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MojoJul 18, 2012[Dave Gahan's] trademark delivery brings the gravitas to Machin's creeping strings-swaddled, Morricone-like mood. [Jun 2012, p.87]
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May 21, 2012The Light the Dead See [is] not just an exciting meeting of troubled minds, but a well designed full-length, offering a persuasive rainy day soundtrack that works even when there's not a cloud in the sky.
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May 21, 2012Initially it's strange to hear that instantly identifiable baritone clashing with organic, rough-edged guitars, dirty Hammond organ, and delicate strings rather than the cold electronics of the day job, but it soon reveals itself to be a perfect pairing.
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May 21, 2012There's tenderness, too, but Gahan's brooding power is central to possibly his best work since Depeche's 1990 Violator.
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Jul 2, 2012The Light the Dead See achieves a result all too hard to pull off - it is theatrical without feeling like an act, saturated with atmosphere without being swamped in it.
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Jun 27, 2012This is the stuff of Hollywood film soundtracks, and Gahan's robust baritone is a perfect fit for the proceedings.
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Jun 19, 2012The Light the Dead See is an album you listen to late at night, possibly in the dark, and absolutely alone.
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UncutMay 21, 2012The ingrained instinct for grandiosity can grate, but Gahan has never sounded better, his voice bringing power, purpose and unity to a project that's previously delivered less than thew sum of its parts. [Jun 2012, p.83]