# The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1

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| Pitchfork | 8.2/10 |
The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 is a greatest hits album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, 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

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

### iTunes Store bonus tracks

* "Personal Jesus" (Boys Noize Rework) – 6:55
* "Never Let Me Down Again" (Digitalism Remix) – 4:40
* "Everything Counts" (Oliver Huntemann & Stephan Bodzin Dub) – 6:55
* "People Are People" (Underground Resistance Assault DJ 3000 Remix) – 7:24
* "Personal Jesus" (Heartthrob Rework 2) – 5:15

### Special edition bonus DVD

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
* "Just Can't Get Enough" – Directed by Clive Richardson*
* "Everything Counts" – (Directed by Clive Richardson)*
* "People Are People" – (Directed by Clive Richardson)**
* "Master & Servant – (Directed by Clive Richardson)*
* "Shake the Disease" – (Directed by Peter Care)*
* "Stripped" – (Directed by Peter Care)
* "A Question of Time" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
* "Strangelove" (1987 version) – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
* "Never Let Me Down Again" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
* "Behind the Wheel" (Remix) – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
* "Personal Jesus" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
* "Enjoy the Silence" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
* "I Feel You" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
* "Walking in My Shoes" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
* "In Your Room" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
* "Barrel of a Gun" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
* "It's No Good" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
* "Only When I Lose Myself" – (Directed by Brian Griffin)
* "Dream On" – (Directed by Stéphane Sednaoui)**
* "I Feel Loved" – (Directed by John Hillcoat)**
* "Enjoy the Silence '04 – (Directed by Uwe Flade)**
* "Precious" – (Directed by Uwe Flade)
* "Suffer Well" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
* 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)

## Personnel
### Depeche Mode

* Dave Gahan – lead vocals, sampler
* Martin Gore – guitar, keyboard, acoustic guitar ("Personal Jesus", "Dream On", "People Are People"), bass ("Suffer Well"), melodica ("Everything Counts"), backing vocals, sampler, co-lead vocals ("Everything Counts", "Shake the Disease", "People Are People", "Never Let Me Down Again")
* Andy Fletcher – keyboard, sampler, backing vocals, bass guitar
* Alan Wilder – keyboard, drum machine and backing vocals, electronic drums ("Personal Jesus"), drums ("Walking in My Shoes", "I Feel You"), sampler, bass guitar ("Walking in My Shoes")
* Vince Clarke – keyboard, drum machine, and backing vocals ("Just Can't Get Enough" and "New Life")

### Other musicians

* Victor Indrizzo – percussion ("It's No Good")
* Mark Bell – drum machine ("Dream On")
* Daniel Miller - additional synthesizer ("Just Can't Get Enough", "See You", "New Life"), additional production ("Strangelove")
* Gareth Jones - additional production, pre-production ("Dream On")
* Richard Morris, Dave McCracken - programming ("Suffer Well", "Precious"); synthesizers and drum machines ("Martyr")
* Christian Eigner - drums ("Martyr"), original programming ("Suffer Well")
* Andrew Phillpott - original programming ("Suffer Well")

## Certifications

Certifications for The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 :
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| Argentina (CAPIF) | Gold | 20,000$^^$ |
| Belgium (BEA) | Platinum | 50,000$^*$ |
| Denmark (IFPI Danmark) | 3× Platinum | 60,000$^‡$ |
| France (SNEP) | Gold | 75,000$^*$ |
| Germany (BVMI) | 7× Gold | 700,000$^‡$ |
| Hungary (MAHASZ) | Platinum | 6,000$^^$ |
| Ireland (IRMA) | Gold | 7,500$^^$ |
| Italy sales in 2006 | — | 150,000 |
| Italy (FIMI) sales since 2009 | Platinum | 60,000$^*$ |
| Portugal (AFP) | Gold | 10,000$^^$ |
| Russia (NFPF) | Platinum | 20,000$^*$ |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE) | Gold | 40,000$^^$ |
| Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) | Gold | 15,000$^^$ |
| United Kingdom (BPI) | 2× Platinum | 600,000$^‡$ |
| Summaries |||
| Europe (IFPI) | Platinum | 1,000,000$^*$ |
| $^*$ Sales figures based on certification alone. $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. $^‡$ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |||

## Release history

Release history for The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 :
| Region | Date | Label |
| Japan | 8 November 2006 | EMI |
| Germany | 9 November 2006 | EMI |
| France | 13 November 2006 | Labels |
| United Kingdom | 13 November 2006 | Mute |
| Canada | 14 November 2006 | SireReprise |
| United States | 14 November 2006 | SireReprise |