Reminding Me Of So Many Other Nights...

So thanks to my big mouth and a persistent girlfriend, I spent WAY too much on tickets to Depeche mode! I'm not exactly complaining because God knows they had a HUGE influence on me, but that influence about ended with "Music For The Masses"... since then they have evolved into something that I've not quite connected with as I did "Black Celebration" or "Speak & Spell." People laugh at "Speak & Spell" now, and yet it remains near the top of my favorite Depeche Mode albums. Perhaps i'm old. Memories of driving around San Diego on a Friday night in the mid 80's looking for chicks whilst blasting "New Life" out of a cassette player in a beat-up old Silver Honda with a purple door. Yeah I was cool. And life was cool back then too.

So as November 18 (date of show) draws near, I have gotten into Depeche Mode mode (!) and have compiled a "Best of," choosing my favourite tracks off each album (even the later albums I've barely listened to!)... This isn't a Best of "For The Masses!" You won't find "Personal Jesus," "Enjoy The Silence," or even "Just Can't Enough." No, this is a selfish compilation. One that will soon be blasting "New Life" out of a cassette player in a beat-up old Hyundai Accent in the mid 2000's on a Friday afternoon as I drive to work. And yes... I will feel cool again.

Tracklisting:

1. New Life (Speak & Spell)
2. Boys Say Go (Speak & Spell)
3. Puppets (Speak & Spell)
4. See You (A Broken Frame)
5. Two Minute Warning (Construction Time Again)
6. It Doesn't Matter (Some Great Reward)
7. Get The Balance Right (People Are People)
8. Shake The Disease (Catching Up With Depeche Mode)
9. A Question Of Lust (Black Celebration)
10. Sometimes (Black Celebration)
11. Here Is The House (Black Celebration)
12. World Full Of Nothing (Black Celebration)
13. But Not Tonight (Black Celebration)
14. The Things You Said (Music For The Masses)
15. Blue Dress (Violator)
16. One Caress (Songs Of Faith And Devotion)
17. Home (Ultra)
18. Freelove (Exciter)
19. Nothing's Impossible (Playing The Angel)

Anyone want a copy?