The Singles (86-98)

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The Singles 86>98
The Singles 86>98 cover
Compilation album by Depeche Mode
Released September 28, 1998
Recorded Various locations, 1986 - 1998
Genre Synth pop
Length 97:12
Label UK: Mute / US: Reprise
Producer(s) Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones, Daniel Miller, Dave Bascombe, Flood, Tim Simenon
Professional reviews
Depeche Mode chronology
Ultra
(1997)
The Singles 86>98
(1998)
Exciter
(2001)


The Singles 86>98 is a singles compilation album released in 1998 by Depeche Mode. It was released as a follow-up to the bands previous compilation, The Singles 81>85, which was also re-released in the same year. The compilation covers the band's 7-inch single releases spanning five studio albums (from 1986's Black Celebration to 1997's Ultra, as well as including the band's latest single "Only When I Lose Myself". Also included is "Little 15" (from Music for the Masses, which the sleeve notes claim was only released in France, which was not the case [1]), and the live version of "Everything Counts" (from the live album 101) which was released as a single in 1989. The four-month Singles Tour that followed marked the first time Depeche Mode had toured since the 1993-94 Devotional/Exotic Tour (they had declined to tour to support Ultra a year earlier, instead they only made a few shows with a small number of songs). All tracks on The Singles 86>98 were newly remastered, as was the case with the re-release of The Singles 81>85.

As of April 2006, Singles 86>98 has sold 562,000 units in the U.S. (double albums count as two units), achieving platinum status.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

Disc One:

  1. "Stripped" (7" Version) – 3:51
  2. "A Question of Lust" – 4:30
  3. "A Question of Time" (Remix) – 4:00
  4. "Strangelove" – 3:47
  5. "Never Let Me Down Again" – 4:22
  6. "Behind the Wheel" (Remix) – 4:00
  7. "Personal Jesus" – 3:46
  8. "Enjoy the Silence" (7" Version) – 4:16
  9. "Policy of Truth" – 5:14
  10. "World in My Eyes" (7" Version) – 3:57

Disc Two:

  1. "I Feel You" – 4:35
  2. "Walking in My Shoes" – 5:02
  3. "Condemnation" (Paris Mix) – 3:23
  4. "In Your Room" (Zephyr Mix) – 4:50
  5. "Barrel of a Gun" – 5:26
  6. "It's No Good" – 5:59
  7. "Home" – 5:46
  8. "Useless" – 4:53
  9. "Only When I Lose Myself" – 4:41
  10. "Little 15" – 4:14
  11. "Everything Counts (Live)" – 6:38

[edit] Credits

Depeche Mode is:

All songs written by Martin Gore.
All lead vocals by David Gahan, except for "A Question of Lust" and "Home", sung by Martin Gore.

"Stripped", "A Question of Lust", and "A Question of Time" produced by Depeche Mode, Daniel Miller, and Gareth Jones.
"Strangelove" and "Behind the Wheel" produced by Depeche Mode and Dave Bascombe.
"Never Let Me Down Again" and "Little 15" produced by Depeche Mode, Daniel Miller, and Dave Bascombe.
"Personal Jesus", "Enjoy the Silence", "Policy of Truth", "World in My Eyes", "I Feel You", "Walking in My Shoes", "Condemnation", and "In Your Room" produced by Depeche Mode and Flood.
"Barrel of a Gun", "It's No Good", "Home", "Useless", and "Only When I Lose Myself" produced by Tim Simenon.
"Everything Counts (Live)" produced by Depeche Mode.

[edit] Singles

  1. "Only When I Lose Myself" (07 September, 1998)

[edit] The Videos 86>98

Main article: The Videos (86-98)

To coincide with the release of The Singles 86>98, the band released a VHS/DVD called The Videos 86>98 featuring the music videos for all of the songs, and more. The band re-released the DVD in 2002, called The Videos 86-98+ which included more videos and some Electronic Press Kits.

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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