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There was also a version with a DVD which included footage of Martin's Milan show on Apand an interview. After Counterfeit², saw the release of Loverman EP² which included mixes of "Loverman" and "Das Lied vom einsamen Mädchen".It included the B-sides "Life Is Strange" and a video of "Left Hand Luke and the Beggar Boys" (both are two soul songs written by Marc Bolan from the 1973 T.Rex album Tanx), along with various remixes of "Stardust" and "I Cast a Lonesome Shadow". A single for the track "Stardust" was released two weeks prior to the release of Counterfeit².Gore – vocals, synthesizer, guitar, arranger Peter Gordeno - piano on "Lost in the Stars", Fender Rhodes on "Das Lied Von Einsamen Mädchen" and backward solo on "Tiny Girls".Anton Corbijn – art direction, sleeve photo."Candy Says" – 4:35 (written by Lou Reed, originally performed by The Velvet Underground)."Tiny Girls" – 3:20 (written by David Bowie, Iggy Pop).Heymann, Robert Gilbert, originally performed by Hildegard Knef) "Das Lied vom einsamen Mädchen" – 5:25 (written by Werner R." Oh My Love" – 3:33 (written by John Lennon, Yoko Ono)."Lost in the Stars" – 2:52 (written by Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill).

"By This River" – 4:01 (written by Brian Eno, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Dieter Moebius)." Loverman" – 7:02 (written by Nick Cave)."In My Other World" – 3:53 (written by Julee Cruise, Louis Tucci)."I Cast a Lonesome Shadow" – 4:51 (written by Hank Thompson, Lynn Russwurm)." Stardust" – 3:08 (written by David Essex)." In My Time of Dying" – 4:24 (Traditional, Gore's version is primarily influenced by Bob Dylan's recording, though the Led Zeppelin version is more well known.).Track listing CD: Mute / CDSTUMM214 (UK) Gore also went on a brief tour consisting of a few concerts in Europe and only Los Angeles in North America. My Top 3 favorite DM songs sung by Martin Gore are 'A Question of Lust', 'The Things You Said' and 'Judas', I really like how Gore gets to sing on 1-2 songs per album. He recorded this album around the same time as David Gahan recorded his first solo album Paper Monsters, after the Exciter tour was finished, and around the same time Andrew Fletcher produced Client's self-titled debut album.Ĭounterfeit² is a very synth heavy album compared to Depeche Mode's prior two albums, Exciter and Ultra, and includes a song sung completely in German ("Das Lied vom einsamen Mädchen"). Released Apin Europe and Apin the US, Counterfeit² is an album featuring 11 covers of songs that Gore considered influential to his own compositions for Depeche Mode.

Counterfeit² is the first full-length studio album by Martin Gore, the primary songwriter for the band Depeche Mode, and his second release (his first being Counterfeit e.p.
