MODE UNKNOWN

Home

A fragile shelter, rooted in a single connection.
Original MODE UNKNOWN artwork

Ultra · 1997

Home

A place to belong can be a feeling before it is a place.

A fragile shelter, rooted in a single connection.

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Inside the release

Home was not released as a standalone US single. The official archive explains that it was combined with Useless for that market. The European single releases also include live tracks recorded at the London Ultra Party in April 1997.

Release details in the official Depeche Mode archive ↗

Listen closer

Follow the vocal as the accompaniment broadens around it. The sense of arrival is gradual: listen for the difference between the song saying something and the arrangement making you feel it.

Another way in

Compare the original with one of the single's remixes. Which elements preserve the feeling of home when the surrounding rhythm and texture change?