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Speak & Spell is the debut studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode.It was released on 5 October 1981, [6] or possibly 29 October 1981, [7] by Mute Records.It was the band's only album to feature Vince Clarke, and is much lighter in tone than their subsequent releases.
Vince Clarke left the band after the release of their 1981 debut album Speak & Spell and was replaced by Alan Wilder (production, keyboards, drums), who was a band member from 1982 to 1995. Following Wilder's departure, Gahan, Gore, and Fletcher continued as a trio until Fletcher's death in 2022.
This version appears on the US version of Speak & Spell, the UK re-release of Speak & Spell, the re-release of The Singles 81→85 and Remixes 81–04. In addition, the single's B-side, "Any Second Now", was the first commercially available Depeche Mode instrumental. It is included on the UK re-release of Speak & Spell.
Fletcher helped define the sound of 1980s and '90s alternative music through hits including 'Just Can't Get Enough,' 'Personal Jesus' and 'People Are People.'
The last time Depeche Mode played Los Angeles, they did something no band had ever done before (or has done since): a sold-out, four-night run at the Hollywood Bowl. Six years, one pandemic, one ...
Depeche Mode's debut album, Speak & Spell, was released in October 1981 and peaked at number ten on the UK album charts. [26] Critical reviews were mixed; Melody Maker described it as a "great album … one they had to make to conquer fresh audiences and please the fans who just can't get enough", [ 27 ] while Rolling Stone was more critical ...