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Construction Time Again is the third studio album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 by the British synthpop band Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode is an electronic music band formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex, England. The group's original line-up was Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andrew Fletcher and Vince Clarke ....
, released in 1983. This was the first Depeche Mode album with Alan Wilder
Alan Wilder

Alan Charles Wilder is a Great Britain musician, formerly of Depeche Mode. His current musical project is called Recoil , started as a side project to Depeche Mode, but when he left the latter in 1995, it evolved into Wilder's primary project....
, who composed the songs "Two Minute Warning" and "The Landscape Is Changing" (as well as the B-side "Fools").

The album was recorded at John Foxx
John Foxx

John Foxx is the stage name of England musician Dennis Leigh. He was the original lead singer of the band Ultravox, before embarking on a solo career in 1979....
's Garden studios in London, engineered by Gareth Jones
Gareth Jones (music producer)

Gareth Jones is a music producer and engineer notable for working with Depeche Mode, Einst?rzende Neubauten and Erasure....
 (who had also engineered Foxx's seminal electronic album, Metamatic
Metamatic

Metamatic is an album by John Foxx, released in 1980. It was his first solo album following his split with Ultravox the previous year. A departure from the richly-textured mix of synthesizers and conventional instruments on Systems of Romance, his last album with the band, Metamatics hard-edged electronica was more akin to Kraftw...
).






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Construction Time Again is the third studio album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 by the British synthpop band Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode is an electronic music band formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex, England. The group's original line-up was Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andrew Fletcher and Vince Clarke ....
, released in 1983. This was the first Depeche Mode album with Alan Wilder
Alan Wilder

Alan Charles Wilder is a Great Britain musician, formerly of Depeche Mode. His current musical project is called Recoil , started as a side project to Depeche Mode, but when he left the latter in 1995, it evolved into Wilder's primary project....
, who composed the songs "Two Minute Warning" and "The Landscape Is Changing" (as well as the B-side "Fools").

The album was recorded at John Foxx
John Foxx

John Foxx is the stage name of England musician Dennis Leigh. He was the original lead singer of the band Ultravox, before embarking on a solo career in 1979....
's Garden studios in London, engineered by Gareth Jones
Gareth Jones (music producer)

Gareth Jones is a music producer and engineer notable for working with Depeche Mode, Einst?rzende Neubauten and Erasure....
 (who had also engineered Foxx's seminal electronic album, Metamatic
Metamatic

Metamatic is an album by John Foxx, released in 1980. It was his first solo album following his split with Ultravox the previous year. A departure from the richly-textured mix of synthesizers and conventional instruments on Systems of Romance, his last album with the band, Metamatics hard-edged electronica was more akin to Kraftw...
). It was mixed in the famous Hansa Tonstudio
Hansa Tonstudio

Die Hansa Tonstudio is a recording studio located on K?thener Strasse in Berlin, Germany. Amongst English-performing musical acts it was known as 'Hansa Studio By the Wall' in reference to the fact that it was adjacent to the Berlin Wall in the south-western sector of the city, near the Tiergarten....
 in Berlin (where much of David Bowie
David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and Arrangement. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s....
's trilogy
Berlin Trilogy

The Berlin Trilogy is a series of David Bowie albums recorded in collaboration with Brian Eno in the 1970s. The three albums are Low , "Heroes" and Lodger ....
 of seminal electronic albums featuring Brian Eno
Brian Eno

Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno , is an England musician, composer, record producer, music theory and singer, who, as a solo artist, is best known as the People known as the father or mother of something of ambient music....
 had been produced).

The album's cover artwork, though studio based, features the Matterhorn
Matterhorn

The Matterhorn , Cervino or Cervin , is a mountain in the Pennine Alps. With its high summit, lying on the border between Switzerland and Italy, it is one of the highest peaks in the Alps and its north face is one of the Great north faces of the Alps....
 mountain.

Rerelease

In 2007, Construction Time Again was re-released with a bonus DVD. The first CD was remastered and (except in the USA) was released on a CD/SACD hybrid. The bonus DVD includes B-sides in addition to the single and B-side for "Get the Balance Right
Get the Balance Right

"Get the Balance Right!" is the seventh single by Depeche Mode originally released on January 31 1983. It is the first Depeche Mode single with Alan Wilder as an official band member, and the first with a song written by both Martin Gore and Alan ....
", a one-off single recorded prior to the album. The album is released as originally intended and does not include the bonus extended mix of "Everything Counts", but does keep the reprise.

The DVD includes a documentary on the album. The double-documentary discusses both "Get the Balance Right" and Construction Time Again, its two singles, the making of the cover, the lyrics, and the sampling technology used durign the album's production. It also discusses Alan Wilder and Gareth Jones, a new member and a new engineer (respectively) and their impact on the band's sound. It also includes footage of the Construction Time Again tour from 1983, as well as excerpts from the music video for "Get the Balance Right".

The remastered album was released on "deluxe" vinyl in April 2007 in Europe only.

Track listing


1983 release


LP: Mute / Stumm 13

  1. "Love, in Itself
    Love, in Itself

    "Love, in Itself" is Depeche Mode's ninth United Kingdom single , and the final single from the album Construction Time Again.The "Love, in Itself" single contains three mixes of the song....
    "  – 4:29
  2. "More Than A Party"  – 4:23
  3. "Pipeline"  – 6:15
  4. "Everything Counts
    Everything Counts

    "Everything Counts" is Depeche Mode's eighth UK single and third US single , from the then upcoming album Construction Time Again. ]. It was the first in a long line of industrial music-inspired singles released by the band, and has been referred to as "arguably...the first English-language industrial pop hit." The single was re-releas...
    "  – 4:19
  5. "Two Minute Warning"  – 4:13
  6. "Shame"  – 3:50
  7. "The Landscape Is Changing"  – 4:47
  8. "Told You So"  – 4:24
  9. "And Then..."  – 4:34
  10. "Everything Counts (Reprise)"  – 1:05 [hidden track]


CD: Sire / 9 23900-2

  1. "Love, In Itself"  – 4:27
  2. "More Than A Party"  – 4:30
  3. "Pipeline"  – 6:08
  4. "Everything Counts"  – 4:24
  5. "Two Minute Warning"  – 4:10
  6. "Shame"  – 3:50
  7. "The Landscape Is Changing"  – 4:46
  8. "Told You So"  – 4:25
  9. "And Then..."  – 5:40
  10. "Everything Counts (Long Version)"  – 7:23
  • "Everything Counts (Reprise)" appears at the end of "And Then..." on this release, instead of appearing as its own track.


2007 re-release


CD: Mute / DM CD 3 (CD/SACD + DVD)

  • Disc 1 is a hybrid SACD/CD with a multi-channel SACD layer. Disc one also released as stand-alone CD (CDX STUMM 19)


  • Disc 2 is a DVD which includes "Construction Time Again" in DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 and PCM Stereo plus bonus material


  1. "Love, In Itself"  – 4:29
  2. "More Than A Party"  – 4:45
  3. "Pipeline"  – 5:54
  4. "Everything Counts"  – 4:19
  5. "Two Minute Warning"  – 4:13
  6. "Shame"  – 3:50
  7. "The Landscape Is Changing"  – 4:47
  8. "Told You So"  – 4:24
  9. "And Then..."  – 4:34
  10. "Everything Counts (Reprise)"  – 0:59 [hidden track]


Bonus Tracks (in PCM Stereo):
  1. "Get The Balance Right!"
  2. "The Great Outdoors!"
  3. "Work Hard"
  4. "Fools"
  5. "Get The Balance Right (Combination Mix)"
  6. "Everything Counts (In Larger Amounts)"
  7. "Love, In Itself 4"


Additional Material:
  1. "Depeche Mode 83 (Teenagers, growing up, bad government and all that stuff )" [31 Minute video]


  • All songs were written by Martin L. Gore except "Two Minute Warning", "The Landscape Is Changing" and "Fools" written by Alan Wilder
    Alan Wilder

    Alan Charles Wilder is a Great Britain musician, formerly of Depeche Mode. His current musical project is called Recoil , started as a side project to Depeche Mode, but when he left the latter in 1995, it evolved into Wilder's primary project....
    , "The Great Outdoors!" and "Work Hard" written by Gore & Wilder.
  • David Gahan
    David Gahan

    Dave Gahan is the baritone lead singer for the United Kingdom electronic band Depeche Mode, and is also an accomplished solo artist....
     sings lead vocals on all songs except "Pipeline", which is sung by Gore.
  • "Everything Counts (In Larger Amounts)" is identical to the "Long Version" of the song.
  • On the 2007 remastered edition, part of the intro to "Pipeline" is tacked onto the end of "More Than a Party", hence why the lengths of these two tracks differ from the original LP.


Singles

Two singles were released from the album.
  1. "Everything Counts
    Everything Counts

    "Everything Counts" is Depeche Mode's eighth UK single and third US single , from the then upcoming album Construction Time Again. ]. It was the first in a long line of industrial music-inspired singles released by the band, and has been referred to as "arguably...the first English-language industrial pop hit." The single was re-releas...
    " (11 July, 1983)
  2. "Love, in Itself
    Love, in Itself

    "Love, in Itself" is Depeche Mode's ninth United Kingdom single , and the final single from the album Construction Time Again.The "Love, in Itself" single contains three mixes of the song....
    " (19 September, 1983)


Credits

  • Andrew Fletcher
    Andrew Fletcher (musician)

    Andrew John Fletcher , is the co-founder and keyboardist of Electronic music band Depeche Mode....
  • David Gahan
    David Gahan

    Dave Gahan is the baritone lead singer for the United Kingdom electronic band Depeche Mode, and is also an accomplished solo artist....
  • Martin Gore
    Martin Gore

    Martin Gore is an English songwriter, lyricist, singer, guitarist and keyboardist. He is a founding member of Depeche Mode. His work now spans three decades, but he is best known as the composer of chart-topper such as "Personal Jesus" and "Enjoy the Silence"....
  • Alan Wilder
    Alan Wilder

    Alan Charles Wilder is a Great Britain musician, formerly of Depeche Mode. His current musical project is called Recoil , started as a side project to Depeche Mode, but when he left the latter in 1995, it evolved into Wilder's primary project....


Produced by Daniel Miller
Daniel Miller (music producer)

Daniel Miller is a United Kingdom music producer and founder of Mute Records....
 and Depeche Mode
Tonmeister: Gareth Jones
Gareth Jones (music producer)

Gareth Jones is a music producer and engineer notable for working with Depeche Mode, Einst?rzende Neubauten and Erasure....

Assistant engineer on "Two Minute Warning": Corinne Simcock

Recorded at The Garden, London
London

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Mixed at Hansa Mischraum, Berlin
Berlin

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Cover Photography: Brian Griffin
Illustrations: Ian Wright
Design: Martyn Atkins

Charts and certifications


Chart (1983)Peak
position		Certification
German Albums Chart
Media Control Charts

The official Music Charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband der phonographischen Wirtschaft ....
7Gold
Swedish Albums Chart12 
Swiss Albums Chart
Swiss Music Charts

The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland....
21 
UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website ; the full Top 200 is published exclusively in ChartsPlus....
6Gold