Post by Seb on Jan 13, 2021 8:52:28 GMT
Martin Lee Gore (July 23, 1961)
Vocal Range: C2 - D5
Associated Acts: Depeche Mode (1980 - present), VCMG (2011 - present)
{Discography (excluding instrumental releases)}
Depeche Mode
Speak & Spell (G2 - A4)
A Broken Frame (E♭3 - G4 - B♭4)
Construction Time Again (A2 - G4)
Some Great Reward (A2 - G4 - D5)
Black Celebration (A2 - G♯4)
Music For The Masses (D2 - G4 - A4)
Violator (C♯2 - G♯4 - B♭4)
Songs Of Faith and Devotion (G2 - B♭4 - B4)
Ultra (F2 - G4 - G♯4)
Exciter (B♭2 - G♯4 - B♭4)
Playing The Angel (C3 - B4)
Sounds Of The Universe (E♭3 - B♭4 - B4)
Delta Machine (C♯3 - A4)
Spirit (B♭2 - G4 - B♭4)
Memento Mori (E♭2 - G♯4)
Solo
Counterfeit (G2 - G4)
Counterfeit 2 (C2 - G♯4)
+ singles/guest appearances
Depeche Mode
Speak & Spell (G2 - A4)
A Broken Frame (E♭3 - G4 - B♭4)
Construction Time Again (A2 - G4)
Some Great Reward (A2 - G4 - D5)
Black Celebration (A2 - G♯4)
Music For The Masses (D2 - G4 - A4)
Violator (C♯2 - G♯4 - B♭4)
Songs Of Faith and Devotion (G2 - B♭4 - B4)
Ultra (F2 - G4 - G♯4)
Exciter (B♭2 - G♯4 - B♭4)
Playing The Angel (C3 - B4)
Sounds Of The Universe (E♭3 - B♭4 - B4)
Delta Machine (C♯3 - A4)
Spirit (B♭2 - G4 - B♭4)
Memento Mori (E♭2 - G♯4)
Solo
Counterfeit (G2 - G4)
Counterfeit 2 (C2 - G♯4)
+ singles/guest appearances
Significant High Notes:
D5 ("It Doesn't Matter")
C5 ("(Set Me Free) Remotivate Me", “Master And Servant”, “Peace” [demo])
B4 ("Come Back", "Condemnation", "John The Revelator")
B♭4 ("Dream On", "Enjoy The Silence", "Fragile Tension", “Higher Love", "Judas”, "Master And Servant", "No More (This is the Last Time)", “Once You Say”, "The Meaning Of Love", “World In My Eyes")
A4 ("A Pain That I'm Used To", "Breathe", "Come Back", “Coming Back To You”, "Going Backwards", “I Feel You”, "In Chains", “Leave In Silence”, “Only You & You Alone”, "Route 66", "Sacred", “See You”, "Shake The Disease", "Should Be Higher", "The Meaning Of Love", "The Sinner In Me", “Walking In My Shoes”, “What’s Your Name?”)
G♯4 ("A Question Of Lust”, "A Photograph Of You", "Condemnation", "Corrupt", "Dream On", “Enjoy The Silence", "Goodnight Lovers", "Heaven", "Home", "In Sympathy", "In Your Room", "John The Revelator", "Lilian", "Miles Away/The Truth Is", "My Favorite Stranger", "Nothing", “Only You & You Alone”, "Perfect", "Sacred", "Shake The Disease", "Soft Touch / Raw Nerve", "Stardust", "The Sun And The Moon And The Stars", "Walking In My Shoes” [demo], "World In My Eyes", "Zenstation")
G4 ("(Set Me Free) Remotivate Me", “And Then...", "Before We Drown", "Boys Say Go!”, "Broken", “Corrupt” [demo], "Cover Me", "Damaged People", "Death's Door", "Enjoy The Silence", "Fly On The Windscreen", "Free", "Higher Love", "Hole To Feed", “I Feel You”, “I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead” [live], "Insight" [LiVE SPiRiTS], "It's No Good", "Lie To Me" [demo], "Light", “Loverman”, “Monument”, “My Secret Garden”, "Never Let Me Go", "Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth", “Only You & You Alone”, "Peace", "People Are Good", "People Are People", "Policy Of Truth", “See You”, “Shout”, "Slow", "So Much Love", "Somebody", "Sometimes", "Soothe My Soul", "Strangelove", "The Sinner In Me", "Two Minute Warning", "Where's The Revolution")
F♯4 (“A Question Of Lust”, "A Photograph Of You", "Alone", "Blasphemous Rumours", “Boys Say Go!”, "But Not Tonight" [live in Berlin], "Caroline's Monkey", "Come Back", "Dream On", "Dressed In Black", "Fragile Tension", "Going Backwards", "Goodnight Lovers", “I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead” [live], "In Your Room", “It Doesn’t Matter”, "John The Revelator", “Judas”, "Left Hand Luke and The Beggar Boys", "Lie To Me" [live in Hamburg 1984], "Little 15", "Little Soul", "Long Time Lie", "Motherless Child", "My Cosmos Is Mine", "My Favorite Stranger", "Newborn", "No More (This is the Last Time)", “Once You Say”, "Peace” [demo], "Perfect", "Personal Jesus", "Precious", "Poison Heart", "Poorman", "Should Be Higher", “Shout”, "Suffer Well", "Sweetest Perfection", "The Darkest Star", “What’s Your Name?”, "Wrong", "Zenstation")
F4 ("(Set Me Free) Remotivate Me", "A Pain That I'm Used To", "Alone", "Always", "Always You", "And Then...", "Before We Drown", "Black Celebration" [101 Live Version], "Behind The Wheel", “Boys Say Go!”, “Candy Says”, "Comatose", “Coming Back To You”, "Cover Me", "Corrupt", "Dressed In Black", "Don't Say You Love Me", Enjoy The Silence", "Everything Counts", "Fail", "Ghost", "Goodbye", "Halo", "Happiest Girl", "Heaven", "Here Is The House", "Higher Love", "Hole To Feed", “I Like It”, "I Want It All", "In Sympathy", “Judas”, “Just Can’t Get Enough”, “Leave In Silence”, "Light", "Lilian", "Little Soul", "Love, In Itself", “Man Made Machine”, "Master And Servant", "My Joy", “My Secret Garden”, "Never Let Me Down Again", "Never Let Me Go", "Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth", "Newborn", “Nodisco!”, “One Caress”, “Only When I Lose Myself” [demo], "Overdrive”, "People Are Good", "People Are People", "Route 66", "Secret To The End", "Shake The Disease", "So Much Love", "Soft Touch / Raw Nerve", "Soul With Me", "The Darkest Star", "The Love Thieves", "The Meaning Of Love", "Two Minute Warning", "Useless", “Wagging Tail", "Waiting For The Night", "Where's The Revolution")
E4 ("(Set Me Free) Remotivate Me", “A Question Of Lust”, "Angel", "Any Second Now (Voices)", "Blasphemous Rumours", "Breathe", "But Not Tonight", “Candy Says”, "Come Back", “Coming Back To You”, "Compulsion", “Corrupt” [demo], "Death's Door", “Dreaming Of Me”, "Everything Counts", "Fly On The Windscreen", "Fail", "Free", "Get Right With Me", "Ghosts Again", "Goodbye", "Goodnight Lovers", "Happens All The Time", "Higher Love", "Hole To Feed", "Home", “I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead”, “I Want You Now”, “Ice Machine”, “In My Other World”, "In Your Room", "Insight" [LiVE SPiRiTS], "It Doesn't Matter Two", “Just Can’t Get Enough”, "Left Hand Luke and The Beggar Boys", "Leave In Silence” [live in Bratislava 11/06/2006], "Lie To Me", "Little 15", "Long Time Lie", “Lost in the Stars”, "Love, In Itself", "Macro", “Monument”, “My Cosmos Is Mine", "My Secret Garden”, “New Life”, "Nothing", "Nothing's Impossible", "Oh Well", “Peace” [demo], "People Are People", "Perfect", "Personal Jesus", “Photographic”, "Poorman", “Puppets”, "Sacred", "Sea Of Sin", “See You”, "Slow", "Soft Touch / Raw Nerve", "Somebody", "Sometimes", "Soul With Me", "Stardust", "Stories Of Old", "Strangelove", "Suffer Well", "The Bottom Line", "The Child Inside", "The Meaning Of Love", "The Sinner In Me", The Sun And The Moon And The Stars", "The Sun and the Rainfall", "World Full Of Nothing", "Zenstation")
Significant Low Notes:
D3 ("Any Second Now (Voices)", "Black Celebration" [101 Live Version], "Blue Dress", “Candy Says”, “Condemnation” [live in Berlin], "Comatose", “Das Lied vom einsamen Mädchen”, "Death's Door", "Eternal", "Get The Balance Right", "Gone", "I Cast A Lonesome Shadow", “I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead”, "I Want You Now" [LiVE SPiRiTS], “In My Other World”, "It Doesn't Matter", “Lost in the Stars”, “Man Made Machine”, “One Caress”, “Peace” [demo], "Pimpf", "Poorman", "Route 66", "Smile In the Crowd", "Somebody", "Sometimes", “Surrender”, "The Child Inside","When The Body Speaks" [live], "World Full Of Nothing")
C♯3 ("Always", "But Not Tonight" [live in Berlin], Comatose", "Compulsion", “Here Is the House" [demo], Judas”, “Lost in the Stars”, "Motherless Child", “Oh My Love”, “Once You Say”, "Poison Heart", "Shake the Disease" [demo], "Shame", "Stardust", "Sweetest Perfection", "The Bottom Line", “Walking in My Shoes”)
C3 (“Breathe", "By This River”, “Candy Says”, “Corrupt”, "Damaged People", “Das Lied vom einsamen Mädchen”, "Eternal", "I Cast A Lonesome Shadow", "In A Manner Of Speaking", “In My Other World”, "In My Time Of Dying", "Insight" [LiVE SPiRiTS], “Judas” [demo], "Life Is Strange", “Little 15” [demo], “Loverman”, "Macro", "One Caress”, “Peace” [demo], "Shame", "Something To Do", “Soul With Me", "The Things You Said”, "Work Hard", "World Full Of Nothing", "You Move")
B2 (“I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead”, “Master and Servant” [Nouvelle Vague cover], “Pipeline", "Route 66", "Smile in the Crowd", “Sweetest Perfection” [demo], "Tiny Girls", "When the Body Speaks" [various live versions])
B♭2 ("Dream On", "Here Is the House" [demo], “Judas”, "Shake the Disease" [demo], "The Bottom Line", "You Move")
A2 ("Blue Dress", “By This River”, "Clean” [demo], "Compulsion", “I Want You Now’, "In My Time Of Dying", "It Doesn't Matter", “Judas”, "Lie To Me" [demo], “Master And Servant” [Nouvelle Vague cover], “Oh My Love”, "Pipeline", "Route 66", "Soul With Me", "Tiny Girls", "When The Body Speaks" [various live versions], "World Full Of Nothing")
G♯2 ("Compulsion", "In A Manner Of Speaking", “Judas” [demo], "Stardust")
G2 ("Condemnation", “I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead”, "In A Manner of Speaking", "In My Time of Dying", "Lie to Me" [demo], “Little 15” [demo], "People Are Good", "When the Body Speaks" [various live versions])
F♯2 ("Master and Servant" [Nouvelle Vague cover], "Stardust")
F2 ("Clean” [demo], "People Are Good", "The Bottom Line")
E2 ("Clean" [demo], "I Want You Now")
E♭2 (“Loverman”, “My Favorite Stranger", "Sweetest Perfection”)
D2 (“I Want You Now”)
C♯2 (“Sweetest Perfection”)
C2 (“Loverman”)
{Description}
Most known as the main creative force behind English electronic band Depeche Mode, Martin L. Gore's dark, provocative meditations on love, sex, society and loneliness have made for some of the most influential, respected music of the past 40 years. Although he is not the group's frontman, Martin's vocals remain an important part of Depeche Mode's sound, providing backing vocals and harmonies counterpoint to Dave Gahan and performing as lead vocalist on several of the band's songs. He has also made solo releases with prominent vocals and has provided backing vocals to other artists as well, with his soft, vibrato laced tone making for one of the most distinct voices in popular music.
Martin's vocal placement is an interesting one, to say the least. His voice is relatively light and clear sounding in its upper register, often providing the higher backing vocals to Dave Gahan's lower placed leading vocals. In spite of this, Martin is not a particularly high placed singer. His placement is actually very low for a tenor, usually singing within baritone range on leading performances and with backing vocals that usually peak around mid-to-upper fourth octave. He has no issue with singing any of Dave Gahan's parts in demos or covers with a similarly dark timbre, and in some cases, even performs these songs lower than Dave (seriously, the F2s from the "Clean" demo sound frighteningly deep). Even with his surprising vocal depths, he sounds rather comfortable around the G4-A4 area of his chest voice, though his falsetto register begins to take over around this part of his range. His falsetto is also quite capable and ethereal sounding when used. While not the rangiest singer, it could be said that Martin performs within the most comfortable parts of his voice, and does benefit from it (his smooth tone, strong vibrato and clear phrasing remain untouched throughout almost all parts of his range, and I've yet to see any bloopers or truly "bad" performances from him).
Martin's voice hasn't fluctuated much since his beginnings as a vocalist. His solo albums have given access for him to display his strong lower register, but his highs usually remain the same range wise (peaks around G4 to A4 in chest voice, B♭4 with falsetto) and lows typically down to A2 on Depeche Mode records (while taking leading vocals). His tone during live performances has ever so slightly changed with age (or possibly past alcohol intake), but he remains a very capable live performer into older age. Songs such as "Condemnation", "Walking In My Shoes" and "Lie To Me" display his higher notes being used for more extended periods of time without struggle (He holds a clean F♯4 live for about 13 seconds performing "Lie To Me"), while songs such as "In A Manner Of Speaking" and "Loverman" (both from solo recordings) display him using lower notes more extensively. All in all, a unique, smooth, pleasant sounding voice (which has been achieved without any formal vocal training, apparently).
Most known as the main creative force behind English electronic band Depeche Mode, Martin L. Gore's dark, provocative meditations on love, sex, society and loneliness have made for some of the most influential, respected music of the past 40 years. Although he is not the group's frontman, Martin's vocals remain an important part of Depeche Mode's sound, providing backing vocals and harmonies counterpoint to Dave Gahan and performing as lead vocalist on several of the band's songs. He has also made solo releases with prominent vocals and has provided backing vocals to other artists as well, with his soft, vibrato laced tone making for one of the most distinct voices in popular music.
Martin's vocal placement is an interesting one, to say the least. His voice is relatively light and clear sounding in its upper register, often providing the higher backing vocals to Dave Gahan's lower placed leading vocals. In spite of this, Martin is not a particularly high placed singer. His placement is actually very low for a tenor, usually singing within baritone range on leading performances and with backing vocals that usually peak around mid-to-upper fourth octave. He has no issue with singing any of Dave Gahan's parts in demos or covers with a similarly dark timbre, and in some cases, even performs these songs lower than Dave (seriously, the F2s from the "Clean" demo sound frighteningly deep). Even with his surprising vocal depths, he sounds rather comfortable around the G4-A4 area of his chest voice, though his falsetto register begins to take over around this part of his range. His falsetto is also quite capable and ethereal sounding when used. While not the rangiest singer, it could be said that Martin performs within the most comfortable parts of his voice, and does benefit from it (his smooth tone, strong vibrato and clear phrasing remain untouched throughout almost all parts of his range, and I've yet to see any bloopers or truly "bad" performances from him).
Martin's voice hasn't fluctuated much since his beginnings as a vocalist. His solo albums have given access for him to display his strong lower register, but his highs usually remain the same range wise (peaks around G4 to A4 in chest voice, B♭4 with falsetto) and lows typically down to A2 on Depeche Mode records (while taking leading vocals). His tone during live performances has ever so slightly changed with age (or possibly past alcohol intake), but he remains a very capable live performer into older age. Songs such as "Condemnation", "Walking In My Shoes" and "Lie To Me" display his higher notes being used for more extended periods of time without struggle (He holds a clean F♯4 live for about 13 seconds performing "Lie To Me"), while songs such as "In A Manner Of Speaking" and "Loverman" (both from solo recordings) display him using lower notes more extensively. All in all, a unique, smooth, pleasant sounding voice (which has been achieved without any formal vocal training, apparently).
{Bolded Notes}
C5 ("Peace")
A4 ("I Feel You", "Should Be Higher")
G♯4 ("Condemnation")
G4 ("Before We Drown")
F♯4 ("Lie to Me" (Live in Hamburg 1984))
E4 ("Macro", "Leave in Silence" (Live in Bratislavia 2006))
C♯3 ("Shake the Disease" [demo])
B2 ("Pipeline")
A2 ("Master and Servant" (Nouvelle Vague cover))
G2 ("I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead")
F2 ("Clean" demo version")
E♭2 ("Loverman")
C♯2 ("Sweetest Perfection")
C5 ("Peace")
A4 ("I Feel You", "Should Be Higher")
G♯4 ("Condemnation")
G4 ("Before We Drown")
F♯4 ("Lie to Me" (Live in Hamburg 1984))
E4 ("Macro", "Leave in Silence" (Live in Bratislavia 2006))
C♯3 ("Shake the Disease" [demo])
B2 ("Pipeline")
A2 ("Master and Servant" (Nouvelle Vague cover))
G2 ("I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead")
F2 ("Clean" demo version")
E♭2 ("Loverman")
C♯2 ("Sweetest Perfection")
{Questionable Notes}
C5 ("Left Hand Luke and The Beggar Boys" [1])
A4 ("Goodbye" [2], "Light" [4], "Mercy In You" [2])
G4 ("Told You So..." [2])
G♯2 ("Poison Heart" [5])
[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
C5 ("Left Hand Luke and The Beggar Boys" [1])
A4 ("Goodbye" [2], "Light" [4], "Mercy In You" [2])
G4 ("Told You So..." [2])
G♯2 ("Poison Heart" [5])
[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
