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Construction Time Again is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of John Foxx and Michael Jackson. Those roots explain a lot about how Construction Time Again arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as A Broken Frame, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Smiths, The Cure and Elton John, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 6 connections around Construction Time Again, reaching back through John Foxx and forward to The Smiths. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Construction Time Again is the third studio album by the English electronic band Depeche Mode, released on 22 August 1983 by Mute Records. It was the band's first album to feature Alan Wilder as a member, who wrote two of the album's songs. The album's title comes from a verse of the track "Pipeline". It was recorded at John Foxx's The Garden studios in London, mixed at Hansa Studios in West Berlin, and supported by the Construction Time Again Tour in Europe, which ran from September 1983 through March 1984.
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Construction Time Again grew out of John Foxx and Michael Jackson, shares an orbit with A Broken Frame, went on to shape The Smiths, The Cure and Elton John. 6 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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