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Apr 23, 2013Despite many good songs on this album, you will definitely get a sense that Depeche Mode is in a holding pattern.
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Apr 15, 2013Considering the odds, it shows an animated and still vigorous trio worthy of its semi-legendary status.
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MojoApr 9, 2013Song titles like Soothe My Soul and The Child Inside suggest phoned-in conventionality, but there are edgy moments here. [May 2013, p.85]
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UncutMar 29, 2013In spite (or maybe because) of their flaws, there's a vivid presence to tracks like "Heaven" and "My Little Universe" that fans will flock to and onlookers can't help but smile at. [May 2013, p.69]
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Mar 25, 2013Surprises are few and what Delta Machine lacks is one big, arena-ready, fist-in-the-air synthpop stormer.
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Mar 21, 2013On their 13th album, Depeche Mode are as hamstrung as ever by their refusal to admit even a chink of light into their world of gloom.... The flip side of the coin is that the austere music that accompanies all this darkness is often very beautiful.
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Mar 22, 2013Depeche Mode click here slightly more often than not. [Mar-Apr 2013, p.91]
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Apr 8, 2013Where this album tries for a harder, more adventurous sound, they’re still stuck with one leg in leather trousers.
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Apr 4, 2013Depeche Mode’s biggest crime is that they're just a bit boring.
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Mar 28, 2013There is not a single moment of shock or freshness on Delta Machine, and it's enormously frustrating to hear what was once a band of futurists so deeply mired in resisting change.
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Mar 27, 2013It’s hard to imagine anyone other than extreme DM reactionaries finding anything here essential besides the abovementioned tracks [“Soft Touch / Raw Nerve” and “Soothe My Soul”], the stirring “Secret To the End,” and the mid-tempo “Broken.
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Oct 4, 2013The camp is layered on thick, just as it always was, yet this time it crosses the thin line these electro pioneers once walked with ease.
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Mar 25, 2013As it stands, it's another tiresome release studded with a few gems.
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Mar 25, 2013It blows hot and cold.
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Mar 22, 2013Depeche Mode's weakest album in some while.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 101 out of 125
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Mixed: 18 out of 125
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Negative: 6 out of 125
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