Counterfeit² is the first full-length studio album by

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, the primary songwriter for the band

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, and his second release (his first being ''

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'' in 1989). Released April 28, 2003 in Europe and April 29, 2003 in the US, ''Counterfeit²'' is an album featuring 11 covers of songs that Gore considered influential to his own compositions for Depeche Mode. He recorded this album around the same time as

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recorded his first solo album ''

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'', after the '' Exciter'' tour was finished, and around the same time Andrew Fletcher produced

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's self-titled debut album. Counterfeit² is a very synth heavy album compared to Depeche Mode's prior two albums, ''Exciter'' and ''

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'', and includes a song sung completely in German ("Das Lied vom einsamen Mädchen"). Gore also went on a brief tour consisting of a few concerts in Europe and only Los Angeles in North America.

Track listing

CD: Mute / CDSTUMM214 (UK)

In My Time of Dying "In My Time of Dying" (also called "Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed" or a variation thereof) is a gospel music song by Blind Willie Johnson. The title line, closing each stanza of the song, refers to a deathbed and was inspired by a passage in the B ...

" – 4:24 (Traditional, Gore's version is primarily influenced by

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's recording, though the

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version is more well known.) #" Stardust" – 3:08 (written by

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) #"I Cast a Lonesome Shadow" – 4:51 (written by Hank Thompson, Lynn Russwurm) #"In My Other World" – 3:53 (written by

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" – 7:02 (written by

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) #"By This River" – 4:01 (written by

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) #"Lost in the Stars" – 2:52 (written by

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" – 3:33 (written by

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) #"Das Lied vom einsamen Mädchen" – 5:25 (written by

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, Robert Gilbert, originally performed by

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) #"Tiny Girls" – 3:20 (written by

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) #"Candy Says" – 4:35 (written by

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Personnel

*Andrew Phillpott – producer *Paul Freegard – producer *

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– art direction, sleeve photo *Jennifer Secord - supplementary photos * Peter Gordeno - piano on "Lost in the Stars", Fender Rhodes on "Das Lied Von Einsamen Mädchen" and backward solo on "Tiny Girls" *Martin L. Gore – vocals, synthesizer, guitar, arranger *Kris Solem – mastering *Recorded at Electrical Ladyboy

Singles

Stardust

* A single for the track "Stardust" was released two weeks prior to the release of ''Counterfeit²''. 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

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from the 1973

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album ''

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''), along with various remixes of "Stardust" and "I Cast a Lonesome Shadow".

''Loverman EP²''

* After ''Counterfeit²'', saw the release of ''Loverman EP²'' which included mixes of "Loverman" and "Das Lied vom einsamen Mädchen". There was also a version with a DVD which included footage of Martin's

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show on April 30, 2003 and an interview. It was released in November in the UK and was not released in the US.

References

External links

Album information from the official Martin Gore website

Martin Gore official website

Depeche Mode official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Counterfeit2 Covers albums 2003 debut albums Mute Records albums Martin Gore albums