The Last Album with Fletch😢

The worst DM album in my opinion. The whole review will be long for me untill you come to Memento Mori which is excellent.

Dehumanisation of society, where people are more likely to film an assault rather than make a call for help. It's a great lyrical track and it's real.

Some people aren’t keen on Spirit. But as with most Depeche albums there are a few duds and a few sparkling tracks and for me this is one of three classics on Spirit. Always thought provoking - cutting the crap and making poignant social commentary. Turn this up really loud and immerse yourself. It’s another Depeche masterpiece.

This song sets the tone for a political theme. They opened up their tour with this song. It’s great live.

This album is the return of political Mode. It's somewhat divisive among devotees. I personally love it. Like if you've been a devotee for a long time, you already know where they stand politically. This album felt comforting to me when it came out, knowing that we shared political beliefs. And I feel the songs are much better than Delta Machine too. Cover Me which is on this album is one of my favorite songs of theirs ever- and Dave wrote it!

Spirit is much better than Delta and Sounds of the Universe IMO, overall not a bad album. I love this song!

I agree with a comment below. You did not hear Martin singing before last part but he had been singing earlier than that as well. As for political views, I did not agree with all they had said and later our views became even more divided but this song is maybe all about something else and I think it is more abstract and not depending on political situation in some given period (like for example their views on Trump etc.). I like the lyrics and also the sound. For me the message of this song is that humanity is going backwards despite the fact that technology is improving. I do not think it is worse than Everything counts although maybe it was not so popular.

Maybe, at least for me the best album they done since a long time i can hear from start to finish… very political LP, about society and its diseases, technology, increases war crises, mind control, website, internet is a very good tool but over badly used… people don’t mind others, no unity… The fact that technology would have must be a way to give everyone in the world peace, knowledge, health, food… it’s finally the total opposite… Sad ! The fact is so much people prefer filming than helping we lost humanity

This is probably their most political album ever. But none of the songs on here are good enough imo. My least favorite DM album.

Love spirit. A thoughtful look at humanity and our sometimes lack of it.

BRILLIANT LYRICS ❤ love this album

Great reaction - the lyrics & messages on this album really strike a chord. I didn't like Spirit when it came out, but recently revisited it after getting back into DM with Memento Mori (an absolute classic to come), and Spirit has really grown on me.

Spirit reflected the struggles and feelings of the time: the war in Syria, ISIS, the US’s drone wars, Trump being elected, Brexit - the spirit of the world was in motion. And all the insecurities, the fears, the confusion is reflected on Spirit.

Yeah, here it comes…

When Neue Zürcher Zeitung hypothesised that "'Going Backwards' is about a civilizational regression where society and technology are developing as fast as never before", Gore replied:

The fact that album Was writen before pandemics it's scary! A niilist and hopeless álbum. Make more sense nowadays. They changed The producer of that álbum too (Last 3 álbuns were The same) it improved a lot sonicly too!

I watch all your reactions to Depeche Mode songs and find your take on the songs very interesting, very enjoyable to watch !

Mart is such an underrated songwriter

Very good lyrics😃👏👏😊