Label:
Mute Records | Reprise Records | Sony Music
Cat#:
STUMM216 | tba | tba
Release Date:
02nd June 2003 (original date)
2021 (vinyl re-release)
Format:
CD, vinyl, download & streaming
Tracklist: 01. Dirty Sticky Floors
02. Hold On
03. A Little Piece
04. Bottle Living
05. Black And Blue Again
06. Stay
07. I Need You
08. Bitter Apple
09. Hidden Houses
10. Goodbye
Press Info:
Dave Gahan Releases Debut Solo Album ‘Paper Monsters’
Dave Gahan releases “Paper Monsters”, his debut solo album on 2nd June . The first single, ‘Dirty Sticky Floors’, will be released two weeks earlier.
After 22 illustrious years with Depeche Mode, “Paper Monsters” marks Dave’s debut as a fully fledged songwriter. He wrote all ten tracks with his multi-instrumentalist friend Knox Chandler. The album was produced by Ken Thomas of Sigur Ros fame. “Paper Monsters” marries the freshness of a freshman effort with the seasoned wisdom of an old soul. It was recorded, mostly in New York, in an open-ended, back-to-basics manner which Dave found both liberating and exhilarating.
“What really hit me most was how happy and fulfilled it made me feel,” Dave says with a smile. “I wanted to hear something that makes me feel good. That’s been the train of thought throughout this record and Ken’s been really great with that.”
Highlights are many and include the rock-star bravado of the first single ‘Dirty Sticky Floors’, the quiet awe of ‘Stay’ and the wonderful equilibrium of ‘A Little Piece’.
Release Date:
14th May 2001(original release date)
later (several re-releases & digital)
Format:
CD, vinyl, download & streaming
Tracklist Standard CD / Vinyl: 01. Dream On
02. Shine
03. The Sweetest Condition
04. When The Body Speaks
05. The Dead Of Night
06. Lovetheme
07. Freelove
08. Comatose
09. I Feel Loved
10. Breathe
11. Easy Tiger
12. I Am You
13. Goodnight Lovers
Tracklist Deluxe Digital: 01. Dream On
02. Shine
03. The Sweetest Condition
04. When The Body Speaks
05. The Dead Of Night
06. Lovetheme
07. Freelove
08. Comatose
09. I Feel Loved
10. Breathe
11. Easy Tiger
12. I Am You
13. Goodnight Lovers
14. The Dead Of Night (Live)
15. The Sweetest Condition (Live In Paris, 2001)
16. Dream On (Live In Paris, 2001)
17. When The Body Speaks (Live In Paris, 2001)
18. Breathe (Live In Paris, 2001)
19. Freelove (Live In Paris, 2001)
20. Easy Tiger (Full Version)
21. Dirt
22. Freelove (Flood Mix)
23. Zenstation
24. When The Body Speaks (Acoustic Version)
Info:
In 2007, the album was completely remastered, and released in two different formats (SACD + DVD, and LP in Europe, CD + DVD, and LP in North America). The SACD + DVD version featured the album in a remastered 5.1 surround sound presentation, on the SACD disc. The CD + DVD version featured the album in a remastered 5.1 surround sound presentation on the DVD disc. The CD and LP were remastered stereo audio. The US edition of the remastered CD was not a SACD. Only the European release was in SACD format. The US DVD is a standard DVD, not a specific DVD-Audio disc.
Digital bonus stuff was previously released on the DVD of the collector’s edition & singles.
Release Date:
19th March 1990(original release date)
later (several re-releases & digital)
Format:
CD, vinyl, download & streaming
Tracklist Vinyl/CD: 01. World In My Eyes
02. Sweetest Perfection
03. Personal Jesus
04. Halo
05. Waiting For The Night
06. Enjoy The Silence
07. Policy Of Truth
08. Blue Dress
09. Clean
Tracklist Digital: 01. World In My Eyes
02. Sweetest Perfection
03. Personal Jesus
04. Halo
05. Waiting For The Night
06. Enjoy The Silence
07. Policy Of Truth
08. Blue Dress
09. Clean
10. Dangerous
11. Memphisto
12. Sibeling
13. Kaleid (7″ Version)
14. Happiest Girl (Jack Mix)
15. Sea of Sin (Tonal Mix)
Info:
The original vinyl editions have a shorter version of “Personal Jesus”.
For the original 1990 UK release, there was a promotional sampler 12″ single, and a promotional box. The box was a 12″ by 12″ box set, which contained vinyl, cassette and CD pressings of the album.
For this UK release, a variety of other short-lived formats were released, including DCC (digital compact cassette) and Mini-Disc.
There are a few uncredited instrumental tracks (“interludes”) on the album. Between “Enjoy The Silence” and “Policy Of Truth”, the instrumental track is called “Interlude #2 – Crucified”. The second interlude on the album is the track between “Blue Dress” and “Clean”. It is called “Interlude #3”. Interlude #1 (“Mission Impossible”) is on “Music For The Masses”, and Interlude #4 is on “Songs Of Faith And Devotion”.
In 2006, the album was completely remastered, and released in two different formats (SACD + DVD, and LP in Europe, CD + DVD, and LP in North America). The SACD + DVD version featured the album in a remastered 5.1 surround sound presentation, on the SACD disc. The CD + DVD version featured the album in a remastered 5.1 surround sound presentation on the DVD disc. The CD and LP were remastered stereo audio. The US edition of the remastered CD was not a SACD. Only the European release was in SACD format. The US DVD is a standard DVD, not a specific DVD-Audio disc.
Vinyl7-B1. The Worst Crime (Highline Sessions Version)
Vinyl7-B2. Heroes (Highline Sessions Version)
Press Info:
Sony Music Entertainment will continue the Depeche Mode 12″ vinyl singles project with the release of Spirit | The 12″ Singles on 20 September 2024.
Spirit | The 12″ Singles, a collector’s edition deluxe box set, contains seven 12″ vinyl discs including custom replicas of the original three double 12″ singles from Spirit (Depeche Mode’s 14th studio album): Where’s the Revolution (originally released 3 February 2017, in advance of the album), Going Backwards (released 23 June 2017), and Cover Me (released 6 October 2017).
As a bonus for Depeche Mode fans, Spirit | The 12″ Singles premieres a special seventh disc: the first-ever 12″ vinyl pressing of the band’s legendary Highline Sessions, recorded live in New York City on 3 August 2016. The most complete recording of Depeche Mode’s Highline Sessions ever released in any format, this five-song 12″ vinyl single includes DM’s galvanizing cover of David Bowie’s “Heroes” (celebrating the anthem’s 2017 40th anniversary) and two previously unreleased performances of songs from Spirit: So Much Love and Poison Heart.
Depeche Mode’s Spirit | The 12″ Singles comes in a numbered limited edition housed in a deluxe slipcase including seven 12″ 180g vinyl discs, riveting artwork recontextualizing original album covers, a replica poster and download card.
Depeche Mode recorded their Spirit album from April through August 2016 at Sound Design in Santa Barbara, California and Jungle City in New York, working for the first time with producer James Ford. Released through Columbia/Mute on 17 March 2017, Spirit was the last Depeche Mode studio album to feature founding member and keyboardist Andy Fletcher before his passing on 26 May 2022.
Sony Music Entertainment released the first two box sets in the Depeche Mode 12″ singles series–Speak & Spell | The Singles and A Broken Frame | The Singles–in August 2018 with the second batch–Construction Time Again | The 12″ Singles and Some Great Reward | The 12″ Singles–arriving in December 2018. SME released Depeche Mode’s Black Celebration | The 12″ Singles and Music For The Masses | The 12″ Singles on 31 May 2019. 2020 saw the release of Violator | The 12″ Singles in July and Songs Of Faith And Devotion | The 12″ Singles in October. The ninth collection in the series, Ultra | The 12″ Singles was released on 27 September 2021 with the tenth volume, Exciter | The 12″ Singles, arriving on 10 June 2022. The 11th volume in the series, Playing The Angel | The 12″ Singles, was released in November 2022. 2023 saw the release of Sounds Of The Universe | The 12″ Singles in August with Delta Machine | The 12″ Singles following in September.
Each box set in the series contains the singles from an individual Depeche Mode album pressed on audiophile-quality 12″ vinyl. The artwork for the exterior of each of the box sets draws on iconography inspired by the original releases, while the vinyl sleeves themselves feature the original single artwork.
Spirit | The 12″ Singles is chronologically the 14th volume in SME’s Depeche Mode 12″ Singles Series and the first to include a bonus 12″ vinyl disc premiering previously unreleased tracks.
