Label: Tochiba-EMI (Japan), TOCP-66627
Style: Synth-Pop, Electronic, New Wave
Country: Basildon, Essex, England
Time: 74:46
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 553 Mb
According
to the band, there are no plans to release succeeding volumes in a
“Best Of” series, making the “Volume 1” in the title somewhat of a joke.
The debate with hits collections, as always, is over song selection.
While no one can argue the inclusion of hits like “Strangelove” and
“Just Can’t Get Enough,” there are plenty of other songs whose exclusion
some will take issue with. On this particular “Best Of,” the most
notable absence is any song from Black Celebration. Maybe it’s just that
songs from Black Celebration work better as a complete thematic whole,
“Stripped” following “A Question of Time” and “But Not Tonight”
succeeding “New Dress.” I don’t know, but I’m still trying to fathom a
“Best of Depeche Mode” without “Fly on the Windscreen.” All in all, the
eighteen tracks selected for this collection are a fairly representative
and fair look at a spectacular and legendary pop band that probably
still isn’t given the due it deserves.
As far as the real “Best Of,”
the one bearing the misleading `Volume 1" tag, at its best it is a
worthy representation of 25 years of pop mastery. At its worst, it is a
reminder that, given any 18 songs from this legendary band, whether your
favorites or not, Depeche Mode will always be relevant. From “New Life”
to “Suffer Well,” there are no bad songs on this record, only great
song after great song.
(full version: treblezine.com/depeche-mode-the-best-of-vol-1/)
01. Personal Jesus (03:47)
02. Just Can't Get Enough (03:43)
03. Everything Counts (04:01)
04. Enjoy the Silence (04:14)
05. Shake the Disease (04:51)
06. See You (03:57)
07. It's No Good (05:58)
08. Strangelove (03:46)
09. Suffer Well (03:52)
10. Dream On (03:41)
11. People Are People (03:46)
12. Martyr (03:25)
13. Walking in My Shoes (05:00)
14. I Feel You (04:35)
15. Precious (04:09)
16. Master and Servant (03:49)
17. New Life (03:46)
18. Never Let Me Down Again (04:18)
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