Overview
While Dave Gahan was still busy with his solo album Hourglass (2007), Martin Gore was in his home studio in Santa Barbara, California, working on new songs. In May 2008 the band hit the studio to record their most anticipated twelfth album. As a producer, Ben Hillier took the strings again, because the band were so satisfied with their previous effort together on Playing the Angel (2005).
The band described the time in the studio as very productive, a total of twenty-two songs were created and it was difficult to choose the right songs for the album. Five of the songs not used on the album were released as part of the deluxe box set.
Short video clips of the band and production team at work in the studio were regularly posted on the band's homepage.
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