Depeche Mode "101" Indie Exclusive 'It's hard to love when

'It's hard to love when everybody hates

Matt Douglas

While the goth scene in England was picking up commercial steam in the mid-'80s

experimenting with everything from piano to effects pedals to old-school drum machines (a fascination partly inspired by the early-'70s innovations of Sly Stone and J

Prior to the Night Sweats

Depeche Mode "101" Indie Exclusive 'It's hard to love when101 is a live album and documentary by Depeche Mode released in 1989 chronicling the final leg of the band's 1987 1988 Music for the Masses Tour. A live album and a greatest hits album all in one, 101 proves that Depeche Mode are just as capable of performing on stage as they are working in a studio. The listener is easily swept up in the hysteria of the fans screaming in the audience. From the brooding Never Let Me Down Again to the sickly sweet