This one took a little getting used to, but this is a very nice Mode song. It's a good intro to the new Depeche Mode album, Exciter. It has the snap and crackle of some modern techno combined with an acoustic part that sounds not unlike the Personal Jesus riff. Hearing the original and one of the the remixes at various clubs (Tokyo Rose in Charlottesville, VA and Aldo's in Lyndhurst, NJ) has really changed my mind on this one. It's moody but upbeat, with typical Mode mystique, adding up to a great first single. The Bushwacka remixes give it more of a dance feel, and the Easy Tiger remix takes the beatless instrumental on the album and turns it into something out of a Starsky and Hutch chase scene. The Dave Clark remix closes the single with a stripped down hard house beat heavy and distored vocal version. Hopefully DM on commercial radio again will pave the way for a new uprising of synthpop and new wave (check out Ladytron, Wolfsheim, Iris) that will put an end to the so called nu-metal that that is junking the airwaves.

This one took a little getting used to, but this is a very nice Mode song. It's a good intro to the new Depeche Mode album, Exciter. It has the snap and crackle of some modern techno combined with an acoustic part that sounds not unlike the Personal Jesus riff. Hearing the original and one of the the remixes at various clubs (Tokyo Rose in Charlottesville, VA and Aldo's in Lyndhurst, NJ) has really changed my mind on this one. It's moody but upbeat, with typical Mode mystique, adding up to a great first single. The Bushwacka remixes give it more of a dance feel, and the Easy Tiger remix takes the beatless instrumental on the album and turns it into something out of a Starsky and Hutch chase scene. The Dave Clark remix closes the single with a stripped down hard house beat heavy and distored vocal version. Hopefully DM on commercial radio again will pave the way for a new uprising of synthpop and new wave (check out Ladytron, Wolfsheim, Iris) that will put an end to the so called nu-metal that that is junking the airwaves.

When I first heard news of "Exciter," I read that the band was going for a Velvet Underground feel. When I finally heard "Dream On," I felt they had achieved it. With a crackling techno beat that is so typical of Mode (but that ain't a bad thing at all), and an acoustic guitar riff that echoes "Personal Jesus" with it's classic blues sound, and Dave Gahan's vocals sounding as great as ever (he actually pulls off what seems to sound like a British Lou Reed), this song is surely one of Depeche Mode's finest. Perhaps not as ambient as tracks off "Ultra" (at least not in terms of the electronics), but no less atmospheric, this song is a testament to Depeche Mode's place as one of the great innovators of the music world. Nothing really new or experimental here, but still much better than the crap-rock corrupting people's ears on the radio waves. "Dream On" is a great song. Listen to it already!

the boys are back!!!! this single just makes you long for EXCITER more. The song "Dream On" is very soothing compared to whats on the radio these days. The Remixes are much better than what they offered with any single from ULTRA. DM may have been around for 20 years but at least there music has grown with the times and they give us emotion though a sound we didn't expect.

After reading so many 5 star reviews, and not hearing the single on the radio, I had a fairly high level of anticipation regarding this single. I was VERY let down. It's not that it's bad, it's just "there". I've been a big fan since "Speak & Spell" and thought Ultra was a wonderful CD from begining to end. While I have no issue with the acoustic guitars (I loved the acoutstic version of "Personal Jesus"), this just seems boring. If I heard this and they said it was any other band, I'd turn the station. As it is, I now have severe doubts about the new CD, Exciter. Also, the "B"side, "Easy Tiger". . what's up with that? Wah-wah guitars? Again, not horrible, not experimental, just kind of "7th grade, let's start a band" kind of a sound. I'm hoping "Dream On" will grow on me, but I had to pull it off after one play. Sorry guys, as I really am a fan.