<<< Construction Time Again - 1983
- Love In Itself
- More Than A Party
- Pipeline
- Everything Counts
- Two Minute Warning
- Shame
- The Landscape Is Changing
- Told You So
- And Then...
- Everything Counts
A non-album single "Get the Balance Right!" was released in January 1983, and was Wilder's first musical contribution to the band. For their third LP Construction Time Again, Depeche Mode worked with producer Gareth Jones, at John Foxx's Garden Studios and at Hansa Studios in West Berlin. The album saw a dramatic shift in the group's sound, due in part to Wilder's introduction of the Synclavier and Emulator samplers, in addition to their previously-used analogue synths. By sampling the noises of everyday objects, the band created an eclectic, industrial-influenced sound, with similarities to groups such as the Art of Noise and Einstürzende Neubauten, the latter having been published under the same label. Similarly, Gore's lyricism was rapidly evolving, focusing increasingly on political and social issues. A good example of the new sound was on the first single from the album "Everything Counts", a commentary on the perceived greed of multinational corporations, which got to number six in the UK, also reaching the Top 30 in Ireland, South Africa, Switzerland, Sweden and West Germany. Wilder also contributed on the songwriting front, notably on "The Landscape Is Changing".
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