Track Listing

1. Goodnight Lovers
2. When The Body Speaks (Acoustic Version)
3. The Dead Of Night (Electronicat Remix)
4. Goodnight Lovers (Isan Falling Leaf Mix)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #155757 in Music
• Released on: 2003-01-06
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Single

Customer Reviews

An unlikely single - yet an excellent piece of music
When I first heard the song, it was course as the final track on the excellent EXITER album. Despite the fact that Mode seldom go for obvious commercial single releases, I nevertheless found it very surprising that this was released in single format without sounding any different from the album version. This is NEVER going to get played (certainly on commercaial) radio in the UK I noted with interest that the band's official website states that this is inelligable for entry into the UK chart - I wonder why?
Anyway as a biased fan, I love this song, and listening to it has become something of a sacrament! It shows a vulnerability and a sense of humility which in many ways has been lacking from Martin Gore's lyrics - conveyed with beautiful sympathy in Dave Gahan's voice. Musically as well, this song is imaginitively restrained an Gahan's voice allowed to dominate the procedings and leaves me at least with a warm glow inside...

One to remember them by...
Depeche's final Exciter single Goodnight Lovers sounds like a beautiful, gospel prayer where Gahan provides one of his finest vocal performances.
Sometimes, remixes can miss the mark but the trend of top quality Exciter mixes (bar the commercial Freelove efforts) continues on what could almost be described as an EP. The isan Falling Leaf Mix has a minimalist feel with extra analogue synth layers. It is destined to be included on endless Chill Out compilations and it enhances the spiritual feel of the original track.
When The Body Speaks has been stripped bare here with a haunting acoustic mix (a lesson to the Pet Shop Boys who have tried and failed with their new acoustic sound). Extra cello arrangements are added to the mix, and again the emphasis is on the emotion in Dave's voice.
The biggest surprise on the CD single is the delightful Electronicat remix of The Dead of Night. A new deep and dirty sounding analogue bass line has been added drawing comparisons with the Human League's cover of Rock 'n' Roll, giving the track a Glam Rock appeal. Its a huge improvement on the original version and the studio wizardry applied to give a menacing effect to Dave's voice is inspired.
Mixes of quality & distinction only serve to prove how much thought and effort has gone into this CD single, and if this is the last Mode release for three years, then it is a fine one to remember them by.

True genius cannot be tried or denied!
Depeche Mode realease what is certainly to be the last track from the "Exciter" album.
A very calm and serene track from DM and certainly very different but altogether a good song.
It's the simplicity of the song that make it what it is. It doesn't consist of much musically, mostly of the fantastic Dave Gahan, really showing what restraint he has in his voice.Martin's lyrics are simply simple and they complement the track perfectly.
This is something that I thought I would never hear from DM, simplicity that is up there with the best DM tracks ever written.
Again, this release will probably be snubbed by certain radio stations for not being exciting enough, but nothing could be further from the truth, DM are still as exciting as ever and the fact that they can turn their hand to song such as "Goodnoght Lovers" and still be successful shows they've got the edge they always had.
This song isn't dangerously exciting as would've been expected of DM in the past, however you've got to focus on the lyrical content of this song and you'll see DM will be as exciting as ever when they return.
Go & Buy this song. if only to chill out to!