For the Masses

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For the Masses
Tribute album by Various Artists
Released	August 4, 1998
Recorded	1997 – 1998
Genre	Alternative
Length	73:48
Label	A&M Records
Producer(s)	Various

For the Masses is a 1998 tribute album of Depeche Mode songs, specifically the works of Martin Gore; the fact that no songs by Vince Clarke or Alan Wilder were chosen was not a coincidence. The project was started by the band members of God Lives Underwater, including the late David Reilly, and features a wide array of bands including The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, Deftones, Rammstein, and Meat Beat Manifesto. The Foo Fighters and Marilyn Manson wanted to do tracks but schedule complications prevented them in the end. Manson, who wanted to do "Personal Jesus", eventually covered the song in 2004.

The tribute album got considerable press by the media and the band. Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins performed the song "Never Let Me Down Again" with Depeche Mode at the KROQ Acoustic Christmas concert in 1998. The "World in My Eyes" cover by The Cure, although not popular with that band's fanbase, appears on the Cure box set Join the Dots.

The album cover and title were both inspired by Music for the Masses, an earlier Depeche Mode album.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Never Let Me Down Again" by the Smashing Pumpkins – 4:01
2. "Fly on the Windscreen" by God Lives Underwater – 5:22
3. "Enjoy the Silence" by Failure – 4:20
4. "World in My Eyes" by The Cure – 4:51
5. "Policy of Truth" by Dishwalla – 3:45
6. "Somebody" by Veruca Salt – 4:05
7. "Everything Counts" by Meat Beat Manifesto – 5:24
8. "Shake the Disease" by Hooverphonic – 3:59
9. "Master and Servant" by Locust – 3:40
10. "Shame" by Self – 4:12
11. "Black Celebration" by Monster Magnet – 4:16
12. "Waiting for the Night" by Rabbit in the Moon – 7:34
13. "I Feel You" by Apollo Four Forty – 5:21
14. "Monument" by Gus Gus – 5:21
15. "To Have and to Hold" by The Deftones – 2:53
16. "Stripped" by Rammstein – 4:44

All songs written by Martin Gore.

[edit] External links

• For the Masses EPK featuring Depeche Mode, God Lives Underwater, and Robert Smith of The Cure

Depeche Mode
David Gahan | Martin Gore | Andrew Fletcher Vince Clarke | Alan Wilder
Depeche Mode discography
Studio albums: Speak & Spell | A Broken Frame | Construction Time Again | Some Great Reward | Black Celebration | Music for the Masses | Violator | Songs of Faith and Devotion | Ultra | Exciter | Playing the Angel Compilations: People Are People | The Singles 81>85 | Catching Up with Depeche Mode | The Singles 86>98 | Remixes 81 - 04 | The Best Of, Volume 1 Live Albums: 101 | Songs of Faith and Devotion Live Tribute Albums: For the Masses | A Techno Tribute to Depeche Mode Singles: Dreaming of Me | New Life | Just Can't Get Enough | See You | The Meaning of Love | Leave in Silence | Get the Balance Right | Everything Counts | Love, in Itself | People Are People | Master and Servant | Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody | Shake the Disease | It's Called a Heart | Stripped | A Question of Lust | A Question of Time | Strangelove | Never Let Me Down Again | Behind the Wheel | Little 15 | Everything Counts (Live) | Personal Jesus | Enjoy the Silence | Policy of Truth | World in My Eyes I Feel You | Walking in My Shoes | Condemnation | In Your Room | Barrel of a Gun | It's No Good | Home | Useless | Only When I Lose Myself | Dream On | I Feel Loved | Freelove | Goodnight Lovers | Enjoy the Silence 04 | Precious | A Pain That I'm Used To | Suffer Well | John the Revelator / Lilian | Martyr
Videography
Videos: The World We Live In and Live in Hamburg | Some Great Videos | Strange | 101 | Strange Too | Devotional | The Videos 86>98 | One Night in Paris | Touring the Angel: Live in Milan
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