Day 8: Martin’s Masquerade Ball?

Day Eight of the  30-day Depeche Mode challenge – Your Favorite song featuring Martin on Vocals

It was a tough choice, but this one has to be “One Caress.” First, the full-orchestra accompaniment is Depeche Mode with maximum class, giving the song a cinematic feel of revisiting a masquerade ball centuries past. Combined with the power of one of Martin’s strongest vocals to date, the listener is hurtled forward as the song progresses. “One Caress” has a lot of motion to it, using balance and tension to great effect. For me, this is also one of Depeche’s most visual songs (though most of Songs of Faith and Devotion is highly visual in my mind). Finally, the melody is infectious and Martin’s gorgeous tones are inviting – I find myself singing along nearly every time, sometimes without realizing it.

Again I find myself denied by Warner’s anti-embedding policies, so you’ll have to go offsite for the link.