Depeche Mode - Violator (Collector's Edition 2019) Unboxing

Depeche Mode - Violator (Collector's Edition 2019) Unboxing

Compared to previous efforts, the band decided to try a new approach to recording. Alan Wilder said, "Usually we begin the making of a record by having extensive pre-production meetings where we decide what the record will actually sound like, then go into a programming studio. This time we decided to keep all pre-production work to a minimum. We were beginning to have a problem with boredom in that we felt we'd reached a certain level of achievement in doing things a certain way." Martin Gore elaborated, "Over the last five years I think we'd perfected a formula; my demos, a month in a programming studio, etc. etc. We decided that our first record of the '90s ought to be different."

As a sign of their rising popularity when Violator was released, a signing party for fans at a Wherehouse record store in Los Angeles that was expected to draw only a few thousand fans ended up drawing around 17,000. The band were forced to withdraw from the event due to security concerns, and their early exit nearly caused a riot.

As part of Mute's 2006 reissue schedule, Violator was re-released as a hybrid Super Audio CD + DVD-Video package on April 3rd, 2006 that included two-channel and 5.1 surround mixes of the album. The six B-sides to the Violator singles—"Dangerous", "Memphisto", "Sibeling", "Kaleid", "Happiest Girl", and "Sea of Sin"—also appear, albeit without the surround sound treatment. The reissue did not reach the US until June 6th, 2006. The US version lacked the hybrid SACD and instead included a separate CD and DVD. The DVD was identical to the European DVD but in NTSC format instead of PAL. The lack of SACD is due to the titles being distributed in North America by Warner, who do not support the SACD format.

A 32-minute short film, entitled Depeche Mode 1989–90 (If You Wanna Use Guitars, Use Guitars), featured interviews with the band, Daniel Miller, Flood, François Kevorkian (who mixed the album), Anton Corbijn (who directed the music videos and did the album's photography/cover), and others. It also includes news footage from the infamous "riot" in Los Angeles, which gave the band media publicity the day before Violator came out. The band were scheduled to do autographs in an LA music store, and the line became extremely long, stretching towards twenty-thousand people, and the event had to be cancelled shortly after it began due to problems keeping them in order. There is also footage from Strange Too, notably clips from the music videos for "Halo" and "Clean".

The remastered album was released on "deluxe" vinyl on March 2nd, 2007 in Germany and on 5 March 2007 internationally.

CD:
01 - World In My Eyes
02 - Sweetest Condition
03 - Personal Jesus
04 - Halo
05 - Waiting For The Night
06 - Enjoy The Silence
07 - Policy Of Truth
08 - Blue Dress
09 - Clean

DVD:
Depeche Mode: 1989 - 90 (If you wanna use guitars, use guitars)

Violator in 5.1 & Stereo:
01 - World In My Eyes
02 - Sweetest Condition
03 - Personal Jesus
04 - Halo
05 - Waiting For The Night
06 - Enjoy The Silence
07 - Policy Of Truth
08 - Blue Dress
09 - Clean

Additional Tracks:
10 - Dangerous
11 - Memphisto
12 - Sibeling
13 - Kaleid
14 - Happiest Girl (Jack Mix)
15 - Sea Of Sin (Tonal Mix)


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