“Leave in Silence” was Depeche Mode’s sixth single and it hit #18 on the UK charts. A different version of the song with a running time of almost a minute longer was included on A Broken Frame, the band’s second LP. The song is darkly beautiful, lush in minor. The video, though, is comically awful and does not match the mood of the song at all; the band hated it too, choosing not to include on their Some Great Videos VHS compilation.The B-side of the single has “Excerpt From: My Secret Garden,” an instrumental remix of “My Secret Garden” (which also appears on A Broken Frame). The track is a good match for “Leave In Silence” as it too has a succulent feel: the remix’s intro starts with a keyboard effect that recalls the dripping of water off of overgrown greenery in a hidden garden.

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