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Here he gives us his first listen, track by track run down of what we have in store Spirit is the 14th album by Depeche Mode; their second released by the label Columbia and their first produced by SMD's James Ford. As the song slowly begins to unfurl, the bass drum kicks in followed by the snare as a skittering riff zig-zags its way over the top. Here we move into the territory of balladry A plucked and processed guitar intro is backed by sweeping and sustained synth chords that feel like some hideous omen and a warning of terrible things to come.

The evidence contained here would suggest that it does but those expecting an out-and-out banger are going to be disappointed. The BPMs are still well within the mid-tempo range but this does sound like house music on steroids. Tinkling synths comes tumbling down to land on a throbbing low end and are punctuated by squelches here and there.

The bass pulses like a heartbeat and the beats increase incrementally yet the pace remains measured and steady. Huge, polyphonic chords give the sense of being in church though thankfully things grind to a halt before the collection plate arrives.

The huge string chords that are added to all of this make you realise that yes, this album really is hard work. The pace finally shifts out of second gear, thrusts the pedal to the metal and zooms off for some serious dancefloor kislemez bremen know.

The pulsing metronomic throbs kick in right away and the vintage sounding drums are a glorious throwback to the 80s.

A dab-worthy track and no mistake!