Track Listing

1. Love In Itself
2. More Than A Party
3. Pipeline
4. Everything Counts
5. Two Minute Warning
6. Shame
7. Landscape Is Changing
8. Told You So
9. And Then
10. Everything Counts

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17457 in Music
• Released on: 2007-03-26
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

CD Description
2007 European pressing of the digitally remastered version of their 1983 album. Nine tracks including "Everything Counts", "Love In Itself" and more. This pressing is CD-only and does not include the bonus DVD included in the special edition. EMI.

Customer Reviews

Top notch
I've just listened to this again in my car on the way to work (with new sub in place), I had forgotten what a truly fine album this is.

I disagree with the other reviewers when they say it pales in comparison to the likes of Violator. I think it is better - none of the annoyingly contrived Gore flights of romantic fancy that were to infiltrate later works.

Good solid stuff - with great lyrics (never one of Martin's strong points elsewhere).

As a big Alan Wilder (especially in his current Recoil guise) fan, this album is the 1st sample of the delights to come from this genius.

Not only the tracks he wrote, but also his unmistakeably unique stamp on Gore's tunes.

A winner in every sense, and not at all dated.

Play in large ammounts....
Every long lasting band has a transitional album, a stepping stone from their humble beginnings to more mature musings. This is Mode's stepping stone... and it's a fabulous mish-mash of brooding pop, toe-tapping electronics and straight-faced observations. After Vince Clarke's departure, Mode released the album "A broken frame", made up largely of songs penned when Martyn Gore was in short trousers. Weather or not this album was a concious effort to distance the group from their previous "new romantic" label is arguable, but whatever the reason, "Construction time" is a very enjoyable experience. Kicking off with the somber and cynical "Love in itself", the album travels through many varied sound scapes. "The landscape is changing" and "And then..." find the band in a mellow mood, with sweeping synths and Gore introducing accoustic guitar to the band's sound for the first time. The classic single "Everything counts" still sounds as vibrant as ever, and the tracks "More than a party" and "Told you so" really hint at where the band were going musically. "Pipeline" is the most interesting track, truly experimental and a clear indication that Gore and co were more than mere "new romantic" pop lightweights. If you're expecting a collection of danceable, whimsical pop songs (Speak and spell, A broken frame) or dark electro rock anthems you will be disappointed. If however you like interesting, adventurous and sometimes experimental music, this album will be a great addition to your collection.

Extremely electronic: innovative in 1983, a bit bland today
DM's third album goes completely electronic: it is an experimental work, not as catchy as their previous two efforts. It is a good album, but many tracks feel a bit cold: they hadn't learned yet how to combine powerful lyrics, musical innovation and striking melodies into an explosive mix. This means that while it is an extremely interesting and fascinating experience, it isn't es enjoyable as all their other works: mandatory for fans, but casual listeners won't find it very attractive. Anyway some tracks still shine: "Everything counts", while not as rousing as the version in "101", is a masterpiece of pop music with its addictive rhytm, its haunting and frothy melody and corrosive subject. If it weren't a DM album it would be considered great, but it is... and as such it suffers a bit in comparison! It deserves to be listened, that's for sure, but don't expect to become a favorite such as "Violator"