Paper Monsters [Import]

Dave Gahan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 9, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Toshiba EMI
• ASIN: B00008VHB9
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,438,121 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dirty Sticky Floors

2. Hold On

3. A Little Piece

4. Bottle Living

5. Black and Blue Again

6. Stay

7. I Need You

8. Bitter Apple

9. Hidden Houses

10. Goodbye

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The solo debut of Depeche Mode frontman David Gahan has been a long time coming, so you'd expect the album to be brimming with messy ideas formulated while Gahan was forced to sing Vince Clarke and Martin Gore songs while his own were filed away. Yet Paper Monsters is not the wild work of someone newly liberated. These songs feel as if they were written over a short period, rather than plucked from 20-year-worth of unrecorded tunes. There are basically three types of track here: powerful Depeche-style glam ("Dirty Sticky Floors," "Bottle Living"); quiet, urban mood music ("A Little Piece," "Bitter Apple," "Stay"); and rumbling industrial tracks ("Black and Blue Again," "Hidden Houses," "Goodbye"). Lyrically autobiographical, songs deal with Gahan's trouble with relationships and intoxicants and, though they lack Gore's sense of drama and perversity, they do have a maudlin charm. --Dominic Wills

Product Description

Dave Gahan has risen from livewire Essex soulboy to globally adored rock 'n 'soul star during more than two decades as one of pop's most iconic frontmen. As the voice of Depeche Mode, Dave has become a hero to millions, hitting intense public highs & deep