Catching Up with Depeche Mode is a
compilationA compilation album is an album featuring tracks from multiple recording artists, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, source or subject matter...
released only in
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by British band
Depeche ModeDepeche Mode are an English electronic band who formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andrew Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
on November 11 1985.
As the title suggests it was an attempt to let the (American) public catch up with the band's four previous LP's, by including singles and album songs. The compilation contains the band's singles not already available on the
People Are PeoplePeople Are People is a Depeche Mode compilation album released in North America by Sire Records on July 2 1984 to capitalize on the successful radio play of the song "People Are People", which was a single from the band's upcoming album Some Great Reward.This release contained nine tracks, six of...
compilation, as well as the band's two most recent B-sides, "Flexible" and "Fly on the Windscreen".
The compilation is the analog to
The Singles 81>85The Singles 81→85 is a singles compilation album released in October 1985 by Depeche Mode. The compilation was not originally released in North America, being replaced by its counterpart Catching Up with Depeche Mode. This was their first ever release with a picture of the band on the cover...
which was released at the same time in Britain, which contained only the band's 7" singles to date.
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Catching Up with Depeche Mode is a
compilationA compilation album is an album featuring tracks from multiple recording artists, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, source or subject matter...
released only in
North AmericaNorth America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and in the western hemisphere. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific...
by British band
Depeche ModeDepeche Mode are an English electronic band who formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andrew Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
on November 11 1985.
As the title suggests it was an attempt to let the (American) public catch up with the band's four previous LP's, by including singles and album songs. The compilation contains the band's singles not already available on the
People Are PeoplePeople Are People is a Depeche Mode compilation album released in North America by Sire Records on July 2 1984 to capitalize on the successful radio play of the song "People Are People", which was a single from the band's upcoming album Some Great Reward.This release contained nine tracks, six of...
compilation, as well as the band's two most recent B-sides, "Flexible" and "Fly on the Windscreen".
The compilation is the analog to
The Singles 81>85The Singles 81→85 is a singles compilation album released in October 1985 by Depeche Mode. The compilation was not originally released in North America, being replaced by its counterpart Catching Up with Depeche Mode. This was their first ever release with a picture of the band on the cover...
which was released at the same time in Britain, which contained only the band's 7" singles to date. The name "Catching Up With" was chosen as Depeche Mode were enjoying their first significant commercial success in North America, and this compilation was a means of the public "catching up" with their earlier work. A majority of the tracks included weren't released as singles in North America, and the ones that were had not achieved widespread success, so they were effectively brand new songs to many listeners.
Track listing
All tracks by Martin L. Gore except were noted
- "Dreaming of Me
"Dreaming of Me" is the debut single by Depeche Mode, originally released on February 20 1981 in the UK. The single was not commercially released in the United States.Two mixes of the song have been released, one which fades out, and one which does not...
" (Vince Clarke) – 3:44
- "New Life" (Clarke) – 3:44
- "Just Can't Get Enough
"Just Can't Get Enough" is the third UK single by Depeche Mode. It was originally released in the UK in September 1981, and was also the band's first single to be released in the United States, on February 18, 1982. The song, a riff-driven Synthpop piece, was the final single to be written by...
" (Clarke) – 3:36
- "See You
"See You" is the fourth UK single by Depeche Mode, and the first written by Martin Gore, released on January 29 1982. The single launched a small world tour, with extra band member Alan Wilder, although he did not contribute to the song, or to the album the song eventually appeared on, A Broken Frame...
" – 3:53
- "The Meaning of Love
"The Meaning of Love" is the fifth UK single by Depeche Mode originally released on April 26 1982.The single version of "The Meaning of Love" is the same as the album version from A Broken Frame, the album the song later appears on...
" – 3:04
- "Love, in Itself
"Love, in Itself" is Depeche Mode's ninth U.K. single , and the final single from the album Construction Time Again....
" – 3:55
- "Master and Servant
"Master and Servant" is Depeche Mode's eleventh UK single and the second single from the Some Great Reward album...
" – 3:50
- "Blasphemous Rumours" – 5:04
- "Somebody" – 4:21
- "Shake the Disease
"Shake the Disease" is Depeche Mode's thirteenth UK single , and was not released on an actual studio album but was released on the compilation The Singles in the same year, along with "It's Called a Heart"...
" – 4:46
- "Flexible" – 3:09
- "It's Called a Heart
"It's Called a Heart" is Depeche Mode's fourteenth UK single , and was not released on an actual studio album but was released on the compilation The Singles in the same year, along with "Shake the Disease"...
" – 3:48
- "Fly on the Windscreen" – 5:05
Personnel
- Martyn Atkins – Design, Photography
- Depeche Mode – Producer
- Gareth Jones – Producer
- Daniel Miller – Producer
- Eric Watson – Photography