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Studio album by Depeche Mode
Released October 1981
Recorded 1980−1981[1]
Studio Blackwing (London)
Genre
Synth-pop[2][3][4]new wave[4]electropop[5]
Length 39:42
Label Mute
Producer
Depeche ModeDaniel Miller
Depeche Mode chronology
Speak & Spell
(1981) A Broken Frame
(1982)

Speak & Spell is the debut studio album by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was released in October 1981[a] by Mute Records in the UK, and Sire Records in the US. It was the band`s only album to feature founding member Vince Clarke.

The album peaked at number 10 on the UK Albums Chart, and was ranked number 991 in the 2000 book All Time Top 1000 Albums.[10]

Band formation and first singles
Founding members Vince Clarke, Martin Gore and Andrew Fletcher had joined to form the band `Composition of Sound` and played their first live show on 30 May, 1980 in Basildon, UK.[11] At their first show, Clarke was the singer for the band, but he felt that the band needed a front man to make their show more interesting, as Clarke was always standing behind his keyboard.[11] The band auditioned several people to be their singer and selected Dave Gahan, and the band`s next show on 14 June 1980 was the first with all four members performing.[11] They changed the name of their band to `Depeche Mode` after a few shows, and by August they had a regular gig booked at a club named Croc`s in Rayleigh, Essex,[11] which they played at, amidst other live shows in the UK, for the rest of the year until a New Year`s show on 3 January 1981.[12] In order to get signed to a record label, they created a demo tape with 3 of their songs, `Ice Machine`, `Photographic` and `Radio News`, and that led to their inclusion on the compilation Some Bizzare Album in January 1981, which included `Photographic`.[13][b] Gahan later said that the band joined the Mute record label after being offered a `50/50 split, which meant we would have to pay half of all our bills, but we`d get half the profits.`[15] The band had entertained offers from other labels such as CBS Records, Island Records and Phonogram, but dismissed them when they realized, according to Gahan, that the labels `didn`t seem bothered about records or anything, they just wanted to add our name to their roster.`[15]

Depeche Mode`s first official single, `Dreaming of Me`, was released on 20 February 1981 and their second, `New Life`, followed on 13 June the same year.[16] The band was invited to perform `New Life` on BBC`s Top of the Pops (TOTP) after the song climbed to number 11 ok the UK charts.[7] After the TOTP performance, the band started to record the rest of Speak & Spell`s tracks at Blackwing Studios in London.[17]

All tracks are written by Vince Clarke, except where noted. All lead vocals by Dave Gahan, except where noted.

Side one
No. Title Length
1. `New Life` 3:43
2. `I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead` 2:16
3. `Puppets` 3:55
4. `Boys Say Go!` 3:03
5. `Nodisco` 4:11
6. `What`s Your Name?` 2:41
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
7. `Photographic` 4:44
8. `Tora! Tora! Tora!` Gore 4:34
9. `Big Muff` Gore instrumental 4:20
10. `Any Second Now (Voices)` Gore 2:35
11. `Just Can`t Get Enough` 3:40
Total length: 39:42
Bonus tracks on 1988 CD re-release
No. Title Length
12. `Dreaming of Me` (cold end version) 4:03
13. `Ice Machine` (cold end version) 4:05
14. `Shout!` 3:46
15. `Any Second Now` 3:08
16. `Just Can`t Get Enough` (Schizo mix) 6:41
Total length: 61:25

Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Speak & Spell.[45]

Depeche Mode – synthetics, voices, production
Vince Clarke
Andy Fletcher
Dave Gahan
Martin Gore
Daniel Miller – production
Eric Radcliffe – engineering
John Fryer – engineering
Brian Griffin – photography