The Best of Depeche Mode, Vol. 1

Performer: Depeche Mode
Engineer: Eric Radcliffe; Gareth Jones; John Fryer
Producer: Daniel Miller; Flood; Gareth Jones; Dave Dascombe; Mark Blakkat Bell; Ben Hillier; Tim Simenon; Daniel Miller (Compilation); Roland Brown (Compilation)
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Audio Mixers: Daniel Miller; Flood; The Q.; Fran�ois Kevorkian; Mark "Spike" Stent; Phil Legg; Steve Fitzmaurice; Ben Hillier; Jeremy Wheatley; Tim Simenon. Audio Remasterer: Simon Heyworth. Liner Note Author: Paul Morley. By the early 2000s, Depeche Mode's reputation and legacy were such that hits collections, singles comps, and other retrospectives became the order of the day. Though not the first compilation from the beloved synth-pop band, THE BEST OF VOLUME 1was its first official single-disc "best-of." Spanning the entirety of the group's two-decades-and-running career, the collection includes early confections such as "Just Can't Get Enough" and "See You," brooding mid-career classics like "Personal Jesus" and "Enjoy the Silence," and the clean-and-sober comeback tracks "Suffer Well" and "Precious." This is as succinct an overview of this classic New Wave band as any available now or (inevitably) soon to be.

Depeche Mode (French for "hurried fashion") was one of the first and best of the British synth-pop bands, combining breathless, melodic pop with perky electronics. With main songwriter Vince Clarke's departure for Yaz, Martin Gore took the reigns, and the band's sound became darker and harder, though still true to their trademark synth-driven accessibility. The post-Clarke band's moody dance-pop brought Depeche Mode worldwide superstardom in the second half of the '80s. The band survived overexposure, drug problems, and all the other traditional rock-star travails, and came out older and wiser, entering the 2000s as a fully functioning, mature unit.

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