Medium Compact Disc
Artist Depeche Mode
Label Reprise / Wea
Year 1998
Genre Dance Pop; Dance & Electronic; Rock; Compilations; Alternative Rock; Post-Punk; Alternative Styles; General AAS; Pop; New Wave & Post-Punk; Hardcore & Punk; Alternative Dance
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Tracks
Title Length
01 Stripped
02 Question of Lust
03 Question of Time
04 Strangelove
05 Never Let Me Down Again
06 Behind the Wheel
07 Personal Jesus
08 Enjoy the Silence
09 Policy of Truth
10 World in My Eyes
11 I Feel You
12 Walking in My Shoes
13 Condemnation
14 In Your Room
15 Barrel of a Gun
16 It's No Good
17 Home
18 Useless
19 Only When I Lose Myself
20 Little 15
21 Everything Counts [Live]
Personal
Location BOX 5
Comments

So Depeche Mode releases a singles compilation featuring only one previously unreleased song ("Only When I Lose Myself") in anticipation of a major tour. Sound suspiciously like a shameless cash-in? Sure. But The Singles, 86-98 needed to be made. This is a worthwhile purchase for casual admirers and completists alike. The two-disc set contains revamped versions of the major singles from 1986 to 1998 and a version of "Little 15" that was first released only in France. The set's "grand finale" is the live recording of "Everything Counts," from the 101 album. Although the original studio version of the "Everything Counts" single appeared on 1984's People Are People, DM fudged the chronology to justify including this astounding live recording on the album (a ploy to psych up concert-ticket buyers?). The live recording highlights the worshipful crowd applauding, cheering, and chant-singing "The grabbing hands / Grab all they can / Everything counts in large amounts" long after the song has ended. Ka-ching! --Beth Bessmer