Depeche Mode Announce Release Date, Artwork And Title Of New Studio Album
Friday, 25 January 2013
Written by Jon Stickler
Depeche Mode have announced they will release their highly anticipated 13th studio album, 'Delta Machine', on March 26th worldwide via Columbia Records.
The album, recorded over the last year in Santa Barbara, California and New York City, was produced by Ben Hillier and mixed by Flood. In addition to the album announcement, Depeche Mode have also confirmed that the video for the first single 'Heaven' will debut next Friday, February 1st.
Alongside a standard CD format, Depeche Mode will release 'Delta Machine' in an exclusive Deluxe Edition with four additional new tracks and accompanied by a 28-page hardcover book including photos by longtime artistic collaborator Anton Corbijn.
Martin Gore said of the release: “Writing this album was incredibly daunting as I wanted the sound of this collection to be very modern. I want people to feel good about listening to this record, to get some kind of peace. It’s just got something magical about it.”
Dave Gahan added: “With this release we’ve completely shifted our idea of how to create an album. When we hit a wall where we realize the album is beginning to sound too normal, we’ll mess it up and really give it that organic Depeche Mode Sound. Delta Machine is no different, and I can’t wait for all of our fans to hear it.”
Following the release of their new album, Depeche Mode will embark on a European stadium tour, kicking off in Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park on May 7th. They will perform 34 shows in 25 European countries, featuring appearances at Milan’s famed San Siro Stadium, the Stade De France in Paris, and Moscow’s Locomotive Stadium before wrapping up the European leg of their tour in Minsk, Belarus on July 29th. A full North American tour will follow, with details to be announced in the coming weeks.
The tracklisting for 'Delta Machine' is as follows:
STANDARD:
1 Welcome To My World
2 Angel
3 Heaven
4 Secret To The End
5 My Little Universe
6 Slow
7 Broken
8 The Child Inside
9 Soft Touch / Raw Nerve
10 Should Be Higher
11 Alone
12 Soothe My Soul
13 Goodbye
DELUXE EDITION: (includes hardcover 28-page booklet)
DISC 1
1 Welcome To My World
2 Angel
3 Heaven
4 Secret To The End
5 My Little Universe
6 Slow
7 Broken
8 The Child Inside
9 Soft Touch / Raw Nerve
10 Should Be Higher
11 Alone
12 Soothe My Soul
13 Goodbye
DISC 2
1 Long Time Lie
2 Happens All The Time
3 Always
4 All That’s Mine
The tracklisting for the 'Heaven' single is as follows:
CD SINGLE:
1 Heaven
2 All That’s Mine (B-side bonus track)
'Heaven' CD MAXI:
1 Heaven
2 Heaven (Owlle Remix)
3 Heaven (steps to heaven rmx)
4 Heaven (Blawan Remix)
5 Heaven (Mathew Dear vs Audion Remix)
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The album, recorded over the last year in Santa Barbara, California and New York City, was produced by Ben Hillier and mixed by Flood. In addition to the album announcement, Depeche Mode have also confirmed that the video for the first single 'Heaven' will debut next Friday, February 1st. 
