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]
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| Released | 11 November 1985 | |||
| Recorded | December 1980 – July 1985 | |||
| Length | 51:59 | |||
| Label | Sire | |||
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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]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Robert Christgau | B+[5] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [6] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [7] |
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Martin L. Gore, except where noted. All tracks are produced by Daniel Miller and Depeche Mode, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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| 1. | "Dreaming of Me" | Vince Clarke | Non-album single (UK) / Speak & Spell (US) | 3:44 |
| 2. | "New Life" | Clarke | Speak & Spell | 3:44 |
| 3. | "Just Can't Get Enough" | Clarke | Speak & Spell | 3:36 |
| 4. | "See You" | A Broken Frame | 3:53 | |
| 5. | "The Meaning of Love" | A Broken Frame | 3:04 | |
| 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 Reward | 5:04 | |
| 9. | "Somebody" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Jones) | Some Great Reward | 4:21 | |
| 10. | "Shake the Disease" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Jones) | Non-album single | 4:46 | |
| 11. | "Flexible" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Jones) | Shake the Disease B-side | 3:09 | |
| 12. | "It's Called a Heart" | Non-album single | 3:48 | |
| 13. | "Fly on the Windscreen" | It's Called a Heart B-side | 5:05 | |
| Total length: | 51:59 | |||
Personnel
editCredits adapted from the liner notes of Catching Up with Depeche Mode.[8]
- Daniel Miller – production (all tracks)
- Depeche Mode – production (all tracks)
- Gareth Jones – production (tracks 7–11)
- Eric Watson – front cover photography
- Martyn Atkins – design, photo treatment
- Mark Higenbottam – design, photo treatment
- David A. Jones – design, photo treatment
Charts
edit| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[2] | 113 |
Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[3] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
edit- ^ "Catching Up With Depeche Mode". DepecheMode.com. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Depeche Mode Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ a b "American album certifications – Depeche Mode – Catching Up with Depeche Mode". Recording Industry Association of America. 2 August 2000. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Catching Up with Depeche Mode – Depeche Mode". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Depeche Mode". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Depeche Mode". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). London: Omnibus Press. p. 631. ISBN 978-0-8571-2595-8.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Catching Up with Depeche Mode (liner notes). Depeche Mode. Sire Records. 1985. 1-25346.
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