The Singles 86–98
The Singles 86>98 is a compilation album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was released on 28 September 1998 by Mute Records. It serves as a follow-up to the band's previous compilation, "The Singles 81→85", which was also reissued in the same year. The compilation covers the band's seven-inch single releases spanning five studio albums (from 1986's "Black Celebration" to 1997's "Ultra"), while including the new song "Only When I Lose Myself". It also includes "Little 15" (from "Music for the Masses", released as a single in Europe) and  the live version of "Everything Counts" (from the live album "101"), which was released as a single in 1989. All tracks on "The Singles 86>98" were newly remastered, as was the case with the re-release of "The Singles 81→85". The band decided to release the album as a close follow-up to "Ultra", Depeche Mode's first studio album after Alan Wilder's departure and Dave Gahan's drug addiction and resulting health problems, to maintain interest in the band. The four-month The Singles Tour that followed marked the first time Depeche Mode had toured since the 1993–1994  Devotional/Exotic Tour, since they had declined to tour "Ultra" a year earlier, playing only a few songs at a handful of shows instead. "The Singles 86>98" has sold 500,000 units in the United States (double albums count as two units), achieving platinum certification. The album was also listed on "Blender" magazine's "500 CDs You Must Own: Alternative Rock" list. Section::::"The Videos 86>98". To coincide with the release of "The Singles 86>98", the band released a VHS/DVD called "The Videos 86>98" featuring the music videos for all of the songs, and more. In 2002, the DVD was re -released as "The Videos 86-98+", which included more videos and some electronic press kits. Personnel. Credits adapted from the liner notes of "The Singles 86>98".