A Depeche Mode tribute album, it offers 16 different takes on songs ranging from "Master and Servant" (rethought as lounge music by Locust) to "Enjoy the Silence" (given an appropriately astringent feel by Failure). ***ĭepeche Mode's dark, synth-laden sound is so distinctive most listeners would have a hard time imagining the group's songs done any other way. Instead, his performance on songs like "Men Like Us" and "Thinkin' About It" are lean and intense, with Levert singing as if each note held back a torrent of emotion. It helps that he has better roots than most (his dad is Eddie Levert of the O'Jays), but he also understands the old-school virtue of understatement, and that's the secret behind "Love & Consequences." A set of slow-simmering love ballads, the album gives Levert plenty of space to exercise his deep, sexy croon, yet he never wastes time on showing off. A lot of R&B singers talk about old-school soul, but few embody its sound and sensibility as completely as Gerald Levert.
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