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Q MagazineOct 27, 2015This second effort even has the edge on 2012's The Light The Dead See, with an extra-dazzling cinematic sweep to its orchestration, a poleaxing depth to its existential sorrows and a fabulously redemptive uplift in the climatic My Sun. [Dec 2015, p.107]
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Oct 26, 2015Powerful and affecting, this is as good as anything Gahan has done in the last 25 years.
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Oct 23, 2015The two entities continue their tear-jerking relationship on this year's Angels and Ghosts. Once again, Gahan has turned himself inside out on these songs.
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Oct 23, 2015Whereas The Light the Dead See was a simple addition of Gahan's lyrics to the Soulsavers' music, this is a fully cohesive collaboration, with both artists sharing songwriting credits on all songs.
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Oct 23, 2015The schmaltz only sometimes gets the better of them ("The Last Time" drags after the somber "Lately"). Gahan has always sounded like a complex individual with Depeche Mode, but on this set, he sounds set free.
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Dec 14, 2015Angels & Ghosts won’t draw you in immediately and it does contain several lumbering, repetitive tracks that neither move nor entertain. But after a few listens, you may begin to see the light.
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Oct 30, 2015Angels & Ghosts is in many ways accomplished and often very pretty. But it’s pretty in the way of a postcard, and Gahan’s been around long enough and been through enough to warrant something deeper.
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UncutOct 27, 2015It's a muscular and alluringly saturnine record with a vintage sheen, which occasionally tilts at the Bad Seeds but sounds more like a wracked Richard Hawley. [Dec 2015, p.71]
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MojoOct 27, 2015For Gahan, Angels & Ghosts is another opportunity to repeat his therapeutic cycle of guilt-shedding and redemption. [Dec 2015, p.88]
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Oct 23, 2015Angels & Ghosts’ default position is the doom-laden, mid-paced ballad. Gahan sings with unsparing emotional commitment against Soulsavers’ canvas of gospel-tinged backing vocals, ghostly organ and big minor chords.
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Oct 26, 2015Angels & Ghosts isn't a bad record, but it's frustratingly tepid.
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Oct 28, 2015Plodding, overwrought gospel epics like Shine and Tempted are the order of the day, pale passionless shadows of the Mode’s mighty, desperate Condemnation.... Things improve on the starker latter half.