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Violator reached number 17 on the Billboard 200-year-end chart of 1990, [42] and was the first Depeche Mode album to sell a million copies in the United States. [ 41 ] The success of Violator introduced the band to a wider audience, and this increased exposure led to their 1993 follow-up album Songs of Faith and Devotion debuting at the top of ...
"Policy of Truth" is a song by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 7 May 1990 as the third single from their seventh studio album Violator (1990). It is the only Depeche Mode single to chart higher on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart (number 15) than on the UK Singles Chart (number 16), and it became the band's second ...
"Enjoy the Silence" was recorded in 1989, part of the Violator sessions. [11] Typical for a Depeche Mode album, songwriter Martin Gore brought in demos of several songs for the band to hear, and had created a ballad-like demo of "Enjoy the Silence", which, at band member Alan Wilder's insistence, was re-worked into the up-tempo version of the song that was released.
Violator was the first Depeche Mode album to enter the Top 10 of the Billboard 200, reaching Number 7 and staying 74 weeks in the chart. It was certified triple platinum in America. [ 61 ] Two more singles from the album—" Policy of Truth " and " World in My Eyes "—were hits in the UK, with the former also charting in the US.
"Personal Jesus" is a song by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was released as the lead single from their seventh studio album, Violator (1990), in 1989. It reached No. 13 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 28 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
"World in My Eyes" is a song by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was released on 17 September 1990 as the fourth and final single from their seventh studio album, Violator (1990). The song peaked at number two in Denmark and Spain, number 17 on the UK Singles Chart, and number 52 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Depeche Mode's previous tour, the Music for the Masses Tour, had run from late 1987 to the middle of 1988, and was supported by the live video and record release of 101 in early 1989. [2] Violator was released in March 1990 [ 3 ] and had already seen two successful singles to support it, " Personal Jesus " [ 4 ] and " Enjoy the Silence " by the ...
On 19 December 2006, Depeche Mode's back catalogue was released on the iTunes Store as The Complete Depeche Mode. On 3 December 2009, Sounds of the Universe was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album. They received a second nomination for the video "Wrong": for Best Short Form Music Video at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards.