Beautiful melancholy.

How many I did not know Soulsavers date and came on Dave Gahan to this album. And so this review is more from the perspective of Dave Gahan / DM - written fans. This cooperation is, in my view, a mutual give and take. Soulsavers occur with the help of Dave's voice now a little more in the public and win probably added some new fans; Dave Gahan in turn could with Soulsavers realize a music that is free from any previous influences his work. Without any electronic accompaniment with handmade sounds Soulsavers release a good album, musically skillfully between pop, rock, country and other styles that travels along with it. That the songs are held mainly quiet, the album is of great benefit, never before was heard Dave Gahan so intense and powerful. And so the music lives mainly of his voice, which was wonderfully packaged in a discreet instrumentation.

Of course, Dave has also made his solo albums and with DM such melancholic beautiful songs, and even these were partially free of overloaded synthetic sounds, but Soulsavers give Dave's voice the finishing touch and know clearly how they inzeniert best. The distinctive and sometimes depressive melancholy of his voice and his singing here to convince entire length album. All 12 songs are beautiful, sad pieces that somehow again sounding downright typical after Dave Gahan. Umramt of cool guitars, classical orchestra, magnificent choirs, subtle drums, ... and ... and ... and ... creates a melancholy monotony, the captivating beautiful and depressing to sound the same. Some have the title something of an anthem, other flow just quiet there, but I really want to emphasize not, add up all in a big, beautiful body of work.

A bit disappointing is the Spartan packaging of CD: A foldable cardboard sleeve in which it is not even a booklet. All important information are printed on the insides of the unstable cardboard packaging, but do not have the lyrics. The cover photo is beautiful to look at and fits the album concept. Not least because of and due to the fact that you can stand the music in unstable mood days are difficult because they also can namely extremely pull down, it was then but a star deduction from me.