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* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: The antagonist referred to by the narrator in the story of "21 Days" apparently "reads all his victims like a book."
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* RemixAlbum: ''Hourglass Remixes'', released in 2008.
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* RemixAlbum: ''Hourglass Remixes'', released in 2008.
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* {{Angst}}: As per the usual with Music/DepecheMode, there is a lot of angst in ''Hourglass'', mostly resulting from AgeInsecurity.
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* {{Angst}}: As per the usual with Music/DepecheMode, there is a lot of angst in ''Hourglass'', mostly resulting from AgeInsecurity.[[FeelingTheirAge Dave feeling his age]].
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* LastNoteNightmare: "Use You" ends with an isolated "robotic" synth melody, abruptly following the madness of the song's final section, before the song cuts out entirely.
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* LastNoteNightmare: LastNoteNightmare:
** "Kingdom" ends with an audio loop of the screeching of electric guitar feedback.
** "Use You" ends with an isolated "robotic" synth melody, abruptly following the madness of the song's final section, before the song cuts out entirely.
** "Kingdom" ends with an audio loop of the screeching of electric guitar feedback.
** "Use You" ends with an isolated "robotic" synth melody, abruptly following the madness of the song's final section, before the song cuts out entirely.
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%%* PowerBallad: "Saw Something".
* SmallStartBigFinish: "Saw Something" and "Endless". The two songs have a softer introduction, before the middle point introduces a dramatic, emotional atmosphere.
* SmallStartBigFinish: "Saw Something" and "Endless". The two songs have a softer introduction, before the middle point introduces a dramatic, emotional atmosphere.
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* SmallStartBigFinish: "Saw Something" and "Endless". The two songs have a softer introduction, before the middle point introduces a dramatic, emotional atmosphere. Though a more {{downplayed}} form, "Use You" can also count, as the song gets far more intense following the repeat in the second chorus for the climax.
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* MetalScream: Dave does one before the instrumental bridge of "Deeper and Deeper" and at the very beginning of the second chorus of "Use You".
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* UncommonTime: "Use You" has a 3/4 time signature than 4/4.
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* GutturalGrowler: [[ExaggeratedTrope Dave takes this trope to a great extreme]], making his vocals sound as angry and harsh as possible, with audible growling.
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* GutturalGrowler: HarshVocals: [[ExaggeratedTrope Dave takes this trope to a great extreme]], making his vocals sound as angry and harsh as possible, with audible growling.
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* SssssnakeTalk: Any time Dave pronounces an "s" in any song on here, expect him to exaggerate it.
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* MadnessMantra: Besides "Kingdom" and "Miracles", which are arranged differently, each song includes a certain phrase that is repeated almost obsessively by Dave:
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* MadnessMantra: Besides "Kingdom" and "Miracles", which are arranged differently, each song includes a certain phrase that is repeated almost obsessively ad nauseum by Dave:
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It's a symbol, but it's not recurring.
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* ArcSymbol: As befitting of its namesake, an hourglass.
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* ColorMotif: Primarily black/dark grey or silver/white with the burning gold of the hourglass symbol.
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* ColorMotif: Primarily black/dark grey or silver/white with the burning gold of the hourglass symbol. This gets [[InvertedTrope inverted]] as white with a red hourglass due to negative colors.
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* {{Angst}}: As per the usual with Music/DepecheMode, there is a lot of angst in ''Hourglass'', mostly resulting from AgeInsecurity.
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* CabinFever: The verses of "Use You" are majorly about the stress of being trapped somewhere with someone for an extended period of time. "It's killing me, to be in this room, I've gotta get out, I've gotta get out soon. hurting you, with everything I do, it's too long, too long in this place."
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* CabinFever: The verses of "Use You" are majorly about the stress of being trapped somewhere with someone for an extended period of time. "It's killing me, to be in this room, I've gotta get out, I've gotta get out soon. hurting Hurting you, with everything I do, it's too long, too long in this place."
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* CabinFever: The verses of "Use You" are majorly about the stress of being trapped somewhere with someone for an extended period of time. "It's killing me, to be in this room, I've gotta get out, I've gotta get out soon. I'm hurting you, with everything I do, it's too long, too long in this place."
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* CabinFever: The verses of "Use You" are majorly about the stress of being trapped somewhere with someone for an extended period of time. "It's killing me, to be in this room, I've gotta get out, I've gotta get out soon. I'm hurting you, with everything I do, it's too long, too long in this place."
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* CabinFever: The verses of "Use You" are majorly about the stress of being trapped somewhere with someone for an extended period of time. "It's killing me, to be in this room, I've gotta get out, I've gotta get out soon. I'n hurting you, with everything I do, it's too long, too long in this place."
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* CabinFever: The verses of "Use You" are majorly about the stress of being trapped somewhere with someone for an extended period of time. "It's killing me, to be in this room, I've gotta get out, I've gotta get out soon. I'n I'm hurting you, with everything I do, it's too long, too long in this place."
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* CabinFever: The verses of "Use You" are majorly about the stress of being trapped somewhere with someone for an extended period of time. "It's killing me, to be in this room, I've gotta get out, I've gotta get out soon. I'n hurting you, with everything I do, it's too long, too long in this place."
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* AirQuotes: In written form, what is [[ImpliedTrope implied]] to be air quotes on Dave's handwritten title for "A Little Lie".
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* AirQuotes: In written form, what is [[ImpliedTrope implied]] to be air quotes are included on Dave's handwritten title for "A Little Lie".
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* AirQuotes: In written form, what is [[ImpliedTrope implied]] to be air quotes on Dave's handwritten title for "A Little Lie".
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* CoolShades: Dave wears double-bridge sunglasses as an accessory motif, donning them on the album's front cover and various pictures in the lyric booklet, as well as the back cover. Christian Eigner also wears a pair in one of the booklet pictures.
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* HellIsThatNoise: Most of the album, but most notably...
** The ambiguous, yet triumphant synth chords in "Kingdom", eerily sounding like a screaming animal.
** "Use You". Especially the instrumental bridge section. Also the creepy choir-like sound following the final chorus.
** The verses of "Insoluble", having creepy, unnerving tones.
** The roaring synth conclusion in "Endless".
** The ambiguous, yet triumphant synth chords in "Kingdom", eerily sounding like a screaming animal.
** "Use You". Especially the instrumental bridge section. Also the creepy choir-like sound following the final chorus.
** The verses of "Insoluble", having creepy, unnerving tones.
** The roaring synth conclusion in "Endless".
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* HotterAndSexier: Somehow manages to be a mashup of this and DarkerAndEdgier, but Dave clearly did not hold back on trying to make
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* HotterAndSexier: Somehow manages to be a mashup of this and DarkerAndEdgier, but Dave clearly did not hold back on trying to make ''Hourglass'' sound as smooth and intimate as possible. It even rivals Depeche Mode's other albums in how far it goes, especially with "Deeper and Deeper", which is the most straightforward Dave has arguably ever been about lust in his career.
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''Hourglass'' sound as smooth and intimate as possible. It even rivals Depeche Mode's other albums in how far it goes, especially with "Deeper and Deeper", which is the most straightforward Dave has arguably ever been about lust in his career.
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* HotterAndSexier: Somehow manages to be a mashup of this and DarkerAndEdgier, but Dave clearly did not hold back on trying to make ''Hourglass'' sound as smooth and intimate as possible. It even rivals Depeche Mode's other albums in how far it goes, especially with "Deeper and Deeper", which is the most straightforward Dave has arguably ever been about lust in his career.
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* SuddenlyShouting: "Use You" is this in song form. Surprisingly, it's the only song on the album that ''does'' sound like Dave is truly shouting out about his agony from within, while the others that surround it sound more melancholy or lustful.
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* SuddenlyShouting: "Use You" is this in song form. Surprisingly, it's the only song on the album that ''does'' sound like Dave is truly shouting out about his agony from within, while the others that surround it sound more melancholy melancholic or lustful.
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* MisspellingOutLoud: "Disappear" is misspelled as [[BuffySpeak "dissapear"]] on the album's lyric booklet, which also features the lyrics ''handwritten'' by Dave himself, not just transcribed. The two songs that feature this error in plain sight are "21 Days" and "Endless".
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* MisspellingOutLoud: "Disappear" is misspelled as [[BuffySpeak "dissapear"]] on the album's lyric booklet, which also features the lyrics ''handwritten'' by Dave himself, not just transcribed. The two songs that feature this error in plain sight are "21 Days" and "Endless".
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* MisspellingOutLoud: "Disappear" is misspelled as [[BuffySpeak "dissapear"]] on the album's lyric booklet, which also features the lyrics ''handwritten'' by Dave himself, not just transcribed. The two songs that feature this error in plain sight are "21 Days" and "Endless".
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Ordering single releases chronologically than by album listing.
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* BSide: "Love Will Leave (Das Shadow's Rewerk)", the B-side of "Saw Something", and "Tomorrow", the B-side of "Kingdom".
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* BSide: "Tomorrow", the B-side of "Kingdom", and "Love Will Leave (Das Shadow's Rewerk)", the B-side of "Saw Something", and "Tomorrow", the B-side of "Kingdom".Something".
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* SuddenlyShouting: "Use You" is this in song form. Surprisingly, it's the only song on the album that ''does'' sound like Dave is truly shouting out about his agony from within, while the others that surround it sound more melancholy or lustful.
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** "Insoluble": "I/we [action], you have nothing to fear."
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** "Insoluble": "I/we [action], you "You have nothing to fear."/"My angel."
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* BSide: "Tomorrow", the B-side of "Kingdom", and "Love Will Leave (Das Shadow's Rewerk)", the B-side of "Saw Something".
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* BSide: "Tomorrow", the B-side of "Kingdom", and "Love Will Leave (Das Shadow's Rewerk)", the B-side of "Saw Something".Something", and "Tomorrow", the B-side of "Kingdom".