DEPECHE MODE - Devotional

Another cool DVD to add to your growing DM collection (see below for related reviews). Shot on the 1993 Devotional Tour by long time collaborator Anton Corbijn, this double disc packs in the 94-minute live show on one disc and bonus bits on the second. This was of course the tour that swung by South Africa as well (many a Playground-goer can reminisce about the after party excess). Here they incorporated live drums and guitar halfway through the set, with a more rock feel - vocalist Dave also more rugged, sporting longer hair, a goatee and tattoos. The show is a vibrant, hypnotic affair with Dave keeping the energy alive and Martin Gore's stunning backing vocals coming from behind the keyboards (& guitar), plus the two powerful female singers. The 18 songs include a range of favourites from across their repertoire like World In My Eyes, Walking In My Shoes, Behind The Wheel, Stripped, Condemnation, I Feel You, Never Let Me Down Again, Judas, In Your Room, Personal Jesus, Enjoy The Silence, Everything Counts plus 2 extras (Halo & Policy Of Truth). The second disc includes supplementary material like an MTV documentary made at the time of the tour with interviews all round. You can view the full Corbijn created onstage projections to 8 of the songs, as well as listen to an audio monologue by him. 6 promotional videos are added, some that weren't on the video collection, like One Caress and a Paris Mix of Condemnation (which also gets a live video version added). I Feel You, Walking In My Shoes and In Your Room make up the rest with its visually striking images, be it high contrast black & white or saturated colour. You also get to view the cool graphic layout of the snazzy tour programmes of '92 and '93.

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