Depeche Mode "The Singles 81→85"

The Singles 81→85 is a greatest hits album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was released on 14 October 1985 by Mute Records. The compilation was not originally released in North America, being replaced by its counterpart Catching Up with Depeche Mode. This was the first release to feature a picture of the band on the cover (aside from the compilation album People Are People, which was released exclusively in North America in 1984).

In 1998, to coincide with the release of The Singles 86>98, the album was reissued and remastered under the title The Singles 81>85, featuring new cover art and two bonus tracks (one of which had never appeared on an official CD to date). As of April 2006, the 1998 reissue had sold 283,000 copies in the United States.

On the inner sleeve of both the original LP and the reissue, as well as in the CD booklet and cassette inlay, each single's cover is pictured along with comments by certain reviewers, both positive and negative. Pre-Pet Shop Boys era, Neil Tennant's dismissive Smash Hits review from the actual release date of the double A-side single "Blasphemous Rumours"/"Somebody" is featured.

The photograph by Eric Watson featured on the cover was displayed at the National Portrait Gallery in London.

Track listing

All tracks written by Martin L. Gore, except where noted. All tracks produced by Daniel Miller and Depeche Mode, except where noted.

LP

Side one

1. "Dreaming of Me" Vince Clarke Speak & Spell 3:46
2. "New Life" Clarke Speak & Spell 3:45
3. "Just Can't Get Enough" Clarke Speak & Spell 3:44
4. "See You" A Broken Frame 3:57
5. "Leave in Silence" A Broken Frame 4:02
6. "Get the Balance Right!" Non-album single 3:15
7. "Everything Counts" Construction Time Again 3:59

Side two

1. "Love, in Itself" Construction Time Again 4:00
2. "People Are People" Some Great Reward 3:46
3. "Master and Servant" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones) Some Great Reward 3:47
4. "Blasphemous Rumours" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Jones) Some Great Reward 5:09
5. "Shake the Disease" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Jones) Previously unreleased 4:49
6. "It's Called a Heart" Previously unreleased 3:51

Total length: 51:56

CD

1. "Dreaming of Me" Clarke Non-album single 3:46
2. "New Life" Clarke Speak & Spell 3:45
3. "Just Can't Get Enough" Clarke Speak & Spell 3:44
4. "See You" A Broken Frame 3:57
5. "The Meaning of Love" A Broken Frame 3:05
6. "Leave in Silence" A Broken Frame 4:02
7. "Get the Balance Right!" Non-album single 3:15
8. "Everything Counts" Construction Time Again 3:59
9. "Love, in Itself" Construction Time Again 4:00
10. "People Are People" Some Great Reward 3:46
11. "Master and Servant" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Jones) Some Great Reward 3:47
12. "Blasphemous Rumours" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Jones) Some Great Reward 5:09
13. "Somebody" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Jones) Some Great Reward 4:22
14. "Shake the Disease" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Jones) Previously unreleased 4:49
15. "It's Called a Heart" Previously unreleased 3:51

Total length: 59:17

1998 reissue bonus tracks

1. "Photographic" (Some Bizzare version) Clarke Some Bizzare Album 3:13
2. "Just Can't Get Enough" (Schizo mix) Clarke "Just Can't Get Enough" (single) 6:46

Total length: 69:24