Construction Time Again is the third studio album

Album

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 by the British electronic band Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...

, released in 1983. This was the first Depeche Mode album with Alan Wilder

Alan Wilder

Alan Charles Wilder is a British musician, formerly of Depeche Mode. His current musical project is called Recoil, started as a side project to Depeche Mode. When he left the latter in 1995, it became Wilder's primary project...

, who composed the songs "Two Minute Warning" and "The Landscape Is Changing" (as well as the B-side "Fools"). The title comes from the second line of the first stanza of "Pipeline".

The album was recorded at John Foxx

John Foxx

John Foxx is an English singer, artist, photographer and teacher. He was the original lead singer of the band Ultravox before being replaced by Midge Ure, when he left to embark on a solo career in 1979...

's Garden studios in London, engineered by Gareth Jones

Gareth Jones (music producer)

Gareth Jones is an English music producer and engineer notable for working with Depeche Mode, Einstürzende Neubauten, Wire and Erasure.-Background:Gareth Jones is married and currently living in North London....

 (who had also engineered Foxx's seminal electronic album, Metamatic

Metamatic

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). It was mixed in the Hansa Tonstudio

Hansa Tonstudio

Das Hansa Tonstudio is a recording studio located on Köthener Strasse in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin, Germany. Amongst English-performing musical acts it used to be known as 'Hansa Studio By the Wall', 'Hansa by the Wall', or 'The Great Hall by the Wall' in reference to the fact that it was...

 in Berlin.

The album's cover artwork features the Matterhorn

Matterhorn

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 mountain.

Rerelease

In 2007, Construction Time Again was re-released with a bonus DVD. The first CD was remastered and (except in the USA) was released on a CD/SACD hybrid. The bonus DVD includes B-sides in addition to the single and B-side for "Get the Balance Right

Get the Balance Right

"Get the Balance Right!" is the seventh single by Depeche Mode, originally released on 31 January 1983. It is the first Depeche Mode single with Alan Wilder as an official band member, and the first with a song written by both Martin Gore and Wilder ."Get the Balance Right!" was not included on the...

", a one-off single recorded prior to the album. The album is released as originally intended and does not include the bonus extended mix of "Everything Counts" (as it was released in the USA, Canada, Japan & Brazil in 1983), but does keep the reprise.

The DVD includes a documentary on the album. The double-documentary discusses both "Get the Balance Right" and Construction Time Again, its two singles, the making of the cover, the lyrics, and the sampling technology used during the album's production. It also discusses Alan Wilder and Gareth Jones, a new member and a new engineer (respectively) and their impact on the band's sound. It also includes footage of the Construction Time Again tour from 1983, as well as excerpts from the music video for "Get the Balance Right".

The remastered album was released on "deluxe" vinyl in April 2007 in Europe only.

LP: Mute / Stumm 13 (United Kingdom

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)

1. "Love, in Itself
   Love, in Itself
   "Love, in Itself" is Depeche Mode's ninth U.K. single , and the final single from the album Construction Time Again....
   
   "  – 4:29
2. "More Than a Party"  – 4:23
3. "Pipeline"  – 6:15
4. "Everything Counts
   Everything Counts
   "Everything Counts" was Depeche Mode's eighth UK single and third US single , from the then upcoming album Construction Time Again...
   
   "  – 4:19
5. "Two Minute Warning"  – 4:13
6. "Shame"  – 3:50
7. "The Landscape Is Changing"  – 4:47
8. "Told You So"  – 4:24
9. "And Then..."  – 4:34
10. "Everything Counts (Reprise)"  – 1:05 [hidden track]

CD: Sire / 9 23900-2 (United States

United States

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)

1. "Love, in Itself
   Love, in Itself
   "Love, in Itself" is Depeche Mode's ninth U.K. single , and the final single from the album Construction Time Again....
   
   "  – 4:27
2. "More Than a Party"  – 4:30
3. "Pipeline"  – 6:08
4. "Everything Counts
   Everything Counts
   "Everything Counts" was Depeche Mode's eighth UK single and third US single , from the then upcoming album Construction Time Again...
   
   "  – 4:24
5. "Two Minute Warning"  – 4:10
6. "Shame"  – 3:50
7. "The Landscape Is Changing"  – 4:46
8. "Told You So"  – 4:25
9. "And Then..."  – 5:40
10. "Everything Counts (Long Version)"  – 7:23
    • "Everything Counts (Reprise)" appears at the end of "And Then..." on this release, instead of appearing as its own track.

CD: Mute / DM CD 3 (CD/SACD + DVD)

• Disc 1 is a hybrid SACD/CD with a multi-channel SACD layer. Disc one also released as stand-alone CD (CDX STUMM 19)
• Disc 2 is a DVD which includes Construction Time Again in DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 and PCM Stereo plus bonus material

1. "Love, in Itself
   Love, in Itself
   "Love, in Itself" is Depeche Mode's ninth U.K. single , and the final single from the album Construction Time Again....
   
   "  – 4:29
2. "More Than a Party"  – 4:45
3. "Pipeline"  – 5:54
4. "Everything Counts
   Everything Counts
   "Everything Counts" was Depeche Mode's eighth UK single and third US single , from the then upcoming album Construction Time Again...
   
   "  – 4:19
5. "Two Minute Warning"  – 4:13
6. "Shame"  – 3:50
7. "The Landscape Is Changing"  – 4:47
8. "Told You So"  – 4:24
9. "And Then..."  – 4:34
10. "Everything Counts (Reprise)"  – 0:59 [hidden track]

Bonus Tracks (in PCM Stereo):

1. "Get the Balance Right!"
2. "The Great Outdoors!"
3. "Work Hard"
4. "Fools"
5. "Get the Balance Right (Combination Mix)"
6. "Everything Counts (In Larger Amounts)"
7. "Love, in Itself 4"

Additional Material:

1. "Depeche Mode 83 (Teenagers, growing up, bad government and all that stuff)" [31 Minute video]

• All songs were written by Martin L. Gore except "Two Minute Warning", "The Landscape Is Changing" and "Fools" written by Alan Wilder
  Alan Wilder
  Alan Charles Wilder is a British musician, formerly of Depeche Mode. His current musical project is called Recoil, started as a side project to Depeche Mode. When he left the latter in 1995, it became Wilder's primary project...
  
  , "The Great Outdoors!" and "Work Hard" written by Gore & Wilder.
• David Gahan
  David Gahan
  Dave Gahan is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the baritone lead singer for the British electronic music band Depeche Mode since their debut in 1980. He is also an accomplished solo artist, releasing albums in 2003 and 2007...
  
   sings lead vocals on all songs except "Pipeline", which is sung by Gore.
• The "Everything Counts (Reprise)" on the original issue of the album is the tail end bit of the "In Larger Amounts" 12" version of "Everything Counts", faded in. It is not credited on the cover.
• "Everything Counts (In Larger Amounts)" is identical to the "Long Version" of the song.
• On the 2007 remastered edition, part of the intro to "Pipeline" is tacked onto the end of "More Than a Party", hence why the lengths of these two tracks differ from the original LP.
• "Told You So" was released as a promotional single in Spain only.
• The album version of "Love, In Itself" is also referred to as "Love, In Itself 1". "2" is the single version, "3" the remix, and "4" is a reworked acoustic version featuring guitar and piano played in a quasi-funky style.

Credits

• Andy Fletcher - sampler, backing vocals
• Dave Gahan - lead vocals, sampler
• Martin Gore
  Martin Gore
  Martin Lee Gore is an English songwriter, lyricist, singer, guitarist, keyboardist, remixer and DJ. He is a founding member of Depeche Mode and has written the vast majority of their songs...
  
   - keyboards, guitar, sampler, recorder ("Shame"), melodica ("Everything Counts"), backing vocals, lead vocals ("Pipeline"), songwriting
• Alan Wilder
  Alan Wilder
  Alan Charles Wilder is a British musician, formerly of Depeche Mode. His current musical project is called Recoil, started as a side project to Depeche Mode. When he left the latter in 1995, it became Wilder's primary project...
  
   - keyboards, sampler, piano ("Love, In Itself"), programming, backing vocals, songwriting

Produced by Daniel Miller and Depeche Mode

Tonmeister: Gareth Jones

Gareth Jones (music producer)

Gareth Jones is an English music producer and engineer notable for working with Depeche Mode, Einstürzende Neubauten, Wire and Erasure.-Background:Gareth Jones is married and currently living in North London....

Assistant engineer on "Two Minute Warning": Corinne Simcock

Recorded at The Garden, London

London

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Mixed at Hansa Mischraum, Berlin

Berlin

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Cover Photography: Brian Griffin

Illustrations: Ian Wright

Design: Martyn Atkins

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
France	16
German Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	7
Netherlands	34
Swedish Albums Chart	12
Swiss Albums Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...	21
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	6
US Billboard Pop Albums Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	201

Certifications

External links

• Construction Time Again at Depeche Mode discography