Strange - A Black and White Mode by Anton Corbijn

Anton Corbijn

Anton Corbijn is a Dutch photographer, music video and film director. He is the creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2, having handled the principal promotion and sleeve photography for both for more than a decade...

is the second music video compilation by Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...

, featuring the first five Depeche Mode videos directed by Anton Corbijn

Anton Corbijn

Anton Corbijn is a Dutch photographer, music video and film director. He is the creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2, having handled the principal promotion and sleeve photography for both for more than a decade...

, released in 1988. Corbijn shot the entire video album in Super-8.

The five videos are mostly in black and white, except for some random megaphones that were colored red. There were the three main singles for Music for the Masses

Music for the Masses

Music for the Masses is the sixth studio album by Depeche Mode. It was released by Mute Records on September 28, 1987, and was supported by the Music for the Masses Tour.-Mainstream success in the United States:...

, the final Black Celebration

Black Celebration

Black Celebration is the fifth studio album by Depeche Mode. Released by Mute Records on 17 March 1986, it further cemented the darkening sound that was initially hinted towards on their album Construction Time Again and Some Great Reward. Black Celebration was cited as one of the most influential...

single "A Question of Time", and "Pimpf", the instrumental closer to Music for the Masses. The "Pimpf" video is currently exclusive to "Strange".

UK Official Releases

VVC248 (Mute Film VHS video)

VVC336 (Mute Film VHS video), a limited edition with six postcards, four of them signed by the band members

MF026 (Mute Film VHS video), re-issued in 1999

Japan Official Releases

BVVP-90 (BMG VHS video), includes a notes sheet and a postcard

BVLP-90 (BMG LaserDisc video)

All videos are present on all releases.

1. A Question of Time
   A Question of Time
   "A Question of Time" is Depeche Mode's seventeenth UK single, released on August 11, 1986, following the similarly titled "A Question of Lust" single....
   
    [Remix]
2. Strangelove
   Strangelove (song)
   "Strangelove" is Depeche Mode's eighteenth UK single, released on April 13, 1987, and the first single for the then upcoming album Music for the Masses...
   
    [7" Version]
3. Never Let Me Down Again
   Never Let Me Down Again
   "Never Let Me Down Again" is Depeche Mode's nineteenth UK single, released on August 24, 1987, and the second single for the then upcoming album Music for the Masses. A relatively moderate hit in the UK, at #22, it was a smash in West Germany, where it hit #2, and a Top 10 success in several other...
   
    [Split Mix], longer than the video on "The Videos 86-98" and "The Videos 86-98+"
4. Behind the Wheel
   Behind the Wheel
   "Behind the Wheel" is Depeche Mode's twentieth UK single, released on December 28, 1987, and the third single for the album Music for the Masses. Peaking at #21 in the UK charts, it hit #6 in West Germany....
   
    [Album version], longer than the video on "The Videos 86-98" and "The videos 86-98+"
5. Pimpf

• All songs were written by Martin L. Gore
• All videos were directed by Anton Corbijn
  Anton Corbijn
  Anton Corbijn is a Dutch photographer, music video and film director. He is the creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2, having handled the principal promotion and sleeve photography for both for more than a decade...