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* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Subverted by Alan Wilder who plays the drums on this record after drumming on one song off ''Violator''. He was at times the OnlySaneMan in the band.

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* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Subverted by Alan Wilder Wilder, who plays the drums on this record after drumming on one song off ''Violator''. He was at times the OnlySaneMan in the band.



* {{Angst}}: Themes of dread and anguish permeate the album, owed to it being made during a major low point in the band members' personal lives.

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* {{Angst}}: Themes of dread and anguish permeate the album, owed owing to it being made during a major low point in the band members' personal lives.



* ContinuityNod: The "In Your Room" music video features many to past music videos of Depeche Mode, usually involving the woman from the video recreating scenes from said prior music videos, which include "Enjoy the Silence", "Never Let Me Down Again", "Halo", "Walking In My Shoes", etc. WordOfGod by Anton Corbijn said that he did this as a retrospective because he was unsure if Dave Gahan was going to survive his heroin addiction.

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* ContinuityNod: The "In Your Room" music video features many to past music videos of Depeche Mode, usually involving the woman from the video recreating scenes from said prior music videos, which include "Enjoy the Silence", "Never Let Me Down Again", "Halo", "Walking In My Shoes", etc. WordOfGod by Anton Corbijn said that he did this as a retrospective because he was unsure if Dave Gahan was going to survive his heroin addiction.



* DarkerAndEdgier: The album is quite possibly the darkest Depeche Mode had ever been up to that point, largely owing itself to the tense conditions the band were under during production as well as Depeche Mode having already gotten progressively darker with each successive album since Martin Gore took over lead songwriting duties.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: The album is quite possibly the darkest Depeche Mode had ever been up to that point, largely owing itself to the tense conditions the band were under during production as well as Depeche Mode having already gotten progressively darker with each successive album since Martin Gore took over lead songwriting duties.



** It is played straight with Martin Gore who was addicted not to drugs, which also make it this trope according to its description, but to booze. Also he was the mastermind of the band, though Alan Wilder might disagree.

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** It is played straight with Martin Gore who was addicted not to drugs, which also make makes it this trope according to its description, but to booze. Also Also, he was the mastermind of the band, though Alan Wilder might disagree.



* EverythingIsAnInstrument: Andrew Fletcher was hitting a a flight case with a pole among other things..

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* EverythingIsAnInstrument: Andrew Fletcher was hitting a a flight case with a pole among other things..things.



* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: What Dave did for this album and tour, sporting long hair, a beard and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick a massive heroin addiction]].

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* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: What Dave did for this album and tour, sporting long hair, a beard beard, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick a massive heroin addiction]].



** Averted with David Gahan whose chest is visible under his head.
* {{Foil}}: Music/PrimalScream. Reinforced by the fact that, during their support stint for Depeche Mode on the American gigs of the Exotic tour, Primal Scream too were closer than ever to breakup.

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** Averted with David Gahan Gahan, whose chest is visible under his head.
* {{Foil}}: Music/PrimalScream. Reinforced by the fact that, during their support stint for Depeche Mode on the American gigs of the Exotic tour, Primal Scream too Scream, too, were closer than ever to breakup.breaking up.
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** Their interim 1991 non-album OST song Death's Door can also be considered a SoFaD B-side. It's a perfect fit thematically and musically, and a remix version from the SoFaD sessions was actually released as the B-side of Condemnation.

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** Their interim 1991 non-album OST song Death's Door "Death's Door" can also be considered a SoFaD [=SoFaD=] B-side. It's a perfect fit thematically and musically, and a remix "Jazz Mix" version from the SoFaD [=SoFaD=] sessions was actually released as the B-side of Condemnation."Condemnation".
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** Their interim 1991 non-album OST song Death's Door can also be considered a SoFaD B-side. It's a perfect fit thematically and musically, and a remix version from the SoFaD sessions was actually released as the B-side of Condemnation.
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''Songs of Faith and Devotion'' (or ''[=SoFaD=]''[[note]]not to be confused with 11.68 inches in the Barsoom stories by Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs[[/note]]), released on March 23, 1993, is the eighth album by British AlternativeDance band Music/DepecheMode. Its production and subsequent tour were so troubled that a quartet turned into a trio as Alan Wilder left in 1995, thus making this their last album with him.

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''Songs of Faith and Devotion'' (or ''[=SoFaD=]''[[note]]not to be confused with 11.68 inches in the Barsoom stories by Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs[[/note]]), released on March 23, 1993, 1993 through Creator/MuteRecords in the UK and Creator/SireRecords & Creator/RepriseRecords in the US, is the eighth album by British AlternativeDance band Music/DepecheMode. Its production and subsequent tour were so troubled that a quartet turned into a trio as Alan Wilder left in 1995, thus making this their last album with him.

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-->''Now I'm not looking for absolution''\\

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-->''Now ->''Now I'm not looking for absolution''\\



* {{Angst}}: Loads of.

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* {{Angst}}: Loads of.Themes of dread and anguish permeate the album, owed to it being made during a major low point in the band members' personal lives.



* BSide: The only one - "My Joy".

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* BSide: The only album had exactly one - -- "My Joy".Joy", included on the single release of "Walking in My Shoes".



* DepravedDwarf: In the video for the single "Walking In My Shoes" where everyone else is depraved too.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: In the video for "Walking In My Shoes", David Gahan (the protagonist of the video). While the other three members are shown with women sitting on their laps in one shot, Gahan is excluded.

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* DepravedDwarf: In the video for the single "Walking In in My Shoes" where everyone else is depraved too.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: In the video for "Walking In in My Shoes", David Gahan (the protagonist of the video). While the other three members are shown with women sitting on their laps in one shot, Gahan is excluded.



* EpicRocking: "In Your Room" and "Higher Love".

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* EpicRocking: "In Your Room" stretches on for six and a half minutes, while "Higher Love".Love" just barely falls short of the six-minute mark.



* {{Industrial}}: "Rush".

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* {{Industrial}}: "Rush"."Rush" sees the band lean back into their longtime industrial influences after gradually moving away from it on ''Music/MusicForTheMasses'' and ''Music/{{Violator}}'', combining it with the {{grunge}} elements of the rest of the album in a manner that would presage the breakthrough of industrial rock with Music/NineInchNails' ''Music/TheDownwardSpiral'' the following year.



* LooksLikeJesus: David Gahan, extremely so.
** Lampshaded by the "Condemnation" video.

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* LooksLikeJesus: David Gahan, extremely so.
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so. Lampshaded by the "Condemnation" video.



* Music/PrimalScream: The supporting band.



* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: This album shifts to the rock genre after the pure synth-pop of ''Violator'', drugs were abundant during both its recording session and the tour which followed. Sex is also not lacking here.

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* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: This album shifts to the rock genre after the pure synth-pop of ''Violator'', ''Music/{{Violator}}'', drugs were abundant during both its recording session and the tour which followed. Sex is also not lacking here.here, with many of the songs continuing the sexually charged lyricism of the band's output since ''Music/SomeGreatReward''.



* SpecialGuest: Creator/LysetteAnthony of Film/HusbandsAndWives fame appears in the video for the single "In Your Room".

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* SpecialGuest: Creator/LysetteAnthony of Film/HusbandsAndWives ''Film/HusbandsAndWives'' fame appears in the video for the single "In Your Room".



* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Judas", despite its name.

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* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Judas", despite its name.name, features a mellow gospel melody and sparse, relaxing instrumentation, a stark contrast to the {{grunge}}-influenced aggression of the rest of the album.

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* BigGuyLittleGuy: A dwarf and a tall man in the video for "Walking In My Shoes".



* BigGuyLittleGuy: A dwarf and a tall man in the video for "Walking In My Shoes".

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* {{Bowdlerise}}: The European CD release features a photo underneath the clear disc tray taken in a sex shop, featuring a wall plastered with images of lingerie and sex toys. The North American release removed the artwork and swapped the clear tray with a plain black one.



--->''Your favourite innocence\\

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--->''Your -->''Your favourite innocence\\
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* BadassBaritone: Dave's voice on this.
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!! ''"Will I always trope here?''"

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!! ''"Will I always trope here?''"''"In your room, where tropes disappear''"
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!! ''"Now I'm not looking for absolution, forgiveness for the things I trope''"

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!! ''"Now I'm not looking for absolution, forgiveness for the things ''"Will I trope''"always trope here?''"
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* HellIsThatNoise: The intro of "I Feel You" is the shrill sound of a car tire screeching against asphalt. It's also the very first thing heard in the album.

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* HellIsThatNoise: The intro of "I Feel You" is the shrill sound of a car tire screeching against asphalt. It's also the very first thing heard in the album.album, pretty much establishing its dreary tone all throughout.
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* NotChristianRock: Exactly this. The album contains some Christian references on "Condemnation", not to mention the "Judases and Thomases" reference in "Judas" (to say nothing of the song title). However, the band don't proselytize; it's all about inspiration.
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* ContinuityNod: David Gahan in the video of "In Your Room" is at times playing the same king as in the "Enjoy The Silence" video.

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* ContinuityNod: David Gahan in the video of The "In Your Room" is at times playing music video features many to past music videos of Depeche Mode, usually involving the same king as in woman from the video recreating scenes from said prior music videos, which include "Enjoy The Silence" video.the Silence", "Never Let Me Down Again", "Halo", "Walking In My Shoes", etc. WordOfGod by Anton Corbijn said that he did this as a retrospective because he was unsure if Dave Gahan was going to survive his heroin addiction.
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''Try walking in my shoes''

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''Try walking in my shoes''shoes''\\
''Try walking in my shoes''\\
''You'll stumble in my footsteps''
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-->--'''Walking In My Shoes'''


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-->--'''Walking In -->-- '''Walking in My Shoes'''

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-->''Now I'm not looking for absolution''\\
''Forgiveness for the things I do''\\
''But before you come to any conclusions''\\
''Try walking in my shoes''
-->--'''Walking In My Shoes'''

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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Depeche Mode embrace grunge and gospel and reintroduce the {{industrial}} elements last heard on ''Music/MusicForTheMasses''[[note]]''Music/{{Violator}}'' did feature some industrial elements on "Personal Jesus", but it was considerably more downplayed than on previous albums[[/note]].

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