Sounds of the Universe

Sounds of the Universe
Studio album by Depeche Mode
Released	17 April 2009
Recorded	May–December 2008
Studio	Sound Design (Santa Barbara, California) Chung King Studios (New York City, New York)
Genre	Synthpop[1] electronic rock[2]
Length	60:52
Label	Mute
Producer	Ben Hillier
Depeche Mode chronology
The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 (2006) Sounds of the Universe (2009) Remixes 2: 81–11 (2011)
Singles from Sounds of the Universe
"Wrong" Released: 6 April 2009 "Peace" Released: 15 June 2009 "Fragile Tension"/"Hole to Feed" Released: 7 December 2009

Sounds of the Universe is the twelfth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 17 April 2009 by Mute Records. It was supported by the 2009–10 concert tour Tour of the Universe. Three singles were released from the album; "Wrong", "Peace", and a double A-side of "Fragile Tension" and "Hole to Feed". "Perfect" was also released in the US as a promotional single.

As with the previous album, Playing the Angel, Dave Gahan has once again written three songs with Christian Eigner and Andrew Phillpott: "Hole to Feed", "Come Back" and "Miles Away/The Truth Is".^[3] "Spacewalker" and the bonus track "Esque" are instrumentals. Martin Gore shares lead singing duties with Gahan on "In Chains", "Peace" and "Little Soul", he sings the lead of "Jezebel" and the B-side "The Sun and the Moon and the Stars" on the second disc of the deluxe box set. The B-side "Oh Well" is the first track ever to be co-written by Gore and Gahan. The final track "Corrupt" is followed by a short hidden instrumental version of the song "Wrong".

The album was released by Capitol Records in the United States and by EMI in Canada, marking the first time in the band's catalog that saw distribution from EMI within North America, where previous albums were released by Sire Records and Reprise Records, a division of Warner Music Group.

Background

While Dave Gahan was still busy with his solo album Hourglass (2007), Martin Gore was in his home studio in Santa Barbara, California, working on new songs. In May 2008 the band hit the studio to record their twelfth studio album.^[4][5] Ben Hillier took the production reins again, because the band were so satisfied with their previous collaboration on Playing the Angel (2005).

The band described the time in the studio as very productive, a total of twenty-two songs were created and it was difficult to choose the right songs for the album. Five of the songs not used on the album were released as part of the deluxe box set.^[6]

Short video clips of the band and production team at work in the studio were regularly posted on the band's homepage.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100[7]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]
The A.V. Club	A−[9]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[10]
Los Angeles Times	[11]
NME	7/10[12]
Pitchfork Media	6.3/10[13]
PopMatters	[14]
Rolling Stone	[15]
Spin	[16]
The Times	[17]

Sounds of the Universe received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 70, based on 28 reviews.^[7] Entertainment Weekly's Leah Greenblatt stated that on Sounds of the Universe, Depeche Mode "still sound genuinely inspired"^[10] and Ned Raggett of AllMusic concluded, "Sounds of the Universe is a grower, relying on a few listens to fully take effect, but when it does, it shows Depeche Mode are still able to combine pop-hook accessibility and their own take on 'roots' music for an electronic age with sonic experimentation and recombination."^[8] Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph noted that the album "shows up the imaginative constraints of most guitar-based rock."^[18]

However, Rolling Stone critic Melissa Maerz felt that "the result sounds like a time machine back to the Eighties", adding that "Depeche Mode should be poised for a comeback, but it's too soon to unpack those black turtlenecks."^[15] Bill Stewart of PopMatters wrote that Depeche Mode "tempt us with a strong first half and then dump us in a collection of tossed off b-sides."^[14] Jon Caramanica wrote for The New York Times that while the album "lacks the fragility of 1984's Some Great Reward or the earned attitude of 1990's Violator, it's unmistakably an attempt at revisiting the past, admirable either as an act of defiant stubbornness or tenacious commitment", but also opined that "even at its most imaginative, this is seamless Depeche Mode filler, music that could be made by any number of acolytes."^[19]

Sounds of the Universe debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 30,537 copies^[20]—the band's highest-peaking album since chart-topping Ultra (1997).^[21] In the United States, the album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, selling 80,000 units in its first week.^[22] The album was ultimately ranked number 200 on the Billboard 200 year-end chart for 2009,^[23] and had sold 193,000 copies in the US by November 2012, according to Nielsen SoundScan.^[24]

Sounds of the Universe was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the 2010 Grammy Awards, but lost out to Phoenix's Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.^[25] The album's sleeve design was voted number ten on the 2009 Best Art Vinyl poll.^[26]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Martin L. Gore, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"In Chains"		6:53
2.	"Hole to Feed"	Dave Gahan Christian Eigner Andrew Phillpott	3:59
3.	"Wrong"		3:13
4.	"Fragile Tension"		4:09
5.	"Little Soul"		3:31
6.	"In Sympathy"		4:54
7.	"Peace"		4:29
8.	"Come Back"	Gahan Eigner Phillpott	5:15
9.	"Spacewalker"		1:53
10.	"Perfect"		4:33
11.	"Miles Away/The Truth Is"	Gahan Eigner Phillpott	4:14
12.	"Jezebel"		4:41
13.	"Corrupt"		8:59

Japanese edition bonus track[27]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Oh Well"	Gore Gahan	5:59

iTunes Store bonus track[28]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Oh Well" (Black Light Odyssey Dub)	Gore Gahan	5:02

iTunes Store deluxe edition bonus tracks[29]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Oh Well" (Black Light Odyssey Dub)	Gore Gahan	5:02
15.	"Jezebel" (SixToes Remix)		5:31
16.	"Little Soul" (Thomas Fehlmann Flowing Ambient Mix)		9:19
17.	"In Chains" (Minilogue's Earth Remix)		7:53
18.	"Wrong" (music video)		3:23
19.	"Sounds of the Universe – A Short Film" (video)		10:05

LP+CD

Contains the standard 13-track album on two LPs, as well as a CD of the album (as per the standard CD).

Special edition CD+DVD

Contains the standard 13-track album, plus a bonus DVD with exclusive features:

Video

• Sounds of the Universe (A Short Film) – 10:05
• Wrong (Promo Video) – 3:16

Audio

• Sounds of the Universe in 5.1 surround sound
• "In Chains" (Minilogue's Earth Remix)
• "Little Soul" (Thomas Fehlmann Flowing Ambient Mix)
• "Jezebel" (SixToes Remix)

iTunes Pass version

With iTunes Pass, fans receive new and exclusive singles, remixes, video and other content from Sounds of the Universe over a set period of time, delivered to their libraries as soon as they're available. In addition, the iTunes standard pre-order release of Sounds of the Universe contained "Oh Well" (Black Light Odyssey Dub) as track 14, along with an exclusive edit of "Wrong" called the Trentemøller Remix Edit as track 15.

The iTunes Pass track listing contained the standard 13-track album, plus the following:

• "Oh Well" (Black Light Odyssey Dub) – 5:02
• "Wrong" music video – 3:23
• "The Sun and the Moon and the Stars" (Electronic Periodic's Microdrum Mix) – 4:04
• "Miles Away/The Truth Is" (Lagos Boys Choir Remix) – 4:06
• "Wrong" (Thin White Duke Remix) – 7:41
• "Wrong" (Magda's Scallop Funk Remix) – 6:23
• "Wrong" (D.I.M. vs. Boys Noize Remix) – 5:09
• Sounds of the Universe (A Short Film) – 10:05
• "Wrong" (Trentemøller Remix Edit) – 5:45
• "Jezebel" (SixToes Remix) – 5:32
• "Little Soul" (Thomas Fehlmann Flowing Ambient Mix) – 9:20
• "In Chains" (Minilogue's Earth Remix) – 7:54
• "Corrupt" (Studio Session) – 4:54
• "Little Soul" (Studio Session) – 3:57
• "Little Soul" (Thomas Fehlmann Flowing Funk Dub) – 10:03
• "Peace" (Hervé's 'Warehouse Frequencies' Remix) – 5:10
• "Peace" (The Japanese Pop Stars Remix) – 6:41
• "In Sympathy" (Live in Tel Aviv) – 5:18
• "Walking in My Shoes" (Live in Tel Aviv) – 6:24

Deluxe box set edition

The Deluxe Box Set Edition of Sounds of the Universe

Includes three CDs containing the album, bonus songs and remixes, as well as 14 exclusive demos ranging from as far back as the Music for the Masses era.^[30] It will also contain a DVD featuring three films, a promo video for "Wrong", four songs filmed live in the studio in December 2008, and the album and bonus tracks mastered in 5.1 surround. The box set also includes two 84-page hardback books, the first featuring lyrics to all the songs from the Sounds of the Universe sessions, along with exclusive photography by Anton Corbijn, and the second containing exclusive and candid studio photography by Daniel Miller, Ben Hillier, Luke Smith and Ferg Peterkin. In addition, the box set includes two enamel badges, five artcards sealed in a collector's envelope, a poster, and a certificate of authenticity.

CD 1 – Sounds of the Universe

The standard 13-track album.

CD 2 – Bonus Tracks & Remixes

1. "Light" – 4:44
2. "The Sun and the Moon and the Stars" – 4:41
3. "Ghost" – 6:26
4. "Esque" – 2:17
5. "Oh Well" (Gore, Gahan) – 6:02
6. "Corrupt (Efdemin Remix)" – 6:29
7. "In Chains (Minilogue's Earth Remix)" – 7:54
8. "Little Soul (Thomas Fehlmann Flowing Ambient Mix)" – 9:20
9. "Jezebel (SixToes Remix)" – 5:33
10. "Perfect (Electronic Periodic's Dark Drone Mix)" – 5:21
11. "Wrong (Caspa Remix)" – 5:04

CD 3 – Demos

1. "Little 15" – 4:16
2. "Clean" – 3:42
3. "Sweetest Perfection" – 3:23
4. "Walking in My Shoes" – 3:22
5. "I Feel You" – 4:03
6. "Judas" – 3:25
7. "Surrender" – 5:00
8. "Only When I Lose Myself" – 5:22
9. "Nothing's Impossible" – 5:02
10. "Corrupt" – 4:41
11. "Peace" – 4:33
12. "Jezebel" – 4:38
13. "Come Back" – 5:09
14. "In Chains" – 4:33

DVD

• Making the Universe / Film – 45:23
• Usual Thing, Try and Get the Question in the Answer – 55:12
• Sounds of the Universe (A Short Film) – 10:05
• Wrong (Promo Video) – 3:16
• Studio Sessions:

1. "Corrupt" – 4:08
2. "Little Soul" – 3:52
3. "Stories of Old" – 3:24
4. "Come Back" – 6:05

• Audio: Sounds of the Universe plus bonus tracks in 5.1 surround sound

Packaging/additional content

• Two-piece custom made box with foil blocking.
• 2× 84 page hardback books: The first featuring the lyrics to all the songs from the Sounds of the Universe sessions accompanied by exclusive photography by Anton Corbijn. The second featuring exclusive and candid studio photography by Daniel Miller, Ben Hillier, Luke Smith and Ferg Peterkin.
• Two exclusive enamel badges
• Poster
• Five artcards, sealed in a collectors envelope
• Certificate of authenticity

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Sounds of the Universe.^[31]

Anton Corbijn – art direction, cover design, photography Christian Eigner – drums ("Hole to Feed", "Fragile Tension"); original programming ("Hole to Feed", "Come Back", "Miles Away/The Truth Is") Josh Garcia – assistant engineering Jesse Gladstone – assistant engineering Ben Hillier – production Tony Hoffer – mixing Jonathan Kessler – management

Stephen Marcussen – mastering Sie Medway-Smith – pre-production assistance Anthony Palazzole – assistant engineering Ferg Peterkin – engineering Andrew Phillpott – original programming ("Hole to Feed", "Come Back", "Miles Away/The Truth Is") ShaughnessyWorks – design Luke Smith – programming Tea Design – artwork

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2009) Peak position Australian Albums Chart[32] 32 Austrian Albums Chart[33] 1 Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[34] 2 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[35] 2 Canadian Albums Chart[36] 3 Croatian Albums Chart[37] 1 Czech Albums Chart[38] 1 Danish Albums Chart[39] 1 Dutch Albums Chart[40] 7 European Top 100 Albums[41] 1 Finnish Albums Chart[42] 1 French Albums Chart[43] 2 German Albums Chart[44] 1 Greek Foreign Albums Chart[45] 1 Hungarian Albums Chart[46] 1 Irish Albums Chart[47] 3 Italian Albums Chart[48] 1 Japanese Albums Chart[49] 31 Mexican Albums Chart[50] 1 New Zealand Albums Chart[51] 31 Norwegian Albums Chart[52] 2 Polish Albums Chart[53] 1 Portuguese Albums Chart[54] 2 Russian Albums Chart[55] 1 Scottish Albums Chart[56] 2 Spanish Albums Chart[57] 1 Swedish Albums Chart[58] 1 Swiss Albums Chart[59] 1 UK Albums Chart[21] 2 US Billboard 200[60] 3 US Alternative Albums[61] 1 US Dance/Electronic Albums[62] 1 US Rock Albums[63] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2009) Position Austrian Albums Chart[64] 53 Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[65] 49 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[66] 9 Danish Albums Chart[67] 34 European Top 100 Albums[68] 20 French Albums Chart[69] 37 German Albums Chart[70] 5 Hungarian Albums Chart[71] 16 Italian Albums Chart[72] 25 Mexican Albums Chart[73] 65 Polish Albums Chart[74] 14 Swedish Albums Chart[75] 63 Swiss Albums Chart[76] 23 US Billboard 200[23] 200 US Alternative Albums[77] 36 US Dance/Electronic Albums[78] 5 US Rock Albums[79] 48

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)[80]	Gold	10,000
Belgium (BEA)[81]	Platinum	30,000
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[82]	Gold	15,000
France (SNEP)[83]	Platinum	91,240[84]
Germany (BVMI)[85]	3× Gold	300,000
Hungary (MAHASZ)[86]	Gold	3,000
Italy (FIMI)[87]	Platinum	60,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)[73]	Gold	40,000
Poland (ZPAV)[88]	2× Platinum	40,000
Russia (NFPF)[89]	Platinum	20,000
Sweden (GLF)[90]	Gold	20,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[91]	Platinum	30,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[92]	Silver	60,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Ref.
Australia	17 April 2009	EMI	[93]
Germany			[94]
Italy			[95]
France	20 April 2009		[96]
Sweden			[97]
United Kingdom		Mute	[98]
Canada	21 April 2009	EMI	[99]
United States		Mute Capitol Virgin	[100]
Japan	22 April 2009	EMI	[27]

See also

• List of European number-one hits of 2009
• List of number-one albums of 2009 (Finland)
• List of number-one albums of 2009 (Mexico)
• List of number-one albums of 2009 (Poland)
• List of number-one albums of 2009 (Spain)
• List of Billboard number-one electronic albums of 2009
• List of number-one hits of 2009 (Austria)
• List of number-one hits of 2009 (Germany)
• List of number-one hits of 2009 (Italy)

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