Songs of Faith and Devotion is the eighth studio album by the English
electronic music band
Depeche Mode, released in the United Kingdom on 22 March 1993 by
Mute Records and in the United States and Canada on 23 March by
Sire and
Reprise Records. The album incorporated a more aggressive, darker rock-oriented tone than its predecessor,
Violator (1990), largely influenced by the emerging
alternative rock and
grunge scenes in the United States.