Depeche Mode – Violator

Originally released 19 March 1990, “Violator” is the seventh studio album by Depeche Mode. It features the singles “Personal Jesus”, “Enjoy The Silence”, “Policy Of Truth”, and “World In My Eyes”. Over the years, “Violator” has been remastered and reissued several times.


LP – UK
Mute – Stumm 64 (released 19 March 1990)

Get your original edition of “Violator” in vinyl format from eBay (subject to availability).

Depeche Mode – Violator


LP promo sampler – UK
Mute – P Stumm 64 (released in 1990)

Depeche Mode – Violator


CD – UK / US
Mute – CD Stumm 64 / Mute – Sire – 26081-2 (released 19 March 1990 / 20 March)

Depeche Mode – Violator

  1. World In My Eyes 4:26 / 4:26
  2. Sweetest Perfection 4:43 / 4:43
  3. Personal Jesus 4:56 / 4:56
  4. Halo 4:30 / 4:30
  5. Waiting For The Night 6:07 / 6:07
  6. Enjoy The Silence / Interlude #2 – Crucified 6:13 / 6:12
  7. Policy Of Truth 4:55 / 4:55
  8. Blue Dress / Interlude #3 5:42 / 5:42
  9. Clean 5:28 / 5:28

Limited edition box set promo – UK / Scandinavia / Spain
Mute – no catalogue number, box containing LP, CD, and cassette formats of “Violator” (released in March 1990)

Depeche Mode – Violator

  • LP – Stumm 64
  • CD – CD Stumm 64
  • Cassette – C Stumm 64

2xCD – Japan
Mute – Alfa – ALCB-33 (with bonus disc of “Enjoy The Silence”, released 19 March 1990)

Depeche Mode – Violator

  1. World In My Eyes 4:26
  2. Sweetest Perfection 4:41
  3. Personal Jesus 4:54
  4. Halo 4:28
  5. Waiting For The Night 6:06
  6. Enjoy The Silence / Interlude #2 – Crucified 6:13
  7. Policy Of Truth 4:52
  8. Blue Dress / Interlude #3 5:40
  9. Clean 5:30

  1. Enjoy The Silence (7-inch Version) 4:15
  2. Enjoy The Silence (Ecstatic Dub) 5:52
  3. Enjoy The Silence (Ecstatic Dub Edit) 5:44
  4. Sibeling 3:16
  5. Enjoy The Silence (Bass Line) 7:41
  6. Enjoy The Silence (Harmonium) 2:42
  7. Enjoy The Silence (Ricki Tik Tik Mix) 5:28
  8. Memphisto 4:05

Note: Track 3 should have been the “Hands And Feet Mix Edit” of “Enjoy The Silence”, this was later corrected with a replacement CD.


3-inch CD promo – Japan
Mute – Alfa – Y08-2 (released in 1990)

Depeche Mode – Violator

  1. World In My Eyes 4:24
  2. Policy Of Truth 4:53
  3. Personal Jesus 4:55
  4. Enjoy The Silence 4:16

LP – US
Mute – Sire – 26081-1 (released 20 March 1990)

Depeche Mode – Violator


SACD + DVD remastered collectors editions
Europe: Mute – DMCD7 (released 3 April 2006)
US: Mute – Sire – R2 77594 (CD + DVD with SACD surround, released 6 June 2006)

Get your remastered collectors edition of “Violator” in SACD + DVD format from Amazon (subject to availability).

Get your remastered collectors edition of “Violator” in SACD + DVD format from eBay (subject to availability).

Depeche Mode – Violator

SACD

  1. World In My Eyes 4:27
  2. Sweetest Perfection 4:44
  3. Personal Jesus 4:56
  4. Halo 4:30
  5. Waiting For The Night 6:07
  6. Enjoy The Silence / Interlude #2 – Crucified 6:13
  7. Policy Of Truth 4:55
  8. Blue Dress / Interlude #3 5:38
  9. Clean 5:33

DVD
Video – A Short Film

  1. Depeche Mode: 1989 – 90 (“If you wanna use guitars, use guitars”) 32:31

Audio – Violator (in DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, and PCM Stereo)

  1. World In My Eyes 4:26
  2. Sweetest Perfection 4:43
  3. Personal Jesus 4:55
  4. Halo 4:30
  5. Waiting For The Night 6:07
  6. Enjoy The Silence / Interlude #2 – Crucified 6:12
  7. Policy Of Truth 5:02
  8. Blue Dress / Interlude #3 5:42
  9. Clean 5:27

Additional tracks (in PCM Stereo)

  1. Dangerous 4:21
  2. Memphisto 4:01
  3. Sibeling 3:17
  4. Kaleid 4:17
  5. Happiest Girl (Jack Mix) 4:58
  6. Sea Of Sin (Tonal Mix) 4:43

CD – various remastered & reissued editions
Europe: Mute – CDXSTUMM64 (released 3 April 2006)

US: Sire – R2 26081 (released in 2007)

Europe: Sony Music 88883751332 (released 13 August 2013 and in 2018)

Depeche Mode – Violator

  1. World In My Eyes 4:27
  2. Sweetest Perfection 4:43
  3. Personal Jesus 4:55
  4. Halo 4:30
  5. Waiting For The Night 6:07
  6. Enjoy The Silence / Interlude #2 – Crucified 6:12
  7. Policy Of Truth 4:55
  8. Blue Dress / Interlude #3 5:38
  9. Clean 5:34

LP – various remastered & reissued limited editions in gatefold sleeve
Europe: Mute – DMLP7 (released 12 March 2007)
US: Mute – Sire – WBA1-233980 (released 22 January 2008 and 24 March 2014)

Europe: BMG – Music On Vinyl – MOVLP941 (released 24 March 2014)

Europe: Sony Music – 88985336751 (released in 2017)

Get your remastered “Violator” in 180 gram vinyl format from Amazon (subject to availability).

Depeche Mode – Violator


Note: “Violator” was also released in the cassette, DCC, and mini-disc formats, and in the Blu-spec CD2 format in Japan.


Depeche Mode – Violator

  • all tracks written by Martin Gore
  • produced by Flood (Mark Ellis) and Depeche Mode
  • highest chart position 2 (UK) 7 (US)
  • 1990 Depeche Mode was Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan, Martin Gore, and Alan Wilder