I have been in a Depeche Mode mood for most of the day.

It started when I fired up iTunes to organize some audio books this morning. Usually when I start iTunes I go straight to my "Top Rated" playlist and bounce around to songs that I haven't heard by sorting the list by Last Played. It usually finds some stuff I haven't heard in a few months. Today I just so happened to have two Depeche Mode songs play back to back and caused me to switch over to my Depeche Mode-only playlist. I pretty much have every CD before Violator, so my playlist goes on for hours.

I still remember the first time that I heard Violator when I was in college. My freshman year roommate, Greg, was a huge Depeche Mode fan. Interestingly, I really thought it was crap music at first. The early 90s was all about Guns N' Roses and Nirvana for me. And then one night, Greg and I had some drinks and the music really started clicking for me. I first bought Violator, and then 101, and then just continued working my way back.

While their newer stuff doesn't seem to have the same edge as it did almost 20 years ago, I still have a listen. DMs new album comes out April 21st, so I'll have to check it out.