Pitchfork: Depeche Mode Reveal New Album Tracklist, Cover Art

Depeche Mode Reveal New Album Tracklist, Cover Art

No more blasphemous rumours: Depeche Mode's ever-so-slow release of information regarding their new LP continues! Two months ago, the synth-pop legends made it known that their upcoming record, now titled Playing the Angel, would probably feature 12 tracks. Now, they've announced the album's tracklist on their website, upgrading the certainty of their previous statement from "probably" to "definitely." Also on the site is the album's cover art, which, like the cover of the last Cure album, appears to have been created in a kindergarten art class. (Embracing your inner child as you approach middle age, eh?).

The band's first album since 2001's Exciter will hit American shelves on October 18, with "Precious", the lead single, landing in stores two weeks prior, on October 4.

The tracklist:

01 A Pain That I'm Used To
02 John the Revelator
03 Suffer Well
04 The Sinner in Me
05 Precious
06 Macrovision
07 I Want it All
08 Nothing's Impossible
09 Instrospectre
10 Damaged People
11 Lillian
12 The Darkest Star

"I Want It All", "Suffer Well", and "Nothing's Impossible" were all written by singer Dave Gahan, marking the first time Gahan's songwriting has appeared on a Depeche Mode album. (He released a solo disc, Paper Monsters, in 2003.) Guitarist/principal songsmith Martin Gore says that Playing the Angel's lyrical themes are "Anything that appeals to really dysfunctional people." So, business as usual for DM.

In other Depeche news, electroclash survivor Tiga's new remix of "Shake The Disease" will appear on Future Retro, a compilation of '80s remixes due out on September 27 on Warner Music. And the classic video for "Enjoy the Silence", featuring commentary by Gahan, will be included on the music video collection The Work of Director Anton Corbijn, to be released on DVD September 13 by Directors Label.

The band is still promising a U.S. tour during the months of October, November, and December in support of Playing the Angel, but dates and venues remain unknown. Anxious fans can head over to the band's web page to see where (but not when) the band will be visiting. Either that, or just keep checking the Pitchfork News Wire, as we'll report the dates as soon as we learn of them. Or you can make plans for spring break in sunny Vilnius, Lithuania, or any number of cities your great-great-grandparents fled in the nineteenth century, as the band has already mapped out an early 2006 trek across Europe.

Just can't get enough:

01-13 Dresden, Germany - Messehalle
01-15 Hamburg, Germany - Color Line Arena
01-16 Hamburg, Germany - Color Line Arena
01-18 Berlin, Germany - Velodrom
01-20 Dusseldorf, Germany - LTU Arena
01-21 Dusseldorf, Germany - LTU Arena
01-23 Prague, Czech Republic - Sazka Arena
01-24 Erfurt, Germany - Messehalle
01-26 Frankfurt, Germany - Festhalle
01-29 Antwerp, Belgium - Sports Paleis
01-31 Geneva, Swizerland - Arena
02-01 Marseille, France - Le Dome
02-03 Toulouse, France - Zenith
02-04 Lyon, France - Tony Garnier
02-06 Madrid, Spain - Palacio Deportes
02-07 Madrid, Spain - Palacio Deportes
02-08 Lisbon, Portugal - Pavilhao Atlantico
02-10 Barcelona, Spain - Palau Saint Jordi
02-11 Barcelona, Spain - Palau Saint Jordi
02-14 Munich, Germany - Olympiahalle
02-16 Vienna, Austria - Stadthalle
02-18 Milan, Italy - Forum
02-21 Paris, France - Bercy
02-22 Paris, France - Bercy
02-25 Copenhagen, Denmark - Parken Stadium
03-03 St. Petersburg, Russia - SKK
03-04 Moscow, Russia - Luzhniki Sports Palace
03-09 Stuttgart, Germany - Schleyerhalle
03-10 Friedrichshafen, Germany - Messehalle
03-11 Mannheim, Germany - SAP Arena
03-13 Graz, Austria - Stadthalle
03-14 Katowice, Poland - Spodek
03-16 Tallinn, Estonia - Saku Arena
03-17 Riga, Latvia - Arena Riga
03-18 Vilnius, Lithuania - Siemens Arena
03-21 Budapest, Hungary - Papp Laszlo Arena
03-22 Ljubliana, Slovenia - Hala Tivoli
03-24 Amneville, France - Galaxie
03-25 Douai, France - Gayant Expo
03-26 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Ahoy
03-28 Zurich, Switzerland - Hallenstadion
03-30 Manchester, England - MEN Arena
03-31 Birmingham, England - NEC
04-02 London, England - Wembley Arena
04-03 London, England - Wembley Arena

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