Some Great Videos


Some Great Videos is the first music video compilation by Depeche Mode, featuring ten music videos directed by Clive Richardson and Peter Care, released on 14 October 1985. Its release coincided with The Singles 81→85 and Catching Up with Depeche Mode compilations released in the UK and US.

Background

In 1985, Depeche Mode elected not to record a new album, and instead release singles collections in the US and UK titled Catching Up with Depeche Mode and The Singles 81→85, respectively.
Depeche Mode did not like the videos made for their second album A Broken Frame, all of which were directed by Julien Temple, with the band's opinions of these videos ranging from "embarrassing" to being "a complete disaster". Alan Wilder later said, "You can pretty much lump all the Julian Temple videos into one collective disaster. In those days, we were very naive and it wasn’t until Anton Corbijn got involved in 1986, that we realised we could take more control over the cohesive image of the group." The video for "Get the Balance Right!", directed by Kevin Hewitt, was also not included. Videos directed by Clive Richardson, which the band did like, were included on Some Great Videos, as well as videos for their two latest singles, "It's Called a Heart" and "Shake the Disease", both of which were directed by Peter Care.

Release

Some Great Videos was released on 14 October 1985. It was released by Virgin Records on VHS in the UK, VHS and LaserDisc in the US and Japan, and Betamax in Mexico. In the US and Mexico regions, where it was issued in 1986, the video for "A Question of Lust", from the 1986 album Black Celebration, was also included.
The cover image was taken by photographer by Eric Watson.

Releases

UK 1985 release

VHS / Betamax: Virgin Video / VVD103
  1. "Just [Can't Get Enough (Depeche Mode song)|Just Can't Get Enough]"
  2. "Everything Counts"
  3. "Love, in Itself"
  4. "People Are People"
  5. "Master and Servant"
  6. "Blasphemous Rumours"
  7. "Somebody"
  8. "Shake the Disease"
  9. "It's Called a Heart"
  10. "Photographic"

    US 1986 releases

VHS: Sire / 38124-3

LD : Sire / 38124-6

  1. "A Question of Lust"

UK 1998 release

VHS: Mute Film / MF034