Depeche Mode 'MODE' is a limited-edition collection of the band's work to date housed in a minimalist black cube. Includes all 14 studio albums plus additional non-album material - from 2017's Spirit back to the debut album Speak & Spell. The albums' original covers have been re-interpreted in uniform black-on-black designs exclusive to this box set.
"For "MODE", I pulled the 2006/7 UK DDP files (they are the files that make CDs) for discs 1-14. For Playing The Angel, though, that is just the stock 2005 CD (as there is no remaster). For discs 15-18, I made sure all the tracks were the right versions, supplying masters from the vault and a few from my personal DAT collection (with appropriate fades, and such).
In a cool "full circle" moment, some DATs that I acquired from Warners back when I was just a contracted editor/remixer for them, now sometimes come into play as source material. My UK test DAT of "Dangerous", for example, sounded better than the US and UK vault copies (less digital dropouts and glitching).
As with everything I have done so far for these audio releases, my extent of touching files is to apply fades (gain envelopes), remove any hum (only done that two or three times), and do minor re-editing. For example, instead of using the finished "Quad: Final Mix" tape for Enjoy The Silence, I went back to the original four master parts of the mix, and recreated the full mix from better sources. By doing that, I saved a bit of hiss and noise, and yielded a better sounding mix. I constantly compared the edit I did to the original 12" single (needle dropped, and placed in Pro Tools as a guide). It passed.
As there may be some confusion on this, I am not applying any compression, EQ, or other such things. Fades, editing and some gentle denoise (hum) is all I am doing, to hi-resolution flat transfers. Battery (Sony's production house) is doing any additional compression, EQ and other things. I then listen to see if it passes the test or not. To be honest, there hasn't been a need for much in the way of compression or EQ for the vinyl. Battery is really just making all the tracks on a record have "even playback levels and dynamics". The original tapes sound damn good as-is.
As far as I am aware, the 2005 DDP for Playing The Angel was used as-is. No additional touching was done."
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Depeche Mode "MODE" a numbered, limited-edition 18CD box set
24 Января увидит свет эксклюзивный бокс-сет MODE — впечатляющая и самая полная дискография легендарного коллектива Depeche Mode.
Будучи одной из групп, оказывающих неизгладимое влияние на развитие музыкального ландшафта, Depeche Mode давно заслуживали издания, которое бы отметило их творческое наследие и собрало вместе их внушительный корпус работ. Таким изданием и стала коллекция MODE, вместившая в себя все 14 альбомов группы — от альбома 2017 года «Spirit» до дебютной работы группы «Speak & Spell». В дополнение к официальной дискографии в бокс-сет также войдут 4 диска, собирающие в хронологической последовательности все синглы и би-сайды, не попавшие в студийные альбомы. Благодаря этому MODE можно назвать самой полной дискографией группы из когда-либо выходивших.
Собрание работ, выполненное в фирменной эстетике Depeche Mode, представляет собой минималистичный черный куб, где каждый диск упакован в отдельный черный конверт из плотного картона. Дизайн каждого альбома был переосмыслен в общей стилистике альбома и выполнен в темных тонах. Наконец, отдельным украшением станет 228-страничная книга, которая впервые в истории собирает все тексты песен группы под одной обложкой.
«Это издание — собравшее все в одном месте и в блистательном черном дизайне — кажется наиболее полным отражением того, кто мы и откуда мы пришли», — поделилась группа. — «Этот сет просто не мог быть более “депешмодовским”».
Один из самых влиятельных, любимых и наиболее продаваемых музыкальных коллективов в истории, группа Depeche Mode — это подлинные легенды музыки, продавшие свыше 100 миллионов альбомов по всему миру. Depeche Mode — группа Martin Gore, Dave Gahan и Andy Fletcher — по сей день продолжает вызывать восхищение критиков и любовь фанатов своими студийными работами и невероятными шоу: так, 14 студийных альбомов коллектива достигали Топ-10 более чем в 20 странах. Depeche Mode по полному праву называют одними из главных инноваторов музыки ХХ века.
MODE — состав издания:
Speak & Spell A Broken Frame Construction Time Again Some Great Reward Black Celebration Music For The Masses Violator Songs Of Faith And Devotion Ultra Exciter Playing The Angel Sounds Of The Universe Delta Machine Spirit M (1981-1985) O (1986-1990) D (1993-2005) E (2006-2017)
Disc 1: Speak & Spell 1. New Life 2. I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead 3. Puppets 4. Boys Say Go! 5. Nodisco 6. What's Your Name? 7. Photographic 8. Tora! Tora! Tora! 9. Big Muff 10. Any Second Now (Voices) 11. Just Can't Get Enough
Disc 2: A Broken Frame 1. Leave In Silence 2. My Secret Garden 3. Monument 4. Nothing To Fear 5. See You 6. Satellite 7. The Meaning Of Love 8. A Photograph Of You 9. Shouldn't Have Done That 10. The Sun And The Rainfall
Disc 3: Construction Time Again 1. Love, In Itself 2. More Than A Party 3. Pipeline 4. Everything Counts 5. Two Minute Warning 6. Shame 7. The Landscape Is Changing 8. Told You So 9. And Then...
Disc 4: Some Great Reward 1. Something To Do 2. Lie To Me 3. People Are People 4. It Doesn't Matter 5. Stories Of Old 6. Somebody 7. Master and Servant 8. If You Want 9. Blasphemous Rumours
Disc 5: Black Celebration 1. Black Celebration 2. Fly On The Windscreen - Final 3. A Question Of Lust 4. Sometimes 5. It Doesn't Matter Two 6. A Question Of Time 7. Stripped 8. Here Is The House 9. World Full Of Nothing 10. Dressed In Black 11. New Dress
Disc 6: Music for the Masses 1. Never Let Me Down Again 2. The Things You Said 3. Strangelove 4. Sacred 5. Little 15 6. Behind The Wheel 7. I Want You Now 8. To Have and To Hold 9. Nothing 10. Pimpf
Disc 7: Violator 1. World In My Eyes 2. Sweetest Perfection 3. Personal Jesus 4. Halo 5. Waiting For The Night 6. Enjoy The Silence 7. Policy Of Truth 8. Blue Dress 9. Clean
Disc 8: Songs Of Faith And Devotion 1. I Feel You 2. Walking In My Shoes 3. Condemnation 4. Mercy In You 5. Judas 6. In Your Room 7. Get Right With Me 8. Rush 9. One Caress 10. Higher Love
Disc 9: Ultra 1. Barrel Of A Gun 2. The Love Thieves 3. Home 4. It's No Good 5. Uselink 6. Useless 7. Sister Of Night 8. Jazz Thieves 9. Freestate 10. The Bottom Line 11. Insight 12. Junior Painkiller
Disc 10: Exciter 1. Dream On 2. Shine 3. The Sweetest Condition 4. When The Body Speaks 5. The Dead Of Night 6. Lovetheme 7. Freelove 8. Comatose 9. I Feel Loved 10. Breathe 11. Easy Tiger 12. I Am You 13. Goodnight Lovers
Disc 11: Playing The Angel 1. A Pain That I'm Used To 2. John The Revelator 3. Suffer Well 4. The Sinner In Me 5. Precious 6. Macro 7. I Want It All 8. Nothing's Impossible 9. Introspectre 10. Damaged People 11. Lilian 12. The Darkest Star
Disc 12: Sounds Of The Universe 1. In Chains 2. Hole To Feed 3. Wrong 4. Fragile Tension 5. Little Soul 6. In Sympathy 7. Peace 8. Come Back 9. Spacewalker 10. Perfect 11. Miles Away/The Truth Is 12. Jezebel 13. Corrupt
Disc 13: Delta Machine 1. Welcome To My World 2. Angel 3. Heaven 4. Secret To The End 5. My Little Universe 6. Slow 7. Broken 8. The Child Inside 9. Soft Touch/Raw Nerve 10. Should Be Higher 11. Alone 12. Soothe My Soul 13. Goodbye
Disc 14: Spirit 1. Going Backwards 2. Where's The Revolution 3. The Worst Crime 4. Scum 5. You Move 6. Cover Me 7. Eternal 8. Poison Heart 9. So Much Love 10. Poorman 11. No More (This Is The Last Time) 12. Fail
CD15: M 1981 - 1985 1. Photographic (Some Bizarre Version) 2. Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead (Flexi-Pop Version) 3. Dreaming Of Me 4. Ice Machine 5. Shout 6. Any Second Now 7. Now, This Is Fun 8. Oberkorn (It's A Small Town) 9. My Secret Garden (Excerpts From) 10. My Secret Garden (Further Excerpts From) 11. Get The Balance Right! 12. The Great Outdoors! 13. Work Hard 14. Fools 15. In Your Memory 16. (Set Me Free) Remotivate Me 17. Shake The Disease 18. Flexible 19. It’s Called A Heart 20. Fly On The Windscreen
CD16: O 1986 - 1990 1. Dressed In Black (Record Mirror Version) 2. But Not Tonight 3. Breathing In Fumes 4. Black Day 5. Christmas Island 6. Agent Orange 7. Fpmip 8. Pleasure, Little Treasure 9. Route 66 10. Stjarna 11. Sonata No. 14 In C#m (Moonlight Sonata) 12. Dangerous 13. Memphisto 14. Sibeling 15. Kaleid 16. Happiest Girl (Jack Mix) 17. Sea Of Sin (Tonal Mix)
CD17: D 1993 - 2005 1. My Joy (Seven Inch Mix) 2. Death’s Door (Soundtrack Version) 3. Death’s Door (Jazz Mix) 4. Slowblow 5. Painkiller 6. Only When I Lose Myself 7. Surrender 8. Headstar 9. Easy Tiger 10. Dirt 11. Zenstation 12. Free 13. Newborn 14. Better Days 15. Martyr
CD18: E 2006 - 2017 1. Oh Well (Single Version) 2. Oh Well 3. Light 4. The Sun And The Moon And The Stars 5. Ghost 6. Esque 7. Long Time Lie 8. Happens All The Time 9. Always 10. All That’s Mine 11. Heroes (Highline Session Version)
The impact of Depeche Mode's music on their fans, and the musical landscape as a whole, is undeniable. By constantly evolving and pushing boundaries, while staying dedicated to their identity, Depeche Mode have maintained credibility with longtime followers, attracted new fans and continually inspired countless other musical artists. As the band continues this musical legacy, the MODE box set celebrates this history with an eye to what is still to come.
MODE is a comprehensive collection of the band's work to date - comprised of all 14 studio albums plus additional non-album material -- from 2017's Spirit back to DM's debut album Speak & Spell. In line with DM's signature aesthetic, the numbered, limited-edition set is housed in an elegant and minimalist black cube, with each disc similarly enclosed in a black, heavyweight card wallet. The albums' original covers have been re-interpreted in uniform black-on-black designs exclusive to this box set, and four additional bonus discs provide a chronological collection of non-album singles, b-sides and bonus tracks. Accompanying the audio content is a 228 page, gilt-edged book containing all of Depeche Mode's lyrics, compiled together for the first time, highlighting their collective visceral power and impact.
Reflecting on the set's content and design, the band commented, "With everything together in this all-black design it feels like a modern reflection of who we are and where we've come from. The set couldn't be more Depeche Mode."
Limited Edition, Numbered, CD Box Set.
MODE contains all 14 of Depeche Mode’s original studio albums presented in exclusive black card sleeves with re-interpreted, all-black artwork.
Speak & Spell A Broken Frame Construction Time Again Some Great Reward Black Celebration Music For The Masses Violator Songs Of Faith And Devotion Ultra Exciter Playing The Angel Sounds Of The Universe Delta Machine Spirit PLUS
An additional 4 CDs collect 63 non-album singles, b-sides and bonus tracks from 1981 to 2017 including the previously unreleased “Heroes” (Highline Session Version). The 7˝ x 7˝ black gilt-edged, 228-page book features the complete lyrics alongside career-spanning photographs and the original album cover artwork.
MODE is a comprehensive collection of the band's work to date - comprised of all 14 studio albums plus additional non-album material. In line with Depeche Mode's signature aesthetic, the numbered, limited-edition set is housed in an elegant and minimalist black cube, with each disc similarly enclosed in a black card wallet. The albums' original covers have been re-interpreted in uniform black-on-black designs exclusive to this box set, and four additional bonus discs provide a chronological collection of non-album singles, b-sides and bonus tracks. Accompanying the audio content is a 228 page, black gilt-edged book containing all of Depeche Mode's lyrics, compiled together for the first time, highlighting their collective visceral power and impact.