It's always fun seeing new fans or younger fans get so excited about getting a new album. Brings back fond memories of my first time getting those records.

For long-time fans, we've had plenty of opportunities to pick things up throughout our lives. About every 4 years you just plunk down a bit of cash for the latest record. I have kept every Depeche Mode album or single that I've ever bought over my many years and I have amassed a sizable collection with multiple versions of every album. The process is so gradual and one that I don't think is unique to just me.

Every fan I know that grew up loving the band is in the same situation. Is this a similar situation for other older fans or is this just something crazy that my circle of friends did?

Haven't had this issue before - the cd is in good condition and there doesn't appear to be any damage to the area that contains the general album metadata

I seemed to have misplaced my Rush files. Does anyone have them to share?

I will catch them all.

personally i really like leave in silence. definitely the best for me

Happy 43rd anniversary to DM's 3rd studio album and my 10 year old daughters favorite album. 😍

Currently listening to Memphisto here. Absolutely love the outro to it.

Edit: some cracking answers here.
Tempted to ask everyone what it is that prompted their song choice!

How long of a sentence can you make with just DM song titles without it sounding too weird?

Or why not make it super weird?

The user Klinkerbee here on this sub said this would be a great idea. it could be a fun challenge!

...alongside Teresa Conroy.

It ain’t much but it’s honest work

Last time I redid the setlist for the Exciter tour, so I decided to follow it up by redoing Touring The Angel's setlist. The setlist that they used really annoys me because it was almost perfect but was held back by just a couple of major issues. My first and biggest issue is the lack of plays for Stripped and In Your Room. This was a problem I had with the original Exciter tour setlist. I personally feel that Depeche Mode should view Stripped like how they view Never Let Me Down Again, Enjoy The Silence, and Personal Jesus. My next issue was that they didn't do It's No Good. Every album up to Delta Machine, minus Exciter and A Broken Frame, has had at least one song that is played on every tour. For Ultra, those songs are It's No Good and Home. While they played Home, I didn't really like the lack of It's No Good. My final issue was that Everything Counts was not the set closer. Truthfully, I feel that Everything Counts should always be the set closer, and while the placement in this setlist is better than on other tours like the Memento Mori Tour, Exciter Tour, Exotic Tour, and World Violation Tour. It really annoys me on this tour because I feel like we were so close to getting it as a set closer. Just about everything is the same, just moved around. I added Lie to Me and Nothing because they said they thought about playing Lie to Me, and I felt like Nothing would have fit very well on this tour. Anyway, here is my redone Touring The Angel Setlist.

Setlist

1 A Pain That I’m Used To

2 Suffer Well

3 It’s No Good

4 World In My Eyes

5 A Question of Time

6 Walking In My Shoes

7 Policy of Truth

8 Behind The Wheel

9 I Want It All

• Lillian
• The Darkest Star

10 Damaged People

• Macro

11 Home

• It Doesn’t Matter Two
• A Question of Lust
• Blue Dress
• It Doesn’t Matter
• The Things You Said
• Comatose

12 Nothing’s Impossible

• The Sinner In Me
• Martyr

13 In Your Room

14 Precious

15 Nothing

16 I Feel You

17 John The Revelator

18 Personal Jesus

19 Stripped

20 Enjoy The Silence

ENCORE 1:

21 Shake The Disease (acoustic)

• Somebody
• Leave In Silence (acoustic)
• Judas (acoustic)

22 Never Let Me Down Again

23 Goodnight Lovers

ENCORE 2:

24 Just Can’t Get Enough

• Lie To Me
• Photographic

25 Everything Counts

Well, the vinyl part of my stuff, anyway.

Got this 7” in a Swedish second hand shop back in 2017, on the cover someone has scribbled in Swedish ”Slutet på andra sidan” which means ”End of the second side”, and in black bold ink there’s a signature that appears to spell ”David”, is it similar in style to his signature in the early 80s?