DEPECHE Mode will release their highly anticipated 13th studio album, entitled Delta Machine, on March 25 worldwide via Columbia Records.
The album, recorded over the last year in Santa Barbara, California and New York City, was produced by Ben Hillier and mixed by Flood.
In addition, Depeche Mode have also confirmed that the video for the first single Heaven will debut on VEVO next Friday, February 1, 2013.
Alongside a standard CD format, Depeche Mode will release Delta Machine in an exclusive Deluxe Edition with four additional new tracks and accompanied by a 28-page hardcover book including photos by long-time artistic collaborator Anton Corbijn (please see track listing, as well as album and single configurations below).
Martin Gore said of the release: “Writing this album was incredibly daunting as I wanted the sound of this collection to be very modern. I want people to feel good about listening to this record, to get some kind of peace. It’s just got something magical about it.”
Dave Gahan added: “With this release we’ve completely shifted our idea of how to create an album.
“When we hit a wall where we realise the album is beginning to sound too normal, we’ll mess it up and really give it that organic Depeche Mode sound. Delta Machine is no different, and I can’t wait for all of our fans to hear it.”
Following the release of their new album, Depeche Mode will embark on a European stadium tour, kicking off in Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park on May 7.
They will perform 34 shows in 25 European countries, featuring appearances at Milan’s famed San Siro Stadium, the Stade De France in Paris, and Moscow’s Locomotive Stadium before wrapping up the European leg of their tour in Minsk, Belarus on July 29.
A full North American tour will follow, with details to be announced in the coming weeks.
The tracklisting for Delta Machine is as follows…
Standard
Welcome To My World
Angel
Heaven
Secret To The End
My Little Universe
Slow
Broken
The Child Inside
Soft Touch/Raw Nerve
Should Be Higher
Alone
Soothe My Soul
Goodbye
Deluxe Edition (includes hardcover 28-page booklet)
Disc 1
Welcome To My World
Angel
Heaven
Secret To The End
My Little Universe
Slow
Broken
The Child Inside
Soft Touch/Raw Nerve
Should Be Higher
Alone
Soothe My Soul
Goodbye
Disc 2
Long Time Lie
Happens All The Time
Always
All That’s Mine