Depeche Mode – Music For The Masses

Originally released 28 September 1987, “Music For The Masses” is the sixth studio album by Depeche Mode. It features the singles “Strangelove”, “Never Let Me Down Again”, “Behind The Wheel”, and “Little 15”.  Over the years, “Music For The Masses” has been remastered and reissued several times.


LP – UK
Mute – STUMM 47 (released 28 September 1987)

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Depeche Mode – Music For The Masses


LP + 12-inch limited edition – UK
Mute – STUMM 47 / HMV 1 (the regular album above and a bonus promo, released 28 September 1987)

Depeche Mode – Music For The Masses


LP – clear vinyl edition – UK
Mute – STUMM 47 (released 28 September 1987)

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Depeche Mode – Music For The Masses


LP – blue transparent vinyl edition – Germany
Mute – Stumm 47 – Intercord Ton – INT 146.833 (released 28 September 1987 with sticker on some sleeves promoting German tour dates, reissue released in 1990)

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Depeche Mode – Music For The Masses


CD – UK
Mute – CD STUMM 47 (released 28 September 1987)

Depeche Mode – Music For The Masses

  1. Never Let Me Down Again 4:48
  2. The Things You Said 4:02
  3. Strangelove 4:56
  4. Sacred 4:47
  5. Little 15 4:18
  6. Behind The Wheel 5:18
  7. I Want You Now 3:44
  8. To Have And To Hold 2:51
  9. Nothing 4:18
  10. Pimpf / Interlude #1 – Mission Impossible 5:25
  11. Agent Orange 5:05
  12. Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix) 4:57
  13. To Have And To Hold (Spanish Taster) 2:36
  14. Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix) 5:36

LP / 12-inch / 7-inch promo – Spain
Mute – Sanni Records – STUMM 47 (released in September 1987 to promote Depeche Mode concerts in Spain during the “Music For The Masses Tour”)

Depeche Mode – Music For The Masses

LP


12-inch

  • A1 Never Let Me Down Again (Split Mix) 9:30
  • B1 Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix) 5:34
  • B2 Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix) 4:43

7-inch

  • A1 Never Let Me Down Again 4:21
  • B1 Pleasure, Little Treasure 2:51

LP – US
Mute – Sire – 25614-1 (released 6 October 1987)

Depeche Mode – Music For The Masses


CD – US
Mute – Sire – 25614-2 (released 6 October 1987)

Depeche Mode – Music For The Masses

  1. Never Let Me Down Again 4:47
  2. The Things You Said 3:55
  3. Strangelove 4:38
  4. Sacred 5:01
  5. Little 15 4:14
  6. Behind The Wheel 5:17
  7. I Want You Now 3:28
  8. To Have And To Hold 3:08
  9. Nothing 4:12
  10. Pimpf / Interlude #1 – Mission Impossible 5:01
  11. Agent Orange 5:05
  12. Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix) 4:54
  13. To Have And To Hold (Spanish Taster) 2:34
  14. Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix) 5:36

LP – UK
Mute – STUMM 47 (reissued but withdrawn budget edition, released in 1990)

Depeche Mode – Music For The Masses


SACD + DVD remastered collectors editions
Europe: Mute – DMCD6 (released 3 April 2006)
US: Mute – Sire – R2 77591 (CD + DVD with SACD surround, released 6 June 2006)

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Depeche Mode – Music For The Masses

SACD

  1. Never Let Me Down Again 4:48 / 4:48
  2. The Things You Said 4:02 / 4:03
  3. Strangelove 4:56 / 4:55
  4. Sacred 4:47 / 4:50
  5. Little 15 4:18 / 4:19
  6. Behind The Wheel 5:18 / 5:18
  7. I Want You Now 3:45 / 3:45
  8. To Have And To Hold 2:51 / 2:52
  9. Nothing 4:12 / 4:18
  10. Pimpf / Interlude #1 – Mission Impossible 5:01 / 4:56

DVD
Video – A Short Film

  1. Depeche Mode: 1987 – 88 (“Sometimes you do need some new jokes”) 37:02

Audio – Music For The Masses (in DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, and PCM Stereo)

  1. Never Let Me Down Again 4:48 / 4:48
  2. The Things You Said 4:02 / 4:03
  3. Strangelove 4:56 / 4:55
  4. Sacred 4:47 / 4:50
  5. Little 15 4:18 / 4:19
  6. Behind The Wheel 5:18 / 5:18
  7. I Want You Now 3:45 / 3:45
  8. To Have And To Hold 2:51 / 2:52
  9. Nothing 4:12 / 4:18
  10. Pimpf / Interlude #1 – Mission Impossible 5:01 / 4:56
  11. Agent Orange 5:31 / 5:31
  12. Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix) 4:58 / 4:54
  13. To Have And To Hold (Spanish Taster) 2:36 / 2:33
  14. Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix) 5:38 / 5:34

Additional tracks (in PCM Stereo)

  1. Agent Orange 5:04 / 5:05
  2. Pleasure, Little Treasure 2:53 / 2:52
  3. Route 66 4:11 / 4:09 ★
  4. Stjarna 4:25 / 4:23
  5. Sonata Nº 14 In C#M “Moonlight Sonata” 5:36 / 5:36 ♭

CD – various remastered & reissued editions
Europe: Mute – CDXSTUMM 47 (released 3 April 2006)

Europe: Sony Music – 88883751322 (released 5 August 2013 and in 2018)

US: Sire – R2 25614 (released 2 Jun 2017)

Depeche Mode – Music For The Masses

  1. Never Let Me Down Again 4:48
  2. The Things You Said 4:02
  3. Strangelove 4:54
  4. Sacred 4:49
  5. Little 15 4:18
  6. Behind The Wheel 5:18
  7. I Want You Now 3:44
  8. To Have And To Hold 2:51
  9. Nothing 4:18
  10. Pimpf / Interlude #1 – Mission Impossible 4:57

LP – various remastered & reissued limited editions in gatefold sleeve
Europe: Mute – DMLP6 (released 12 March 2007)
US: Mute – Sire – WBA1-233916 (released 28 January 2008)

Europe: BMG – Music On Vinyl – MOVLP942 (released 3 February 2014)
US: Mute – Sire – 1-233916 (released 4 February 2014)

Europe: Sony Music – 88985336731 (released in December 2016)*

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Depeche Mode – Music For The Masses


Note: “Music For The Masses” was also released on cassette, and in the Blu-spec CD2 format in Japan.


Depeche Mode – Music For The Masses

  • all tracks written by Martin L. Gore, except ★ by Robert William
    Troup Jr, and ♭ by Ludwig van Beethoven
  • produced by David Bascombe and Depeche Mode
  • highest chart position 10 (UK) 35 (US)
  • 1987 Depeche Mode was Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan, Martin Gore, and Alan Wilder