''Catching Up with Depeche Mode'' is a compilation album by English

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, released solely in North America on 11 November 1985 by

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. October 1985 saw the international release of the album ''

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'', which collected the band's seven-inch singles to that date. Sire Records felt a new album would have to differ from this international release since some of the band's singles had already appeared on the compilation ''

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'' the previous year. ''Catching Up with Depeche Mode'' included the band's singles not already available on ''People Are People''—all except "Leave in Silence", "Get the Balance Right!", "Everything Counts", and "People Are People"—as well as two

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s, "Flexible" and "Fly on the Windscreen". ''Catching Up with Depeche Mode'' peaked at number 113 on the US ''Billboard'' 200. On 2 August 2000, the album was certified Platinum by the

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Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Catching Up with Depeche Mode''. * Daniel Miller – production *

– production * Gareth Jones – production * Eric Watson – front cover photography * Martyn Atkins – design, photo treatment * Mark Higenbottam – design, photo treatment * David A. Jones – design, photo treatment

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

Album information from the official Depeche Mode website
{{Authority control 1985 compilation albums Albums produced by Daniel Miller (music producer) Albums produced by Gareth Jones (music producer) Depeche Mode compilation albums Sire Records compilation albums