Catching Up with Depeche Mode

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Catching Up with Depeche Mode
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Compilation album by
Depeche Mode
Released11 November 1985 (1985-11-11)
RecordedDecember 1980 – July 1985
Length51:59
Label Sire
Producer
Depeche Mode chronology
The Singles 81→85
(1985)		Catching Up with Depeche Mode
(1985)		 Black Celebration
(1986)

Catching Up with Depeche Mode is a compilation album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released solely in North America on 11 November 1985 by Sire Records. [1]

Contents

October 1985 saw the international release of the album The Singles 81→85 , which collected the band's seven-inch singles to that date. Sire Records felt a new album in North America would have to differ from this international release, since some of the band's singles had already appeared on the compilation People Are People the previous year. Therefore, Catching Up with Depeche Mode omitted any of the band's singles that were already available on People Are People, those songs being "Leave in Silence", "Get the Balance Right!", "Everything Counts", and "People Are People". To compensate, Catching Up with Depeche Mode includes "The Meaning of Love" and "Somebody", as well as two B-sides, "Flexible" (from "Shake the Disease") and "Fly on the Windscreen" (from "It's Called a Heart"). This version of "Fly on the Windscreen" predates the final version that would later appear on Black Celebration.

Catching Up with Depeche Mode peaked at number 113 on the US Billboard Top Pop Albums chart. [2] On 2 August 2000, the album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]
Robert Christgau B+ [5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Martin L. Gore, except where noted. All tracks are produced by Daniel Miller and Depeche Mode, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Dreaming of Me" Vince Clarke Non-album single (UK) / Speak & Spell (US)3:44
2."New Life"ClarkeSpeak & Spell3:44
3."Just Can't Get Enough"ClarkeSpeak & Spell3:36
4."See You"  A Broken Frame 3:53
5."The Meaning of Love" A Broken Frame3:04
6."Love, in Itself"  Construction Time Again 3:55
7."Master and Servant" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones)  Some Great Reward 3:50
8."Blasphemous Rumours" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Jones) Some Great Reward5:04
9."Somebody" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Jones) Some Great Reward4:21
10."Shake the Disease" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Jones) Non-album single4:46
11."Flexible" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Jones) Shake the Disease B-side3:09
12."It's Called a Heart" Non-album single3:48
13."Fly on the Windscreen" It's Called a Heart B-side5:05
Total length:51:59

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Catching Up with Depeche Mode. [8]

Charts

Chart performance for Catching Up with Depeche Mode
Chart (1986)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [2] 113

Certifications

Certifications for Catching Up with Depeche Mode
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [3] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. ↑ "Catching Up With Depeche Mode". DepecheMode.com. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Depeche Mode Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 "American album certifications – Depeche Mode – Catching Up with Depeche Mode". Recording Industry Association of America. 2 August 2000. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Ankeny, Jason. "Catching Up with Depeche Mode – Depeche Mode". AllMusic . Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Depeche Mode". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  6. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Depeche Mode". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). London: Omnibus Press. p.  631. ISBN   978-0-8571-2595-8.
  7. ↑ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Depeche Mode". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. pp.  229–230. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
  8. ↑ Catching Up with Depeche Mode (liner notes). Depeche Mode. Sire Records. 1985. 1-25346.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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