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Saw Something/Deeper & Deeper

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I found this CD single/Import/EP to be a nice treat. The CD features four songs and their descriptions are as follows:

The first track is just an edited version, with a few variations, of "Saw Something" from the Hourglass album. This really is a mellow and melancholy song. However, it also plays like a holistic love song. It really shows the maturity of David Gahan's lyrics since Paper Monsters.

The second track is a remix and edited version of "Deeper and Deeper". This version is much more industrial, dirty and electronically induced than the album adaptation. This isn't a bad thing, just gives this song a new spin. I would still have to say that the original rendering of "Deeper and Deeper" is better.

The third track is the B-Side remix for "Love Will Leave". This song is a medium pace tune, not too fast yet not to slow. It has a dreamy house quality to it. Another reviewer in this forum stated that the vocals have been washed out by the music. I don't know if I totally agree with that interpretation. This is a remix, not the original song; therefore this leaves the door open for experimentation. Gahan's vocals can be made out in this track, there are points however where certain words blend/fade into the music. This effect by no means ruins the quality of the song. I do hope that the original version of this song will be released on another CD.

The fourth track is dance/techno remix of "Deeper and Deeper". This isn't a bad version, yet it isn't great either. This remix is about 7:50 and it is a bit redundant. Don't get me wrong, the music sounds good; it just doesn't seem to deviate much for a remix that is over seven minutes long. Overall a good track, yet on this CD I found it to be the weakest song.

In conclusion, this is a CD I believe fans of the Hourglass album and Dave Gahan will not be disappointed with. I just read on a Dave Gahan/Depeche Mode website that an Hourglass remix album will be released March 2008. I am hopefully there will be more good tunes on this CD; I know for certain there is another version of "Love Will Leave" on it.

I fell in love with the Dave Gahan's song "Love will leave". After searching the web, I came across a lot of shady websites offering to download it for free. I did not want to harm my favorite band by doing so. I, instead, started searching for the album in the amazing world of amazon, and I was successful. Not only I got my favorite song, a great remix of "Deeper and Deeper" and the sensual song "Saw something". I got more material to my Depeche Mode/Dave Gahan collection!
It's worth it to wait for it to arrive in the mail!
I definitely recommend it.

This is a must for any Depeche Mode fan. Nothing else need be said. It's great.

Once again, we are given a single of non-distinct Dave Gahan solo songs, with remixes that don't do much to help the cause. The single version of Saw Something is like Depeche at their most gloomy in the early 90s. Deeper and Deeper has two mixes. The Shrubbn mix, which runs 3:33 is like Nine Inch Nails in the early 90s, with a slow dance beat and a whole lot of harsh vocal, much of which is treated with noisy studio effects. The Juan MacLean mix runs 7:46 and is basically the only club version your going to find of any of Gahan's songs on this CD. Only question is, can it really be considered a Dave Gahan song when the few vocals present have been mixed so far into the background that you can barely hear them? It's not a particularly melodic experience. Amazingly, it is the Das Shadow mix of "Love Will Leave" that is the best here, with an almost mellow electro vibe. Unfortunately, once again, it's as if the remixer is trying desperately to ignore the fact that Dave Gahan recorded any vocals! The vocals are blended in as background, and highly treated with studio effects. Someone please tell Dave and his record company that it's time to "sell out" and hand the remixing duties over to LuCont, Tommie Sunshine, Jason Nevins, or other mixers in that style.