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Video Singles Collection
''Video Singles Collection'' is a 2016 three-DVD music video compilation by Depeche Mode, containing all the videos released for singles by the band between 1981 and 2013. The compilation is the first official Depeche Mode archival title to be released under the Sony imprimatur since SME acquired rights to the band's catalog in July 2015. The videos have been restored for this collection, and some of the videos have audio commentaries from members Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher. Most videos on the DVDs are in 4:3 aspect ratio (including ten videos recorded in 16:9, which are letterboxed Letter-boxing is the practice of transferring film shot in a widescreen aspect ratio to standard-width video formats while preserving the film's original aspect ratio. The resulting video-graphic image has mattes of empty space above and belo ...), but a few later videos are in anamorphic 16:9. Track listing References 2016 video albums Depeche Mode video albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music, electronic band formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980. Originally formed with the line-up of Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher (musician), Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke, the band currently consists of Gahan and Gore. With Clarke as their primary songwriter, Depeche Mode released their debut album ''Speak & Spell (album), Speak & Spell'' in 1981 amid the British New wave music, new wave scene. Clarke left the band at the end of 1981, going on to form the groups Yazoo (band), Yazoo and later Erasure (duo), Erasure. The remaining trio recorded their second album, ''A Broken Frame'' (1982), with Martin Gore as chief songwriter. The band then recruited Alan Wilder, establishing a line-up that continued until 1995, beginning with the albums ''Construction Time Again'' (1983) and ''Some Great Reward'' (1984). The albums ''Black Celebration'' (1986) and ''Music for the Masses'' (1987) cemented them as a dominant force within the electronic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leave In Silence
"Leave in Silence" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was released as the third single from their second studio album, ''A Broken Frame'' (1982), on 16 August 1982. Recorded at Blackwing Studios, the single became the band's fifth UK Top 20 hit, peaking at number 18. It was the first Depeche Mode single in the UK to use the "Bong" catalogue number system, which they used until "Heaven" in 2013. Three versions of the track were released on the 7″ and 12″ singles, while a fourth cut, running at four minutes and fifty-one seconds, was released on ''A Broken Frame''. Background and recording "Leave in Silence" was written to be more experimental than the pop songs that had preceded it for the band. Singer Dave Gahan said of the song, "it kind of summed up the whole of the second album. Rather than continue to do these lightweight poppy songs, we decided to experiment. Martin can write pop songs, but we wanted to try something totally different, just to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Question Of Time
"A Question of Time" is a song by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 11 August 1986 in the UK as the third and final single from their fifth studio album, ''Black Celebration'', following the similarly titled "A Question of Lust". The 7-inch remix of "A Question of Time" runs at a slightly faster tempo and pitch than the original ''Black Celebration'' album version. A version of the remix with an even faster tempo appears on '' The Singles 86>98''. There is no new track for a B-side (the first Depeche Mode single, other than the double A-side "Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody" without one), but instead includes a remix of "Black Celebration" and various live tracks. The "New Town" mix directly segues into the live version on the limited 12-inch single. Music video The music video for "A Question of Time" is the first Depeche Mode video to be directed by Anton Corbijn, and was the start of a relationship with him and the band which still lasts to this day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Question Of Lust
"A Question of Lust" is a song by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode from their fifth studio album, ''Black Celebration'' (1986). It was released on 14 April 1986 as the album's second single. It is the second Depeche Mode single to feature Martin Gore on lead vocals, following "Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody, Somebody", and the first to be released in its own right. However, the 12-inch single was, like "Somebody", released as a double A-side with "A Question of Time" in the United States. The single reached number 28 in United Kingdom and number 8 in West Germany. B-sides The B-side is an instrumental called "Christmas Island", named after the Christmas Island, island of the same name. It is penned by both Martin Gore and Alan Wilder and was produced by Depeche Mode themselves. The song was featured in the end credits for the second episode of the Disney+ series, ''Hawkeye (miniseries), Hawkeye''. The live tracks available on some versions of the single are tak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamra Davis
Tamra Davis (born January 22, 1962) is an American film, television and music video director. Early life Davis was born the second of four children in Studio City, California. She was exposed to the media industry at an early age by her grandfather, a comedy writer, and her grandmother, an actress at Fox. Davis and her family constantly watched films and she aspired to become an actress. In 11th grade, Davis dropped out of high school and met Egyptian film producer Ibrahim Moussa. He took Davis to Italy for six months to work. Returning to the U.S., Davis worked at an art gallery, but soon quit to work at American Zoetrope in an apprentice position. The studio was struggling to complete Francis Ford Coppola's ''One from the Heart''; the hectic schedule allowed Davis to study Coppola's directing and the business. Coppola suggested to Davis that she go to school. She then attended Los Angeles City College. Career Davis first shot a film using a super 8 mm camera during her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stripped (song)
"Stripped" is a song by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was released as the lead single from their fifth studio album ''Black Celebration'' (1986) on 10 February 1986, through Mute Records. Written by the band's lead songwriter Martin Gore, "Stripped" introduces the more dark and sample oriented composition that featured on the ''Black Celebration'' album. It incorporates various samples into its instrumental; most notably, the sound of an idling motorcycle engine was recorded, altered slightly, and inserted as a percussive element. It was the band's sixth consecutive single to enter the UK Top 20, peaking at number 15. Elsewhere, it peaked at number 4 in Germany and reached the top 10 in Finland, Sweden and Switzerland. German metal band Rammstein later covered the song for the 1998 Depeche Mode tribute album '' For the Masses''. Composition John Freeman of ''The Quietus'' described "Stripped" as an "ominous and intriguing pop song" that is lyrically akin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Called A Heart
"It's Called a Heart" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released as a single on 16 September 1985. "It's Called a Heart" was one of two new songs on the 1985 compilation albums '' The Singles 81→85'' and '' Catching Up with Depeche Mode'', along with the band's other single " Shake the Disease". Background The song was included as one of two new tracks on the compilation '' The Singles 81→85'' the same year, along with " Shake the Disease". The song reached number 18 on the UK Singles Chart. The US version of ''The Singles 81→85'', '' Catching Up with Depeche Mode'', also includes the B-side, "Fly on the Windscreen", which reappeared in a slightly different mix on the band's 1986 album ''Black Celebration''. Music video The music video for "It's Called a Heart" was directed by Peter Care Peter Alan Care (born 28 April 1953) is an English director of music videos, commercials and film. He has directed music videos for Cabaret Voltaire, R.E.M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Care
Peter Alan Care (born 28 April 1953) is an English director of music videos, commercials and film. He has directed music videos for Cabaret Voltaire, R.E.M., Bruce Springsteen, Roy Orbison, Depeche Mode and New Order, amongst others. Biography Care began his directorial career as a film student at the Sheffield School of Art (in the North of England). Upon graduating, he set up the Sheffield Independent Film Company, with funding from the Arts Council and Channel 4. He wrote, directed and produced numerous documentaries and two short films; one of which, "Johnny Yesno", incorporated a soundtrack by a British Industrial cult band Cabaret Voltaire, which was later released as '' Johnny Yesno: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture''. This led to making several ground-breaking music videos for the band. One of them, "Sensoria", became the most successful " underground" video of all time. Voted Best Video of the Year (1985) by LA Times; it enjoyed a seven-month run on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shake The Disease
"Shake the Disease" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released as a single on 29 April 1985. It's one of two new songs on the 1985 compilation albums '' The Singles 81→85'' and '' Catching Up with Depeche Mode'', along with the band's subsequent single "It's Called a Heart". Background Band member Alan Wilder felt this song captured the essence of the band, saying that "there's a certain edge to what we do that can make people think twice about things. If we've got a choice between calling a song 'Understand Me' or 'Shake the Disease', we'll call it 'Shake the Disease'. There's a lot of perversity and innuendo in our lyrics, but nothing direct." Music video The music video is the first Depeche Mode video directed by Peter Care, and features a camera trick that makes the band members appear to slowly tip over. It was shot in the Docklands area of London, prominently featuring the cranes that were still in situ at that time. Between May and July 1985 the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody
"Blasphemous Rumours" / "Somebody" is a single by English electronic band Depeche Mode. It was released on 29 October 1984, as their twelfth UK single and first double A-side single. Both A-side songs are from the album ''Some Great Reward''. Background "Blasphemous Rumours" The verses to "Blasphemous Rumours" describe a 16-year-old girl who attempts suicide but fails. She experiences a religious revival but is then "Hit by a car / Ended up / On a life support machine" (from the lyrics). The chorus uses these incidents to conclude, "I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours / But I think that God's got a sick sense of humour / And when I die, I expect to find him laughing." Like other songs on ''Some Great Reward'', the song uses a dense sound with extensive sampled percussion. The song stems from the times that Martin Gore would go with bandmate Andy Fletcher and former bandmate Vince Clarke to the church. When Gore initially showed Fletcher the song, he found it quite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master And Servant
Master and servant describes a hierarchical relationship between an employer and a worker. Master and servant or masters and servants may also refer to: *Master and Servant Act Master and Servant Acts or Masters and Servants Acts were laws designed to regulate relations between employers and employees during the 18th and 19th centuries. The UK's Master and Servant Act 1823 described its purpose as "the better regulatio ..., legal statutes in the United Kingdom in the 18th and 19th centuries * Master and Servant Act 1889, repeal some UK laws and regulations * Parable of the Master and Servant, morality story found in the Christian Gospels (specifically, Luke Chapter 17) *''Master and Servant'' (1979), novel by Kenyan writer David Mulwa *" Master and Servant" (1984), a Depeche Mode song * ''Masters and Servants'', reality television show by RDF Media *'' Respondeat superior'', legal doctrine relating to an employer's liability for acts of his employees {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People Are People
"People Are People" is a song by British electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 12 March 1984 as the lead single from their fourth studio album, ''Some Great Reward'' (1984). Recorded at Hansa Mischraum in West Berlin, it was the band's first top-20 single in the United States, peaking at number 13 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Background As with many Depeche Mode songs, the band members see different meanings in "People Are People". According to Martin Gore, the song is about racism. Alan Wilder adds that it could also be about war. Released in March 1984, "People Are People" contained a variety of sampled sounds rolled into the mix: "everything from acoustic bass drums through to an airline hostess going through pre take-off drill". Gahan later elaborated: "We were using all these tape loops to create rhythms and the technology was quite advanced, but it wasn't anything like it is today 5 years later the things that you can do. We used to go into studios, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
