Depeche Mode must rate as one of the most consistent if not one of the best pop bands of the '80s. They have a distinctive sound, but not so much so that each release sounds like the last one. Their lyrics actually mean something without being pretentious and over the top. Yet they never seem to get the adulation that their competitors get. Strange that. Let's hope that the haunting stillness of "Stripped" puts them up where they belong, before Frankie and Spandau reappear. (Mark Booker, No 1, February 22, 1986)
Depeche Mode were becoming very predictable but this is the best thing they've done in ages. 'Let me see you stripped,' sings Dave Gahan and bang goes their appearance on Saturday Superstore. Actually, I think it's all about going back to nature and 'discovering yourself'. Slow and atmospheric, even when you can't work out what he's going on about. (Simon Braithwaite, Smash Hits, February 12, 1986)
Laudable B-Side: The flip is "But Not Tonight", surely one of the Mode's most elegant compositions.
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