Hourglass is the second solo album

Album

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 by 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...

's singer Dave Gahan. It was released by Mute Records

Mute Records

Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...

 on October 22, 2007 in Europe, and received generally favorable reviews. Most critics complimented its electronica

Electronica

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 sound, while some criticized it for sounding too similar to Depeche Mode.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Dave Gahan, Andrew Phillpott and Christian Eigner.

1. "Saw Something
   Saw Something / Deeper and Deeper
   "Saw Something" and "Deeper and Deeper" are songs performed by Depeche Mode's singer Dave Gahan, co-written and co-produced by Gahan, Andrew Phillpott, and Christian Eigner for Gahan's second solo album Hourglass . The songs were released as a double A-side single on January 14, 2008....
   
   " – 5:14
2. "Kingdom" – 4:34
3. "Deeper and Deeper
   Saw Something / Deeper and Deeper
   "Saw Something" and "Deeper and Deeper" are songs performed by Depeche Mode's singer Dave Gahan, co-written and co-produced by Gahan, Andrew Phillpott, and Christian Eigner for Gahan's second solo album Hourglass . The songs were released as a double A-side single on January 14, 2008....
   
   " – 4:34
4. "21 Days" – 4:35
5. "Miracles" – 4:38
6. "Use You" – 4:48
7. "Insoluble" – 4:57
8. "Endless" – 5:47
9. "A Little Lie" – 4:53
10. "Down" – 4:34

Bonus tracks

All bonus tracks appear on the iTunes

ITunes

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 edition of Hourglass.

11. "Kingdom" (Digitalism Remix) – 5:36
12. "Deeper and Deeper" (SHRUBBN!! Dub) – 4:43
13. "Use You" (K10K Remix) – 6:03

DVD

1. "Hourglass - A Short Film" – 17:52
2. "Kingdom" (promotional video) – 4:33
3. "Hourglass - The Studio Sessions" – 20:03
   1. "Saw Something"
   2. "Miracles"
   3. "Kingdom"
   4. "A Little Lie"
4. "Endless from Hourglass. The Studio Sessions" – 3:44

Personnel

The following people contributed to Hourglass:

• Dave Gahan
• Andrew Phillpott
• Christian Eigner
  Christian Eigner
  Christian Eigner is an Austrian drummer, composer, live and session musician.- Depeche Mode & Christian Eigner :...
  
  
• Tony Hoffer
  Tony Hoffer
  Tony Hoffer is an American producer, guitarist, and music mixer who is credited for his work on multiple platinum-selling albums including The Kooks, The Thrills, Beck, Supergrass, Turin Brakes and Air...
  
   – guitar on "A Little Lie", engineering
  Audio engineering
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  , mixing
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• John Frusciante
  John Frusciante
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   – guitar on "Saw Something"
• Graham Finn
  Graham Finn
  Graham Finn is an Irish musician and producer.Finn started his career with the Cork indie rock group Emperor of Ice Cream, before forming the critically acclaimed trip-hop / drum-and-bass group Bass Odyssey in the late 1990s....
  
   – bass on "Kingdom", guitar on "21 days"
• Niko Stoessl – additional guitar and editing on "Kingdom" and "Use You", backing vocals on "Use You"
• Kevin Murphy – cello
  Cello
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   on "Saw Something"
• Karl Ritter – dobro
  Dobro
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   on "Down"
• Jenni Muldaur – backing vocals on "Down"
• Kurt Uenala – engineering, editing
• Ryan Hewitt, Andy Marcinkowski – engineering
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  Audio mastering
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• Anton Corbijn
  Anton Corbijn
  Anton Corbijn is a Dutch photographer, music video and film director. He is the creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2, having handled the principal promotion and sleeve photography for both for more than a decade...
  
   – photography
  Photography
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  , logo design

Formats

These are the formats of major album releases of Hourglass.

Release format	Country	Label(s)	Cat. no.	Release date
Standard CD	Europe	Mute Mute Records Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...	CD STUMM 288	October 22, 2007
Standard CD	North America	Virgin Virgin Records Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...	5099950872121	October 23, 2007
Standard CD	Japan	Toshiba Toshiba is a multinational electronics and electrical equipment corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and... , EMI EMI The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...	TOCP-66717	October 2007
Limited CD+DVD	Europe	Mute	LCD STUMM 288	October 22, 2007
Limited CD+DVD	North America	Virgin	5099950872329	October 23, 2007
Vinyl + Bonus CD	Europe	Mute	STUMM 288	October 22, 2007
Vinyl + Bonus CD	North America	Virgin	5099950872213	October 23, 2007

Charts and Certifications

Charts (2007)	Peak position
Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...	80
French Albums Chart	18
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...	2
Greek Albums Chart	12
Irish Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically...	73
Italian Albums Chart	8
Polish Albums Chart	7
Swiss Albums Chart	5
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...	50
U.S. Billboard 200 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...	120
U.S. Top Electronic Albums Top Electronic Albums Dance/Electronic Albums is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top-selling electronic music albums in the United States. The chart debuted on the issue dated June 30, 2001. It originally began as a fifteen-position chart and has since expanded to twenty-five...	1

Certifications

External links

• www.davegahan.com – official website
• The Second Supper Review of Hourglass