For the Masses

Infobox Album |
Name = For the Masses
Type = Tribute album
Artist = Various Artists


Released = August 4, 1998
Recorded = 1997 – 1998
Genre = Alternative
Length = 73:48
Label = A&M Records
Producer = Various
Reviews =

"For the Masses" is a 1998 tribute album of Depeche Mode, specifically the works of Martin Gore; the fact that no songs by Vince Clarke or Alan Wilder were chosen was not a coincidence. The album cover and title were both inspired by "Music for the Masses", a 1987 Depeche Mode album.

The project was started by the band members of God Lives Underwater, David Reilly in particular, and features a wide array of bands including The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, Deftones, Rammstein, and Meat Beat Manifesto. The Foo Fighters and Marilyn Manson wanted to do tracks but schedule complications prevented them. Manson, who wanted to cover "Personal Jesus," eventually did so for in 2004.

The tribute album got considerable press by the media and the band. Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins performed the song "Never Let Me Down Again" with Depeche Mode at the KROQ Acoustic Christmas concert in 1998. The "World in My Eyes" cover by The Cure also appears on the Cure box set "Join the Dots".

Track listing

#"Never Let Me Down Again" by The Smashing Pumpkins – 4:01
#"Fly on the Windscreen" by God Lives Underwater – 5:22
#"Enjoy the Silence" by Failure – 4:20
#"World in My Eyes" by The Cure – 4:51
#"Policy of Truth" by Dishwalla – 3:45
#"Somebody" by Veruca Salt – 4:05
#"Everything Counts" by Meat Beat Manifesto – 5:24
#"Shake the Disease" by Hooverphonic – 3:59
#"Master and Servant" by Locust – 3:40
#"Shame" by Self – 4:12
#"Black Celebration" by Monster Magnet – 4:16
#"Waiting for the Night" by Rabbit in the Moon – 7:34
#"I Feel You" by Apollo Four Forty – 5:21
#"Monument" by GusGus – 5:21
#"To Have and to Hold" by Deftones – 2:53
#"Stripped" by Rammstein – 4:44

All songs written by Martin Gore.

External links

* [http://archives.depechemode.com/video/epk/forthemasses.html For the Masses EPK featuring Depeche Mode, God Lives Underwater, and Robert Smith of The Cure]