Counterfeit EP
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{{Infobox album
| name = Counterfeit EP
| type = EP
| artist = Martin L. Gore
| cover = CounterfeitEP.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1989|6|12}}
| recorded = Sam Therapy (London)
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Synth-pop
| length = 24:25
| label = Mute
| producer =
- Martin L. Gore
- Rico Conning
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Counterfeit²
| next_year = 2003
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Counterfeit EP
| type = extended play
| single1 = Compulsion
| single1date = 1989
| single2 = In a Manner of Speaking
| single2date = 1989
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r8452|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
|rev2 = Music Folio
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}[http://www.musicfolio.com/modernrock/martingore.html Music Folio review]
}}
Counterfeit EP is the first solo recording by Martin L. Gore, the primary songwriter for the band Depeche Mode.
Background
Released in 1989, Counterfeit is a six-song EP of cover songs, hence the name, implying that the songs were not written by Gore. Counterfeit was recorded during a band hiatus after recording and touring for the album Music for the Masses; bandmate Alan Wilder also recorded and released Hydrology under the pseudonym Recoil during this period.
Even though the release has the letters "e.p." in its title, Mute Records issued it an album catalogue number (STUMM67{{efn|The English translation for "stumm" is "mute".}}).
In France and Germany a promo single for "In a Manner of Speaking" was released.
Track listing
= CD: Mute / CDSTUMM67 (UK) =
{{track listing
| total_length = 24:25
| extra_column = Original artist
| title1 = Compulsion
| extra1 = Joe Crow
| length1 = 5:26
| writer1 = Joe Crow
| title2 = In a Manner of Speaking
| extra2 = Tuxedomoon
| writer2 = Winston Tong
| length2 = 4:19
| title3 = Smile in the Crowd
| extra3 = The Durutti Column
| writer3 = Vini Reilly
| length3 = 5:02
| title4 = Gone
| extra4 = The Comsat Angels
| length4 = 3:28
| writer4 = {{hlist|Stephen Fellows|Mik Glaisher|Andy Peake|Kevin Bacon}}
| title5 = Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth
| extra5 = Sparks
| length5 = 3:02
| writer5 = Ron Mael
| title6 = Motherless Child
| extra6 = Traditional
| length6 = 2:48
| writer6 =
}}
Credits
- Engineered by Rico Conning
- Produced by Martin L. Gore and Rico Conning at Sam Therapy Studios, London
Notes
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://counterfeit2.martingore.com/discography/index.html Album information from the official Martin Gore website]
- [https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/47641/Martin-Gore-Counterfeit-(EP)/ Review Summary]
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