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There's no denying: having seen the concert, having watched the documentary “DEPECHE MODE: M” and now listening to the album “Memento Mori: Mexico City” creates a complete experience, a journey into the intimate darkness of DM's new phase.
For those who love Depeche Mode like me, this box set is not a simple addition, a consolidation of the memory or the collection, but an unavoidable piece that could not be missed.
It is a ritual, a necessary action, an appointment for those who follow the band with almost religious devotion.
This mammoth package, with over two hours of live music spread across two CDs or four vinyls, captures the band's Mexican performance powerfully and faithfully. Those who saw the tour will find the energy and atmosphere. Those who were at home will be able to get a precise idea of the sound machine that the DMs have set up.
Depeche Mode, after the death of Andrew Fletcher, approached this tour as a vital act, a way to sing about life while talking about death (a theme which, we note, resonates particularly in Mexico, where the relationship with the afterlife is culture, not just mourning). The Mexico City concert channels the energy of Dave Gahan and Martin Gore in front of his people, a frontman who “commands” the audience in a mix of repertoire classics and new pieces.
But the element that shifts the needle and makes it really interesting for everyone is the surprise of the unreleased ones. Four songs never released before, taken directly from the Memento Mori sessions: Survive, Life 2.0, Give Yourself To Me, and In The End.
Traces that are not fillers, but precious documents kept in the drawer and expertly made visible to demonstrate yet another proof of the immense creativity of Gahan and Gore.
Faced with these materials, the purchase of the box set ceases to be a gesture for collectors and maximalists of the band and becomes an obligatory step for those who really want to grasp DM's latest artistic cycle. Memento Mori: Mexico City intelligently consolidates an already strong creative season.
It is a necessary appendage: no superfluous virtuosity, no fanservice rhetoric, just a coherent vision taken to its extreme consequences.
A thoughtful, solid product that adds value without trivializing it. This too, now, is part of their way of existence.
SCORE: 8.50
TO LISTEN NOW
In The End – Life 2.0 – Give Yourself To Me
TO BE SKIPPED IMMEDIATELY
Don't talk about it!
TRACKLIST
Intro
My Cosmos Is Mine
Wagging Tongue
Walking In My Shoes
It's No Good
Sister Of Night
In Your Room
Everything Counts
Precious
Speak To Me
Home
Soul With Me
Ghosts Again
I Feel You
A Pain That I'm Used To
World In My Eyes
Wrong
Stripped
John the Revelator
Enjoy The Silence
Waiting for the Night
Just Can't Get Enough
Never Let Me Down Again
Personal Jesus
Survive
Life 2.0
Give Yourself To Me
In The End
