MUSIC FOR THE MASSES

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American album certifications – Depeche Mode – Music for the Masses". Recording Industry Association of America. 1 February 1991. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Offiziellecharts.de – Depeche Mode – Music for the Masses" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

Dutchcharts.nl – Depeche Mode – Music for the Masses" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 March 2014.

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The re-release was released on 3 April 2006 in Europe. The US version was delayed to 2 June 2006 and is only available on a CD + DVD format, with no SACD. The DVD on all the versions are region independent, but differ in television formats: PAL or NTSC. The remastered album was released on vinyl on 2 March 2007 in Germany and 5 March 2007 internationally.

Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8. Lazell, Barry (1997). "Depeche Mode". Indie Hits 1980–1989: The Complete U.K. Independent Charts (Singles & Albums). Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-95172-069-4. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009 . Retrieved 10 May 2022. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1sted.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Also a Specialty Records Corporation pressing Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses exists with B5 duration time of 4:55 on label. The documentary, a 37-minute short film titled Depeche Mode: 1987–88 (Sometimes You Do Need Some New Jokes), is an extensive look at the album, featuring commentary from a wide variety of people, including the current Depeche Mode, former member Wilder, producer David Bascombe, Daniel Miller, Daryl Bamonte, Atkins, Anton Corbijn, and others. The documentary features new facts on the album, and also an extensive look at the film 101.Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Depeche Mode; 'Music for the Masses ')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Year End Eurocharts – Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.4, no.51/52. 1 January 1989. p.30. OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History. Eh Weirdly disappointed in this. There's almost nothing on this record that interests me. Which is strange. This is undoubtedly interesting music, with the complex rhythms, and the synths and samples of noise that get mixed in with the beat and swirl around like a washing machine. But none of it caught my attention. I think it's the irritatingly alternative sound that they have, and the painfully obvious attempt to create some sort of catchy ear candy, while still keeping up a mysterious aura. "Never Let Me Down Again" is great, with a fantastic groove and possibly the only memorable melody on here. After that it simply goes downhill. It was preceded by the singles "Strangelove", released on 13 April, " Never Let Me Down Again", released on 24 August. Two other singles followed the release of the album, one being " Behind the Wheel", released 28 December, and the other being " Little 15", which was released on 16 May the following year.

Behind The Wheel is next, one of the more popular singles from the Album. I Want You Now is probably DM's most straightforward song. That made it unexpected, as the meaning of their songs is usually hidden below the surface, and crawl up slowly. But there is absolutely no mistaking what this song is about. I would say that this song is sexuality that drives right to the point, whereas the songs are usually soaked with sensuality that creeps up on you. I didn't like this song the first couple of times I heard it, for that reason. But it grew on me, and now I love it.British album certifications – Depeche Mode – Music for the Masses". British Phonographic Industry. 5 October 1987. The tour began in October 1987 with a European leg, starting in Madrid and finishing mid-November in Paris. In early December, a North American run commenced in San Francisco and culminated three weeks later in New York City. Band members Andy Fletcher and Martin Gore both explained the album's title was conceived as a joke, after Gore found an old album called "Music for the Millions." [9] Fletcher said, "The title's... a bit tongue-in-cheek, really. Everyone is telling us we should make more commercial music, so that's the reason we chose that title." [8] According to Gore, the title "was a joke on the uncommerciality of [the album]. It was anything but music for the masses!" [10] Cover art [ edit ] In January 1988, the group played an eleven-date U.K. tour, which was followed by further dates in Europe beginning in Hamburg, West Germany in early February. The leg wrapped up in Vienna in late March.