Depeche Mode – Greatest Hits

Approved by a state run label and released 1 July 1987, “Greatest Hits” is the fourth compilation album by Depeche Mode. It’s an East German version of the UK and European compilation The Singles 81→85. However, the track listing is quite different. On this release all the singles from 1981 and 1982, plus “Get The Balance Right!” and “Love, In Itself” from 1983, are excluded. Instead, the 1986 single “A Question Of Lust” from Black Celebration, plus other tracks from that album and Some Great Reward, are included. The compilation was released with two different vinyl labels; the regular blue AMIGA label and an alternative yellow one. “Greatest Hits” is the only Depeche Mode record issued exclusively in the GDR.

LP – East Germany (GDR)
AMIGA – 8 56 260 (released 1 July 1987, standard inner sleeve)

A1 Shake The Disease 4:45 (1985)
A2 A Question Of Lust (Album Version) 4:24 (1986)
A3 It’s Called A Heart 3:45 (1985)
A4 Blasphemous Rumours (7-inch Version) 5:06 (1984)
A5 Everything Counts 3:57 (1983)
A6 People Are People 3:43 (1984)
B1 Master And Servant (7-inch Version) 3:50 (1984)
B2 Something To Do (missing the first second) 3:44 (1984)
B3 Stripped (Album Version) 4:13 (1986)
B4 Here Is The House (not separated from Stripped) 4:16 (1986)
B5 It Doesn’t Matter 4:45 (1984)
B6 It Doesn’t Matter Two 2:4 (1986)

Note: “Greatest Hits” was also released on cassette.