Depeche Mode - Music For The Ma - The 12" Singles [2019]

Artist: Depeche Mode
Title: Music For The Masses - The 12" Singles
Year Of Release: 2019
Label: Columbia
Genre: Electronic, Alternative
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps
Total Time: 01:53:52
Total Size: 263 MB


Tracklist:

Strangelove
1 Strangelove (Maxi Mix) 6:32
2 Strangelove (Midi Mix) 1:38
3 Fpmip (Single Version) 5:20
4 Strangelove (Blind Mix) 6:31
5 Pimpf (Single Version) 4:32
6 Strangelove (Pain Mix) 7:18
7 Agent Orange (Single Version) 5:06

Never Let Me Down Again
8 Never Let Me Down Again (Split Mix) 9:33
9 Pleasure Little Treasure (Glitter Mix) 5:34
10 Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix) 4:54
11 Never Let Me Down Again (Tsangarides Mix) 4:21
12 Pleasure Little Treasure (Join Mix) 4:53
13 To Have And To Hold (Spanish Taster) 2:34

Behind The Wheel
14 Behind The Wheel (Remixed by Shep Pettibone) 5:55
15 Route 66 (Remixed by The Beatmasters) 6:19
16 Behind The Wheel (Beatmasters Mix) 7:58
17 Route 66 (Casualty Mix) 10:39

Little 15
18 Little 15 (Album Version) 4:16
19 Stjarna (Single Version) 4:25
20 Sonata No. 14 in C#m (Moonlight Sonata) (Single Version) 5:36


Depeche Mode continue with their 12-inch vinyl box set reissue campaign with packages around the singles pulled from their fifth and six albums Black Celebration and Music For The Masses.

Black Celebration was issued in March 1986 and with the band apparently bored of creating hit singles, saw a move into more gloomy atmospheric soundscapes. The three singles (‘Stripped’, ‘A Question of Lust’ & ‘A Question of Time’) didn’t reward them with any top ten hits in Britain, the album did peak at number four in the UK charts – a new high.

Music For The Masses (it’s title deliberately tongue-in-cheek) was issued in 1987 and co-produced by Dave Bascombe (best known at that point for his work with Tears For Fears). Less dense than it’s predecessor, this album managed to deliver some classic singles in (particularly in ‘Strangelove’ and ‘Never Let Me Down Again’) even if, again, they weren’t massive commercial successes at the time. Music For The Masses is a personal favourite for this writer – managing to be intimate, cinematic, and industrial all at the same time – and this album and the 101 tour very much laid the groundwork for the next album Violator which of course was massive, both creatively and commercially.

Black Celebration: The 12″ Singles features FIVE ‘maxi singles’ on vinyl; one for ‘Stripped’ (five tracks, 25 minutes of music), two for ‘A Question of Lust’ and two for ‘A Question of Time.’ The second 12-inch was actually a cassette-only release in the UK. This box also comes with a poster.

Music For The Masses: The 12″ Singles breaks new ground by including SEVEN 12-inch singles; two for each of the first three singles and one for slightly forgotten fourth single ‘Little 15’. It too includes a poster.