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'''''Delta Machine''''' is the thirteenth studio album by English ] band ]. It was released on 22 March 2013 by ] and ]. It is the band's first album released under Columbia. Recorded in 2012 in ] and New York City, the album was produced by ] and mixed by ].<ref name="press">{{cite press release |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/depeche-mode-new-studio-album-delta-machine-set-for-release-march-26th-on-columbia-records-188203871.html |title=Depeche Mode New Studio Album 'Delta Machine' Set For Release March 26th on Columbia Records |location=New York |publisher=] |date=24 January 2013 |accessdate=4 February 2013 |agency=]}}</ref> A deluxe edition was also released, containing a bonus disc with four bonus tracks, as well as a 28-page hardcover book including photos by ].<ref name="press"/> '''''Delta Machine''''' is the thirteenth studio album by English ] band ]. It was released on 22 March 2013 by ] and ]. It is the band's first album released under Columbia. Recorded in 2012 in ] and New York City, the album was produced by ] and mixed by ].<ref name="press">{{cite press release |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/depeche-mode-new-studio-album-delta-machine-set-for-release-march-26th-on-columbia-records-188203871.html |title=Depeche Mode New Studio Album 'Delta Machine' Set For Release March 26th on Columbia Records |location=New York |publisher=] |date=24 January 2013 |access-date=4 February 2013 |agency=]}}</ref> A deluxe edition was also released, containing a bonus disc with four bonus tracks, as well as a 28-page hardcover book including photos by ].<ref name="press"/>


"]" was released as the album's lead single on 31 January 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/heaven-ep/id596943162 |title=Heaven – EP by Depeche Mode |website=] |location=United States |accessdate=4 February 2013}}</ref> The second single from the album, "]", was released on 10 May 2013,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sonymusic.de/Depeche-Mode/Soothe-My-Soul/P/2861464 |title=Depeche Mode – Soothe My Soul |language=German |publisher=] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425000340/http://www.sonymusic.de/Depeche-Mode/Soothe-My-Soul/P/2861464 |archivedate=25 April 2013 |accessdate=27 April 2013}}</ref> followed by "]" on 11 October 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/should-be-higher-remixes-ep/id719008908?l=en |title=Should Be Higher (The Remixes) – EP by Depeche Mode |publisher=iTunes Store (Germany) |accessdate=21 December 2013}}</ref> Following the album's release, Depeche Mode embarked on the ], which commenced in ], France, on 4 May 2013, and concluded in Moscow on 7 March 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.depechemode.com/past_tours/deltamachinetour/dates.html |title=The Delta Machine Tour |website=DepecheMode.com |accessdate=11 July 2014}}</ref> "]" was released as the album's lead single on 31 January 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/heaven-ep/id596943162 |title=Heaven – EP by Depeche Mode |website=] |location=United States |access-date=4 February 2013}}</ref> The second single from the album, "]", was released on 10 May 2013,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sonymusic.de/Depeche-Mode/Soothe-My-Soul/P/2861464 |title=Depeche Mode – Soothe My Soul |language=de |publisher=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425000340/http://www.sonymusic.de/Depeche-Mode/Soothe-My-Soul/P/2861464 |archive-date=25 April 2013 |access-date=27 April 2013}}</ref> followed by "]" on 11 October 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/should-be-higher-remixes-ep/id719008908?l=en |title=Should Be Higher (The Remixes) – EP by Depeche Mode |publisher=iTunes Store (Germany) |access-date=21 December 2013}}</ref> Following the album's release, Depeche Mode embarked on the ], which commenced in ], France, on 4 May 2013, and concluded in Moscow on 7 March 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.depechemode.com/past_tours/deltamachinetour/dates.html |title=The Delta Machine Tour |website=DepecheMode.com |access-date=11 July 2014}}</ref>


==Background and composition== ==Background and composition==
Thematically, much of the album is written from a personal point of view. Martin Gore said that the opening track "Welcome to My World" is "written from a much more personal point of view. I feel more at peace with my life and much better physically".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Depeche Mode: "Why Delta Machine? Because we create electronic blues "|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/culture/1124597-20130324-20130324-depeche-mode-delta-machine-parce-cree-blues-electronique|url-status=live}}</ref> Gahan also explained how getting cancer affected his songwriting on the track "Secret to the End" inspiring the like "is this the end?".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Q magazine|url=https://dmlive.wiki/Secret_To_The_End|url-status=live}}</ref> Lyrically, the song "Slow" is about "the joy of sex" as Gore described in an interview with Steffen Rüth.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Depeche Mode: With blues in the sky|url=https://ga.de/news/depeche-mode-mit-blues-in-den-himmel_aid-41279753|url-status=live}}</ref> Gahan wrote about his struggle with substance abuse on the track "Should Be Higher" explaining that he won't even drink a glass of wine anymore because it could open a pandora's box.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Should Be Higher|url=https://dmlive.wiki/Should_Be_Higher|url-status=live}}</ref> Gore also felt that "Goodbye" sounds like a Beatles song but is hesitant to make that comparison.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Q&A: Depeche Mode's Martin Gore on band's 13th album, working with Frank Ocean, musical family|url=https://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/music/q-a-depeche-mode-s-martin-gore-on-band-s-13th-album-working-with-frank-ocean-musical-family-1.98304|url-status=live}}</ref> Thematically, much of the album is written from a personal point of view. Martin Gore said that the opening track "Welcome to My World" is "written from a much more personal point of view. I feel more at peace with my life and much better physically".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Depeche Mode: "Why Delta Machine? Because we create electronic blues "|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/culture/1124597-20130324-20130324-depeche-mode-delta-machine-parce-cree-blues-electronique}}</ref> Gahan also explained how getting cancer affected his songwriting on the track "Secret to the End" inspiring the like "is this the end?".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Q magazine|url=https://dmlive.wiki/Secret_To_The_End}}</ref> Lyrically, the song "Slow" is about "the joy of sex" as Gore described in an interview with Steffen Rüth.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Depeche Mode: With blues in the sky|url=https://ga.de/news/depeche-mode-mit-blues-in-den-himmel_aid-41279753}}</ref> Gahan wrote about his struggle with substance abuse on the track "Should Be Higher" explaining that he won't even drink a glass of wine anymore because it could open a pandora's box.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Should Be Higher|url=https://dmlive.wiki/Should_Be_Higher}}</ref> Gore also felt that "Goodbye" sounds like a Beatles song but is hesitant to make that comparison.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Q&A: Depeche Mode's Martin Gore on band's 13th album, working with Frank Ocean, musical family|url=https://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/music/q-a-depeche-mode-s-martin-gore-on-band-s-13th-album-working-with-frank-ocean-musical-family-1.98304}}</ref>


According to ], ''Delta Machine'' marks the end of the trilogy of records that Depeche Mode were recording with producer Ben Hillier, though the sound of this album differs from past albums.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1551189/depeche-mode-qa-dave-gahan-talks-delta-machine-massive-tour-plans |title=Depeche Mode Q&A: Dave Gahan Talks 'Delta Machine,' Massive Tour Plans |work=] |date=8 March 2013 |accessdate=8 March 2013}}</ref> The album is ] and Gahan's thematic continuation to a dark, gloomy and bluesy aesthetic that Depeche Mode had started to explore in the late 1980s. '']'' writer Luke Turner viewed it as the band's "most powerful, ], twisted, electronic album since '']''".<ref>{{cite web |last=Turner |first=Luke |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/11570-depeche-mode-delta-machine-review |title=Depeche Mode's Delta Machine Track-By-Track Preview |publisher=] |date=7 March 2013 |accessdate=2 April 2013}}</ref> The sound of the album is also notable for its use of modular synthesizers. While "Welcome to My World" was built around a synth loop, other tracks such as "Heaven" were entirely written on the piano.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Heaven|url=https://dmlive.wiki/Heaven|url-status=live}}</ref> The band debated leaving the song "My Little Universe" off the album due to its more techno sound that made it stand out. The song was also massively changed from Gore's demo.<ref>{{Cite web|title=My Little Universe|url=https://dmlive.wiki/My_Little_Universe|url-status=live}}</ref> The song "Slow" was originally written by Gore as far back as the early 1990s but was pushed aside until the ''Delta Machine'' sessions taking on a much more bluesy sound. According to ], ''Delta Machine'' marks the end of the trilogy of records that Depeche Mode were recording with producer Ben Hillier, though the sound of this album differs from past albums.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1551189/depeche-mode-qa-dave-gahan-talks-delta-machine-massive-tour-plans |title=Depeche Mode Q&A: Dave Gahan Talks 'Delta Machine,' Massive Tour Plans |work=] |date=8 March 2013 |access-date=8 March 2013}}</ref> The album is ] and Gahan's thematic continuation to a dark, gloomy and bluesy aesthetic that Depeche Mode had started to explore in the late 1980s. '']'' writer Luke Turner viewed it as the band's "most powerful, ], twisted, electronic album since '']''".<ref>{{cite web |last=Turner |first=Luke |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/11570-depeche-mode-delta-machine-review |title=Depeche Mode's Delta Machine Track-By-Track Preview |publisher=] |date=7 March 2013 |access-date=2 April 2013}}</ref> The sound of the album is also notable for its use of modular synthesizers. While "Welcome to My World" was built around a synth loop, other tracks such as "Heaven" were entirely written on the piano.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Heaven|url=https://dmlive.wiki/Heaven}}</ref> The band debated leaving the song "My Little Universe" off the album due to its more techno sound that made it stand out. The song was also massively changed from Gore's demo.<ref>{{Cite web|title=My Little Universe|url=https://dmlive.wiki/My_Little_Universe}}</ref> The song "Slow" was originally written by Gore as far back as the early 1990s but was pushed aside until the ''Delta Machine'' sessions taking on a much more bluesy sound.


==Critical reception== ==Critical reception==
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''Delta Machine'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. At ], which assigns a ] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an ] score of 65, based on 33 reviews.<ref name="MC">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/delta-machine/depeche-mode/critic-reviews |title=Reviews for Delta Machine by Depeche Mode |publisher=] |accessdate=22 March 2013}}</ref> '']''{{'}}s Kyle Anderson hailed ''Delta Machine'' as "the strongest album the group has put out this century" and praised the work of collaborator Christoffer Berg, stating he "lends a long-lost toughness that runs through much of ''Delta''".<ref name="ew">{{cite web |last=Anderson |first=Kyle |url=http://ew.com/article/2013/03/18/depeche-mode-delta-machine-new-album-review/ |title=Depeche Mode's 'Delta Machine' now streaming on iTunes – read EW's review here |work=] |date=18 March 2013 |accessdate=9 January 2017}}</ref> '']'' critic ] commented that the album "finds the band striking just the right balance between the chirpy ] of their early days and the harsh ] dissonance of the later albums".<ref name="times">{{cite web |last=Hodgkinson |first=Will |author-link=Will Hodgkinson |url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/music/albumreviews/article3719849.ece |title=Depeche Mode: Delta Machine |work=] |date=22 March 2013 |accessdate=23 March 2013}}</ref> Benjamin Boles of '']'' proclaimed it as "the best album of career" and found that the songs "find the band leaping in thrillingly unexpected directions and landing on their feet every time."<ref>{{cite news |last=Boles |first=Benjamin |url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/depeche-mode-delta-machine/ |title=Depeche Mode – Delta Machine |newspaper=] |volume=32 |issue=29 |date=21–28 March 2013 |accessdate=10 May 2015}}</ref> ''Delta Machine'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. At ], which assigns a ] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an ] score of 65, based on 33 reviews.<ref name="MC">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/delta-machine/depeche-mode/critic-reviews |title=Reviews for Delta Machine by Depeche Mode |publisher=] |access-date=22 March 2013}}</ref> '']''{{'}}s Kyle Anderson hailed ''Delta Machine'' as "the strongest album the group has put out this century" and praised the work of collaborator Christoffer Berg, stating he "lends a long-lost toughness that runs through much of ''Delta''".<ref name="ew">{{cite web |last=Anderson |first=Kyle |url=http://ew.com/article/2013/03/18/depeche-mode-delta-machine-new-album-review/ |title=Depeche Mode's 'Delta Machine' now streaming on iTunes – read EW's review here |work=] |date=18 March 2013 |access-date=9 January 2017}}</ref> '']'' critic ] commented that the album "finds the band striking just the right balance between the chirpy ] of their early days and the harsh ] dissonance of the later albums".<ref name="times">{{cite web |last=Hodgkinson |first=Will |author-link=Will Hodgkinson |url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/music/albumreviews/article3719849.ece |title=Depeche Mode: Delta Machine |work=] |date=22 March 2013 |access-date=23 March 2013}}</ref> Benjamin Boles of '']'' proclaimed it as "the best album of career" and found that the songs "find the band leaping in thrillingly unexpected directions and landing on their feet every time."<ref>{{cite news |last=Boles |first=Benjamin |url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/depeche-mode-delta-machine/ |title=Depeche Mode – Delta Machine |newspaper=] |volume=32 |issue=29 |date=21–28 March 2013 |access-date=10 May 2015}}</ref>


Laurence Green of ] opined that the album "lays the template for some of the band's most vigorous, energetic material in 15 years", concluding, "In what has always been a frighteningly consistent career, ''Delta Machine'' stands there amongst the band's finest work."<ref>{{cite web |last=Green |first=Laurence |url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/depeche-mode-delta-machine |title=Depeche Mode – Delta Machine |publisher=] |date=22 March 2013 |accessdate=22 March 2013}}</ref> Mat Smith of '']'' noted, "The freshness comes through in the delivery, which is as loose as electronic music permits, delivered with the bluesy rawness that frontman Dave Gahan wanted from the album."<ref name="clash">{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Mat |url=http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/depeche-mode-delta-machine |title=Depeche Mode – Delta Machine |work=] |date=25 March 2013 |accessdate=25 March 2013}}</ref> ] editor David Jeffries described the album as "a well-written and lusciously recorded set of serpentine siren songs", adding, "Those who don't buy into the dark eroticism that drives the album will be disappointed as well, but don't mistake 'dour' for 'down for it' when it comes dressed-in-leather pants, because the simmering and dark ''Delta Machine'' is certainly the latter."<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |last=Jeffries |first=David |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/delta-machine-mw0002485570 |title=Delta Machine – Depeche Mode |publisher=] |accessdate=25 March 2013}}</ref> '']''{{'}}s Jon Dolan stated that the album "celebrates brooding faith and slippery solace without scrimping on Depeche's trademark blackstrobe punishment."<ref name="rs">{{cite web |last=Dolan |first=Jon |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/delta-machine-20130326 |title=Delta Machine |work=] |date=26 March 2013 |accessdate=28 March 2013}}</ref> Laurence Green of ] opined that the album "lays the template for some of the band's most vigorous, energetic material in 15 years", concluding, "In what has always been a frighteningly consistent career, ''Delta Machine'' stands there amongst the band's finest work."<ref>{{cite web |last=Green |first=Laurence |url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/depeche-mode-delta-machine |title=Depeche Mode – Delta Machine |publisher=] |date=22 March 2013 |access-date=22 March 2013}}</ref> Mat Smith of '']'' noted, "The freshness comes through in the delivery, which is as loose as electronic music permits, delivered with the bluesy rawness that frontman Dave Gahan wanted from the album."<ref name="clash">{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Mat |url=http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/depeche-mode-delta-machine |title=Depeche Mode – Delta Machine |work=] |date=25 March 2013 |access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> ] editor David Jeffries described the album as "a well-written and lusciously recorded set of serpentine siren songs", adding, "Those who don't buy into the dark eroticism that drives the album will be disappointed as well, but don't mistake 'dour' for 'down for it' when it comes dressed-in-leather pants, because the simmering and dark ''Delta Machine'' is certainly the latter."<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |last=Jeffries |first=David |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/delta-machine-mw0002485570 |title=Delta Machine – Depeche Mode |publisher=] |access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> '']''{{'}}s Jon Dolan stated that the album "celebrates brooding faith and slippery solace without scrimping on Depeche's trademark blackstrobe punishment."<ref name="rs">{{cite web |last=Dolan |first=Jon |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/delta-machine-20130326 |title=Delta Machine |work=] |date=26 March 2013 |access-date=28 March 2013}}</ref>


Caroline Sullivan of '']'' expressed that on ''Delta Machine'', "Depeche Mode are as hamstrung as ever by their refusal to admit even a chink of light into their world of gloom The flip side of the coin is that the austere music that accompanies all this darkness is often very beautiful", commending the band for their ability to "balance lushness and minimalism to stunning effect".<ref name="guardian">{{cite web |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/mar/21/depeche-mode-delta-machine-review |title=Depeche Mode: Delta Machine – review |work=] |date=21 March 2013 |accessdate=22 March 2013}}</ref> In a mixed review for ], Douglas Wolk criticised the album's lyrics, while concluding, "There is not a single moment of shock or freshness on ''Delta Machine'', and it's enormously frustrating to hear what was once a band of futurists so deeply mired in resisting change."<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web |last=Wolk |first=Douglas |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17792-depeche-mode-delta-machine/ |title=Depeche Mode: Delta Machine |publisher=Pitchfork |date=28 March 2013 |accessdate=2 April 2013}}</ref> Andy Gill of '']'' panned ''Delta Machine'' as the band's "weakest album in some while" and felt that "he more melodramatically that David Gahan invites us to have him 'penetrate your soul... bleed into your dreams', the more the sculpted electronic backdrops seem like curtains hiding the puniness of the wizards wielding the machines."<ref name="independent">{{cite web |last=Gill |first=Andy |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/album-review-depeche-mode-delta-machine-columbia-8544713.html |title=Album review: Depeche Mode, Delta Machine (Columbia) |work=] |date=22 March 2013 |accessdate=22 March 2013}}</ref> '']''{{'}}s ] viewed that "a kind of blood-red synthetic blues bubbles to the fore; it blows hot and cold."<ref name="observer">{{cite web |last=Empire |first=Kitty |author-link=Kitty Empire |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/mar/24/depeche-mode-delta-machine-review |title=Depeche Mode: Delta Machine – review |work=] |date=24 March 2013 |accessdate=2 April 2013}}</ref> Emily Mackay of the '']'' commented, "Things improve with the defter 'Soft Touch/Raw Nerve' and 'Soothe My Soul', but ''Delta Machine'' sounds like it's just warming up."<ref name="nme">{{cite web |last=Mackay |first=Emily |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/depeche-mode/14280 |title=Depeche Mode – 'Delta Machine' |work=] |date=8 April 2013 |accessdate=18 April 2013}}</ref> Caroline Sullivan of '']'' expressed that on ''Delta Machine'', "Depeche Mode are as hamstrung as ever by their refusal to admit even a chink of light into their world of gloom The flip side of the coin is that the austere music that accompanies all this darkness is often very beautiful", commending the band for their ability to "balance lushness and minimalism to stunning effect".<ref name="guardian">{{cite web |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/mar/21/depeche-mode-delta-machine-review |title=Depeche Mode: Delta Machine – review |work=] |date=21 March 2013 |access-date=22 March 2013}}</ref> In a mixed review for ], Douglas Wolk criticised the album's lyrics, while concluding, "There is not a single moment of shock or freshness on ''Delta Machine'', and it's enormously frustrating to hear what was once a band of futurists so deeply mired in resisting change."<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web |last=Wolk |first=Douglas |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17792-depeche-mode-delta-machine/ |title=Depeche Mode: Delta Machine |publisher=Pitchfork |date=28 March 2013 |access-date=2 April 2013}}</ref> Andy Gill of '']'' panned ''Delta Machine'' as the band's "weakest album in some while" and felt that "he more melodramatically that David Gahan invites us to have him 'penetrate your soul... bleed into your dreams', the more the sculpted electronic backdrops seem like curtains hiding the puniness of the wizards wielding the machines."<ref name="independent">{{cite web |last=Gill |first=Andy |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/album-review-depeche-mode-delta-machine-columbia-8544713.html |title=Album review: Depeche Mode, Delta Machine (Columbia) |work=] |date=22 March 2013 |access-date=22 March 2013}}</ref> '']''{{'}}s ] viewed that "a kind of blood-red synthetic blues bubbles to the fore; it blows hot and cold."<ref name="observer">{{cite web |last=Empire |first=Kitty |author-link=Kitty Empire |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/mar/24/depeche-mode-delta-machine-review |title=Depeche Mode: Delta Machine – review |work=] |date=24 March 2013 |access-date=2 April 2013}}</ref> Emily Mackay of the '']'' commented, "Things improve with the defter 'Soft Touch/Raw Nerve' and 'Soothe My Soul', but ''Delta Machine'' sounds like it's just warming up."<ref name="nme">{{cite web |last=Mackay |first=Emily |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/depeche-mode/14280 |title=Depeche Mode – 'Delta Machine' |work=] |date=8 April 2013 |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref>


===Accolades=== ===Accolades===
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| 4<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.albumoftheyear.org/ratings/48-now-magazine-highest-rated/2013/1|title=Highest Rated Albums of 2013|work=] |date=2013 |accessdate=2013}}</ref> | 4<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.albumoftheyear.org/ratings/48-now-magazine-highest-rated/2013/1|title=Highest Rated Albums of 2013|work=] |date=2013 |access-date=2013}}</ref>
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==Commercial performance== ==Commercial performance==
''Delta Machine'' debuted at number two on the ], selling 28,450 copies in its first week; it is Depeche Mode's 16th album to reach the UK top 10.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Alan |url=https://www.musicweek.com/news/read/official-charts-analysis-let-s-get-ready-to-rhumble-sells-83k/054160 |title=Official Charts Analysis: Let's Get Ready To Rhumble sells 83k |work=] |date=31 March 2013 |accessdate=7 April 2013 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> It slipped to number 14 the following week, selling 7,146 copies.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Alan |url=https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/official-charts-analysis-week-on-week-album-sales-tumble-25/054253 |title=Official Charts Analysis: Week-on-week album sales tumble 25% |work=Music Week |date=8 April 2013 |accessdate=30 August 2020 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In the United States, the album entered the ] at number six with 52,000 copies sold in its opening week, earning the band their seventh top 10 album on the chart.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/1555877/justin-timberlakes-2020-spends-second-week-at-no-1-on-billboard |title=Justin Timberlake's '20/20' Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 |work=Billboard |date=3 April 2013 |accessdate=3 April 2013}}</ref> ''Delta Machine'' debuted at number two on the ], selling 28,450 copies in its first week; it is Depeche Mode's 16th album to reach the UK top 10.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Alan |url=https://www.musicweek.com/news/read/official-charts-analysis-let-s-get-ready-to-rhumble-sells-83k/054160 |title=Official Charts Analysis: Let's Get Ready To Rhumble sells 83k |work=] |date=31 March 2013 |access-date=7 April 2013 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> It slipped to number 14 the following week, selling 7,146 copies.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Alan |url=https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/official-charts-analysis-week-on-week-album-sales-tumble-25/054253 |title=Official Charts Analysis: Week-on-week album sales tumble 25% |work=Music Week |date=8 April 2013 |access-date=30 August 2020 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In the United States, the album entered the ] at number six with 52,000 copies sold in its opening week, earning the band their seventh top 10 album on the chart.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/1555877/justin-timberlakes-2020-spends-second-week-at-no-1-on-billboard |title=Justin Timberlake's '20/20' Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 |work=Billboard |date=3 April 2013 |access-date=3 April 2013}}</ref>


The album debuted at number one on the ] with first-week sales of 142,000 units.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gabric |first=Martina |url=http://www.musikmarkt.de/Aktuell/News/Charts-Deutschland-KW-14-Depeche-Mode-mit-bester-Verkaufszahl-seit-Jahren-mit-Videos |title=Charts Deutschland KW 14: Depeche Mode mit bester Verkaufszahl seit Jahren {{!}} mit Videos |language=German |work=] |date=3 April 2013 |accessdate=11 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405004635/http://www.musikmarkt.de/Aktuell/News/Charts-Deutschland-KW-14-Depeche-Mode-mit-bester-Verkaufszahl-seit-Jahren-mit-Videos |archive-date=5 April 2013}}</ref> In France, ''Delta Machine'' debuted on the ] at number two, selling 52,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web |last=Decant |first=Charles |url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-85235.html |title=Top Albums : Les Enfoirés devancent Depeche Mode, retour discret pour Alizée et Mickael Miro |language=French |website=Charts in France |date=5 April 2013 |accessdate=18 June 2013}}</ref> The album sold 8,200 copies to debut at number two on the ].<ref>{{cite web |last=Tuch |first=Paul |url=https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67270545/Canadian%20Newsletters/nielsen_music_canadian_update_Apr03_2013.pdf |title=P!nk Tops the Canadian Hot 100 and Digital Song Charts |publisher=] |date=3 April 2013 |accessdate=24 May 2013 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The album debuted at number one on the ] with first-week sales of 142,000 units.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gabric |first=Martina |url=http://www.musikmarkt.de/Aktuell/News/Charts-Deutschland-KW-14-Depeche-Mode-mit-bester-Verkaufszahl-seit-Jahren-mit-Videos |title=Charts Deutschland KW 14: Depeche Mode mit bester Verkaufszahl seit Jahren {{!}} mit Videos |language=de |work=] |date=3 April 2013 |access-date=11 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405004635/http://www.musikmarkt.de/Aktuell/News/Charts-Deutschland-KW-14-Depeche-Mode-mit-bester-Verkaufszahl-seit-Jahren-mit-Videos |archive-date=5 April 2013}}</ref> In France, ''Delta Machine'' debuted on the ] at number two, selling 52,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web |last=Decant |first=Charles |url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-85235.html |title=Top Albums : Les Enfoirés devancent Depeche Mode, retour discret pour Alizée et Mickael Miro |language=fr |website=Charts in France |date=5 April 2013 |access-date=18 June 2013}}</ref> The album sold 8,200 copies to debut at number two on the ].<ref>{{cite web |last=Tuch |first=Paul |url=https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67270545/Canadian%20Newsletters/nielsen_music_canadian_update_Apr03_2013.pdf |title=P!nk Tops the Canadian Hot 100 and Digital Song Charts |publisher=] |date=3 April 2013 |access-date=24 May 2013 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


==Track listing== ==Track listing==
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| headline = ] deluxe edition pre-order bonus track<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/delta-machine/id600433961 |title=Delta Machine by Depeche Mode |publisher=iTunes Store (UK) |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6Ej7IZWOz?url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/delta-machine/id600433961 |archivedate=26 February 2013 |accessdate=26 February 2013}}</ref> | headline = ] deluxe edition pre-order bonus track<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/delta-machine/id600433961 |title=Delta Machine by Depeche Mode |publisher=iTunes Store (UK) |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6Ej7IZWOz?url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/delta-machine/id600433961 |archive-date=26 February 2013 |access-date=26 February 2013}}</ref>


| title18 = Heaven | title18 = Heaven
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! scope="row"| Estonian Albums (])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://r2.err.ee/myygitabel |title=R2 Eesti müügitabel, nädal 14/2013 |language=Estonian |publisher=] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504064435/http://r2.err.ee/myygitabel |archivedate=4 May 2013 |accessdate=8 April 2013}}</ref> ! scope="row"| Estonian Albums (])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://r2.err.ee/myygitabel |title=R2 Eesti müügitabel, nädal 14/2013 |language=et |publisher=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504064435/http://r2.err.ee/myygitabel |archive-date=4 May 2013 |access-date=8 April 2013}}</ref>
| 1 | 1
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{{album chart|Germany4|1|id=213474|artist=Depeche Mode|album=Delta Machine|rowheader=true|accessdate=9 January 2017}} {{album chart|Germany4|1|id=213474|artist=Depeche Mode|album=Delta Machine|rowheader=true|accessdate=9 January 2017}}
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! scope="row"| Greek Albums (])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_el.html |title=Official Cyta-IFPI Charts – Top-75 Albums Sales Chart (Εβδομάδα: 14/2013) |language=Greek |publisher=] |accessdate=16 April 2013 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6FvoLBUXG?url=http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_el.html |archivedate=16 April 2013}}</ref> ! scope="row"| Greek Albums (])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_el.html |title=Official Cyta-IFPI Charts – Top-75 Albums Sales Chart (Εβδομάδα: 14/2013) |language=el |publisher=] |access-date=16 April 2013 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6FvoLBUXG?url=http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_el.html |archive-date=16 April 2013}}</ref>
| 2 | 2
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{{album chart|Italy|1|artist=Depeche Mode|album=Delta Machine|rowheader=true|accessdate=9 January 2017}} {{album chart|Italy|1|artist=Depeche Mode|album=Delta Machine|rowheader=true|accessdate=9 January 2017}}
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! scope="row"| Japanese Albums (])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/111737/products/1010021/1/ |script-title=ja:デルタ・マシーン(初回生産限定盤) {{!}} デペッシュ・モード |trans-title=Delta Machine (Limited Edition) {{!}} Depeche Mode |language=Japanese |publisher=] |accessdate=9 May 2015}}</ref> ! scope="row"| Japanese Albums (])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/111737/products/1010021/1/ |script-title=ja:デルタ・マシーン(初回生産限定盤) {{!}} デペッシュ・モード |trans-title=Delta Machine (Limited Edition) {{!}} Depeche Mode |language=ja |publisher=] |access-date=9 May 2015}}</ref>
| 51 | 51
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! scope="row"| Mexican Albums (])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.centrodedesarrollodigital.com/amprofon3/Top100.pdf |title=Top 100 México – Semana Del 25 al 31 de Marzo 2013 |language=Spanish |publisher=] |accessdate=11 April 2013 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6FoE34Nj5?url=http://www.centrodedesarrollodigital.com/amprofon3/Top100.pdf |archivedate=11 April 2013}}</ref> ! scope="row"| Mexican Albums (])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.centrodedesarrollodigital.com/amprofon3/Top100.pdf |title=Top 100 México – Semana Del 25 al 31 de Marzo 2013 |language=es |publisher=] |access-date=11 April 2013 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6FoE34Nj5?url=http://www.centrodedesarrollodigital.com/amprofon3/Top100.pdf |archive-date=11 April 2013}}</ref>
| 3 | 3
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{{album chart|Scotland|3|date=2013-03-31|rowheader=true|accessdate=9 May 2015}} {{album chart|Scotland|3|date=2013-03-31|rowheader=true|accessdate=9 May 2015}}
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! scope="row"| Slovenian Albums (])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://val202.rtvslo.si/2013/04/plestenjak-vecji-od-neba-depeche-mode-zagnali-masino/ |title=Plestenjak "večji od neba", Depeche Mode zagnali mašino |language=Slovenian |publisher=] |date=4 April 2013 |accessdate=9 May 2015}}</ref> ! scope="row"| Slovenian Albums (])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://val202.rtvslo.si/2013/04/plestenjak-vecji-od-neba-depeche-mode-zagnali-masino/ |title=Plestenjak "večji od neba", Depeche Mode zagnali mašino |language=sl |publisher=] |date=4 April 2013 |access-date=9 May 2015}}</ref>
| 2 | 2
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! scope="row"| South Korean Albums (])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&targetTime=14&hitYear=2013&termGbn=week |title=2013년 14주차 Album Chart |language=Korean |publisher=] |accessdate=9 May 2015}}</ref> ! scope="row"| South Korean Albums (])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&targetTime=14&hitYear=2013&termGbn=week |title=2013년 14주차 Album Chart |language=ko |publisher=] |access-date=9 May 2015}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=2013 |title=Jahreshitparade Alben 2013 |website=austriancharts.at |language=German |accessdate=9 May 2015}}</ref> ! scope="row"| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=2013 |title=Jahreshitparade Alben 2013 |website=austriancharts.at |language=de |access-date=9 May 2015}}</ref>
| 37 | 37
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! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2013&cat=a |title=Jaaroverzichten 2013 – Albums |language=Dutch |publisher=Ultratop |accessdate=29 December 2013}}</ref> ! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2013&cat=a |title=Jaaroverzichten 2013 – Albums |language=nl |publisher=Ultratop |access-date=29 December 2013}}</ref>
| 41 | 41
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! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2013&cat=a |title=Rapports Annuels 2013 – Albums |language=French |publisher=Ultratop |accessdate=29 December 2013}}</ref> ! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2013&cat=a |title=Rapports Annuels 2013 – Albums |language=fr |publisher=Ultratop |access-date=29 December 2013}}</ref>
| 11 | 11
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! scope="row"| Danish Albums (Hitlisten)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hitlisterne.dk/yearlist2013.asp?list=Album%20100 |title=Album Top-100 2013 |website=Hitlisten.NU |language=Danish |accessdate=8 February 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204003714/http://www.hitlisterne.dk/yearlist2013.asp?list=Album%20100 |archivedate=4 February 2014}}</ref> ! scope="row"| Danish Albums (Hitlisten)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hitlisterne.dk/yearlist2013.asp?list=Album%20100 |title=Album Top-100 2013 |website=Hitlisten.NU |language=da |access-date=8 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204003714/http://www.hitlisterne.dk/yearlist2013.asp?list=Album%20100 |archive-date=4 February 2014}}</ref>
| 26 | 26
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! scope="row"| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/myydyimmat/2013/ulkomaiset/albumit|title=Myydyimmät ulkomaiset albumit vuonna 2013|language=Finnish|publisher=]|accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref> ! scope="row"| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/myydyimmat/2013/ulkomaiset/albumit|title=Myydyimmät ulkomaiset albumit vuonna 2013|language=fi|publisher=]|access-date=12 August 2018}}</ref>
| 4 | 4
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! scope="row"| French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-annuel/top-albums-fusionnes/?ye=2013 |title=Le Top de l'année : Top Albums Fusionnés – 2013 |language=French |publisher=] |accessdate=9 May 2015}}</ref> ! scope="row"| French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-annuel/top-albums-fusionnes/?ye=2013 |title=Le Top de l'année : Top Albums Fusionnés – 2013 |language=fr |publisher=] |access-date=9 May 2015}}</ref>
| 26 | 26
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! scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-2013 |title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 2013 |language=German |publisher=Offizielle Deutsche Charts |accessdate=9 January 2017}}</ref> ! scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-2013 |title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 2013 |language=de |publisher=Offizielle Deutsche Charts |access-date=9 January 2017}}</ref>
| 7 | 7
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! scope="row"| Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/album_db/2013 |title=Összesített album- és válogatáslemez-lista – eladási darabszám alapján – 2013 |language=Hungarian |publisher=MAHASZ |accessdate=30 August 2020}}</ref> ! scope="row"| Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/album_db/2013 |title=Összesített album- és válogatáslemez-lista – eladási darabszám alapján – 2013 |language=hu |publisher=MAHASZ |access-date=30 August 2020}}</ref>
| 15 | 15
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! scope="row"| Italian Albums (FIMI)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fimi.it/dati-mercato/classifiche-annuali-2013-top-of-the-music-by-fimi-gfk |title=Classifiche annuali 2013 Top of the Music by FIMI GfK |language=Italian |publisher=] |date=7 January 2014 |accessdate=9 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509222735/http://www.fimi.it/dati-mercato/classifiche-annuali-2013-top-of-the-music-by-fimi-gfk |archive-date=9 May 2015}} ''Click on "Scarica allegato" to download the zipped file containing the year-end chart PDF documents.''</ref> ! scope="row"| Italian Albums (FIMI)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fimi.it/dati-mercato/classifiche-annuali-2013-top-of-the-music-by-fimi-gfk |title=Classifiche annuali 2013 Top of the Music by FIMI GfK |language=it |publisher=] |date=7 January 2014 |access-date=9 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509222735/http://www.fimi.it/dati-mercato/classifiche-annuali-2013-top-of-the-music-by-fimi-gfk |archive-date=9 May 2015}} ''Click on "Scarica allegato" to download the zipped file containing the year-end chart PDF documents.''</ref>
| 18 | 18
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! scope="row"| Polish Albums (ZPAV)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://zpav.pl/rankingi/aktualnosci.php?idaktualnosci=802 |title=Najchętniej kupowane płyty roku 2013 – podsumowanie listy OLiS |language=Polish |publisher=] |accessdate=10 February 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222014414/http://zpav.pl/rankingi/aktualnosci.php?idaktualnosci=802 |archivedate=22 February 2014}}</ref> ! scope="row"| Polish Albums (ZPAV)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://zpav.pl/rankingi/aktualnosci.php?idaktualnosci=802 |title=Najchętniej kupowane płyty roku 2013 – podsumowanie listy OLiS |language=pl |publisher=] |access-date=10 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222014414/http://zpav.pl/rankingi/aktualnosci.php?idaktualnosci=802 |archive-date=22 February 2014}}</ref>
| 4 | 4
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! scope="row"| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elportaldemusica.es/historico.php?lang=en |title=Top Year 2013 – Albums |website=El Portal de Música |language=Spanish |accessdate=10 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140612122201/http://www.elportaldemusica.es/historico.php?lang=en |archivedate=12 June 2014}}</ref> ! scope="row"| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elportaldemusica.es/historico.php?lang=en |title=Top Year 2013 – Albums |website=El Portal de Música |language=es |access-date=10 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140612122201/http://www.elportaldemusica.es/historico.php?lang=en |archive-date=12 June 2014}}</ref>
| 28 | 28
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! scope="row"| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=83&dfom=20130001 |title=Årslista Album – År 2013 |language=Swedish |publisher=] |accessdate=9 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402121747/http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=83&dfom=20130001 |archivedate=2 April 2015}}</ref> ! scope="row"| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=83&dfom=20130001 |title=Årslista Album – År 2013 |language=sv |publisher=] |access-date=9 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402121747/http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=83&dfom=20130001 |archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>
| 43 | 43
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! scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/2013 |title=Swiss Year-End Charts 2013 |website=swisscharts.com |accessdate=9 May 2015}}</ref> ! scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/2013 |title=Swiss Year-End Charts 2013 |website=swisscharts.com |access-date=9 May 2015}}</ref>
| 11 | 11
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! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/UKChartsPlusEOY2013.pdf |title=UK Year-End Charts 2013 |work=] |page=8 |accessdate=9 May 2015}}</ref> ! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/UKChartsPlusEOY2013.pdf |title=UK Year-End Charts 2013 |work=] |page=8 |access-date=9 May 2015}}</ref>
| 152 | 152
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! scope="row"| US Top Alternative Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/top-alternative-albums |title=Alternative Albums – Year-End 2013 |work=Billboard |accessdate=21 December 2013}}</ref> ! scope="row"| US Top Alternative Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/top-alternative-albums |title=Alternative Albums – Year-End 2013 |work=Billboard |access-date=21 December 2013}}</ref>
| 40 | 40
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! scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/top-rock-albums |title=Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2013 |work=Billboard |accessdate=9 May 2015}}</ref> ! scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/top-rock-albums |title=Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2013 |work=Billboard |access-date=9 May 2015}}</ref>
| 62 | 62
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2013 studio album by Depeche Mode
Delta Machine
Studio album by Depeche Mode
Released22 March 2013 (2013-03-22)
RecordedMarch–October 2012
Studio
Genre
Length57:55
Label
ProducerBen Hillier
Depeche Mode chronology
Sounds of the Universe
(2009) 		Delta Machine
(2013) 		Spirit
(2017)
Singles from Delta Machine
  1. "Heaven"
    Released: 31 January 2013
  2. "Soothe My Soul"
    Released: 6 May 2013
  3. "Should Be Higher"
    Released: 11 October 2013

Delta Machine is the thirteenth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was released on 22 March 2013 by Columbia Records and Mute Records. It is the band's first album released under Columbia. Recorded in 2012 in Santa Barbara, California and New York City, the album was produced by Ben Hillier and mixed by Flood. A deluxe edition was also released, containing a bonus disc with four bonus tracks, as well as a 28-page hardcover book including photos by Anton Corbijn.

"Heaven" was released as the album's lead single on 31 January 2013. The second single from the album, "Soothe My Soul", was released on 10 May 2013, followed by "Should Be Higher" on 11 October 2013. Following the album's release, Depeche Mode embarked on the Delta Machine Tour, which commenced in Nice, France, on 4 May 2013, and concluded in Moscow on 7 March 2014.

Background and composition

Thematically, much of the album is written from a personal point of view. Martin Gore said that the opening track "Welcome to My World" is "written from a much more personal point of view. I feel more at peace with my life and much better physically". Gahan also explained how getting cancer affected his songwriting on the track "Secret to the End" inspiring the like "is this the end?". Lyrically, the song "Slow" is about "the joy of sex" as Gore described in an interview with Steffen Rüth. Gahan wrote about his struggle with substance abuse on the track "Should Be Higher" explaining that he won't even drink a glass of wine anymore because it could open a pandora's box. Gore also felt that "Goodbye" sounds like a Beatles song but is hesitant to make that comparison.

According to Dave Gahan, Delta Machine marks the end of the trilogy of records that Depeche Mode were recording with producer Ben Hillier, though the sound of this album differs from past albums. The album is Martin Gore and Gahan's thematic continuation to a dark, gloomy and bluesy aesthetic that Depeche Mode had started to explore in the late 1980s. The Quietus writer Luke Turner viewed it as the band's "most powerful, gothic, twisted, electronic album since Violator". The sound of the album is also notable for its use of modular synthesizers. While "Welcome to My World" was built around a synth loop, other tracks such as "Heaven" were entirely written on the piano. The band debated leaving the song "My Little Universe" off the album due to its more techno sound that made it stand out. The song was also massively changed from Gore's demo. The song "Slow" was originally written by Gore as far back as the early 1990s but was pushed aside until the Delta Machine sessions taking on a much more bluesy sound.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.5/10
Metacritic65/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Clash8/10
Entertainment WeeklyA−
The Guardian
The Independent
NME5/10
The Observer
Pitchfork5.0/10
Rolling Stone
The Times

Delta Machine received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 65, based on 33 reviews. Entertainment Weekly's Kyle Anderson hailed Delta Machine as "the strongest album the group has put out this century" and praised the work of collaborator Christoffer Berg, stating he "lends a long-lost toughness that runs through much of Delta". The Times critic Will Hodgkinson commented that the album "finds the band striking just the right balance between the chirpy electro-pop of their early days and the harsh industrial dissonance of the later albums". Benjamin Boles of Now proclaimed it as "the best album of career" and found that the songs "find the band leaping in thrillingly unexpected directions and landing on their feet every time."

Laurence Green of musicOMH opined that the album "lays the template for some of the band's most vigorous, energetic material in 15 years", concluding, "In what has always been a frighteningly consistent career, Delta Machine stands there amongst the band's finest work." Mat Smith of Clash noted, "The freshness comes through in the delivery, which is as loose as electronic music permits, delivered with the bluesy rawness that frontman Dave Gahan wanted from the album." AllMusic editor David Jeffries described the album as "a well-written and lusciously recorded set of serpentine siren songs", adding, "Those who don't buy into the dark eroticism that drives the album will be disappointed as well, but don't mistake 'dour' for 'down for it' when it comes dressed-in-leather pants, because the simmering and dark Delta Machine is certainly the latter." Rolling Stone's Jon Dolan stated that the album "celebrates brooding faith and slippery solace without scrimping on Depeche's trademark blackstrobe punishment."

Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian expressed that on Delta Machine, "Depeche Mode are as hamstrung as ever by their refusal to admit even a chink of light into their world of gloom The flip side of the coin is that the austere music that accompanies all this darkness is often very beautiful", commending the band for their ability to "balance lushness and minimalism to stunning effect". In a mixed review for Pitchfork, Douglas Wolk criticised the album's lyrics, while concluding, "There is not a single moment of shock or freshness on Delta Machine, and it's enormously frustrating to hear what was once a band of futurists so deeply mired in resisting change." Andy Gill of The Independent panned Delta Machine as the band's "weakest album in some while" and felt that "he more melodramatically that David Gahan invites us to have him 'penetrate your soul... bleed into your dreams', the more the sculpted electronic backdrops seem like curtains hiding the puniness of the wizards wielding the machines." The Observer's Kitty Empire viewed that "a kind of blood-red synthetic blues bubbles to the fore; it blows hot and cold." Emily Mackay of the NME commented, "Things improve with the defter 'Soft Touch/Raw Nerve' and 'Soothe My Soul', but Delta Machine sounds like it's just warming up."

Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank
The Telegraph Highest Rated Albums of 2013 2013 48
NOW Magazine Highest Rated Albums of 2013 2013 4

Commercial performance

Delta Machine debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, selling 28,450 copies in its first week; it is Depeche Mode's 16th album to reach the UK top 10. It slipped to number 14 the following week, selling 7,146 copies. In the United States, the album entered the Billboard 200 at number six with 52,000 copies sold in its opening week, earning the band their seventh top 10 album on the chart.

The album debuted at number one on the German Albums Chart with first-week sales of 142,000 units. In France, Delta Machine debuted on the French Albums Chart at number two, selling 52,000 copies. The album sold 8,200 copies to debut at number two on the Canadian Albums Chart.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Martin L. Gore, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Welcome to My World" 4:56
2."Angel" 3:57
3."Heaven" 4:03
4."Secret to the End"5:12
5."My Little Universe" 4:24
6."Slow" 3:45
7."Broken"
  • Gahan
  • Uenala
3:58
8."The Child Inside" 4:16
9."Soft Touch/Raw Nerve" 3:26
10."Should Be Higher"
  • Gahan
  • Uenala
5:04
11."Alone" 4:29
12."Soothe My Soul" 5:22
13."Goodbye" 5:03
Total length:57:55
Deluxe edition bonus disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Long Time Lie"
  • Gore
  • Gahan
4:25
2."Happens All the Time"
  • Gahan
  • Uenala
4:20
3."Always" 5:07
4."All That's Mine"
  • Gahan
  • Uenala
3:23
Total length:17:15
iTunes Store deluxe edition pre-order bonus track
No.TitleLength
18."Heaven" (Live)3:52

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of the deluxe edition of Delta Machine.

Depeche Mode

Additional musicians

  • Christoffer Berg – programming
  • Kurt Uenala – additional programming

Technical

  • Ben Hillier – production
  • Ferg Peterkin – engineering
  • Kurt Uenala – vocal recording
  • Tomas del Toro-Diaz – engineering assistance
  • Will Loomis – engineering assistance
  • Dan Tobiason – engineering assistance
  • Flood – mixing
  • Rob Kirwan – mix engineering
  • Drew Smith – mix assistance
  • Bunt Stafford-Clark – mastering

Artwork

  • Anton Corbijn – design, photography, backprojection images
  • Anja Grabert – backprojection images

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) 16
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 1
Canadian Albums (Billboard) 2
Croatian Albums (HDU) 1
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) 1
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) 1
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 3
Estonian Albums (Raadio 2) 1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) 3
French Albums (SNEP) 2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 1
Greek Albums (IFPI) 2
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) 1
Irish Albums (IRMA) 2
Italian Albums (FIMI) 1
Japanese Albums (Oricon) 51
Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico) 3
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 24
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) 2
Polish Albums (ZPAV) 1
Portuguese Albums (AFP) 3
Scottish Albums (OCC) 3
Slovenian Albums (Val 202) 2
South Korean Albums (Gaon) 77
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) 3
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 1
UK Albums (OCC) 2
US Billboard 200 6
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2013) Position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 37
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) 41
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 11
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) 26
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) 4
French Albums (SNEP) 26
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 7
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) 15
Italian Albums (FIMI) 18
Polish Albums (ZPAV) 4
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) 28
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 43
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 11
UK Albums (OCC) 152
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) 40
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) 62

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria) Gold 7,500
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) Gold 10,250
France (SNEP) Platinum 100,000
Germany (BVMI) 3× Gold 300,000
Hungary (MAHASZ) 2× Platinum 4,000
Italy (FIMI) Platinum 60,000
Poland (ZPAV) 2× Platinum 40,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE) Gold 20,000
Sweden (GLF) Gold 20,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) Platinum 20,000
United Kingdom (BPI) Silver 60,000

Sales figures based on certification alone.
Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format Edition Label Ref(s)
Germany 22 March 2013
  • Standard
  • deluxe
 Sony
Ireland
France 25 March 2013
United Kingdom
Italy 26 March 2013
United States
Japan 27 March 2013
  • CD
  • digital download
 Sony
Australia 29 March 2013

See also

References

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  4. "Depeche Mode – Soothe My Soul" (in German). Sony Music Entertainment Germany. Archived from the original on 25 April 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  5. "Should Be Higher (The Remixes) – EP by Depeche Mode". iTunes Store (Germany). Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  6. "The Delta Machine Tour". DepecheMode.com. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  7. "Depeche Mode: "Why Delta Machine? Because we create electronic blues "".
  8. "Q magazine".
  9. "Depeche Mode: With blues in the sky".
  10. "Should Be Higher".
  11. "Q&A: Depeche Mode's Martin Gore on band's 13th album, working with Frank Ocean, musical family".
  12. Lipshutz, Jason (8 March 2013). "Depeche Mode Q&A: Dave Gahan Talks 'Delta Machine,' Massive Tour Plans". Billboard. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  13. Turner, Luke (7 March 2013). "Depeche Mode's Delta Machine Track-By-Track Preview". The Quietus. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  14. "Heaven".
  15. "My Little Universe".
  16. "Depeche Mode: Delta Machine". AnyDecentMusic?. anydecentmusic.com. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  17. ^ "Reviews for Delta Machine by Depeche Mode". Metacritic. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  18. ^ Jeffries, David. "Delta Machine – Depeche Mode". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  19. ^ Smith, Mat (25 March 2013). "Depeche Mode – Delta Machine". Clash. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
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