I hate doing this to all of you, but I got a sampler of the new Depeche Mode album and it's great.

I mean, "Music For the Masses" great. Not "Ultra" great or "Exciter" great, but "Violator" great.

Unfortunately, I cannot share it with you - it's just not right at this point in time. I have an icky feeling about leaking things out too far ahead of the street date. But I'm excited about it - it's that good. And I gave up on these guys long ago. Martin seems to have rediscovered BEATS.

Who knew?