3 ...according to our Clinton on 27 November 2006.
The new CD from Sylvain Chauveau promised much but we've been a little
disappointed in it. Its an album of Depeche Mode songs. Now you would think
given Monsieur Chauveau's past work that this would be an album of neo-classical
understated beauty. Well it is and it isn't. The instrumentation throughout is
lovely (except from the odd unnecessary clarinet solo) but the fact that he has
decided to use vocals makes it a much more straight down the line album that it
might have been. His voice isn't the greatest. It does the job but it doesn't
have the character to carry this sort of stuff off. My final complaint is that
the material is generally plucked from later Depeche Mode albums and so it
really is unrelenting misery throughout. That said, the orchestration is at
points breathtaking and this is bound to appeal to fans of Depeche Mode. Maybe
I've been a bit harsh on it - its not a bad album by any stretch of the
imagination - but its more in the vein of Tindersticks, Sophia or
at the
Close of every day than what we were expecting. On Les Disques Soleil et de
Lacer.
Love this record? Hate it? Tell us.
What their label says...
1. Stripped
2. The Things You Said
3. Home
4. Policy Of Truth
5. Death's Door
6. (Enjoy) The Silence
7. In Your Room
8. Blasphemous Rumours
9. Freelove
10. Never Let Me Down Again
11. Enjoy The Silence
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