SONGS OF FAITH AND DEVOTION
Songs of Faith and Devotion is the eighth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released in the United Kingdom on 22 March 1993 by Mute Records and in the United States and Canada on 23 March by Sire and Reprise Records. The album incorporated a more aggressive, darker rock-oriented tone than its predecessor, Violator (1990), largely influenced by the emerging alternative rock and grunge scenes in the United States. Upon its release, Songs of Faith and Devotion reached number one in several countries, and became the first Depeche Mode album to debut atop the charts in both the UK and the US. To support the album, Depeche Mode embarked on the fourteen-month-long Devotional Tour, the largest tour the band had ever undertaken to that date. (More from Wikipedia)
“Personal Jesus” was the first single from the band’s 1990 album Violator that propelled them to worldwide success, reaching #7 on the Billboard Hot 200 Albums chart. Other singles from the album were “Enjoy the Silence”, “Policy of Truth” and “World in My Eyes”. The album’s liner notes made clear that faith was important to the band, as did their next album, Songs of Faith and Devotion – which topped the album charts in the US and the UK – and the Devotional Tour that supported the album. Depeche Mode has sold 100 million albums, making them the most successful electronic band in history and one of the biggest selling rock bands of all time.
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