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Year released: 2005Playing the Angel

Critical acclaim:

Key singles:

  1. "Precious" (3 October 2005)
  2. "A Pain That I'm Used To" (9 December 2005)
  3. "Suffer Well" (20 March 2006)
  4. "John the Revelator / Lilian" (4 June 2006)

Track list:

  1. "A Pain That I'm Used To" – 4:11
  2. "John the Revelator" – 3:42
  3. "Suffer Well" – 3:49
  4. "The Sinner in Me" – 4:56
  5. "Precious" – 4:10
  6. "Macro" – 4:03
  7. "I Want It All" – 6:09
  8. "Nothing's Impossible" – 4:21
  9. "Introspectre" – 1:42
  10. "Damaged People" – 3:29
  11. "Lilian" – 4:49
  12. "The Darkest Star" – 6:55


Important 'notes':

  • This is the first studio album to contain songs written by Dave Gahan. He wrote the lyrics to "Suffer Well", "I Want It All" and "Nothing's Impossible", along with tour drummer Christian Eigner and Andrew Phillpot, who had helped with his 2003 solo effort "Paper Monsters".