Some Great Reward

(Album bio adapted from Wikipedia)

Some Great Reward is the fourth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released in 1984. The album peaked at number five in the United Kingdom and at number fifty-one in the United States. The title comes from the last lines of the bridge in “Lie to Me” when it repeats near the end. The album was supported by the Some Great Reward Tour.

Melody Maker reviewer Barry McIlheney noted that:

[this album is a] truly remarkable development in the voice of Gahan […] [i]t used to be okay to slag this bunch off because of their lack of soul, their supposed synthetic appeal, their reluctance to really pack a punch […] [the ablum] just trashes such bad old talk into the ground and demands that you now sit up and take notice of what is happening here, right under your nose.