My Darkest Star – A Trip Along Depeche Mode

Release year: 2009
Release version: Physical release
Type: One band tribute

This is probably the first and only Depeche Mode Tribute Show!

“A Trip Along Depeche Mode” has been performed regularly since 2007 at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, Germany. Felix Knopp (voc), Marco Schmedtje (g), Dirk Ritz (b) and Dog Kessler (dr) are going on a two-hour rock journey through the songs of Depeche Mode. The CD was recorded during a live studio show in 2008 and is available exclusively at the theater’s box office or at the shows. Comes in digipack sleeve.

Tracks of “My Darkest Star – A Trip Along Depeche Mode”

  1. Useless (5:06)
  2. Never Let Me Down Again (2:59)
  3. Only When I Lose Myself (5:12)
  4. I Feel You (4:31)
  5. A Question Of Time (2:57)
  6. Just Can’t Get Enough (3:33)
  7. Barrel Of A Gun (4:18)
  8. Suffer Well (3:31)
  9. The Darkest Star (5:06)
  10. Precious (3:56) (misspelled as “Prescious”)
  11. It’s No Good (5:09)
  12. Enjoy The Silence (4:15)
  13. Stripped (6:10)
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Michael M. Müller

Although I already owned all regular releases, I started "seriously" collecting Depeche Mode's releases from all over the world in the late 80s. But when the internet and espacially eBay came up, I wanted to specialise my collection, because with eBay it was not a question of "how to find a rarity?" anymore, but just a question of "who pays the most?". That was the start of my collection of Depeche Mode cover versions.

I really like it when artists create a completely new mood in a cover version. For me, the best covers are very often just unknown tracks on an artist's album, while many tribute compilations are just "sound-a-likes" without own creativity.
Picture of Michael M. Müller

Michael M. Müller

Although I already owned all regular releases, I started "seriously" collecting Depeche Mode's releases from all over the world in the late 80s. But when the internet and espacially eBay came up, I wanted to specialise my collection, because with eBay it was not a question of "how to find a rarity?" anymore, but just a question of "who pays the most?". That was the start of my collection of Depeche Mode cover versions.

I really like it when artists create a completely new mood in a cover version. For me, the best covers are very often just unknown tracks on an artist's album, while many tribute compilations are just "sound-a-likes" without own creativity.