Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Songs of Faith and Devotion is the eighth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released in the United Kingdom on 22 March 1993 by Mute Records and in the United States and Canada on 23 March by Sire and Reprise Records. The album incorporated a more aggressive, darker rock-oriented tone than its predecessor, Violator (1990), largely influenced by the emerging alternative rock and grunge scenes in the United States.Upon its release, Songs of Faith and Devotion reached number one in several countries, and became the first Depeche Mode album to top the charts in both the UK and the US. To support the album, Depeche Mode embarked on the fourteen-month long Devotional Tour, the largest tour the band had ever undertaken to that date.Recording the album and the subsequent tour exacerbated growing tensions and difficulties within the band, prompting Alan Wilder to quit, making this album the final with him as a band member. The ordeal had exhausted their creative output following the enormous success they had enjoyed with Violator, leading to rumours and media speculation that the band would split. Depeche Mode subsequently recovered from the experience, and released Ultra in 1997.. }
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- Songs_of_Faith_and_Devotion abstract "Songs of Faith and Devotion is the eighth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released in the United Kingdom on 22 March 1993 by Mute Records and in the United States and Canada on 23 March by Sire and Reprise Records. The album incorporated a more aggressive, darker rock-oriented tone than its predecessor, Violator (1990), largely influenced by the emerging alternative rock and grunge scenes in the United States.Upon its release, Songs of Faith and Devotion reached number one in several countries, and became the first Depeche Mode album to top the charts in both the UK and the US. To support the album, Depeche Mode embarked on the fourteen-month long Devotional Tour, the largest tour the band had ever undertaken to that date.Recording the album and the subsequent tour exacerbated growing tensions and difficulties within the band, prompting Alan Wilder to quit, making this album the final with him as a band member. The ordeal had exhausted their creative output following the enormous success they had enjoyed with Violator, leading to rumours and media speculation that the band would split. Depeche Mode subsequently recovered from the experience, and released Ultra in 1997.".