Songs of Faith and Devotion

Songs of Faith and Devotion
Studio album by
Depeche Mode
Released22 March 1993 (1993-03-22)
RecordedFebruary 1992 – January 1993[1]
Studio
GenreAlternative rock[2]
Length47:26
LabelMute
Producer
Depeche Mode chronology
Violator
(1990) 		Songs of Faith and Devotion
(1993) 		Songs of Faith and Devotion Live
(1993)
Singles from Songs of Faith and Devotion
  1. "I Feel You"
    Released: 15 February 1993
  2. "Walking in My Shoes"
    Released: 26 April 1993
  3. "Condemnation"
    Released: 13 September 1993
  4. "In Your Room"
    Released: 10 January 1994

Songs of Faith and Devotion is the eighth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was first released on 22 March 1993 in the United Kingdom by Mute Records and a day later in the United States by Sire Records and Reprise Records. The album incorporated a more aggressive, darker rock-oriented tone than its predecessor Violator (1990), largely influenced by the emerging alternative rock and grunge scenes in the United States.[3]

Upon its release, Songs of Faith and Devotion reached number one in several countries, and became the first Depeche Mode album to debut atop the charts in both the UK and the US. To support the album, Depeche Mode embarked on the fourteen-month-long Devotional Tour, the largest tour they had undertaken to date.

Recording the album and the subsequent tour exacerbated growing tensions and difficulties within the band, prompting Alan Wilder to quit in 1995, making this album the final one with him as a band member, and also the final album of the band to be recorded as a quartet. The ordeal had exhausted their creative output following the enormous success they had enjoyed with Violator, leading to rumours and media speculation that the band would split. Depeche Mode subsequently recovered from the experience, and released Ultra in 1997.

  1. ^ Baker, Trevor (25 April 2013). Depeche Mode – The Early Years 1981–1993. Bonnier Zaffre. ISBN 978-1-78606-156-0. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  2. ^ Healy, Andy (21 March 2018). "Depeche Mode's 'Songs of Faith and Devotion' Turns 25 | Anniversary Retrospective". Albumism. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference DM9194 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).