Editors' Choice for October 2005
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Playing the Angel
Sire/Reprise/Mute
A stunning return to VIOLATOR-era form, 2005's PLAYING THE ANGEL is arguably Depeche Mode's finest outing since that lauded 1990 album.
Strange Geometry
Merge
STRANGE GEOMETRY is as winningly melodic as anything in the band's shimmering discography.
