![]() ![]() By April 2006, it had sold 584,000 copies in the United States. The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and at number five on the US Billboard 200. Though not directly supported by a full-length tour, it was promoted via a brief series of concerts promoted as Ultra Parties. Ultra was the first album the band recorded as a trio since A Broken Frame (1982) it was also their first where the band members were not involved with production, with these duties being handled by Tim Simenon of Bomb the Bass fame. Wilder's departure and lead singer Dave Gahan's drug problems, which culminated in a near-fatal overdose, had caused speculation that Depeche Mode was finished. It was the band's first album following the departure of Alan Wilder, who had become disillusioned with life in the band. ![]() After one final name change to Depeche Mode, the quartet members jettisoned all instruments excluding their synthesizers, honing a slick, techno-based sound to showcase Clarke’s catchy melodies.Ultra is the ninth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 14 April 1997 by Mute Records. Initially, Clarke handled vocal chores, but in 1980 singer David Gahan was brought in to complete the lineup. The band proved short-lived, and by 1979 Clarke had formed French Look, another duo featuring guitarist/keyboardist Martin Gore Fletcher soon signed on, and the group rechristened itself Composition of Sound. One of the first acts to establish a musical identity based completely around the use of synthesizers, they began their existence as a bouncy dance-pop outfit but gradually developed a darker, more dramatic sound that ultimately positioned them as one of the most successful alternative bands of their era.The roots of Depeche Mode date to 1976, when Basildon, England-based keyboardists Vince Clarke and Andrew Fletcher first teamed to form the group No Romance in China. Originally a product of Britain’s new romantic movement, Depeche Mode went on to become the quintessential electropop band of the 1980s. ![]()
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