Depeche Mode "It's No Good (Single & Video)"

"It's No Good" is Depeche Mode's 32nd UK single, released on 31 March 1997 (15 April in the US), and the second single for the album Ultra. It reached number 5 in the UK Singles Chart.

The B-side is an instrumental, called "Slowblow". It was the last actual B-side from the Ultra era, making the album the only one by Depeche Mode to not have a non-remix/non-live vocal B-side track (Although if you exclude non-exclusive songs, Black Celebration can count as well).

On 15 May 1997, the band went on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and performed the song, a recording made available at the official Depeche Mode website.

The music video depicts the band as a low-rent lounge act at a number of sleazy gigs. At the beginning of the video, Anton Corbijn makes a cameo appearance introducing the band at the club they perform at.

Track listings

All songs written by Martin Gore.

12": Mute / 12Bong26 (UK)

1. "It's No Good (Hardfloor Mix)" (6:44)
2. "It's No Good (Speedy J Mix)" (5:01)
3. "It's No Good (Motor Bass Mix)" (3:53) (Philippe Zdar (later of Cassius) and Étienne de Crécy)
4. "It's No Good (Andrea Parker Mix)" (6:12)
5. "It's No Good (Bass Bounce Mix)" (7:14) (remixed by Dom T)

The "Motor Bass Mix" is a vinyl edit, and not the same as the ones on the CDs.

CD: Mute / CDBong26 (UK)

1. "It's No Good" (6:00)
2. "Slowblow (Darren Price Mix)" (6:29)
3. "It's No Good (Bass Bounce Mix)" (7:14)
4. "It's No Good (Speedy J Mix)" (5:01)

CD: Mute / LCDBong26 (UK)

1. "It's No Good (Hardfloor Mix)" (6:44)
2. "Slowblow" (5:27)
3. "It's No Good (Andrea Parker Mix)" (6:12)
4. "It's No Good (Motor Bass Mix)" (3:47)

CD: Mute / CDBong26X (EU)

1. "It's No Good" (5:59)
2. "Slowblow" (5:27)
3. "It's No Good (Bass Bounce Mix)" (7:14)
4. "It's No Good (Speedy J Mix)" (5:01)
5. "It's No Good (Hardfloor Mix)" (6:44)
6. "Slowblow (Darren Price Mix)" (6:29)
7. "It's No Good (Andrea Parker Mix)" (6:12)
8. "It's No Good (Motor Bass Mix)" (3:47)

This CD is the 2004 re-release

Promo 12": Mute / PL12Bong26 (UK)

1. "It's No Good (Club 69 Future Mix)" (8:35)
2. "It's No Good (Club 69 Future Dub)" (7:06)
3. "It's No Good (Club 69 Funk Dub)" (5:06)

Radio Promo CD: Mute / RCDBong26 (UK)

1. "It's No Good (Radio Edit)" (4:06)
2. "It's No Good (Album Version)" (5:58)

Promo CD: Mute / XLCDBong26 (UK)

1. "It's No Good (Live)" (4:07)

7": Reprise / 17390-7 (US)

1. "It's No Good" (5:58)
2. "Slowblow" (5:25)

CD: Reprise / 17390-2 (US)

1. "It's No Good" (5:58)
2. "Slowblow (Darren Price Mix)" (6:29)
3. "It's No Good (Bass Bounce Mix)" (7:14)

CD: Reprise / 9 43845-2 (US)

1. "It's No Good" (5:58)
2. "It's No Good (Hardfloor Mix)" (6:43)
3. "Slowblow" (5:24)
4. "It's No Good (Speedy J Mix)" (5:05)
5. "It's No Good (Bass Bounce Mix)" (7:15)

Promo 12": Reprise / PRO-A-8662-A (US)

1. "It's No Good (Speedy J Mix)" (5:04)
2. "It's No Good (Hardfloor Mix)" (6:44)
3. "It's No Good (Club 69 Future Mix)" (8:05)
4. "It's No Good (Club 69 Future Dub)" (7:06)
5. "It's No Good (Club 69 Funk Dub)" (5:06)

"Club 69 Future Mix" on the US promo is shorter than the UK's, despite the label falsely saying they have the same length.

Promo CD: Reprise / PRO-CD-8662 (US)

1. "It's No Good (Radio Edit)" (4:01)
2. "It's No Good" (5:59)

CD-R: Reprise / n/a (US)

Several versions of these exist, with different track lists, each with one or two of the following:

1. "It's No Good (Club 69 Mix/BRAT Radio Edit)" (4:08)
2. "It's No Good (Dom T Mix/BRAT Radio Edit)" (3:52)
3. "It's No Good (Hardfloor Mix/BRAT Radio Edit)" (3:18)

Depeche Mode "Sounds Of The Universe"

Sounds of the Universe is the twelfth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was released on 17 April 2009 by Mute Records. The album was supported by the 2009–10 concert tour Tour of the Universe. Three singles were released from the album: "Wrong", "Peace", and a double A-side of "Fragile Tension" and "Hole to Feed". "Perfect" was also released in the United States as a promotional single.

As with their previous album Playing the Angel, Dave Gahan once again wrote three songs with Christian Eigner and Andrew Phillpott: "Hole to Feed", "Come Back", and "Miles Away/The Truth Is". Martin Gore shares lead vocal duties with Gahan on "In Chains", "Peace", and "Little Soul".

The album was released by Virgin Records and Capitol Records in the United States and by EMI in Canada and Mexico, marking the first time in the band's catalog that saw distribution from EMI within North America, where previous albums were released by Sire Records and Reprise Records, both divisions of Warner Music Group.

While Dave Gahan was still busy with his solo album Hourglass (2007), Martin Gore was in his home studio in Santa Barbara, California, working on new songs. In May 2008 the band hit the studio to record their twelfth studio album. Ben Hillier took the production reins again, because the band were so satisfied with their previous collaboration on Playing the Angel (2005).

The band described the time in the studio as very productive, a total of 22 songs were created and it was difficult to choose the right songs for the album. Five of the songs not used on the album were released as part of the deluxe box set.

Short video clips of the band and production team at work in the studio were regularly posted on the band's homepage.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Martin L. Gore, except where noted.

1. "In Chains" 6:53
2. "Hole to Feed" Dave Gahan, Christian Eigner, Andrew Phillpott 3:59
3. "Wrong" 3:13
4. "Fragile Tension" 4:09
5. "Little Soul" 3:31
6. "In Sympathy" 4:54
7. "Peace" 4:29
8. "Come Back" Gahan, Eigner, Phillpott 5:15
9. "Spacewalker" 1:53
10. "Perfect" 4:33
11. "Miles Away/The Truth Is" Gahan, Eigner, Phillpott 4:14
12. "Jezebel" 4:41
13. "Corrupt" (includes a hidden track "Interlude #5", starting at 8:16) 8:59

Depeche Mode "The Best Of Depeche Mode Volume 1"

The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 is a greatest hits album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was 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

1. "Personal Jesus" – 3:47 (Violator, 1990)
2. "Just Can't Get Enough" – 3:43 (Speak & Spell, 1981)
3. "Everything Counts" – 4:01 (Construction Time Again, 1983)
4. "Enjoy the Silence" – 4:15 (Violator)
5. "Shake the Disease" – 4:52 (The Singles 81>85, 1985)
6. "See You" – 3:58 (A Broken Frame, 1982)
7. "It's No Good" – 5:59 (Ultra, 1997)
8. "Strangelove" – 3:47 (Music for the Masses, 1987)
9. "Suffer Well" – 3:53 (Playing the Angel, 2005)
10. "Dream On" – 3:42 (Exciter, 2001)
11. "People Are People" – 3:46 (Some Great Reward, 1984)
12. "Martyr" – 3:25 (previously unreleased)
13. "Walking in My Shoes" – 5:01 (Songs of Faith and Devotion, 1993)
14. "I Feel You" – 4:35 (Songs of Faith and Devotion)
15. "Precious" – 4:09 (Playing the Angel)
16. "Master and Servant" – 3:49 (Some Great Reward)
17. "New Life" – 3:46 (Speak & Spell)
18. "Never Let Me Down Again" – 4:18 (Music for the Masses)

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.

Track listing

1. "Just Can't Get Enough" – Directed by Clive Richardson*
2. "Everything Counts" – (Directed by Clive Richardson)*
3. "People Are People" – (Directed by Clive Richardson)**
4. "Master & Servant – (Directed by Clive Richardson)*
5. "Shake the Disease" – (Directed by Peter Care)*
6. "Stripped" – (Directed by Peter Care)
7. "A Question of Time" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
8. "Strangelove" (1987 version) – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
9. "Never Let Me Down Again" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
10. "Behind the Wheel" (Remix) – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
11. "Personal Jesus" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
12. "Enjoy the Silence" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
13. "I Feel You" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
14. "Walking In My Shoes" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
15. "In Your Room" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
16. "Barrel of a Gun" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
17. "It's No Good" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
18. "Only When I Lose Myself" – (Directed by Brian Griffin)
19. "Dream On" – (Directed by Stéphane Sednaoui)**
20. "I Feel Loved" – (Directed by John Hillcoat)**
21. "Enjoy the Silence '04 – (Directed by Uwe Flade)**
22. "Precious" – (Directed by Uwe Flade)
23. "Suffer Well" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
24. The Best of: Volume 1: A short film

* 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)

Depeche Mode "Exciter"

Exciter is the tenth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was first released on 14 May 2001 in the United Kingdom by Mute Records and a day later in the United States by Reprise Records. The album was produced by Mark Bell, and was supported by the Exciter Tour, one of the band's most successful tours.

Exciter debuted at number nine on the UK Albums Chart and number eight on the Billboard 200, selling 115,000 copies in its first week in the United States. It was the only Depeche Mode album to debut higher in the United States than in the United Kingdom. As of April 2006, Exciter had sold over 426,000 copies in the US, and has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); it has also been certified gold in Canada for shipments of 50,000 units.

The plant that appears on the cover is the Agave attenuata, a species of agave sometimes known as the "lion's tail", "swan's neck", or "foxtail" for its development of a curved stem, unusual among agaves.

Martin Gore had stated that he had been listening to more abstract electronic music in the lead up to recording Exciter, which could have influenced some of the more experimental soundscapes on the album. The group also often cited producer Mark Bell as a major inspiration in the making of Exciter as Dave Gahan states that Mark Bell helped make him a more confident vocalist. On top of the electronic soundscapes Depeche Mode also added elements of traditional blues, retro funk, progressive rock, and orchestral pop to its arrangements. 

On 2 October 2007 (3 October in North America), Exciter was re-released as a two-disc set, along with Ultra, in the fourth and final set of Depeche Mode reissues. The first disc was a remastered version of the original, on an SACD/CD hybrid (only a CD in the US). The second disc is a DVD which features the album in DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 and PCM Stereo. The B-sides from Exciter as well as the single version of "Freelove" are included. There are also audio versions of all the live Exciter tracks played during the One Night in Paris film.

Like the other reissues, there is a documentary on the making of Exciter titled Depeche Mode 1999–2001 (Presenting the Intimate and Delicate Side of Depeche Mode). The documentary begins with the talks of Gore's writer's block and what they did about it. It also discusses the first three singles, the recording, the cover art and the Exciter tour (including one of the opening acts, Fad Gadget). The documentary is around 30 minutes long. The three members of the band are interviewed along with Daniel Miller, Christian Eigner, Peter Gordeno, Anton Corbijn, and Mute label representatives. The documentary ends with a "To Be Continued..."

Producer Mark Bell does not appear, and although they discuss the fact that the band decided not to have Corbijn direct Exciter's music videos, they do not interview the two who did direct them. However, John Hillcoat, who directed "I Feel Loved", "Freelove" and "Goodnight Lovers", is mentioned in passing.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Martin L. Gore.

1. "Dream On" 4:19
2. "Shine" 5:32
3. "The Sweetest Condition" 3:42
4. "When the Body Speaks" 6:01
5. "The Dead of Night" 4:50
6. "Lovetheme" 2:02
7. "Freelove" 6:10
8. "Comatose" 3:24
9. "I Feel Loved" 4:20
10. "Breathe" 5:17
11. "Easy Tiger" 2:05
12. "I Am You" 5:10
13. "Goodnight Lovers" 3:48