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Music For The Masses
Chart Position (UK): 10
Chart Position (USA): 35

The group’s 1987 album Music for the Masses is less a boast than an admission of just how far its unconventional sound had infiltrated the mainstream. After the early departure of Vince Clarke to Yaz and Erasure, Martin Gore assumed songwriting duties and crafted his own doom-laden visions of the future for singer David Gahan to render with. Part 1 of an in-depth album review series of Depeche Mode's 6th studio album, 'Music for the Masses', released in 1987.Support me on Patreon: https://www.p.


Mute STUMM 47
UK LP, released September 28th, 1987
this is a commercial release.

Side 1
Never Let Me Down Again
The Things You Said
Strangelove
Sacred
Little 15
Behind The Wheel
Side 2
I Want You Now
To Have And To Hold
Nothing
Pimpf
Interlude #1 - Mission Impossible

Mute STUMM 47
UK Limited Edition clear vinyl LP, released September 28th, 1987
this is a commercial release.

Side 1
Never Let Me Down Again
The Things You Said
Strangelove
Sacred
Little 15

Side 2
Behind The Wheel
I Want You Now
To Have And To Hold
Nothing
Pimpf
Interlude #1 - Mission Impossible

Mute STUMM 47 / HMV 1
UK Limited Edition HMV LP + bonus promotional 12' single, released September 28th, 1987
this is a promotional release, and was not for sale.

Side 1
Strangelove (Maxi Mix)

Side 2
Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)

Mute STUMM 47
UK Withdrawn 'budget line' LP, released 1990's
this is a commercial release.

Side 1
Never Let Me Down Again
The Things You Said
Strangelove
Sacred
Little 15
Behind The Wheel
Side 2
I Want You Now
To Have And To Hold
Nothing
Pimpf
Interlude #1 - Mission Impossible

Mute DM LP 6
UK 'Collector's Edition' Remastered 180 gram LP, released March 12th, 2007
this is a commercial release.

Side 1
Never Let Me Down Again
The Things You Said
Strangelove
Sacred
Little 15
Side 2
Behind The Wheel
I Want You Now
To Have And To Hold
Nothing
Pimpf
Interlude #1 - Mission Impossible

BMG / Music On Vinyl MOVLP942 / 8718469534319
UK 180 gram LP, released February 3rd, 2014
this is a commercial release.

Side 1
Never Let Me Down Again
The Things You Said
Strangelove
Sacred
Little 15
Behind The Wheel
Side 2
I Want You Now
To Have And To Hold
Nothing
Pimpf
Interlude #1 - Mission Impossible

Mute C STUMM 47
UK Cassette, released September 28th, 1987
this is a commercial release.

Side 1
Never Let Me Down Again
The Things You Said
Strangelove
Sacred
Little 15
Behind The Wheel
I Want You Now
To Have And To Hold
Nothing
Pimpf
Interlude #1 - Mission Impossible

Side 2
Agent Orange
Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)
To Have And To Hold (Spanish Taster)
Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)

Listen To Depeche Mode

Mute C STUMM 47
UK 'Double Album Cassette' Cassette, released 1987
this is a commercial release.

Side 1
Never Let Me Down Again
The Things You Said
Strangelove
Sacred
Little 15
Behind The Wheel
I Want You Now
To Have And To Hold
Nothing
Pimpf
Interlude #1 - Mission Impossible

Side 2
Black Celebration
Fly On The Windscreen (Final)
A Question Of Lust
Sometimes
It Doesn't Matter Two
A Question Of Time
Stripped
Here Is The House
World Full Of Nothing
Dressed In Black
New Dress

Mute CD STUMM 47
UK CD, released September 28th, 1987
this is a commercial release.

Never Let Me Down Again
The Things You Said
Strangelove
Sacred
Little 15
Behind The Wheel
I Want You Now
To Have And To Hold
Nothing
Pimpf
Interlude #1 - Mission Impossible
Agent Orange
Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)
To Have And To Hold (Spanish Taster)
Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)

Mute CDX STUMM 47
UK Remastered CD, released April 3rd, 2006
this is a commercial release.

Never Let Me Down Again
The Things You Said
Strangelove
Sacred
Little 15
Behind The Wheel
I Want You Now
To Have And To Hold
Nothing
Pimpf
Interlude #1 - Mission Impossible

Mute DM CD 6
UK 'Collector's Edition' Remastered SACD + DVD, released April 3rd, 2006
this is a commercial release.

Disc 1 (SACD)
Never Let Me Down Again
The Things You Said
Strangelove
Sacred
Little 15
Behind The Wheel
I Want You Now
To Have And To Hold
Nothing
Pimpf
Interlude #1 - Mission Impossible

Disc 2 (DVD)
Never Let Me Down Again
The Things You Said
Strangelove
Sacred
Little 15
Behind The Wheel
I Want You Now
To Have And To Hold
Nothing
Pimpf
Interlude #1 - Mission Impossible
Agent Orange
Pleasure, Little Treasure
Route 66
Stjarna
Sonata No. 14 in C#m (Moonlight Sonata)
Agent Orange
Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)
To Have And To Hold (Spanish Taster)
Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)
Depeche Mode 87-88: Sometimes you do need some new jokes (video)


Sire 25614-1
US LP, released October 6th, 1987
this is a commercial release.

Side 1
Never Let Me Down Again [4:47]
The Things You Said [3:55]
Strangelove [4:38]
Sacred [5:01]
Little 15 [4:14]

Side 2
Behind The Wheel [5:17]
I Want You Now [3:28]
To Have And To Hold [3:08]
Nothing [4:12]
Pimpf [3:56]
Interlude #1 - Mission Impossible

Sire / Reprise / Rhino WBA1-233916
US 'Collector's Edition' Remastered 180 gram LP, released January 22nd, 2008
this is a commercial release.

Side 1
Never Let Me Down Again
The Things You Said
Strangelove
Sacred
Little 15

Side 2
Behind The Wheel
I Want You Now
To Have And To Hold
Nothing
Pimpf
Interlude #1 - Mission Impossible

Rhino WBA1-233916
US 180 gram LP, released February 4th, 2014
this is a commercial release.

Side 1
Never Let Me Down Again
The Things You Said
Strangelove
Sacred
Little 15

Side 2
Behind The Wheel
I Want You Now
To Have And To Hold
Nothing
Pimpf
Interlude #1 - Mission Impossible

Depeche

Sire 25614-2
US Cassette, released October 6th, 1987
this is a commercial release.

Side 1
Never Let Me Down Again
The Things You Said
Strangelove
Sacred
Little 15

Side 2
Behind The Wheel
I Want You Now
To Have And To Hold
Nothing
Pimpf
Interlude #1 - Mission Impossible
Agent Orange
Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)
To Have And To Hold (Spanish Taster)
Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)

Sire 25614-2
US Cassette, released 1987
this is a commercial release.

Side 1
Never Let Me Down Again
The Things You Said
Strangelove
Sacred
Little 15
Behind The Wheel
I Want You Now
To Have And To Hold
Nothing
Pimpf
Interlude #1 - Mission Impossible

Music

Side 2
Agent Orange
Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)
To Have And To Hold (Spanish Taster)
Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)

Sire 25614-4
US CD, released October 6th, 1987
this is a commercial release.

Never Let Me Down Again
The Things You Said
Strangelove
Sacred
Little 15
Behind The Wheel
I Want You Now
To Have And To Hold
Nothing
Pimpf
Interlude #1 - Mission Impossible
Agent Orange
Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)
To Have And To Hold (Spanish Taster)
Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)

Sire / Reprise / Rhino R2 77592
US 'Collector's Edition' Remastered CD + DVD, released June 6th, 2006
this is a commercial release.

Disc 1 (CD)
Never Let Me Down Again
The Things You Said
Strangelove
Sacred
Little 15
Behind The Wheel
I Want You Now
To Have And To Hold
Nothing
Pimpf
Interlude #1 - Mission Impossible

Disc 2 (DVD)
Never Let Me Down Again
The Things You Said
Strangelove
Sacred
Little 15
Behind The Wheel
I Want You Now
To Have And To Hold
Nothing
Pimpf
Interlude #1 - Mission Impossible
Agent Orange
Pleasure, Little Treasure
Route 66
Stjarna
Sonata No. 14 in C#m (Moonlight Sonata)
Agent Orange
Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)
To Have And To Hold (Spanish Taster)
Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)
Depeche Mode 87-88: Sometimes you do need some new jokes (video)

Notes:

The vinyl versions of this album do not feature 'Agent Orange', 'Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)', 'To Have And To Hold (Spanish Taster)' and 'Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix).

The UK album was released in a limited edition clear vinyl version, back in 1987. There was also a special HMV edition, which was the original vinyl, with a special promotional 12' single.

A newly designed UK budget release series of the original albums was planned in the '90's. Word has it that 135 copies were printed up of 'Music For The Masses'. As the project was scapped, all copies (excluding 12) were destroyed. Those 12 copies were accidentally shipped to distributors. Record stores were simply told that these new pressings were from the 'upcoming budget line' vinyl reissues. The stores, at the time, had no idea that the copies they received were very rare items. The webmaster of this site, not knowing of the release at the time, just happened to stumble upon one at a local Los Angeles record shop. Alan Wilder auctioned off his copy in 2012 for over $3,000.

A unique release is the 'Black Celebration' and 'Music For The Masses' UK cassette. Both titles were combined for a 'Double Album Cassette' release. The catalog number for the cassette is the same as the normal 'one album' version.

The cassette and CD versions of the original US album featured the bonus tracks 'Agent Orange' (b side of the 'Strangelove' single), 'Never Let Me Down Again' (Aggro Mix, on the 'Never Let Me Down Again' single), 'To Have And To Hold' (Spanish Taster, a b side of the 'Never Let Me Down Again' single) and the Glitter Mix of 'Pleasure, Little Treasure' (another b side from the 'Never Let Me Down Again' single).

The instrumental interlude after 'Pimpf' is called 'Interlude #1 - Mission Impossible'. It is not credited on the album.

Original pressings of the US cassette were sequenced so side one ended with 'Little 15', and side two contained the rest of the album tracks, and the four bonus tracks. Later pressings put the entire album on side one, and just the four bonus tracks on side two

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.


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This guide assumes you are running Windows. Do note that if a particular recording also has an OGG version available, CDBurnerXP can burn that to an audio disc without the need to follow this process. The OGG version is typically slightly higher quality as well.

Prerequisites

You will need:

  • foo_dsp_resampler (download the 'normal version', foo_dsp_resampler_0.8.3.zip)

Installing

  1. Install foobar2000. The default settings are sufficient, just advance through the pages.
  2. Open foobar2000.
  3. Go to File -> Preferences -> 'Components' tab.
    • Click 'Install...'
    • Find the foo_dsp_resampler_0.8.3.zip file and select it, then click 'Open'.
    • Click 'Accept' on the dialog box that pops up.
    • Click 'OK', then 'OK 'again.
Depeche Mode Music For The Masses M4a

Converting to WAV format

  1. Drag and drop the files you wish to convert into foobar2000.
    • If the tracks are not already selected, select them all.
  2. Right click anywhere in the selected area.
  3. Mouse over 'Convert', then click '...'
    1. Click 'Output format'.
    2. From the list, select 'WAV'. Click 'Edit'.
    3. Click 'Back'.
  4. Click 'Processing'.
    • Scroll to the right under the 'Available DSPs' box and double click on 'Resampler (SoX)'.
    • Click on 'Configure selected'.
    • In the dialog box, click the dropdown box next to 'Quality' and select 'Best'. Click 'OK'.
    • Click 'Back'.
  5. Click 'Convert'.
    1. When asked to pick a directory to place the converted files in, create a directory and double click it, then click OK.
    2. Wait for the files to finish converting. This may take several minutes depending on your computer's speed, and how long the recording being converted is.
  6. You now have uncompressed, lossless WAV files of whichever recording you converted. These WAV files are ready to be burned to an audio CD.
    • If you need to convert more recordings, start the process again from step 5, but instead click [last used] in the 'Converter' context menu.

Now you may follow the Burning audio CDs guide; burn the converted fileset as an 'Audio disc' in CDBurnerXP.

Depeche Mode Music For The Masses

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