April 1997

Ultra
Depeche Mode

  1. Barrel Of A Gun
  2. The Love Thieves
  3. Home
  4. It's No Good
  5. Uselink
  6. Useless
  7. Sister Of Night
  8. Jazz Thieves
  9. Freestate
  10. The Bottom Line
  11. Insight
  12. Junior Painkiller
Ultra is the ninth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It came after a number of problematic years for the band (detailed in the Wiki link), it is a remarkably strong album, in which they combined several alternative rock styles within their own electronic sound. As one critic said: "This truly is the sound of a band gone to hell, and barely returned from it with all the scars to show to the world". A selection of my own favourite tracks: Home, It's No Good, Sister Of Night, Freestate, and The Bottom Line.

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