Master and Servant 100 chart anyway, albeit only at number 87 and for only a three-week chart stay). Reportedly, the song narrowly avoided a radio ban by the BBC as well. "Master and Servant" might have been banned if the one BBC staffer who wanted to ban the record had not been away on holiday at the time the other staffers voted on whether to add "Master and Servant" to their playlist. The production and mixing process of "Master and Servant" are remembered by Alan Wilder, Daniel Miller, and Gareth Jones, as among the longest that Depeche Mode ever endured. One famous story
Working with Fire and Steel – Possible Pop Songs Volume Two Working with Fire and Steel – Possible Pop Songs Volume Two Working with Fire and Steel – Possible Pop Songs Volume Two is the second studio album by English new wave group China Crisis, released in 1983. The album spent 16 weeks on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number 20 in February 1984. It includes the song "Wishful Thinking", which was a top 10 hit on the singles chart. In a review in Allmusic the album was described as "chock full of intelligent, well-written pop songs" where "even the softer moments...are full of life and excitement". The reviewer noted