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Enjoy the Silence is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Pet Shop Boys, Jean Sibelius and Elvis. Those roots explain a lot about how Enjoy the Silence arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Policy of Truth, World in My Eyes, Billie Jean, Losing My Religion and All That She Wants, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Goldfrapp, Linkin Park and Timo Maas, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around Enjoy the Silence, reaching back through Pet Shop Boys and forward to Goldfrapp. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Enjoy the Silence" is a song by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode. Written by Martin Gore and recorded in 1989, it was released as the second single from their seventh studio album, Violator (1990), on 5 February 1990 by Mute Records. The song topped the charts of European Hit Radio, Denmark and Spain, and is the band's highest-charting single in the United States, peaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Cash Box Top 100.
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Enjoy the Silence connections
Enjoy the Silence grew out of Pet Shop Boys, Jean Sibelius and Elvis, shares an orbit with Policy of Truth, World in My Eyes, Billie Jean and Losing My Religion, went on to shape Goldfrapp, Linkin Park and Timo Maas. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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