The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1
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| Greatest hits album by Depeche Mode | ||||
| Released | 8 November 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 1981–2005 | |||
| Genre | Synthpop, new wave, alternative rock, alternative dance, electronic rock | |||
| Length | 74:56 | |||
| Label | Mute | |||
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| Singles from The Best of: Volume 1 | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
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| Okayplayer | 89/100 |
| Pitchfork | 8.2/10 |
The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 is a greatest hits album by the English electronic 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.
Limited edition copies of The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 (LCDMUTEL15) include a bonus DVD of music videos. A few of the videos feature songs that were not on The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 and a few of the songs on the album are not on the DVD. The cover art has a pink flower rather than the white flower depicted on the cover of the regular CD.
The electronic press kit (EPK) contains commentary on all the singles that made it onto the CD release of The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1.
On 16 March 2007, the DVD was released on its own as The Best of Videos Volume 1.
* First official release on DVD
** First official release period ("People Are People"'s regular video was not used in the original Some Great Videos release. None of the Exciter videos (or "Enjoy the Silence 04") were publicly released prior to Best of)
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
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