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- Artist(s): Martin Gore, Vince Clarke
- Summary: Ssss is the debut electronic release from Depeche Mode's Vince Clarke and Martin Gore. They last worked together on 1981's Speak & Spell, after which Clarke left to form Yazoo (Yaz in the US).
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- Record Label: Mute
- Genre(s): Electronic, Techno, Club/Dance
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Positive: 16 out of 24
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Mixed: 7 out of 24
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Negative: 1 out of 24
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Mar 12, 2012Ssss is absorbing techno to listen to and proof that well written music outscores clever production tricks any day of the week.
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Mar 12, 2012Tremendous stuff.
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Mar 12, 2012It's nevertheless a hugely enjoyable ride, Clarke and Gore's duelling synths creating an entirely instrumental soundtrack to the sci-fi movie playing inside your own head.
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Mar 14, 2012Ssss may not be the album expected by longtime Depeche Mode fans, but for those who still appreciate mid-tempo techno, the vinyl is definitely worthy of coveted crate space.
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Mar 12, 201210 tracks of the kind of fierce, instrumental, no-bullshit techno that was as left-field popular in 1988 as 1998 as 2008. It's often witty, with a kind of robots-running-amok charm, and always attention-grabbing, at least in small doses. But friendly it ain't.
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Mar 13, 2012The New Wave equivalent of the Rocky/ Apollo rematch at the end of Rocky III.
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Mar 15, 2012Nothing on this album is new, nor is it a fresh take on over-tread electronic music ground.
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Positive: 0 out of 1
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Mixed: 1 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Apr 3, 2012
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