Vinyl plays nicely (play-graded). Gate-fold cover looks good; scuffing and faint surface impressions (front/back/inner-gate), noticeable surface abrasions near bottom-left on front. Inner-sleeve is original (generic white), with one seam split near center. Spine is partly readable, with heavy wear. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edges, with developing split near center along top-edge. Wear to corners. Opening is crisp with signs of use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)
Depeche Mode claimed to be punks with synthesizers, but it was Ultravox! who first showed the kind of dangerous rhythms that keyboards could create. The quintet certainly had their antecedents -- Hawkwind, Roxy Music, and Kraftwerk to name but a few, but still it was the group's 1977 eponymous debut's grandeur (courtesy of producer Eno), wrapped in the ravaged moods and lyrical themes of collapse and decay that transported '70s rock from the bloated pastures of the past to the futuristic dystopias predicted by punk. Dangerous Rhythm was released as a single.