The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1
The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 is a greatest hits album by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 8 November 2006 by Mute Records. The album consists of select Depeche Mode singles from their then-25-year career, as well as the previously unreleased track "Martyr"—recorded during the Playing the Angel sessions—which was released as a single in late October 2006.
The album has sold over one million copies in Europe alone and has been awarded the IFPI Platinum Europe Award.
Track listing
;iTunes Store bonus tracks- "Personal Jesus" – 6:55
- "Never Let Me Down Again" – 4:40
- "Everything Counts" – 6:55
- "People Are People" – 7:24
- "Personal Jesus" – 5:15
''The Best of Depeche Mode Videos Volume 1'' DVD
Limited edition copies of The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 include a bonus DVD of music videos and The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 , which is a 30 minute electronic press kit featuring interviews with the band and associates on all the songs included on the album. The cover art for this version has a pink flower rather than the white flower depicted on the cover of the regular CD.On 16 March 2007, the DVD was released on its own as The Best of Depeche Mode Videos Volume 1.
Track listing
- "Just Can't Get Enough" – *
- "Everything Counts" – *
- "People Are People" – **
- "Master & Servant – *
- "Shake the Disease" – *
- "Stripped" –
- "A Question of Time" –
- "Strangelove" –
- "Never Let Me Down Again" –
- "Behind the Wheel" –
- "Personal Jesus" –
- "Enjoy the Silence" –
- "I Feel You" –
- "Walking in My Shoes" –
- "In Your Room" –
- "Barrel of a Gun" –
- "It's No Good" –
- "Only When I Lose Myself" –
- "Dream On" – **
- "I Feel Loved" – **
- "Enjoy the Silence '04 – **
- "Precious" –
- "Suffer Well" –
- The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1
Personnel
Depeche Mode
- Dave Gahan – lead vocals, sampler, percussion on "Personal Jesus"
- Martin Gore – guitar, keyboard, acoustic guitar, bass, melodica, backing vocals, sampler, co-lead vocals, percussion
- Andy Fletcher – keyboard, sampler, backing vocals, bass guitar, percussion
- Alan Wilder – keyboard, drum machine and backing vocals, electronic drums, drums, sampler, bass guitar, percussion
- Vince Clarke – keyboard, drum machine, and backing vocals
Other musicians
- Victor Indrizzo – percussion
- Flood - additional percussion, additional keyboards and programming
- Mark Bell – drum machine
- Daniel Miller - additional synthesizer, additional production
- Gareth Jones - additional production, pre-production
- Richard Morris, Dave McCracken - programming ; synthesizers and drum machines
- Christian Eigner - drums, original programming
- Andrew Phillpott - original programming
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart | Peak position |
Year-end charts
| Chart | Position |
| European Albums | 44 |
| German Albums | 39 |
| Hungarian Albums | 44 |
| Italian Albums | 62 |
| US Top Dance/Electronic Albums | 4 |