Some Great Reward

Some Great Reward
Studio album by Depeche Mode
Released 24 September 1984 (1984-09-24)
Recorded January–August 1984
Studio
Genre
Length 40:18
Label Mute
Producer
Depeche Mode chronology
Construction Time Again
(1983)Construction Time Again1983		 Some Great Reward
(1984)		 Black Celebration
(1986)Black Celebration1986
Singles from Some Great Reward
  1. "People Are People"
    Released: 12 March 1984
  2. "Master and Servant"
    Released: 20 August 1984
  3. "Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody"
    Released: 29 October 1984

Some Great Reward is the fourth studio album by the English electronic band Depeche Mode, released on 24 September 1984 by Mute Records. The album peaked at number five in the United Kingdom and at number fifty-four in the United States. The title comes from the last lines of the bridge in "Lie to Me" when it repeats near the end. The album was supported by the Some Great Reward Tour.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Q[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
Sounds[7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide6/10[8]

Melody Maker's Barry McIlheney hailed Some Great Reward and noted a "truly remarkable development" in Dave Gahan's voice, concluding that while "[i]t used to be okay to slag this bunch off because of their lack of soul, their supposed synthetic appeal, their reluctance to really pack a punch", the album "just trashes such bad old talk into the ground and demands that you now sit up and take notice of what is happening here, right under your nose".[9]

NME critic David Quantick was more critical and felt that the album "suffers from too many missed grips on good ideas" and, with the exception of some "fine" singles, found its songs "ordinary", concluding, "Depeche Mode can be one the few acts worthy of the name pop group. It's just that they should be so much better."[1]

Re-release

In 2006, Some Great Reward was re-released with a bonus DVD. The CD was remastered and was released on a CD/SACD hybrid. The bonus DVD includes the B-sides "In Your Memory" and "(Set Me Free) Remotivate Me" in addition to a remix of "Somebody" and several live versions of some of the songs from the album. The DVD also includes a documentary on the making of the album.

The remastered album was released on "deluxe" vinyl in March 2007.

Track listing

All tracks written by Martin Gore, except "If You Want" and "In Your Memory" written by Alan Wilder.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Something to Do"3:45
2."Lie to Me"5:04
3."People Are People"3:52
4."It Doesn't Matter"4:45
5."Stories of Old"3:12
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Somebody"4:26
7."Master and Servant"4:13
8."If You Want"4:40
9."Blasphemous Rumours"6:21

2006 re-release bonus DVD

A short film
No.TitleLength
1."Depeche Mode: 1984 ("You Can Get Away With Anything If You Give It A Good Tune...")" (written and produced by Roland Brown; directed by Ross Hallard and Phil Michael Lane)29:20
Some Great Reward (DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 and PCM Stereo)
No.TitleLength
1."Something to Do"3:47
2."Lie to Me"5:04
3."People Are People"3:52
4."It Doesn't Matter"4:45
5."Stories of Old"3:14
6."Somebody"4:28
7."Master and Servant"4:12
8."If You Want"4:41
9."Blasphemous Rumours"6:22
Live tracks (DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 and PCM Stereo)
No.TitleLength
10."If You Want" (Live in Basel, 30 November 1984)5:15
11."People Are People" (Live in Basel, 30 November 1984)4:16
12."Somebody" (Live in Liverpool, 29 September 1984)4:30
13."Blasphemous Rumours" (Live in Basel, 30 November 1984)5:30
14."Master and Servant" (Live in Basel, 30 November 1984)5:33
Additional tracks (PCM Stereo)
No.TitleLength
15."In Your Memory"4:06
16."(Set Me Free) Remotivate Me"4:18
17."Somebody" (Remix)4:21

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Some Great Reward.[10]

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Germany (BVMI)[22] Gold 250,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[23] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[24] Platinum 1,000,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. 1 2 Quantick, David (6 October 1984). "Modeahead? Uh-Uh ... But How Do You Rate The Review, Lads?". NME. London.
  2. 1 2 Raggett, Ned. "Some Great Reward – Depeche Mode". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Reed, Alexander S. (5 June 2013). Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music. Oxford University Press. p. 231. ISBN 9780199832606.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  5. ↑ "Depeche Mode: Some Great Reward". Q. London (106): 139. July 1995.
  6. ↑ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Depeche Mode". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 229–30. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  7. ↑ Linfield, Carole (29 September 1984). "Slave Labour". Sounds. London.
  8. ↑ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  9. ↑ McIlheney, Barry (29 September 1984). "Greatness and Perfection". Melody Maker. London.
  10. ↑ Some Great Reward (CD liner notes). Depeche Mode. Mute Records. 1984. CD STUMM 19.
  11. ↑ "Depeche Mode – Some Great Reward" (in German). austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  12. ↑ "RPM100 Albums". RPM. 41 (25). 2 March 1985. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  13. ↑ "Depeche Mode – Some Great Reward" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  14. ↑ "Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste" (in French). InfoDisc. Archived from the original (select "DEPECHE MODE" and click "OK") on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  15. ↑ "Depeche Mode, Some Great Reward" (in German). charts.de. Media Control. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  16. ↑ "Depeche Mode – Some Great Reward". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  17. ↑ "Depeche Mode – Some Great Reward". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  18. ↑ "1984 Top 40 Official Albums Chart UK Archive". Official Charts Company. 6 October 1984. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  19. ↑ "Some Great Reward – Depeche Mode | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  20. ↑ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  21. ↑ "1985 The Year in Music & Video – Top Pop Albums". Billboard. 97 (52): T-19. 28 December 1985. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  22. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Depeche Mode; 'Some Great Reward')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  23. ↑ "British album certifications – Depeche Mode – Some Great Reward". British Phonographic Industry. 19 October 1984. Enter Some Great Reward in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
  24. ↑ "American album certifications – Depeche Mode – Some Great Reward". Recording Industry Association of America. 4 August 1994. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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