Violator is the seventh album by the English synthpop group Depeche Mode, released by Mute in 1990. Preceded by the hit singles Personal Jesus and Enjoy the Silence (a Top 10 hit on both sides of the Atlantic), Violator propelled the band into international stardom. The album yielded two further hit singles, Policy of Truth and World in My Eyes. This album is the first of the band to achieve the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 (number seven) and stand 74 weeks in the chart. In 2003, the album was ra...
Violator is the seventh album by the English synthpop group Depeche Mode, released by Mute in 1990. Preceded by the hit singles Personal Jesus and Enjoy the Silence (a Top 10 hit on both sides of the Atlantic), Violator propelled the band into international stardom. The album yielded two further hit singles, Policy of Truth and World in My Eyes. This album is the first of the band to achieve the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 (number seven) and stand 74 weeks in the chart. In 2003, the album was ranked number 342 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It was supported by the World Violation Tour. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
