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The Impish Gore has a Fairytale Voice to Match the Looks
First off, let me warn you, you'll be dissappointed unless you're a Die Hard DM fan. The synths are skeletal, only providing the most stripped down framework for a song. The instrumentation is minimalistic so that the vocals will stand out. Nevertheless, the album is incredible. Like everyone else has been saying, the album is intensely emotional. That's definitely it's most notable characteristic. Also, Martin's voice rings like it has never before on any DM album of the past. His voice is just so strikingly moving here.

Now for the bit that you haven't heard before... tracks 2-4 are very melancholy and dark, much like the true gems of Depeche, and are my favorites. Track 5, "Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth" has a lighter, fuller sound with acoustic guitar backing the vocals and has a very mezmerizing quality the way Martin layers his vocals.

While it's true Compulsion is the only DM-ish sounding song, it's really quite boring. It sounds really flat and is not the least bit engaging, emotionally. The lyrics are sung all at one tempo and Martin monotonously rushes over them kind of uneventfully.

Finally, Track 6, Motherless Child, is so beautiful. It's dark and desperate. The first minute of the song is comprised of a drawn out intro (using a string section, etc) that paints a beatutiful soundscape as the basis of the song. There is only a single stanza, 4 lines, to the song. Martin uses this track to demonstrate his vocal talent as he drifts across multiple octaves. It's stunning.

I love the lyrics of all the songs. All are as soulful and just as enigmatic as DM's best. A true gem for the open mind.

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Martin Covers His Favorites
As a songwriter, Martin Gore is particularly under-rated. After Vince Clarke left DM, Martin assumed the role and more than lived up to the task. I own every DM release... I can't say the same thing for Erasure. So when Martin released this EP of songs that influence his writings, I had to pick it up. This isn't an album I listen to often. As the owner of 1200+ different titles, this often doesn't make the changer. But for those interested in what infuences one of today's finest writers, it is worth a listen. With sparse DM production, it is the song that is supposed to shine through, not the sheen. I cringe at any attempt to compel me to recycle, and "...Mother Earth" is no exception. Gore's "Enjoy The Silence" is a virtual re-write of "In A Manner Of Speaking," and therefore is the standout track. "Motherless Child" is heartfelt and the production makes the song exclusively Martin's. I frankly don't remember the other tracks - strange because I can remember most every DM track that Martin has composed, particularly the ones derived from these covers. The bootleg tracks of "Down In The Boondocks" and the "piano-in-the-bar" reveals much more about one of my favorite songwritiers than this EP.

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The best covers ever made !!!..
The music on this album is dripping like warm honey into the ocean of love. What more can you say really? I've heard all the orginals and let me tell you Gore is not just overdubbing them but is actually remaking them into his own. For the unceartain future of depeche it's comforting to know that Martin as a solo artist always gonna be around because this kind of music just have to leave a mans soul and cant be botteled up. The album is a killer...