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Never Let Me Down Again is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Soft Cell, Led Zeppelin, Carl Orff and Tears for Fears. Those roots explain a lot about how Never Let Me Down Again arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as World in My Eyes, Policy of Truth, Enjoy the Silence and Useless, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Smashing Pumpkins, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 9 connections around Never Let Me Down Again, reaching back through Soft Cell and forward to The Smashing Pumpkins. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Never Let Me Down Again" is a song by the English electronic band Depeche Mode. It was released as the second single from their sixth studio album, Music for the Masses (1987), on 24 August 1987. Written by Martin Gore, arranged by Alan Wilder and produced by Depeche Mode and David Bascombe, it was recorded between sessions in Paris and London and mixed in Denmark.
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Never Let Me Down Again grew out of Soft Cell, Led Zeppelin, Carl Orff and Tears for Fears, shares an orbit with World in My Eyes, Policy of Truth, Enjoy the Silence and Useless, went on to shape The Smashing Pumpkins. 9 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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