PLAYING THE ANGEL (2005)
Playing the Angel est le onzième album studio du groupe anglais Depeche Mode, sorti le 17 octobre 2005. Il est considéré comme l’album incarnant le retour du groupe sur le devant de la scène.
Ce nouvel album marque un retour à des sons plus analogiques rappelant le passé de Depeche Mode (notamment les quelques influences industrielles des années 1980). On peut y trouver des chansons comme Precious, Suffer Well, A Pain that I’m used to ou encore John the Revelator, véritable emblème du groupe auprès du jeune public.
Playing the Angel est donc une sorte de renaissance pour certains fans du passé de Depeche Mode. Mais pour d’autres, il est un album intéressant montrant de nouvelles intentions ainsi que l’attachement du groupe pour Christian Eigner (batteur pendant les tournées Ultra Party, Singles tour, Exciter tour, Touring the Angel) car Christian va même participer à la création de l’album.
Le disque s’est classé à la 6e place des charts britanniques et en 7e position aux États-Unis dans le Billboard 200. Mais il est n° 1 dans de nombreux pays : France, Suisse, Belgique (Wallonie), Italie, Portugal, Autriche, Pays-Bas, Danemark, Suède, Norvège et Finlande. (Source : Wikipedia).
PLAYING THE ANGEL
TRACKLIST
1. A Pain That I’m Used To (04:10)
2. John the Revelator (03:41)
3. Suffer Well (03:49)
4. The Sinner in Me (04:55)
5. Precious (04:10)
6. Macro (04:02)
7. I Want It All (06:09)
8. Nothing’s Impossible (04:21)
9. Introspectre (01:42)
10. Damaged People (03:27)
11. Lilian (04:45)
12. The Darkest Star (06:55)
EXTRAITS DE L'ALBUM
LES SINGLES
PRECIOUS
PAROLES
Precious and fragile things
Need special handling
My god what have we done to you
We always tried to share
The tenderest of care
Now look what we have put you through
Things get damaged
Things get broken
I though we’d manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give
Angels with silver wings
Shouldn’t know suffering
I wish I could take the pain for you
If God has a master plan
That only He understands
I hope it’s your eyes He’s seeing through
Things get damaged
Things get broken
I though we’d manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give
I pray you learn to trust
Have faith in both of us
And keep room in your hearts for two
Things get damaged
Things get broken
I though we’d manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give
A PAIN THAT I'M USED TO
PAROLES
I’m not sure what I’m looking for anymore
I just know that I’m harder to console
I don’t see who I’m trying to be Instead of me
But the key is a question of control
Can you say what you’re trying to play anyway
I just pay while you’re breaking all the rules
All the signs that I find have been underlined
Devils thrive on the drive that is fuelled
All this running around well it’s getting me down
Just give me a pain that I’m used to
I don’t need to believe all the dreams you conceive
You just need to achieve something that rings true
There’s a hole in your soul like an animal
With no conscience repentance unknown
Close your eyes pay the price for your paradise
Devils feed on the seeds that are sown
Can’t conceal what I feel what I know is real
No mistaking the faking I care
With a prayer in the air I will leave it there
On a note full of hope not despair
All this running around well it’s getting me down
Just give me a pain that I’m used to
I don’t need to believe all the dreams you conceive
You just need to achieve something that rings true
All this running around well it’s getting me down
Just give me a pain that I’m used to
I don’t need to believe all the dreams you conceive
You just need to achieve something that rings true
SUFFER WELL
PAROLES
Where were you when I fell from grace
Frozen heart, an empty space
Something’s changing, it’s in your eyes
Please don’t speak, you’ll only lie
I found treasure not where I thought
Peace of mind can’t be bought
Still I believe
Just hang on
Suffer well
Sometimes it’s hard
It’s hard to tell
An angel led me when I was blind
I said take me back, I’ve changed my mind
Now I believe
From the blackest room, I was torn
He called my name, a love was born
So I believe
Just hang on
Suffer well
Sometimes it’s hard
It’s hard to tell
Just hang on
Suffer well
Sometimes it’s hard
So hard to tell
JOHN THE REVELATOR
PAROLES
John the Revelator
Put him in a elevator
Take him up to the highest high
Take him up to the top where the mountains stop
Let him tell his book of lies
John the Revelator
He’s a smooth operator
It’s time we cut him down to size
Take him by the hand
And put him on the stand
Let us hear his alibis
By claiming God as his holy right
He’s stealing a god from the Israelite
Stealing a god from a Muslim, too
There is only one god through and through
Seven lies, multiplied by seven, multiplied by seven again
Seven angels with seven trumpets
Send them home on the morning train
Well who’s that shouting?
John the Revelator!
All he ever gives us is pain
Well who’s that shouting?
John the Revelator!
He should bow his head in shame
Bye-bye
Bye-bye
Bye-bye
Bye-bye
Seven lies, multiplied by seven, multiplied by seven again
Seven angels with seven trumpets
Send them home on the morning train
Well who’s that shouting?
John the Revelator!
All he ever gives us is pain
Well who’s that shouting?
John the Revelator!
He should bow his head in shame
Bye-bye
Bye-bye
John the Revelator
Bye-bye
John the Revelator
Bye-bye
John the Revelator
THE 12" SINGLES
EXCITER
