Title: Depeche Mode – A Broken Frame
Year/Genre: 1982, Synthpop / New Wave
Matrix #: 1-23751
Condition: VG+
Description: Released in 1982, A Broken Frame was Depeche Mode’s first album after the departure of founding songwriter Vince Clarke, leaving Martin Gore to take over as the band’s primary composer. Recorded in London, the album marked a transitional period—its darker textures hinted at the more serious, atmospheric direction the band would later embrace. The cover photo, shot by Brian Griffin in an English wheat field, has become one of the most striking visual images in the band’s history, symbolizing their move into new creative territory. For collectors, this LP represents the uncertain but pivotal moment that shaped Depeche Mode’s future.