For The Masses

"For The Masses" is a 1998 tribute album to the British band Depeche Mode, as covered by a variety of bands in varying genres. Featured here today is the Full Album Listen, where some tracks work, while the rest shows that DM is the way to go...!

TRACK LIST:
Smashing Pumpkins – Never Let Me Down Again (3:58)
God Lives Underwater – Fly On The Windscreen (5:18)
Failure – Enjoy The Silence (4:16)
The Cure – The World In My Eyes (4:49)
Dishwalla – Policy Of Truth (3:42)
Veruca Salt – Somebody (4:00)
Meat Beat Manifesto – Everything Counts (5:21)
Hooverphonic – Shake The Disease (3:55)
Locust – Master And Servant (3:38)
Self – Shame (4:09)
Monster Magnet – Black Celebration (4:13)
Rabbit In The Moon – Waiting For The Night (7:30)
Apollo Four Forty – I Feel You (5:17)
Gus Gus – Monument (5:19)
Deftones – To Have And To Hold (2:49)
Rammstein – Stripped (4:41)

Full Album Listen on #TUNESTALKSG for "For The Masses":https://t.co/w9MRGMnD3F

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ABOVE: From the CD single "Rocket", this is Smashing Pumpkins' cover of "Never Let Me Down Again" (3:58), recorded at a BBC Session.

BELOW: "Fly On The Windscreen" (5:18) covered by God Lives Underwater.





ABOVE: Failure covers "Enjoy The Silence" (4:16)

BELOW: "The World In My Eyes" (4:49) covered by The Cure, from their album "Join The Dots - The B-Sides & Rarities".





ABOVE: "Policy Of Truth" (3:42) covered by Dishwalla, from their album "Repeat Offender".

BELOW: Veruca Salt covers "Somebody" (4:00) - one of my utterly fave DM-songs - from their album "Even Greater Reward"





ABOVE: "Everything Counts" (5:21) covered by Meat Beat Manifesto, from "Time Again to Reconstruct ".

BELOW: "Shake The Disease" (3:55) by Hooverphonic, from album "t’s Called a Disease".





ABOVE: Locust with "Master And Servant" (3:38).

BELOW: "Shame" (4:09) by Self.





ABOVE: "Black Celebration" (4:13) from Monster Magnet, from their album "God Says No".

BELOW: "Waiting For The Night" (7:30) by Rabbit In The Moon.





ABOVE: Apollo Four Forty covers "I Feel You" (5:17).

BELOW: "Monument" (5:19) by Gus Gus (wow deep cut).





ABOVE: "To Have And To Hold" (2:49) by Deftones.

BELOW: Rammstein with "Stripped" (4:41), with "censored" MV seen below.