101

Carson gave this album 4.25 notes4.25 notes4.25 notes4.25 notes4.25 notes on 2008-06-18.

101 is Depeche Mode's definitive early work and is one of the very few good live albums that I have heard.

101, like much of Depeche Mode's body of work, is, overall, a very dark album. In particular, "Blasphemous Rumours", "Something to Do", "Black Celebration", and "Everything Counts" are ominous. "Blasphemous Rumours" describes a troubled girl who finds God only to be struck down by a car shortly thereafter. "Something to Do" details the depression caused by monotony and hard work for little reward. "Everything Counts" tells of corporate greed.

In fact, the only notable exception to the dark theme is "Just Can't Get Enough". Originally from their first album Speak & Spell, it is the only song on 101 not written by Martin Gore. Speaking of Gore, his vocals can be heard prominently on "A Question of Lust" and "Somebody" as well as parts of "Everything Counts", "People are People", and "Shake the Disease"; it is a pleasant change to hear a different voice once in a while.

The only downside of this album is the concert that it is from was two years before Violator was released so none of its songs could be included.

Disc a
TrackNameCarsonKatherine   TrackNameCarsonKatherine
1.Pimpf 4 notes4 notes4 notes4 notes    6.Blasphemous Rumours 5 notes5 notes5 notes5 notes5 notes
2.Behind the Wheel 4 notes4 notes4 notes4 notes    7.Stripped 5 notes5 notes5 notes5 notes5 notes
3.Strangelove 4 notes4 notes4 notes4 notes    8.Somebody 4 notes4 notes4 notes4 notes
4.Sacred 3 notes3 notes3 notes    9.Things You Said 4 notes4 notes4 notes4 notes
5.Something to Do 5 notes5 notes5 notes5 notes5 notes    
 
Disc b
TrackNameCarsonKatherine   TrackNameCarsonKatherine
1.Black Celebration 5 notes5 notes5 notes5 notes5 notes    7.Never Let Me Down Again 3 notes3 notes3 notes
2.Shake the Disease 4 notes4 notes4 notes4 notes    8.A Question of Lust 5 notes5 notes5 notes5 notes5 notes
3.Nothing 3 notes3 notes3 notes    9.Master and Servant 4 notes4 notes4 notes4 notes
4.Pleasure Little Treasure 3 notes3 notes3 notes    10.Just Can't Get Enough 5 notes5 notes5 notes5 notes5 notes
5.People are People 5 notes5 notes5 notes5 notes5 notes    11.Everything Counts 5 notes5 notes5 notes5 notes5 notes
6.A Question of Time 5 notes5 notes5 notes5 notes5 notes    

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