Depeche Mode Album Ranking (35 yo male fan since 2003)

Your ranking is quite different from mine, but you've been a fan since before I was born, so I've got to respect your ranking. :)

I’d go Violator, Music For The Masses and Some Great Reward myself, but you can’t go wrong with any of your selections.

Oh good god some great reward is way too far down. I approve of the top three though. :)

As a 43 year old male, my top 4 (and the ones I listen to the most overwhelmingly) are: 1. Ultra 2. Violator 3. Playing the Angel 4. Songs of Faith and Devotion But I do spin my vinyl of 86-98 Singles a lot as well. What about SoFaD resonates with you so much? I always thought Mercy in You should have been a single.

Ultra was so f****** good

For my money, Violator has to be first. The entire album is amazing, but Enjoy the Silence puts it into the best of the best.

Pretty fair ranking for Ultra.

I'm a 51 year old male who lived through all these records. Violator is one of the best albums by any band of all time. I ignore your list as it's not number 1.

a broken frame at the bottom is crazy. MY SECRET GARDENS NOT SO SECRET ANYMORE has lived in my head for 25 years.

You’re missing my absolute favourite album *Depeche Mode 101*. Joking aside, I was into their 1983-1990 era so I can only speak to those albums. I would take *Some Great Reward* or *Violator* interchangeably in 1/2; SGR for the most of my favourite songs on one album and Violator for best end-to-end listen. *Music For The Masses* and *Black Celebration* wouldn’t be far behind at 3/4 then *Construction Time Again* at 5 despite “Everything Counts” being my favourite song. But with Depeche there’s no real wrong answer so you can enjoy whatever you want in whatever order (even though I’m a little upset where you have SGR rated).

Mega fan since 1986. Definitive ranking: 1. Music for the Masses 2. Violator 3. Black Celebration 4. Songs of Faith and Devotion 5. Construction Time Again 6. Ultra 7. Playing the Angel 8. Some Great Reward 9. Sounds of the Universe 10. Delta Machine 11. Speak & Spell 12. A Broken Frame 13. Memento Mori 14. Exciter 15. Spirit

Appreciate the Playing the Angel respect. Was one of my favorite albums in high school. 

I disagree with your list, but not bad.

Disagree with your rankings but as a fan since '96, I'll put Black Celebration to SOFAD as the greatest four consecutive albums against any other artist.

I sort of agree with your list. It's hard to rank Music for the Masses since it's literally that album, mass appeal music and it does it very well so a lot of people could put it higher.

49 years old here, fan since 1990. 1. Songs of Faith and Devotion 2. Ultra 3. Delta Machine 4. Violator 5. Memento Mori 6. Some Great Reward 7. Black Celebration 8. Exciter 9. Music For The Masses 10. A Broken Frame 11. Playing The Angel 12. Construction Time Again 13. Sounds of the Universe 14. Speak & Spell 15. Spirit

Started listening to Depeche Mode in ‘83 when Construction Time Again was released. Was a great time for music especially synth pop, new wave and other electronic music. Their albums through the late 80’s were some of my favorites: Some Great Reward, Black Celebration, Music For The Masses.

Depeche Mode was my favorite band growing up until Alan Wilder left. 1. Music for the Masses 2. Violator 3. Some Great Reward 4. Black Celebration 5. 101

As a casual appreciator, Violator contains too many hits to not be first. I would put Music for the Masses and Songs of Faith and Devotion after because of Never let me down again and Walking in my shoes. All in all I would listen to the live in Paris which acts as a crazy live best off and the songs really come alive in it. One of my favourite live albums.