The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1

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

The current collection consists of selected Depeche Mode singles from their twenty-five year career. Along with two recent singles from the Playing the Angel album, a new song "Martyr" - recorded during the Playing the Angel sessions - is also included in this collection and was released as a single in late October 2006.

The album has sold over 1 million copies in Europe alone and has been awarded the IFPI Platinum Europe Award.

Reception

CD Track listing

All tracks are presented in their 7"/CD single versions.

1. "Personal Jesus" – 3:47 (Violator, 1990)
2. "Just Can't Get Enough" – 3:43 (Speak & Spell, 1981)
3. "Everything Counts" – 4:01 (Construction Time Again, 1983)
4. "Enjoy the Silence" – 4:15 (Violator, 1990)
5. "Shake the Disease" – 4:52 (The Singles 81>85, 1985)
6. "See You" – 3:58 (A Broken Frame, 1982)
7. "It's No Good" – 5:59 (Ultra, 1997)
8. "Strangelove" – 3:47 (Music for the Masses, 1987)
9. "Suffer Well" – 3:53 (Playing the Angel, 2005)
10. "Dream On" – 3:42 (Exciter, 2001)
11. "People Are People" – 3:46 (Some Great Reward, 1984)
12. "Martyr" – 3:25 — new song
13. "Walking in My Shoes" – 5:01 (Songs of Faith and Devotion, 1993)
14. "I Feel You" – 4:35 (Songs of Faith and Devotion, 1993)
15. "Precious" – 4:09 (Playing the Angel, 2005)
16. "Master and Servant" – 3:49 (Some Great Reward, 1984)
17. "New Life" – 3:46 (Speak & Spell, 1981)
18. "Never Let Me Down Again" – 4:18 (Music for the Masses, 1987)

Track listing 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)

• The first four track were also released on a limited edition gatefold double 12" vinyl, Remixes (L12BONG39).

DVD

Limited edition copies of The Best of: Volume 1 (LCDMUTEL15) feature a bonus DVD titled The Best of Depeche Mode Videos. A few of the videos feature songs that were not on The Best Of, Volume 1 and a few of the songs on the album are not on the DVD. The cover has a pink flower rather than the white flower that the regular CDs have.^[5]

The E.P.K. has commentary on all the singles that made it onto the CD release of The Best Of, Volume 1.

On March 16, 2007, The Best of Depeche Mode Videos was released on its own.

Track listing

1. "Just Can't Get Enough"
2. "Everything Counts"
3. "People Are People"
4. "Master and Servant"
5. "Shake the Disease"
6. "Stripped"
7. "A Question of Time"
8. "Strangelove" [1987 Version]
9. "Never Let Me Down Again"
10. "Behind the Wheel"
11. "Personal Jesus"
12. "Enjoy the Silence"
13. "I Feel You"
14. "Walking In My Shoes"
15. "In Your Room"
16. "Barrel of a Gun"
17. "It's No Good"
18. "Only When I Lose Myself"
19. "Dream On"
20. "I Feel Loved"
21. "Enjoy the Silence 04"
22. "Precious"
23. "Suffer Well"

• "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 publicly released prior to Best Of)

Director credits

• 1-4 Directed by Clive Richardson
• 5-6 Directed by Peter Care
• 7-17,23 Directed by Anton Corbijn
• 18 Directed by Brian Griffin
• 19 Directed by Stéphane Sednaoui
• 20 Directed by John Hillcoat
• 21-22 Directed by Uwe Flade

Release

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: the new single "Martyr", which was released shortly before the compilation. Similarly, in 1998, "Only When I Lose Myself" was released 3 weeks prior to The Singles 86>98. "Shake the Disease" and "It's Called a Heart" were also new when Depeche Mode released their first singles collection, The Singles (81-85), in 1985.

Year-end

Notes

External links

• Depeche Mode: The Best Of, Volume 1 — official microsite
• depeche mode dot com — official Depeche Mode website