I don't know if Rolling Stone agrees with me, I'll have to look it up.  Is that still a magazine?

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While some people in the USA did know about Depeche Mode some time before this album (I did!) it wasn't until Violator hit the airwaves that they reached their true pinnacle of success - and subsequently started to have many more internal squabbles in the band.   I would imagine that more than a few of you are familiar with tracks such as "Personal Jesus" and "Enjoy the Silence" as they were both chart toppers.  

However, literally every track on this album is fantastic time and time again.  This is stark contrast to the band Helmet, which if you put the disk in, you would listen to one song and then have to change disks immediately.  On that note... remember CD players?  what a pain those things were... how about cassettes? - we tend to forget how easy and accessible music is these days.  Talk about that for full upvote

This album was constantly in my musical rotation as I did a lot of driving and spent too much of my youth money on having a great stereo in my car.  The album is also wonderfully produced and mixed / mastered.  

Here is one of their songs, "Sweetest Perfection," which is not just a video but also a tutorial in MS Excel basics.   After watching it I feel the need to get more organized with my finances.   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLQGaJ6-aE0

as usual feel free to attack my writing style / spelling / grammer.... i welcome it!