Personal Jesus [Single]

Depeche Mode | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 20, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: Sire / London/Rhino
• ASIN: B000002KWL
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #151,608 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Personal Jesus:" the single that made me a Depeche Mode fan, December 11, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Personal Jesus (Audio CD)

One of the best songs in "alternative" history. Period. I first caught wind of it as a video on MTV in spring 1990. That distinctive musical hook reeled me right in. I had been aware of DM as a synth band for a few years before that and never disliked anything they did (though I'm still not overtly fond of the early work with Vince Clarke, frankly), but this bowled me right over, and I've listened to DM faithfully on radio, etc. ever since. However, not until my recent acquisition of a CD player have I rediscovered Depeche Mode, and the first DM CD that I bought was this Maxi-Single. This group is definitely a "singles" band. Their albums are very good, but the infinitely creative ways they remix their singles is truly impressive and cutting edge, anticipating the current "electronica" movement by a full decade. Each maxi-single is a mini-album of merit itself. The most impressive track on this single has to be the Acoustic Mix of Personal Jesus, showing that the band is much, much more than a synthetic one. And the B-side, Dangerous, deserved to be on the Violator album perhaps even more than other tracks actually on the album. Almost 10 years after it's initial release in late 1989, Personal Jesus (and its great remixes) is as classic as ever!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Depeche Mode's best CD to date 9-9-99, September 9, 1999

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This review is from: Personal Jesus (Audio CD)

I first procured and heard this CD in about '92. I was in rapture while listening to the Dangerous mixes. This is was not DM as I had been used to. If you enjoy sensual, psychedelic, house-beat music, I believe that you may find this to be one of the very best CDs that you ever buy. Music is not my life, but I was very dispondent when this CD got stolen from me in '94. I have searched a lot of music stores in the hopes of finding another copy, to no avail. I was extremely delighted when, on a hopeful hunch, I found that Amazon.com had it. Check the sample of track 1. Track 2 is even better. Enjoy. : )

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Dangerous" is the cut you'll listen to over and over, August 24, 2003

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Gordon Guillot (Goldsboro, North Carolina United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Personal Jesus (Audio CD)

Back in the day I bought this single CD after hearing on several occasions the "new tune" from DM I kept hearing in the Club. To my surprise I wasn't finding it off any new release. But it was a B side tune with Personal Jesus on a single CD? I guess DM didn't feel it was worthy enough. It's kinda euro house club sounding, puts you in a trance feel, I can tell you that the cut "Dangerous" will grab you as one of the best you'll hear from DM, I skip over Personal Jesus everytime.