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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