Ultra (albüm)

Ultra
Depeche Mode stüdyo albümü
Yayımlanma	15 Nisan 1997 (1997-04-15)
Kaydedilme	1996-1997
Tarz	Alternative rock, alternative dance, synthpop, electronic rock, industrial rock, dance-rock, electronica, pop rock
Süre	60:14
Şirket	Mute, Sire
Yapımcı	Tim Simenon
Depeche Mode kronolojisi
Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993) Ultra (1997) Exciter (2001)

Ultra, Depeche Mode'un dokuzuncu stüdyo albümü. 15 Nisan 1997'da Mute Records etiketiyle yayımlandı.

Track listings

All tracks was writing by Martin Gore.
1. Barrel of a Gun - 5:35
2. The Love Thieves - 6:34
3. Home - 5:42
4. It's No Good - 5:58
5. Uselink - 2:22
6. Useless - 5:12
7. Sister of Night - 6:04
8. Jazz Thieves - 2:55
9. Freestate - 6:44
10. The Bottom Line - 4:27
11. Insight - 6:26
12. Junior Painkiller - 2:12

Curiosities

1. To recorded track "Useless", Depeche Mode used four drums players.
2. "Home / Useless" is a promotional single, released in Amerika Birleşik Devletleri 18 November 1997.
3. In the track "Condemnation" Martin Gore is playing the organs.
4. In the tracks "Barrel of a Gun" and "It's No Good" Victor Indrizzo is playing the drums.
5. Videos to "Barrel of a Gun" and "Useless" were making to single versions of this tracks.
6. Videos to "Home" and "It's No Good" were making to radio versions of this tracks.
7. All singles have a single versions and a radio edits.
8. "The Bottom Line" was singing alone by Martin Gore.
9. "Junior Painkiller" is a shorter and more dark version of track "Painkiller".
10. "Uselink", "Jazz Thieves" and "Junior Painkiller" are instrumental tracks.
11. "Ultra" is the first album, which Depeche Mode created without Alan Wilder (in the band: 1982-1995).
12. In the video to "It's No Good" Martin Gore is playing the keyboard, Andy Fletcher is playing the contrabass, David Gahan is singing and Victor Indrizzo is playing the drums. No one member of the band used the bass guitar (which is playing after the first chorus, second chorus and in the time of third stanza).
13. In the video to "Useless" Martin Gore is singing with David Gahan second chorus, third stanza and third chorus, and playing the bass guitar, Andy Fletcher is playing the electric guitar and David Gahan is singing.

Musicains

1. David Gahan - lead vocals (without "Home", "Uselink", "Jazz Thieves, "The Bottom Line" and "Junior Painkiller"), electric guitar ("Barrel of a Gun", "The Love Thieves", "Home", "Useless", "Jazz Thieves", "Freestate"), contrabass ("It's No Good")
2. Martin Gore - keyboard (without "Barrel of a Gun", "The Love Thieves", "Home", "It's No Good", "Useless", "Sister of Night", "Jazz Thieves", "Freestate" and "The Bottom Line"), lead vocals ("Home", "The Bottom Line"), bass guitar ("Barrel of a Gun", "The Love Thieves", "Home", "It's No Good", "Sister of Night", "Jazz Thieves", "The Bottom Line"), acoustic guitar ("Freestate"), backing vocals ("Barrel of a Gun", "The Love Thieves", "It's No Good", "Useless", "Sister of Night", "Insight")
3. Andy Fletcher - keyboard (without "Uselink"), backing vocals ("Barrel of a Gun", "It's No Good", "Useless"), bass guitar ("Freestate")
4. Victor Indrizzo - drums ("Barrel of a Gun", "It's No Good")
5. Jaki Liebezeit – drums ("The Bottom Line")
6. BJ Cole – pedal steel guitar ("The Bottom Line")
7. Doug Wimbish - bass guitar ("Useless")
8. Gota Yashiki – drums ("Useless")
9. Keith LeBlanc - drums ("Useless")
10. Danny Cummings – drums ("Useless", "Freestate")
11. Christian Eigner - drums ("Useless")
12. Daniel Miller – System700 ("Uselink")

Singles

1. Barrel of a Gun (Yayımlanma - 3 Şubat 1997)
2. It's No Good (Yayımlanma - 31 Mart 1997)
3. Home (Yayımlanma - 16 Haziran 1997)
4. Useless (Yayımlanma - 20 Ağustos 1997)
5. Home / Useless (Yayımlanma - 18 Kasım 1997) (Promotional single released only in Amerika Birleşik Devletleri)