Counterfeit EP
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| Released | June 12, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | Sam Therapy (London) | |||
| Genre | Synth-pop | |||
| Length | 24:25 | |||
| Label | Mute | |||
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| Martin L. Gore chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Counterfeit EP | ||||
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| AllMusic | StarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[1] |
| Music Folio | StarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[2] |
Counterfeit EP is the first solo recording by the English musician Martin L. Gore, the primary songwriter for the band Depeche Mode.
Background
[edit | edit source]Released in 1989, Counterfeit is a six-song EP of cover songs, hence the name, implying that the songs were not written by Gore. Counterfeit was recorded during a band hiatus after recording and touring for the album Music for the Masses (1987); bandmate Alan Wilder also recorded and released Hydrology (1988) under the pseudonym Recoil during this period.
Even though the release has the letters "e.p." in its title, Mute Records issued it an album catalogue number (STUMM67[a]).
In France and Germany a promo single for "In a Manner of Speaking" was released.
Track listing
[edit | edit source]CD: Mute / CDSTUMM67 (UK)
[edit | edit source]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Compulsion" | Joe Crow | Joe Crow | 5:26 |
| 2. | "In a Manner of Speaking" | Winston Tong | Tuxedomoon | 4:19 |
| 3. | "Smile in the Crowd" | Vini Reilly | The Durutti Column | 5:02 |
| 4. | "Gone" |
| The Comsat Angels | 3:28 |
| 5. | "Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth" | Ron Mael | Sparks | 3:02 |
| 6. | "Motherless Child" | Traditional | 2:48 | |
| Total length: | 24:25 | |||
Credits
[edit | edit source]- Engineered by Rico Conning
- Produced by Martin L. Gore and Rico Conning at Sam Therapy Studios, London
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ The English translation for "stumm" is "mute".
References
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