Tracks
Side A
- 11990World In My Eyes4:27A♯ minor
- 21990Sweetest Perfection4:44E major
- 31990Personal Jesus4:56C♯ minor
- 41990Halo4:30A♯ minor
- 51990Dutch Top 40: peak position 23 in week 11 of 2013, 10 weeks in the chartWaiting for the Night6:07A♯ minor
Side B
- 11990Dutch Top 40: peak position 8 in week 15 of 1990, 9 weeks in the chartEnjoy the Silence4:18D♯ minor
- 21990Policy of Truth4:55G minor
- 31990Blue Dress5:38E major
- 41990Clean5:33B minor
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of Violator
Violator sounds darker and more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 125 bpm.
Quietest track: Waiting for the Night · most energetic: Enjoy the Silence
Across 9 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
The four members of Depeche Mode around the time of Violator, with the years they belonged to the group. This is the band line-up around that time, not necessarily who is heard on the album. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
Dave Gahan
Martin L. Gore
Andrew Fletcher
Alan Wilder1980198519901995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
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Frequently asked questions
When was Violator by Depeche Mode released?
Violator came out in 1990.
How many tracks are on Violator?
Violator has nine tracks, 46 minutes in total, spread over two vinyl sides.
Which tracks from Violator made the Dutch Top 40?
Two tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Waiting for the Night and Enjoy the Silence. The highest was Enjoy the Silence, at number 8 in week 15 of 1990.
Which category is Violator in?
Violator is filed under studio albums. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Depeche Mode.
Which other albums by Depeche Mode are in the collection?
The collection holds one more album by Depeche Mode: The Best of (2006).
Who was in Depeche Mode when Violator came out?
In 1990, Depeche Mode consisted of Dave Gahan, Martin L. Gore, Andrew Fletcher and Alan Wilder. That is the line-up of the group in that year, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of Violator mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play Violator?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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