DEPECHE MODE - PRECIOUS

PRECIOUS

DEPECHE MODE

SONGWRITER: MARTIN GORE

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: PLAYING THE ANGEL

LABEL: MUTE RECORDS

GENRE: NEW WAVE

YEAR: 2005

 

            "Precious" is a song by English electronic band Depeche Mode from their studio album, Playing the Angel(2005). It was released on 3 October 2005 in the United Kingdom by Mute Records and 11 October 2005 in the United States by Sire Records and Reprise Records as the album's lead single. The song reached Nº.4 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 71 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and No. 23 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart. It also topped the charts in Denmark, Italy, Spain and Sweden, and it peaked within the top 10 in Austria, Wallonia, Canada, Finland, Germany and Norway.

             It was the band's first single of original music in more than three years. "Precious" was released to international radio stations and as a digital download on 22 August 2005. Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon in 1980. The group as of now consists of a trio of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting), Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting), and Andy Fletcher (keyboards).

          Depeche Mode released their debut álbum Speak & Spell in 1981, bringing the band onto the British new wave scene. Founding member Vince Clarke left after the release of the album; they recorded A Broken Frame as a trio. Gore took over as main songwriter and, later in 1982, Alan Wilder replaced Clarke, establishing a lineup that continued for 13 years.

            The band's last albums of the 1980s, Black Celebration and Music for the Masses, established them as a dominant force within the electronic music scene. A highlight of this era was the band's June 1988 concert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl, where they drew a crowd in excess of 60,000 people. In early 1990, they released Violator, an international mainstream success. The following album, Songs of Faith and Devotion, released in 1993, was also a success, though internal struggles within the band during recording and touring resulted in Wilder's departure in 1995.

           Depeche Mode have had 54 songs in the UK Singles Chart and 17 top 10 albums in the UK chart; they have sold more than 100 million records worldwide. Q included the band in the list of the "50 Bands That Changed the World!". Depeche Mode also ranks number 98 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". In December 2016, Billboard named Depeche Mode the 10th most successful dance club artist of all time. They were nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 and 2018, and will be inducted as part of the Class of 2020. 

Precious and fragile things
Need special handling
My God, what have we done to you?
 
We always tried to share
The tenderest of care
Now look what we have put you through
 
Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give
 
Angels with silver wings
Shouldn't know suffering
I wish I could take the pain for you
 
If God has a masterplan
That only he understands
I hope it's your eyes he's seeing through
 
Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give
 
I pray you learn to trust
Have faith in both of us
And keep room in your heart for two
 
Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give.