DEPECHE MODE: THE BEST OF VOLUME 1

One of rock’s most influential and innovative bands of all time, DEPECHE MODE follow 25 years of acclaimed hits and massive success with THE BEST OF VOLUME 1, their first-ever best of collection released on November 14 on Sire/Reprise. Featuring the brand new song “Martyr”–which will be released as a single October 23–THE BEST OF VOLUME 1 will be available as a deluxe CD/DVD package, including a 30-minute Best Of EPK and 23 DEPECHE MODE music videos.

Brimming with 17 hit singles that span their incredible and varied career, this eagerly anticipated album also contains the brand new track “Martyr” which pulses with their relentlessly energetic sound and sits immaculately amongst their luminous history.

This inspired collection of classic Depeche songs features their most definitive work to date – including the hits “Just Can’t Get Enough,” “Everything Counts,” “Personal Jesus,” “Enjoy The Silence” and “Precious.” All tracks are taken from 11 of the band’s studio albums released between 1981 and 2006.

One of the most influential groups over the last 25 years across the world, DEPECHE MODE–Dave Gahan, Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher and Martin Gore–have inspired generations of new musicians while consolidating their considerable reputation. In the process they have sold over 72 million records and played to audiences in excess of 30 million throughout their remarkable 25-year career. Formed in 1981, they remain one of the most highly regarded and passionately supported groups in modern music.

International sales of their current acclaimed album Playing The Angel are 3 million, and have seen them reach Number 1 in eighteen countries, plus Top Ten in Canada and the U.S.. It has also been certified Gold in seven countries and platinum in three. In addition to this, Depeche Mode have played to 2.5 million people across 31 countries this year, on the “Playing The Angel” world tour.

BEST OF VOLUME 1 CD track listing (with original album bracketed):

1. Personal Jesus (‘Violator,’ 1989)
2. Just Can't Get Enough (‘Speak And Spell,’ 1981)
3. Everything Counts (‘Construction Time Again,’ 1983)
4. Enjoy The Silence (‘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 (‘Music For The Masses,’ 1987)
9. Suffer Well (‘Playing The Angel,’ 2005)
10. Dream On (‘Exciter,’ 2001)
11. People Are People (‘Some Great Reward,’ 1984)
12. Martyr* (Best Of)
13. Walking In My Shoes (‘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 (‘Some Great Reward,’ 1984)
17. New Life (‘Speak And Spell,’ 1981)
18. Never Let Me Down Again (‘Music For The Masses,’ 1987)

BEST OF VOLUME 1 DVD line-up:
   Best Of EPK
1. Just Can't Get Enough
2. Everything Counts 
3. People are People
4. Master & Servant
5. Shake the Disease
6. Stripped
7. A Question of Time
8. Strangelove
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 

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Fernando Aguilar
Warner Bros./Sire Records Publicity
(212) 707.3257  /  fernando.aguilar@wbr.com

Mitch Schneider/Marcee Rondan/Lathum Nelson
MSO for Depeche Mode
(818) 380-0400 X235 / X248 / X227
mschneider@msopr.com / marcee@msopr.com / lnelson@msopr.com