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ArticleWELCOME
Amazing to think that 45 years have passed since Depeche Mode’s landmark debut album Speak & Spell landed. Set against a gloomy backdrop of rising unemployment, biting recession, rampant racism and with riots a constant in the news, theirs was...
ArticleTHE CONTRIBUTORS
Mark Lindores grew up during the golden age of pop mags devouring Smash Hits and Number One. Writing for Classic Pop, Total Film and Mixmag, he is living the dream of his 15-yearold self. In this issue, he takes on Black Celebration. Felix Rowe
ArticleCP’s John Earls
won Writer Of The Year at the PPA Independent Publisher’s Awards 2025 and is reviews editor. For this anniversary edition, we feature his superb archive interview with Martin Gore and Dave Gahan.
ArticleTRANSITION TO ANOTHER PLACE
45 years on from its arrival, we revisit the making of Depeche Mode’s foundational debut album Speak & Spell and the early days leading up to its release
ArticleADVERTISING THAT MONEY CAN’T BUY
In this extract from their book Halo, David McElroy and Kevin May revisit the in-store signing that descended into riot…
ArticleGLITTER IN THE GLOOM
A radical and uncompromising change of tack, Black Celebration manoevred Depeche Mode into far darker territory
ArticleINTERVIEW: DANIEL MILLER
In this candid archive interview, met Mute Record’s pioneering boss to survey over four decades working with the band