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Construction Time Again is the third studio album by the English electronic band Depeche Mode, released on 22 August 1983 by Mute Records.[1] This was the first Depeche Mode album with Alan Wilder as a full band member, who wrote the songs "Two Minute Warning" and "The Landscape Is Changing", as well as the B-side "Fools". The title comes from the second line of the first verse of the track "Pipeline". It was supported by the Construction Time Again Tour.
The album was recorded at John Foxx's Garden Studios in London, engineered by Gareth Jones (who had also engineered Foxx's 1980 album Metamatic) and mixed at the Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin.
Background and themes[]
In January 1983, shortly before the release of the "Get the Balance Right!" single, songwriter Martin Gore attended an Einstürzende Neubauten concert, giving him the idea to experiment with the sounds of industrial music in the context of pop.[2] This album introduced a transition in lyrical content for the group. Construction Time Again would include a bevy of political themes, sparked by the poverty Gore had seen on a then-recent trip he had taken to Thailand.[2]
Critical reception[]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Austin Chronicle | [3] |
| PopMatters | 5/10[4] |
| Q | [5] |
| Rolling Stone | [6] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [7] |
NME hailed the album, saying that "Everything Counts" "is Mode's best ever single, and undeniably one of their biggest hits. [...] It sold because it combines edgy and poignant melodies held in thrilling tension; a tough, urgent dancebeat; and a gleamingly modern sound with an element of quirkiness to mark it out in the crowd. And the same goes for every other track on the album." Reviewer Matt Snow qualified Alan Wilder's composition "Two Minute Warning", as "a haunting melody whose transition from verse to chorus explodes in one of those breathtakingly uplifting moments." He concluded with this sentence: "Depeche Mode have made a bold and lovely pop record. Simple as that."[8]
Track listing[]
All songs written and composed by Martin Gore, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love, in Itself" | 4:29 |
| 2. | "More Than a Party" | 4:45 |
| 3. | "Pipeline" | 5:54 |
| 4. | "Everything Counts" | 4:20 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5. | "Two Minute Warning" | Alan Wilder | 4:13 |
| 6. | "Shame" | 3:51 | |
| 7. | "The Landscape Is Changing" | Wilder | 4:49 |
| 8. | "Told You So" | 4:26 | |
| 9. | "And Then..." | 5:39 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 9. | "And Then..." | 4:35 |
| 10. | "Everything Counts (Reprise)" (hidden track) | 1:05 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 9. | "And Then..." | 5:40 |
| 10. | "Everything Counts (Long Version)" | 7:23 |
2007 collector's edition bonus DVD[]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Depeche Mode: 1983 (Teenagers Growing Up, Bad Government, and All That Stuff)" (written and produced by Roland Brown; directed by Ross Hallard and Phil Michael Lane) | 38:56 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2. | "Love, in Itself" | 4:29 | |
| 3. | "More Than a Party" | 4:46 | |
| 4. | "Pipeline" | 5:55 | |
| 5. | "Everything Counts" | 4:21 | |
| 6. | "Two Minute Warning" | Wilder | 4:13 |
| 7. | "Shame" | 3:52 | |
| 8. | "The Landscape Is Changing" | Wilder | 4:49 |
| 9. | "Told You So" | 4:27 | |
| 10. | "And Then..." | 4:40 | |
| 11. | "Everything Counts (Reprise)" (hidden track) | 0:59 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Get the Balance Right!" | 3:17 | |
| 13. | "The Great Outdoors!" | Gore, Wilder | 5:04 |
| 14. | "Work Hard" | Gore, Wilder | 4:24 |
| 15. | "Fools" | Wilder | 4:17 |
| 16. | "Get the Balance Right!" (Combination Mix) | 8:01 | |
| 17. | "Everything Counts (In Larger Amounts)" | 7:22 | |
| 18. | "Love, in Itself.4" | 4:40 |
Personnel[]
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Construction Time Again.[9]
- Depeche Mode – production
- Martyn Atkins – design
- Brian Griffin – cover photography
- Gareth Jones – tonmeister
- Daniel Miller – production
- Corinne Simcock – assistant engineering ("Two Minute Warning")
- Ian Wright – illustrations
Charts[]
| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Albums Chart[10] | 82 |
| Dutch Albums Chart[11] | 32 |
| French Albums Chart[12] | 16 |
| German Albums Chart[13] | 7 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart[14] | 44 |
| Swedish Albums Chart[15] | 12 |
| Swiss Albums Chart[16] | 21 |
| UK Albums Chart[17] | 6 |
Certifications[]
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Germany (BVMI)[18] | Gold | Expression error: Missing operand for *.^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[19] | Gold | 100,000^ |
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External links[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Raggett, Ned. "Construction Time Again – Depeche Mode". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Thompson, Dave (14 January 2005). "The Landscape Is Changing". Q: 78–83. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ↑ Gray, Christopher (15 June 2007). "Reissues". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
- ↑ Keefe, Michael (9 May 2007). "Depeche Mode: Black Celebration". PopMatters. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ↑ "Depeche Mode: Construction Time Again". Q (107): 138–39. August 1995.
- ↑ Sheffield, Rob (April 2007). "Into the Mode". Rolling Stone.
- ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 229–30. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ↑ Snow, Matt (27 August 1983). "Uplifting New Buildings". NME.
- ↑ Construction Time Again (LP liner notes). Depeche Mode. Mute Records. 1983. STUMM 13.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
- ↑ "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. 39 (9). 29 October 1983. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ↑ "Depeche Mode – Construction Time Again" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ↑ "Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste" (in French). InfoDisc. Archived from the original (select "DEPECHE MODE" and click "OK") on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ↑ "Depeche Mode, Construction Time Again" (in German). charts.de. Media Control. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ↑ "Depeche Mode – Construction Time Again". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ↑ "Depeche Mode – Construction Time Again". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ↑ "Depeche Mode – Construction Time Again". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ↑ "1983 Top 40 Official Albums Chart UK Archive". Official Charts Company. 3 September 1983. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ↑ [[[:Template:Certification Cite/URL]] "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Depeche Mode; 'Construction Time Again')"] Check
|url=value (help) (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 14 June 2014. - ↑ [[[:Template:Certification Cite/URL]] "[[:Template:Certification Cite/Title]]"] Check
|url=value (help). British Phonographic Industry. 10 November 1983. Retrieved 14 June 2014. URL–wikilink conflict (help) Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Construction Time Again in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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