# Talk:Music for the Masses

"This is the first album where at least one song was never played live."
This is contradicted by the DM tours article which at the very least notes that "Sometimes" was never played.  --David Bixenspan (talk) 13:14, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

I removed this: 
The album is the third and last Depeche Mode LP to have a full, lyricless composition ("Pimpf") as a standard track on the album (so far). The other two are Speak and Spell with "Big Muff" and A Broken Frame with "Nothing to Fear". Although Ultra, Exciter and Playing the Angel have at least one instrumental track, they are generally considered short interludes instead of full instrumental compositions.
It's another way of saying "this album has a long instrumental, others have short ones" and is entirely uninteresting. Damiancorrigan 22:26, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

"The title and cover art of the tribute album For the Masses were inspired by those of Music For The Masses." No, really?

Regarding the comment involving the girls and the moaning (in the Wikipedia entry), if you actually read Mr. Wilder's response on his site regarding this subject, he did not seem to mean it in a literal sense but rather appeared to have been joking about it. Tuxenstein (talk) 02:16, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

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There is a stray citeref for Miller 2004, p.245 (ref note #26) that is not linked to anything. There is also ref note #11, which is another 'Miller' source, but the year is different (Stripped, 2003). Perhaps these are the same? FYI. Regards,  Spintendo  17:56, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

@Spintendo, Ah, I had missed adding that book to the bibliography. Good eye! Thank you, I believe this is fixed. 87Fan (talk) 19:43, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

... that Depeche Mode had a set of rules they chose to follow, including one against using chords, when they recorded their 1987 album Music for the Masses?

ALT1: ... that Depeche Mode conceived the title of their album Music for the Masses as a joke about their lack of mainstream popularity? Source: Depeche Mode (1998). The Singles 86>98 (electronic press kit). Mute Records.
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Comment: The first DM article to make it to GA status, figured I'd see if it qualified for a 'DYK' to celebrate!

87Fan (talk) 17:29, 20 November 2025 (UTC).

 Newly promoted good article. There are no obvious issues with the sources used, there appears to have been a thorough assessment of sourcing as part of the GA review and the video links are properly cited. Earwig returns no copyright violations (some of the higher hits are due to direct quotes being used). I see no neutrality issues or BLP violations (as an example, Gahan's drug issues appear to  be well sourced / public knowledge and are relevant to the album's creation). The hook facts are sourced, I will assume good faith on ALT1 as the source is offline. Both are interesting and short enough – the comment from Dave Bascombe about the "no chord" policy seems to be more about composing via chords rather than chords being absent from the music. Could be seen as a little misleading but may also draw readers into the article. Images used have appropriate licensed. No QPQ is needed. Thanks User:87Fan, nice work! I T B F 📢 06:20, 22 November 2025 (UTC)