Catching Up with Depeche Mode

Infobox Album |
Name = Catching Up With Depeche Mode
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Depeche Mode


Released = November 11 1985
Recorded = December 1980 - July 1985
Genre = Synthpop
Length = Original: 51:59
Label = Sire (US/Canada)
Producer = Depeche Mode, Daniel Miller, and Gareth Jones
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:k83gtq7ztu4a~T00 link]
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"Catching Up with Depeche Mode" is a compilation released only in North America by British band Depeche Mode on November 11 1985.

As the title suggests it was an attempt to let the (American) public catch up with the band's four previous LP's, by including singles and album songs. The compilation contains the band's singles not already available on the "People Are People" compilation, as well as the band's two most recent B-sides, "Flexible" and "Fly on the Windscreen".

The compilation is the analog to "The Singles 81>85" which was released at the same time in Britain, which contained only the band's 7" singles to date. The name "Catching Up With" was chosen as Depeche Mode were enjoying their first significant commercial success in North America, and this compilation was a means of the public "catching up" with their earlier work. A majority of the tracks included weren't released as singles in North America, and the ones that were had not achieved widespread success, so they were effectively brand new songs to many listeners.

Track listing

#"Dreaming of Me" – 3:44
#"New Life" – 3:44
#"Just Can't Get Enough" – 3:36
#"See You" – 3:53
#"The Meaning of Love" – 3:04
#"Love, in Itself" – 3:55
#"Master and Servant" – 3:50
#"Blasphemous Rumours" – 5:04
#"Somebody" – 4:21
#"Shake the Disease" – 4:46
#"Flexible" – 3:09
#"It's Called a Heart" – 3:48
#"Fly on the Windscreen" – 5:05