A Broken Frame
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| Studio album by Depeche Mode | ||||
| Released | 27 September 1982 | |||
| Recorded | December 1981–July 1982 at Blackwing Studios in London | |||
| Genre | Synthpop | |||
| Length | 40:55 | |||
| Label | Mute / Sire | |||
| Producer | Depeche Mode and Daniel Miller | |||
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| Studio album by Marsheaux | ||||
| Released | 18 January 2015 | |||
| Length | 45:00 | |||
| Label | Undo Records | |||
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A Broken Frame is the second studio album by the English electronic band Depeche Mode, released on 27 September 1982 by Mute Records. The album was written entirely by Martin Gore and recorded after the departure of Vince Clarke, who had left the band to form Yazoo with singer Alison Moyet. Alan Wilder was part of a second tour in the United Kingdom occurring prior to the release of this album, but he had not officially joined the band yet, and thus, does not appear on the album.
Melody Maker noted that "A Broken Frame – as its name suggests – marks the end of a beautiful dream". Reviewer Steve Sutherland considered that the songs of A Broken Frame "sound like puerile infatuations papering over anonymity" with "weary words". He found that "Shouldn't Have Done That" is the only "ambitious departure" from their previous work.
The cover artwork is a photograph, but is intended to resemble a painting. It depicts a woman cutting grain in an East Anglian field, near Duxford in Cambridgeshire. It was taken by Brian Griffin (who had previously done the cover photograph for Speak & Spell and press photos for the band) using a mixture of natural and artificial lighting. Griffin cited as inspirations Ukrainian and Russian art, especially the work of Kazimir Malevich, and German romantic art. Griffin has displayed on his website a gallery of alternative images from the same shoot.
It was featured on the cover of Life Magazine's 1990 edition of "World's Best Photographs 1980–1990".
All tracks written by Martin Gore.
Mute: DM CD 2 (CD/SACD + DVD) / CDX STUMM 9 (CD/SACD)
Additional Material:
All songs were written by Martin Gore.
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