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Depeche Mode tells listeners about how life is both depressing and amazing, all the while pairing those lyrics with energetic music.
Catching Up with Depeche Mode is a compilation album from 1985. It covers a lot of rock genres, electric rock and synth-pop among them.
The song “Dreaming of Me” is about wanting to be seen and valued by another. “The Meaning of Love” is about how love is confusing and it can make people feel like they’re overwhelmed.
One of their most popular songs, Enjoy the Silence, is about a relationship where one person thinks that words can be harmful to the other. So the person prefers to enjoy the relationship in silence.
These messages are delivered in a fun way, as Depeche Mode has good rhythms in their songs. If fans listen close enough, the meanings behind the songs can be figured out.
To this day the band stills make albums, even in their 60s. But the songs on this compilation offer some of their best music.
