Depeche Mode - 101 7/7/24 AF Cave would later downplay the

Cave would later downplay the importance of the record but said it helped the band develop musically

and soul songs

The destruction brought with it chaos

haloed by a synth motif of vaguely Eastern-sounding grandeur

” says frontman Britt Daniel

Depeche Mode - 101 7/7/24 AF Cave would later downplay theDocumenting the band's Music for the Masses tour, "101" came out as a concert film directed by D. A. Pennebaker and live album released by Mute Records. While the film captured the band on and off stage across the tour, the album presented Depeche Mode's June 18, 1988 concert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California. Reissued here on import double vinyl, "101" captures the band at their peak of popularity, brilliantly arranging their studio synth pop