Many thanks to everyone who recently voted for their favorite Depeche Mode albums as part of Albumism’s readers’ poll series! Check out the consensus results & rankings below and stay tuned for our next readers’ poll coming soon.

Albumism Readers’ Poll Results (2,102 Total Votes):

#1 | Violator | 1990 | 492 votes (23% of total) | Read More

#2 | Music for the Masses | 1987 | 374 votes (18% of total) | Read More

#3 | Black Celebration | 1986 | 333 votes (16% of total) | Read More

#4 | Songs of Faith and Devotion | 1993 | 265 votes (13% of total) | Read More

#5 | Ultra | 1997 | 170 votes (8% of total) | Read More

#6 | Some Great Reward | 1984 | 126 votes (6% of total)

#7 | Construction Time Again | 1983 | 93 votes (4% of total) | Read More

#8 | Playing the Angel | 2005 | 71 votes (3% of total)

#9 | A Broken Frame | 1982 | 53 votes (3% of total)

#10 | Speak & Spell | 1981 | 51 votes (2% of total) | Read More

Other Albums Receiving Votes:

#11 | Exciter (2001) (29 votes)
#12 | Sounds of the Universe (2009) (19)
#13 | Spirit (2017) (15)
#14 | Delta Machine (2013) (11)

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