Construction Time Again es un álbum de Depeche Mode, publicado en 1983 por Mute. El disco incluye 10 canciones, entre ellas «Love In Itself», «More Than A Party», «Pipeline» y «Everything Counts».
Sobre el álbum
La discografía de Depeche Mode da un giro radical y decisivo con este tercer álbum. Principalmente, marca la incorporación oficial de Alan Wilder, cuya influencia como músico y arreglista comienza a notarse de inmediato. La banda descubre el poder del sampler, lo que les permite incorporar sonidos de la vida cotidiana y de la industria para crear ritmos y texturas. El sonido se vuelve más duro, metálico y experimental.De hecho, este nuevo enfoque da lugar al llamado "rock industrial", como se evidencia en el potente sencillo "Everything Counts". Esta canción, por cierto, no solo es una proeza sonora, sino también una afilada crítica a la codicia de la industria musical. Es decir, la banda no solo evoluciona musicalmente, sino que también agudiza su conciencia social y política en las letras de Martin Gore. "Construction Time Again" es un salto cuántico que sienta las bases sónicas y temáticas para el resto de la década.
Listado de Canciones
- Love In Itself4:27
- More Than A Party4:30
Letra
[Verse:] Lots of surprises in store This isn't a party it's a whole lot more [Verse 2:] We've had enough of this blind man's bluff You've kept us in the dark for long enough This is more than a party More than a party! More than a party... [Verse 3:] Keep telling us we're to have fun Then take all the ice cream so we've got none This is more than a party More than a party! More than a party... [Verse 4:] The failed magician waves his wand And in an instant the laughter's gone This is more than a party More than a party! More than a party... [Verse 5:] Lots of surprises in store This isn't a party it's a whole lot more More than a party [Outro:] More, more, more... More, more, more... - Pipeline6:08
Letra
[Verse:] Get out the crane Construction time again What is it this time We're laying on a pipeline Let the beads of sweat flow Until the ends have met, though It could take a long time Working on a pipeline Taking from the greedy, giving to the needy [Verse 2:] On this golden day Work's been sent our way That could last a lifetime Working on a pipeline From the heart of the land To the mouth of the man Must reach him sometime We're laying on a pipeline Taking from the greedy, giving to the needy [Hook:] Taking from the greedy, giving to the needy Taking from the greedy, giving to the needy Taking from the greedy, giving to the needy Taking from the greedy, giving to the needy - Everything Counts4:24
Letra
[Verse:] The handshake Seals the contracts From the contracts There's no turning back The turning point Of a career In Korea, being insincere The holiday Was fun packed The contracts Still intacts [Chorus:] The grabbing hands Grab all they can All for themselves After all The grabbing hands Grab all they can All for themselves After all It's a competitive world Everything counts in large amounts [Verse 2:] The graph On the wall Tells the story Of it all Picture it now See just how The lies and deceit Gained a little more power Confidence Taken in By a sun tan And a grin [Chorus:] The grabbing hands Grab all they can All for themselves After all The grabbing hands Grab all they can All for themselves After all It's a competitive world Everything counts in large amounts [Bridge:] Everything counts in large amounts [Hook:] The grabbing hands Grab all they can Everything counts in large amounts The grabbing hands Grab all they can Everything counts in large amounts The grabbing hands Grab all they can Everything counts in large amounts The grabbing hands Grab all they can Everything counts in large amounts - Two Minute Warning4:10
Letra
We're lying by the orange sky Two million miles across the land Scattered to the highest high Expect they'll either laugh or cry No sex, no consequence, no sympathy You're good enough to heat Two minute warning Two minutes later When time has come My days are numbered The dawning of another year Marks time for those who understand One in four still here While you and I go hand in hand No radio, no sound, no sin, no sanctuary So welcome to your last Two minute warning Two minutes later When time has come My days are numbered The sun, the solitude, the cemetery So welcome to your last Two minute warning Two minutes later When time has come My days are numbered - Shame3:50
Letra
Do you ever get that feeling When the guilt begins to hurt? Seeing all the children Wallowing in dirt Crying out with hunger Crying out in pain At least the dirt will wash off When it starts to rain Soap won't wash away your shame Do you ever get the feeling That something isn't right? Seeing your brother's fist Clenched ready for the fight Soon the fighting turns to weapons And the weapons turn to wounds So the doctor's stitch and stitch and stitch And stitch and stitch and stitch and stitch Surgery won't improve your pain It all seems so stupid It makes me want to give up But why should I give up When it all seems so stupid? Do you ever get the feeling That something can't be done? To eradicate these problems And make the people one Do you ever get that feeling Something like a nagging itch? And all the while the doctors stitch And stitch and stitch and stitch and stitch Hope alone won't remove the stains (shame) It all seems so stupid It makes me want to give up But why should I give up When it all seems so stupid? - The Landscape Is Changing4:46
Letra
The landscape is changing, the landscape is crying Thousand of acres of forest are dying Carbon copies from the hills above the forestline Acid streams are flowing ill across the countryside 'Cause I don't care if you're going nowhere Just take good care of the world I don't care if you're going nowhere Just take good care of the world Now we're rearranging there's no use denying Mountains and valleys can't you hear them sighing? Evolution, the solution, almost certainty Can you imagine this intrusion of their privacy? 'Cause I don't care if you're going nowhere Just take good care of the world I don't care if you're going nowhere Just take good care of the world Token gestures, some semblance of intelligence Can we be blamed for the security of ignorance 'Cause I don't care if you're going nowhere Just take good care of the world I don't care if you're going nowhere Just take good care of the world - Told You So4:25
Letra
And do those feet in modern times Walk upon the flowers and Walk upon their brothers while their Heads are busy lying low Trying to keep to cover, oh Something went wrong along the way Everybody's waiting for judgment day So they can go "Told you so" They can go "Told you so" Bring me my gun of itching desire Bring me my bullets and I will fire Sights set higher than the tall church spire Something went wrong along the way Everybody's waiting for judgment day So they can go "Told you so" They can go "Told you so" Standing in line, the blind lead the blind Waiting and waiting for an overdue sign Brothers and sisters playing Chinese Whispers If things aren't suited then they'll get diluted Here's one more dead with a hole in his head He shouldn't have said all the things he said Many tears were shed for the blood he bled Something went wrong along the way Everybody's waiting for judgment day So they can go "Told you so" They can go "Told you so" - And Then...5:40
Letra
Let's take a map of the world Tear it into pieces All of the boys and the girls Will see how easy it is To put it all down and start again From the top to the bottom and then I'll have faith, or I prefer To think that things couldn't turn out worse All that we need at the start's Universal revolution (that's all) And if we trust in our hearts We'll find the solution's To put it all down and start again From the top to the bottom and then I'll have faith, or I prefer To think that things couldn't turn out worse Took a plane across the world Got in a car And when I reached my destination I hadn't gone far Let's take the whole of the world The mountains and the sand Let all the boys and the girls Shape it in their hands To put it all down and start again From the top to the bottom and then I'll have faith, or I prefer To think that things couldn't turn out worse - Everything Counts4:24
Letra
[Verse:] The handshake Seals the contracts From the contracts There's no turning back The turning point Of a career In Korea, being insincere The holiday Was fun packed The contracts Still intacts [Chorus:] The grabbing hands Grab all they can All for themselves After all The grabbing hands Grab all they can All for themselves After all It's a competitive world Everything counts in large amounts [Verse 2:] The graph On the wall Tells the story Of it all Picture it now See just how The lies and deceit Gained a little more power Confidence Taken in By a sun tan And a grin [Chorus:] The grabbing hands Grab all they can All for themselves After all The grabbing hands Grab all they can All for themselves After all It's a competitive world Everything counts in large amounts [Bridge:] Everything counts in large amounts [Hook:] The grabbing hands Grab all they can Everything counts in large amounts The grabbing hands Grab all they can Everything counts in large amounts The grabbing hands Grab all they can Everything counts in large amounts The grabbing hands Grab all they can Everything counts in large amounts