The Best Of, Volume 1

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The Best Of, Volume 1
The Best Of, Volume 1 cover
Compilation album by Depeche Mode
Released 13 November 2006
Recorded Various locations: 1981–2006
Genre Synth pop
Length 1:14:56
Label Mute Records
Producer(s) Depeche Mode, David Bascombe, Mark Bell, Flood, Ben Hillier, Daniel Miller, Tim Simenon
Depeche Mode chronology
Playing the Angel
(2005)
The Best Of, Volume 1
(2006)

The Best Of, Volume 1 is the fifth compilation album by British synthpop group Depeche Mode The album was released 13 November 2006 by Mute Records (see 2006 in British music). Other compilation albums by the band include Catching Up with Depeche Mode, People Are People, both North American-only releases, The Singles 81>85, and The Singles 86>98.

The current collection consists of selected Depeche Mode hits from their twenty-five year career. Along with the recent hits from the Playing The Angel album, a new song "Martyr" is also included in this collection and was released as a single in late October.

Contents

[edit] CD Track listing

  1. "Personal Jesus [7" Version]" (Violator, 1990)
  2. "Just Can't Get Enough" (Speak and Spell, 1981)
  3. "Everything Counts [Edit]" (Construction Time Again, 1983)
  4. "Enjoy the Silence [7" Version]" (Violator, 1990)
  5. "Shake the Disease" (The Singles 81>85, 1985)
  6. "See You" (A Broken Frame, 1982)
  7. "It's No Good" (Ultra, 1997)
  8. "Strangelove [Single Version]" (Music for the Masses, 1987)
  9. "Suffer Well" (Playing the Angel, 2005)
  10. "Dream On [Single Version]" (Exciter, 2001)
  11. "People are People" (Some Great Reward, 1984)
  12. "Martyr" (The Best Of, Volume 1, 2006) — new song
  13. "Walking In My Shoes [Seven Inch Mix]" (Songs of Faith and Devotion, 1993)
  14. "I Feel You" (Songs of Faith and Devotion, 1993)
  15. "Precious" (Playing the Angel, 2005)
  16. "Master and Servant [Edit]" (Some Great Reward, 1984)
  17. "New Life" (Speak and Spell, 1981)
  18. "Never Let Me Down Again [Single Version]" (Music for the Masses, 1987)

[edit] Tracklisting Digital Deluxe Bonus Tracks (iTunes only)

  1. Personal Jesus (Boys Noize Classic Mix)
  2. Never Let Me Down Again (Digitalism Remix)
  3. Everything Counts (Oliver Huntemann & Stephan Bodzin Dub)
  4. People Are People (Underground Resistance Mix)
  5. Personal Jesus (Heartthrob Mix)

[edit] DVD Tracklisting

  1. "Just Can't Get Enough" - (Directed by Clive Richardson)*
  2. "Everything Counts" - (Directed by Clive Richardson)*
  3. "People Are People" - (Directed by Clive Richardson)**
  4. "Master & Servant - (Directed by Clive Richardson)*
  5. "Shake The Disease" - (Directed by Peter Care)*
  6. "Stripped" - (Directed by Peter Care)
  7. "A Question Of Time" - (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
  8. "Strangelove" [1987 Version] - (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
  9. "Never Let Me Down Again" - (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
  10. "Behind The Wheel" - (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
  11. "Personal Jesus" - (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
  12. "Enjoy The Silence" - (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
  13. "I Feel You" - (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
  14. "Walking In My Shoes" - (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
  15. "In Your Room" - (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
  16. "Barrel Of A Gun" - (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
  17. "It's No Good" - (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
  18. "Only When I Lose Myself" - (Directed by Brian Griffin)
  19. "Dream On" - (Directed by Stephane Sednaoui)**
  20. "I Feel Loved" - (Directed by John Hillcoat)**
  21. "Enjoy The Silence 04" - (Directed by Uwe Flade)**
  22. "Precious" - (Directed by Uwe Flade)
  23. "Suffer Well" - (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
  • "The Best Of: Vol 1" EPK.

* First official release on DVD
** First official release period ("People are People"'s regular video was not used in the original Some Great Videos release. None of the Exciter videos (or Enjoy the Silence 04) were publicy released prior to Best Of)

[edit] Miscellanea

  • The CD compilation contains a song from every studio album except Black Celebration. The DVD features every album except A Broken Frame, which is consistent with the band's disdain for that album era's videos.
  • The compilation contains no songs with Martin Gore on lead vocals.
  • The "Volume 1" is decoration, there is no plan on a second volume.
  • The Best Of, Volume 1 shares a release scheme similar to the previous Depeche Mode compilation — The Singles 86>98. All the tracks are from previous albums, except for one — new single, which is released shortly before the compilation. In 1998, "Only When I Lose Myself" was released in May, followed by The Singles 86>98 in August.

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Depeche Mode
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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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