I do love 'Devotional'). I'm so envious of people who got to experience 'Violator' at the time and, especially, attend the World Violation Tour. Not doing an official concert film was such a poor decision. I also hate that the band stopped appearing on Top of the Pops at that time. Thankfully there are a couple of good-quality master tape bootlegs (whoever shot the Miami show is a legend) as well as those snippets from the Dodgers Stadium that *should* have been released as a full show years ago...I just can't get over that. 😢 On a lighter note, I love your impressions of Mart and Alan in the studio. I expect the vibe was mutual: Alan and Flood relished the 'screwdriver' work and the band were happy to leave them to it. But it still made me chuckle. 😆

[@davidsanderson2960]

Your Alan impersonation sounded too much like Neil from the Young ones 😂

[@rnkmode1876]

I was 14 years old when I first heard Personal Jesus and Enjoy the Silence released as singles on the radio in 1989 and loved both especially Enjoy the Silence. That song just sounds like fresh Bliss to my ears & back then I was blown away completely with how it flowed. Perfect lyrics, electronics and beat. So Violator had a major build up and expectations, the Album lived up to them all with ease. I bought the cassette in 1990 and listened to the entire thing by myself and absolutely loved it and couldn't get enough of it. I just knew somehow that it was a pinnacle Album & special. I was baffled and pleasantly surprised that they could top Music for the Masses, imo Violator was a notch over MftM. Black Celebration was also just a Classic great album and I understand alot of people think Black Celebration is their best but imho it's Violator all the way in every way. There's a reason why it's their most successful and still holds up today & still sounds timeless in the quality. Plus if you remember, the original Album was released with only 9 songs, all the others were B sides and those were awesome as well. I'm just going to say if if Depeche Mode's ultimate sound and feel had to be defined by one album. I would say it would be Violator. Every song from World in my Eyes, to Clean = D⚘️M Perfection.

[@mikesteinbach9722]

There are some videos on YT, where Flood comments the process of creating PJ and ETS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mp6VeYBqacZ0gNE for example...

[@neveser]

After reading several comments I'm going to be the odd one here... I like Violater but I think its kind of boring. Enjoy the Silence is the bright spot for me (really bright spot). Waiting for the Night and Dangerous are also good. At the time of release, my musical attention was directed much more towards industrial (Skinny Puppy, FLA, RevCo, etc...) so that could have been part of it. I don't remember being super impressed with it when I got it. It was good, but nothing I played constantly like Rabies or Too Dark Park. I was also playing in an industrial band at the time so I was pursuing new music in the industrial genre and was kind of slipping away from DM and other wave type music. For me... Black Celebration followed by Songs of Faith and Devotion are the best work they've done. I really do like Violater, but it didn't have the impact on me that it did on others. I was already into DM when they released Speak and Spell so it was far from my first DM experience.

[@niallmcdonagh1093]

Sometimes in life there is the perfect storm...not Martin Alan and Flood...Vaughan DM and KZbin...sublime...

[@VaughnGeorge]

Cheers Niall!! I hope you are well Sir !! VG :-)

[@anitaklisovic7782]

I hope from the bottom of my heart, god knows we need it, that new album will come out in 2021 and we will all have the oportunity to see them and listen to them live...Jesus, how I wish that to happen

[@VaughnGeorge]

Sorry to upset you but that is highly unlikely following what Martin said in a recent interview. VG :-(

[@anitaklisovic7782]

@@VaughnGeorge What did he say?

[@andrewgr144]

@@VaughnGeorge Could you elaborate? No tour is understandable, but is it also unlikely to get a new album anytime soon?

[@GeorgeDemin]

@@andrewgr144 it appears that they won’t start working on the next album until they are sure that touring is possible. Who knows, maybe they’ll change their minds

[@OlgaRykov]

Just found your channel and am so excited to watch your DM series. I will certainly watch ALL album series, but Violator will have to be frst 😉

[@VaughnGeorge]

Hey Olga !! Welcome to the channel!! I am glad you found me !! There is also a Vaughn George Facebook group with a fantastic community if you’d like to join!! VG🎹😎👍

[@jamesroney1874]

I'm gonna throw this out there, Alan left at the right time..... Violator and SOFAD are the peak of a ten year process resulting in two near perfect albums. I can't see where he would have taken Ultra without reverting to the Violator sound template.

[@allegrajane7205]

That was a great introduction, Vaughn! I can't wait to hear the song breakdowns and piano improvs. Take care!

[@VaughnGeorge]

Thank you !! VG :-)

[@Tomversal]

And so it begins

[@AdnamsDrinker]

This is it - this is the big one. The moment when the stars aligned and when all their years of hard graft - recording, touring and countless TV appearances - paid off in massive style. The word ‘masterpiece’ is often overused - in the case of this album it’s fully justified. This album needed no time to ‘grow’ on me ... I utterly loved it on first listen and it sent my already-rabid DM fandom into the stratosphere. Looking forward to the episode-per-song breakdowns, particularly ‘World In My Eyes’ 😁

[@VaughnGeorge]

Thank you Dave !! Keep watching !! VG :-)

[@elCaxi1971]

Agreed..!

[@radmiladjurica9050]

Violator was a very important album of DM for me too...always special to hear it again.

[@tokyoskyline1752]

The tonality of this album sounds warm and clean thanks to great production and mixing, but also a shift from the harshness of the FM digital synths back to the warm analog synths like the Arp 2600 and Minimoog (and others) 20 years before they became in vogue again. And there's nothing wrong with a sniff of vinyl, my Black Celebration vinyl still smells as fresh as the day I bought it on the day of release. My Joy!

[@VaughnGeorge]

Thank you brother !! VG :-)

[@attosa]

Martin, you kinky bastard!!! 😁🤣 love this video. Thsnks VG😍

[@VaughnGeorge]

He is a kinky bastard 100% and I love him and love you too as always too A2sa!! VG :-)

[@ageless30]

I doubt you can do it in just 10 parts. Violator is such a complicated masterpiece.

[@IdeologieUK]

Hands down my favourite album of the entire canon. I saw DM in Jozi - the Violator Tour. A great show, but at the time of Dave’s low point. Happy Birthday Monsieur Miller! Nice intro Vaughan! By the way, couldn’t you get an exemption to play DM music, aka, a copyright pass from DM. Your channel MUST add significantly to ongoing sales? 👍

[@VaughnGeorge]

Hello fiend!! That is a good idea but I am just a small fish and I doubt that Depeche Mode would ever talk to me let alone grant me permission to use their music!! VG:-)

[@MarcinZwir]

Oh man, can't wait for next episodes! And of course I'm "team SOFAD" - the best DM album, period.

[@VaughnGeorge]

Glad you are enjoying it!! Cheers !! VG :-)

[@tafur101]

SOFAD is the best....!!!!

[@Tomversal]

I'm team Some Great Reward!

[@nigelhenshaw3984]

I used to love SOFAD so much until I listened to BC, MFTM, violator and SOFAD back to back, I felt a huge sense of anti climax, I don't think SOFAD has stood the test of time like the others have

[@STcaramonM]

It depends on my mood. One year I’ll say SOFAD another year I’ll say Violator. I just can’t compare them. They are two different times and two different styles by four changed people. But I think Ultra was an improvement on SOFAD, so that’s another strong album. The last great, classic DM then they went downhill from 2001.

[@laudec00]

‘Violator” could also be a reference to the fact they accepted their own past rules to be violated. Guitars,... good idea to focus on B sides. Remixes might also be interesting to mention

[@EtsiJuuret]

How could he play the remixes on a piano??))

[@d10srelish40]

One of their masterpieces.... it's gonna be a great review series .

[@VaughnGeorge]

Keep watching !! Thank you !! VG :-)

[@jasmeerlabeer4591]

Violator is a great album but I still feel their best was Music for the Masses.

[@wojciechlipowski1883]

Great band, great album & great review and upcoming serie...I'm waiting for the Part 2 to come

[@the_real_iceman]

Looking forward to episode 01 of 99! 😄

[@patee101]

Yeah, finally, the long awaited Violator album review has arrived! Great introduction Vaughn! I'm obsessed with Alan's strings arrangements in general, so I'd love to hear some geeky stuff on that, especially in Halo and Clean. Can't wait to see and hear the next video! And as always, a very big THANK YOU for all your effort to run this channel! It means so much for us, Depeche Mode fans all over the world! Cheers from Budapest! :)

[@Nephilim-81]

Oooooh this is a great Valentines Day Present. An album I love getting a start in the royal treatment of review. 9 parts plus a conclusion! Oh yes! This is how it is done.

[@chrislox1]

To me, probably a perfect album.

[@niklasandersson9084]

I'm very much looking forward to this album review series.

[@marcinl8534]

Great , I can`t wait to see SOFAD review :) Thanks Vaughn :)

[@VaughnGeorge]

You are very welcome my friend !! VG :-)

[@ellilechtman820]

Is it me or is Vaughn using the word "Sonic" or "Sonically" an awful lot lately?

[@VaughnGeorge]

You may be right !! I do tend to use that word a lot and seeing that we are speaking about music, I'd say it's an appropriate word !! VG :-)

[@sitymusic]

Этот альбом протекает весь, как одна маленькая жизнь. Согласен с ведущим, что если включать, то слушать весь полностью. Альбом очень гармоничен, цел и самодостаточен. Все эти переходы между песнями создают атмосферу. Композиции гениальны (сама музыка) так как слов не знаю) Любимый альбом!

[@anitaklisovic7782]

Black and red, Kraftwerk and DM, hmmm, interesting

[@shallowwaters6690]

Yes! I have always said it was the “negative space” between the sounds in the songs of this album that is so magical. I always felt welcomed by it and the sparseness left room for me to live in the song for a few moments. This album truly saved my life as a very sad, bullied and peer-abused 12 year old.

[@robertohot4322]

I was 13 when this album came out, I was already a fan but this changed how I felt. This album reflected my moods and opened my mind. Very rare that one song will not date and the album is full of them.

[@shallowwaters6690]

@@Kaitlin267 thank God we all had the Mode.

[@shallowwaters6690]

@@Kaitlin267 me too! Me too!

[@anitaklisovic7782]

Best, simply the best, music, lyrics, atmosphere, feeluig, visuals, videos, EVERYTHING

[@VaughnGeorge]

Indeed Anita!! VG :-)

[@jamesroney1874]

Be interesting to see how you tackle Policy of Truth, one of my least favourite mode songs from that period......

[@VaughnGeorge]

Keep watching James !! VG :-)

[@ERICF66]

Policy Of Truth is one of the best songs on Violator!! 🔥🎹🎹🔊

[@jamesroney1874]

@@ERICF66 it irritates me...

[@stommx]

I always skipped that song...

[@patee101]

@@stommx That's what I do with Blue Dress...

[@steenbronkegmail1]

Violator - The best album they ever made!

[@VaughnGeorge]

I'll drink to that !! VG :-)

[@EtsiJuuret]

@@VaughnGeorge toooniaaaght!

[@johanjohansson7717]

Most fans think Violator is the best. I go against the stream and put Ultra at the top.

[@antoniabermudezann4233]

@@johanjohansson7717 ULTRA is Incredible!! One of My Favourites but VIOLATOR is Simply UNIQUE! My Favourite & BEST album by Depeche Mode!!

[@gabemcknight8933]

Its Black Celebration for me.

[@pewburrito]

I believe one of the things that they did different on Violator is they didn't squash the hell out of the dynamic range, or they did more clever EQ to make things "loud" w/out brick-wall limiting. The mix sounds more like vinyl, w/alot of warmth, and not fatiguing treble-end EQ. They probably also selected synth sounds that were more analogue sounding (think: Giorgio Moroder/Harold Faltermeyer), just like the PSB did w/ Behaviour. They probably used less reverb and less tracks/samples overall, compared to something like "Stripped" or "Master and Servant"

[@tokyoskyline1752]

"Depeche Mode! Are they still going?" and "Enjoy the Silence" are the usual two responses I get when I tell people I'm a massive DM fan. But, although a brilliant song and one most non fans are able to quote, (don't judge) Enjoy The Silence isn't in my all time top 10 DM songs, maybe even top 20!!!! The horror. World In My Eyes, Personal Jesus, Halo and Policy of Truth are the ones that got a vast amount of plays the first month of release and WIME is probably my all time favourite DM track. The only disappointment with this album was there was no official DVD release of the tour, which was probably their best one I've been to and went twice to the B'ham NEC shows. I've been seeing them live since 1986 A Black Celebration tour. Looking forward to this series. Cheers.

[@SyntheticFilms]

That Violator "mega-mix" intro is brilliant. "Dangerous" is one of DM's best b-sides and probably deserved to be on the album. I need to plan a "field trip" to Puk Studios in Denmark if/when this pandemic is over!

[@grantbangkok]

nice

[@kobusch1]

Looking forward to this series! With my band Berlin Banter we have just recorded a cover of Dangerous which we will release digitally (Spotify etc) on March 19!

[@grizcuz]

I'm far from a DM uber fan. But recently I've been sent a DSD rip of Violator, a mint copy played on a really nice turntable and digitally converted very cleanly. It's one of the best sounding albums I've ever heard, the production is practically peerless. Hearing it in this way was like listening to a new LP.

[@aaronanderson8974]

Definitely my favourite depeche album . Saw them twice on this tour. amazing .

[@stevenlewington553]

Love this. My favourite DM album. Looking forward to watching the rest of the series. Thank you, Vaughan.

[@tgwindu1203]

I forgot to say I was always amazed by the lyrics throughout the album... Starting by "Let me take you on a trip" to "Clean, the cleanest I've been"... Do you think it's just a coincidence ? I don't believe so, but just let me know what you think people ;) :)

[@andyry1269]

I enjoyed your knowledge in this introduction, Sir + all the names mentioned. Such a powerful album; Alan and Flood together is just perfection. -Andy Ry Denmark.

[@RTK171]

5 October 1981 Speak and spell was released not 1982... Opps MLG was 21 when A Broken Frame was released what were we doing at 21 amazing effort.

[@agentblue52]

I agree this album has the best flow. One song sigued nicely into the next. The woossh air ambience was also in a Broken Frame and a bit on Black Celebration and MFTM.

[@lloydguise]

Love the instrumental breakdowns, keep up the good work Vaughn!

[@drewmode227]

I hope everyone can Enjoy the Silence because it can be quite DANGEROUS when you misuse the Policy of Truth so when you do, pray for a Personal Jesus.

[@zephirothstryfe0713]

Happy Birthday Mr. Miller! i toast with a beer, S Artois Noire, 1pm South American time lol Before Violator came out, i didn't like PJ one bit, juju, then on March 90', i bought the Cassette(yeah that old i am), i was a walkman back in the day. But when i played it for the 1st. time, World In My Eyes just exploded in my ears, and the world did change after that. For me BC(1986), it's the best DM Album, but Violator was and still is the most revered album for every single human being who loves music. Thank you always for the useless but fun little histories. Airwolf, what a fun show, loved it, gonna see your video now. My Mom was in love with Jan-Michael. Those eyes lol.

[@antoniabermudezann4233]

I honestly believe we All needed This Flow, anyway VIOLATOR has been Flowing for Years & It'll keep The Flow for 31 years more, the least cause if It already took part of History years ago could you imagine in 60 or 70 yrs to go?? That would really be History Of Music & Art...

[@ewashortnotsofastandfuriou6947]

Exiting! This album is getting better and better the older I get. Was just reminded today of the time I broken off my cast do to it preventing me from dancing to enjoy the silence when I was younger.🤣

[@STcaramonM]

Was an amazing album. I still remember buying the 7’ single of Personal Jesus in Woolworths in Aug ‘89. I was embarrassed and didn’t tell my mates as DM fans in the UK around 1985-88 were ridiculed and mocked. Just like the band actually, at least until Violator came out. But the music changed my life. I ended up travelling to Germany, Portugal, Romania, and Japan after I joined BONG and met fans around the world. Was best time ever. Then every pri*k wanted the album. I hated the haters at that point. But I was only 16 and then when my mates saw that I had all the albums they thought I was cool!! Justice! Good intro. You are goin to take me back to those early years when DM became cool (again?!?).

[@gloraditch6915]

wasn't People are People technically the album released before Some Great Reward? (UK vs. USA release)

[@samborn7120]

Great intro review Vaughn! 👏👏👏 I heard a story from Peter Iversen (Engineer at PUK) that “Violator” Originated from an Alan demo circulating just prior to pre-production called “Violence”. Martin liked the shuffle signature of the song and suggested adding in some swing to some of the songs on the forthcoming record (What would be Violator). No fan boy worship intended, just a great account!

[@tuschester]

Hi Vaughn, I am so glad to see this video. Violator came up when I was around 15, and at that time I couldn't really realise this "bomb". In that time of growing up it was just too heavy for me - and much too dark. But as everything developed so much at this age, after one year it was one of my favs and I couldn't wait for the next album, which was - at that time (1991- only end of 1992!) - a very long time of abstinence. And then, while "Grunge" had taken up, "I feel you" appears, again with a fully re-invented Depeche Mode! But for now I am looking forward to many more "stories of old" violator... :-) I have to thank you so much for your episodes. BR, Jens

[@apostolossas4397]

Thank You so much for this Vaughn George LoudLove DM

[@sandroxavier1723]

Hi, where I can find the 'intro' music? By the way "espectacular" your video...

[@ExtendedVersion]

Love it 👌🖤 Cant wait to watch all the episodes on Violator, which is by far my fav DM album. Cheers from Copenhagen 🍷😊 (DM fan since 81)

[@actiongeek1]

I remember taking the bus to downtown Worcester where I went to the music store called Strawberries 🍓 on Front St and bought "Pretty Hate Machine" by Nine Inch Nails on vinyl. I then trudged on up Pleasant Street to used record store Al-Bums and bought new "Violator" by DM. Both records were played all the way through many times as I worked on art work, taking in way too much marker fume action, being inspired by top notch music. "Violator", though, still resonates, still inspires, still gets played in the car and continues to inspire.

[@simbarella15]

So happy part 1 has finally landed! Great work as always, Vaughn 👏🏻👏🏻

[@VaughnGeorge]

Thank you and I appreciate your kindness !! VG :-)

[@mattavalon]

Really looking forward to all the episodes for each track. Thanks for making these.

[@erickhernandez1237]

Hola amigo George, I’m glad you’ve made this album that way, song by song. Please be generous with the time you spend in every song. Take your time. I love your reviews. I hope one day you go back to Music for the Masses and continue with the rest of the albums to come. I’d like to hear your opinion of the sound on minute 3:50 keyboard of Personal Jesus, I love it! Listening Waiting for the Night I was motivated to improve my English ( they speak so clear ) and I like the sounds dance all around my head. Please give your opinion about Enjoy the Silence 4:31 min and on and what do they say on 5:14? I can’t understand at all. On Blue Dress please talk about after minute 4:20. And last, the song Clean sounds a little Pink Floyd, don’t you think? So thank you George for reading this and regards from Costa Rica

[@miqueasvalentinhernandez3998]

You should go ahead with the Album Reviews a little bit faster! There is already a new song in 2021, so, there would be a new album coming, so, you'ld better run!

[@gvra4225]

It’s hard to imagine that demos where as elaborate and full as you say they were considering how bad the albums have been after songs of faith and devotion. I’ve read an interview with Martin where he was justifying the badness of one the albums. You’d think musicians evolve, not regress musically over the years. Yes, ideas might get stale and boring over the years but you’d still hear good musicianship. Later albums are awfully non-musical. Maybe they stopped giving a shit. Then why bother. Enjoy your retirement. Or fucking hire Alan as a producer and pay the man. He sure is not doing so great with his Recoil. It was a perfect symbiosis. No other producer knows what’s best for DM musically and sonically. Re: Violator, it was their best album and their swan song, unfortunately.