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Depeche Mode - Behind The Wheel (7 Inch) PBTHAL (1988 - Synth-pop) [Flac 24-96 LP]
Behind the Wheel Review by Ned Raggett
On its own, "Behind the Wheel" was and is a prime Depeche Mode single.
It's a massive building surge of a song that just gets more intense as it goes, translating the
freeway/driving metaphor of the title into an appropriately propulsive song that is something
like the arena version of Kraftwerk's own meditations on same.
Remixed slightly for its single appearance, with a quicker running time and a more prominent,
cleaner main percussion, it's still fine stuff, with Martin Gore's tale of emotional control and
direction still all in one piece.
Shep Pettibone's extended remix is a good effort -- clean and clinical and perfect for the
dancefloor -- while the Beatmasters ratchet up the drama of the track with phone calls samples,
rougher beats, and a new, nervous string-synth line.
What makes this single and the song itself even more notable in its own right is due to the B-side
-- a take on the old mid-century standard "Route 66."
While the choice of inspiration may seem odd, the band's arrangement and delivery of same works
surprisingly well, with a rough drum-machine rhythm underpinning Gore's work on both vocals and
snarling guitar riffs.
It feels like something thrown together to see what would stick, but works all the better for it,
a retooling of the past for the future, with a brief snippet of music from "Behind the Wheel"
thrown in the middle on top of everything else. This in turn led to a separate mix of both tracks
combined that won the band mainstream American radio airplay.
That specific mix isn't here, but two others are -- the Beatmasters take a spin with it while
throwing in tons of car racing and game show samples along the way, while the "casualty" mix kicks
up some more reasonable noise and groove.
Artist...............: Depeche Mode
Album................: Behind The Wheel (7 Inch)
Genre................: Synth-pop
Source...............: NMR
Year.................: 1988
Ripper...............: NMR
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.3.3 20190804
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 69 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 96000 HZ / 24 Bit
Tags.................: -
Information..........: PBTHAL Series 2022 - Mute
Tracklist :
1. Depeche Mode - Behind The Wheel (Remix)
2. Depeche Mode - Route 66 / Behind The Wheel (Mega-Single Mix)
Playing Time.........: 08:23
Total Size...........: 191,41 MB
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