Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997) [Complete 2xLP] UK

Ultra is the ninth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 14 April 1997 by Mute Records. It was the band's first album following the departure of Alan Wilder. Wilder's departure and lead singer Dave Gahan's drug problems, which culminated in a near-fatal overdose, had caused speculation that Depeche Mode was finished.

Ultra was the first album the band recorded as a trio since A Broken Frame (1982); it was also their first where the band members were not involved with production, with these duties being handled by Tim Simenon of Bomb the Bass fame. Though not directly supported by a full-length tour, it was promoted via a brief series of concerts promoted as Ultra Parties.

The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and at number five on the US Billboard 200. By April 2006, it had sold 584,000 copies in the United States. In 1999, Ned Raggett ranked the album at number 50 on his list of the "Top 136 or So Albums of the Nineties".

Tracklist:
A1 - Barrel Of A Gun 0:00
A2 - The Love Thieves 5:34
A3 - Home 12:08
A4 - It's No Good 17:51
A5 - Uselink 23:50
A6 - Useless 26:11
B1 - Sister Of Night 31:26
B2 - Jazz Thieves 37:30
B3 - Freestate 40:28
B4 - The Bottom Line 47:10
B5 - Insight 51:37
B6 - Junior Painkiller 58:05

Depeche Mode
David Gahan
Andrew Fletcher
Martin Gore

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