The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1
The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 is a greatest hits album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was released on 8 November 2006 by Mute Records. The album consists of select Depeche Mode singles from their then-25-year career, as well as the previously unreleased track "Martyr"—recorded during the Playing the Angel sessions—which was released as a single in late October 2006.
The album has sold over one million copies in Europe alone and has been awarded the IFPI Platinum Europe Award.
Track listing
- "Personal Jesus" – 3:47
- "Just Can't Get Enough" – 3:43
- "Everything Counts" – 4:01
- "Enjoy the Silence" – 4:15
- "Shake the Disease" – 4:52
- "See You" – 3:58
- "It's No Good" – 5:59
- "Strangelove" – 3:47
- "Suffer Well" – 3:53
- "Dream On" – 3:42
- "People Are People" – 3:46
- "Martyr" – 3:25
- "Walking in My Shoes" – 5:01
- "I Feel You" – 4:35
- "Precious" – 4:09
- "Master and Servant" – 3:49
- "New Life" – 3:46
- "Never Let Me Down Again" – 4:18
- "Personal Jesus" – 6:55
- "Never Let Me Down Again" – 4:40
- "Everything Counts" – 6:55
- "People Are People" – 7:24
- "Personal Jesus" – 5:15
Special edition bonus DVD
The electronic press kit contains commentary on all the singles that made it onto the CD release of The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1.
On 16 March 2007, the DVD was released on its own as The Best of Videos Volume 1.
;Track listing
- "Just Can't Get Enough" – Directed by Clive Richardson*
- "Everything Counts" – *
- "People Are People" – **
- "Master & Servant – *
- "Shake the Disease" – *
- "Stripped" –
- "A Question of Time" –
- "Strangelove" –
- "Never Let Me Down Again" –
- "Behind the Wheel" –
- "Personal Jesus" –
- "Enjoy the Silence" –
- "I Feel You" –
- "Walking In My Shoes" –
- "In Your Room" –
- "Barrel of a Gun" –
- "It's No Good" –
- "Only When I Lose Myself" –
- "Dream On" – **
- "I Feel Loved" – **
- "Enjoy the Silence '04 – **
- "Precious" –
- "Suffer Well" –
- The Best of: Volume 1: A short film
Personnel
Depeche Mode
- Dave Gahan – lead vocals, sampler
- Martin Gore – guitar, keyboard, acoustic guitar, bass, melodica, backing vocals, sampler
- Andy Fletcher – keyboard, sampler, backing vocals
- Alan Wilder – keyboard, backing vocals, drum machine, electronic drum, drums, bass, sampler
- Vince Clarke – keyboard, drum machine and backing vocals
Another musicians
- Victor Indrizzo – percussion
- Mark Bell – keyboard and drum machine
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart | Peak position |
Year-end charts
Chart | Position |
European Albums | 44 |
German Albums | 39 |
Hungarian Albums | 44 |
Italian Albums | 62 |
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums | 4 |