Macro

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Macro
Song Artist Depeche Mode Album Playing The Angel Songwriter Martin L. Gore Produced by Ben Hillier Recorded at Sound Design (Santa Barbara) Stratosphere Sound (New York City) Whitfield Street (London) Label Mute Records Length (mm:ss) 4:03 Tempo 91 BPM Time signature 4/4 Key D Major Programming Dave McCracken Richard Morris Engineering Ben Hillier Richard Morris Mixing assistance Devin Workman Kt Rangnick Mastering Emily Lazar Mastering assistance Sarah Register Recording assistance Nick Sevilla Arjun Agerwala Rudyard Lee Cullers Devin Workman Kt Rangnick Art direction Anton Corbijn Design Anton Corbijn Four5one.com Photography Anton Corbijn Recorded January - July 2005 Originally released October 13, 2005 Played live 26 times * Total live plays 26 times *

'Macro' is a song from the 2005 album Playing The Angel by Depeche Mode.

Notes

In 2016, Depeche Mode's discography was found to have the most sophisticated lyrics per song of all best-selling music acts of the UK on average in a study by The Mirror. The determination was made by analysing the lyrics of more than 6,000 UK musical groups using the Coleman Liau and SMOG indexes, which are used to determine the difficulty of school text books. An average was taken of each song’s score in both of these tests, with the artist's final score determined by calculating the average score of each artist's full discography. Depeche Mode's catalogue was found to be the most lyrically-sophisticated, requiring 10.3 years of education to understand. Macro's lyrics were found to be the group's most challenging.

Lyrics

Macro

Overflowing senses

Heightened awareness

I hear my blood flow

I feel its caress

Whispering cosmos

Talking right to me

Unlimited endless

God breathing through me

See the microcosm

In macro vision

Our bodies moving

With pure precision

One universal celebration

One evolution

One creation

Thundering rhythm

Pounding within me

Driving me onwards

Forcing me to see

Clear and enlightening

Right there before me

Brilliantly shining

Intricate beauty

See the microcosm

In macro vision

Our bodies moving

With pure precision

One universal celebration

One evolution

One creation

See the microcosm

In macro vision

Our bodies moving

With pure precision

One universal celebration

One evolution

One creation

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©2005 EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Assigned by Grabbing Hands Music Overseas Ltd. All rights reserved.

Dates with available recordings of Macro

There are currently 27 recordings of Macro available.

• 2005-11-22 Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA/Source 1
• 2005-11-22 Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA/Source 2
• 2005-12-08 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA/Source 1
• 2005-12-08 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA/Source 2
• 2006-01-15 Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany/Source 1
• 2006-01-18 Velodrom, Berlin, Germany/Source 1
• 2006-01-20 LTU Arena, Dusseldorf, Germany/Source 1
• 2006-01-23 Sazka Arena, Prague, Czech Republic/Source 1
• 2006-01-26 Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany/Source 1
• 2006-01-29 Sports Paleis, Antwerp, Belgium/Source 1
• 2006-01-31 Arena, Geneva, Switzerland/Source 1
• 2006-02-01 Le Dome, Marseille, France/Source 1
• 2006-02-07 Palacio Deportes, Madrid, Spain/Source 1
• 2006-02-10 Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain/Source 1
• 2006-02-15 Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany/Source 1
• 2006-02-19 Forum, Milan, Italy/Source 1
• 2006-02-21 Bercy, Paris, France/Source 1
• 2006-02-21 Bercy, Paris, France/Source 2
• 2006-03-01 Globe, Stockholm, Sweden/Source 1
• 2006-03-04 Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow, Russia/Source 1
• 2006-03-11 SAP Arena, Mannheim, Germany/Source 1
• 2006-03-16 Saku Arena, Tallinn, Estonia/Source 1
• 2006-03-24 Galaxie, Amneville, France/Source 1
• 2006-03-26 Ahoy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands/Source 1
• 2006-03-31 NEC, Birmingham, England, UK/Source 1
• 2006-04-03 Wembley Arena, London, England, UK/Source 1
• Something Went Wrong (compilation)

Dates where Macro was played

2005-2006 Touring The Angel

Macro was played 26 times during this tour.

• 2005-11-22 Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• 2005-12-08 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA
• 2006-01-15 Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany
• 2006-01-18 Velodrom, Berlin, Germany
• 2006-01-20 LTU Arena, Dusseldorf, Germany
• 2006-01-23 Sazka Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
• 2006-01-26 Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany
• 2006-01-29 Sports Paleis, Antwerp, Belgium
• 2006-01-31 Arena, Geneva, Switzerland
• 2006-02-01 Le Dome, Marseille, France
• 2006-02-03 Zenith, Toulouse, France
• 2006-02-07 Palacio Deportes, Madrid, Spain
• 2006-02-10 Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain
• 2006-02-15 Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
• 2006-02-16 Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
• 2006-02-19 Forum, Milan, Italy
• 2006-02-21 Bercy, Paris, France
• 2006-02-28 Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
• 2006-03-01 Globe, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2006-03-04 Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow, Russia
• 2006-03-11 SAP Arena, Mannheim, Germany
• 2006-03-16 Saku Arena, Tallinn, Estonia
• 2006-03-24 Galaxie, Amneville, France
• 2006-03-26 Ahoy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• 2006-03-31 NEC, Birmingham, England, UK
• 2006-04-03 Wembley Arena, London, England, UK

2009-2010 Tour Of The Universe

• Macro was not played during this tour.

2013-2014 Delta Machine Tour

• Macro was not played during this tour.

2017-2018 Global Spirit Tour

• Macro was not played during this tour.