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In mid-1989, the band began recording in Milan with producer Flood and engineer François Kevorkian.
The initial result of this session was the single Personal Jesus.
Prior to its release, a marketing campaign was launched with advertisements placed in the personal columns of UK regional newspapers with the words Your own personal Jesus.
Later, the ads included a phone number one could dial to hear the song.
The resulting furore helped propel the single to number 13 on the UK charts, becoming one of their biggest sellers to date; in the U.S., it was their first gold single and their first Top 40 hit since People Are People, eventually becoming the biggest-selling 12-inch single in Warner Bros.
Records' history.
In February 1990, Enjoy the Silence, became one of Depeche Mode's most successful singles to date, reaching number six in the UK; a few months later in the U.S., it became Depeche Mode's biggest hit, reaching number eight, and earning the band a second gold single.
It won 'Best British single' at the 1991 Brit Awards.
To promote their new album Violator, they held an in-store autograph signing at the Wherehouse Entertainment store location in West Los Angeles, which attracted approximately 20,000 fans, some of which were injured by being pressed against the store's glass by the crowd, and nearly caused a riot.
As an apology to the fans who were injured, the band released a limited edition cassette tape to the fans living in Los Angeles and was distributed through radio station KROQ, the sponsor of the Wherehouse event.
Violator went on to reach Top 10 in the UK and U.S.
It has also been certified triple platinum in America, selling over 3.5 million units there.
The subsequent World Violation Tour was another notable success, with 40,000 tickets sold within eight hours for the New York Giants Stadium (in East Rutherford, New Jersey) show, and 48,000 tickets for the Los Angeles Dodger Stadium show sold within an hour of going on sale.
Two more singles from the album, Policy of Truth and World in My Eyes were UK and U.S.
hits.
In 1993 Songs of Faith and Devotion saw them experimenting with more organic arrangements, based as much on heavily distorted electric guitars, keyboards and live drums (played by Alan Wilder, whose debut as a studio drummer was the track Clean on Violator).
Live strings, uillean pipes and female gospel vocals were other new additions to the band's sound.
The album debuted at number one in both the UK and the U.S., on the heels of the bluesy, grunge-influenced single I Feel You.
The 14-month Devotional world tour followed.
It was documented by a concert video of the same name, and a second live album, Songs of Faith and Devotion Live.
The live album was essentially a track-by-track reproduction of the eponymous album, designed to help boost sales figures of the studio album, and it proved to be a critical and commercial failure.
Dave Gahan's heroin addiction was starting to affect his behaviour, causing him to become more erratic and introverted.
Martin Gore experienced a series of seizures, and Andy Fletcher declined to participate in the second exotic leg of the tour, due to mental instability.
During that period, he was replaced on-stage by Daryl Bamonte, who had worked with the band as a personal assistant for many years. (*) |
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