The Singles 81→85

The Singles 81→85
Greatest hits album by
Depeche Mode
Released14 October 1985 (1985-10-14)
RecordedDecember 1980 – July 1985
Studio
GenreSynth-pop[1][2]
Length51:56
LabelMute
Producer
Depeche Mode chronology
Some Great Reward
(1984) 		The Singles 81→85
(1985) 		Catching Up with Depeche Mode
(1985)
1998 reissue cover
Singles from The Singles 81→85
  1. "Shake the Disease"
    Released: 29 April 1985
  2. "It's Called a Heart"
    Released: 16 September 1985
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

The Singles 81→85 is a greatest hits album by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 14 October 1985 by Mute Records. The compilation was not originally released in North America, where it was replaced by its counterpart Catching Up with Depeche Mode.

In 1998, to coincide with the release of The Singles 86>98, the album was reissued and remastered under the title The Singles 81>85, featuring new cover art and two additional tracks.

Background

Depeche Mode had released their last studio album, Some Great Reward in September 1984[6] and supported it with a world tour that lasted into 1985.[7] By the end of 1984, they already knew that they would not record a new album in 1985, and instead focus on a singles collection to be released instead.[8] News of the collection started rumours that the band was going to break up which the band had to refute in the press.[8] 1984 had been Depeche Mode's most commercially successful to date, and the band wanted to capitalize on the newfound fans they had acquired and give them a way to become familiar with their earlier work.[8] They went into the studio twice in 1985 to record new singles to be included in the collection; once in February to record "Shake the Disease" and again in June to record "It's Called a Heart".[9] Both were released as singles prior to the release of their supporting Singles album.[10]

Artwork

The band had not appeared on the cover of their previous studio albums.[8][a] The cover image was taken by photographer by Eric Watson, and was included in promotional posters for the single "It's Called a Heart",[11] on the cover of the US version of the release called Catching Up with Depeche Mode,[12] and on the cover of the band's first video compilation, Some Great Videos (1985). [13] It was also later displayed at the National Portrait Gallery in London.[14] The inner sleeve included private photographs of the band, as well as their history to date.[12]

Original release

The Singles 81→85 was released in the UK by Mute Records on 15 October 1985 with catalogue number MUTEL1.[12][b][15][16] It was the first retrospective released for the band in the UK.[12] All of the band's singles except "The Meaning of Love" and "Somebody" were included.[12][c] A promotional pressing of the album in the UK was printed on blue vinyl and is considered one of the rarest collector's items from the band.[12] In Germany, Intercord Records released the album with catalogue number INT 146.817.[12]

In the US, the release was given a different track listing and a different name (Catching Up with Depeche Mode), as the US had seen the compilation album People Are People released the previous year and US label Sire Records did not want to release another compilation album with the same tracks.[12]

1998 re-release

To coincide with the release of Depeche Mode's compilation release The Singles 86>98, the Singles 81→85 album was reissued and remastered under the title The Singles 81>85, featuring new cover art and two additional tracks. As of April 2006, the 1998 reissue had sold 283,000 copies in the United States.[18]

Track listing

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

Original 1985 releases

LP

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Dreaming of Me"Vince ClarkeNon-album single3:46
2."New Life"ClarkeSpeak & Spell3:45
3."Just Can't Get Enough"ClarkeSpeak & Spell3:44
4."See You" A Broken Frame3:57
5."Leave in Silence" A Broken Frame4:02
6."Get the Balance Right!" Non-album single3:15
7."Everything Counts" Construction Time Again3:59
Side two
No.TitleOriginal albumLength
8."Love, in Itself"Construction Time Again4:00
9."People Are People"Some Great Reward3:46
10."Master and Servant" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones)Some Great Reward3:47
11."Blasphemous Rumours" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Jones)Some Great Reward5:09
12."Shake the Disease" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Jones)Previously unreleased4:49
13."It's Called a Heart"Previously unreleased3:51
Total length:51:56

CD

No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Dreaming of Me"ClarkeNon-album single3:46
2."New Life"ClarkeSpeak & Spell3:45
3."Just Can't Get Enough"ClarkeSpeak & Spell3:44
4."See You" A Broken Frame3:57
5."The Meaning of Love" A Broken Frame3:05
6."Leave in Silence" A Broken Frame4:02
7."Get the Balance Right!" Non-album single3:15
8."Everything Counts" Construction Time Again3:59
9."Love, in Itself" Construction Time Again4:00
10."People Are People" Some Great Reward3:46
11."Master and Servant" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Jones) Some Great Reward3:47
12."Blasphemous Rumours" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Jones) Some Great Reward5:09
13."Somebody" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Jones) Some Great Reward4:22
14."Shake the Disease" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Jones) Previously unreleased4:49
15."It's Called a Heart" Previously unreleased3:51
Total length:59:17

Notes

  • Original 1985 cassette release: side A (tracks 1–8), side B (tracks 9–15).

Remastered 1998 releases

CD

Tracks 1–15 on remastered edition are the same as on originally 1985 release; brand-new tracks listed as tracks 16 and 17.

1998 reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
16."Photographic" (Some Bizzare version)ClarkeSome Bizzare Album3:13
17."Just Can't Get Enough" (Schizo mix)Clarke"Just Can't Get Enough" (single)6:46
Total length:69:24

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for The Singles 81→85
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[36] Gold 250,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[37] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

  1. ^ A picture of the band was on the cover of the US compilation album People Are People, released the year before.
  2. ^ Burmeister & Lange's Monument discography incorrectly attributes the date to 1995 instead of 1985.
  3. ^ Subsequent CD releases of the collection included "Somebody" and "A Meaning of Love" as well.[17]

References

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  10. ^ Burmeister & Lange 2017, pp. 115–126.
  11. ^ Burmeister & Lange 2017, p. 121.
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  13. ^ Burmeister & Lange 2017, p. 129.
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