Depeche Mode – Music For The Masses
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Mute – 9 25614-1 |
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US |
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Genre: |
Electronic |
Style: |
Synth-pop |
Tracklist
| A1 | Never Let Me Down Again | 4:47 | |
| A2 | The Things You Said | 3:55 | |
| A3 | Strangelove | 4:38 | |
| A4 | Sacred | 5:01 | |
| A5 | Little 15 | 4:14 | |
| B1 | Behind The Wheel | 5:17 | |
| B2 | I Want You Now | 3:28 | |
| B3 | To Have And To Hold | 3:08 | |
| B4 | Nothing | 4:12 | |
| B5 | Pimpf | 3:56 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sire Records Company
- Copyright © – Sire Records Company
- Published By – Grabbing Hands
- Published By – Sonet Publishing
- Published By – Emile Music
- Mastered At – Sheffield Lab Matrix – △18175
- Pressed By – Allied Record Company – B–29078
- Pressed By – Allied Record Company – B–29079
- Marketed By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Recorded At – Studio Guillaume Tell
- Recorded At – Konk Studios
- Mixed At – Puk Recording Studios
Credits
- Design, Photography By – Martyn Atkins
- Engineer – David Bascombe
- Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ❀] – Brian Gardner
- Performer [Depeche Mode Are] – Martin Gore*
- Producer – Depeche Mode
- Producer [Additional Production And Help] – Daniel Miller
- Written-By – M.L. Gore*
Notes
Issued in a matte sleeve with a gloss coating over the photo areas.
Photo are also lightly embossed. Also contains a printed inner sleeve with lyrics.
Label variation. This release with B5 duration time of 3:56 printed on label.
Another Allied pressing Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses with B5 duration time of 4:55 printed on label.
Also a Specialty Records Corporation pressing Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses exists with B5 duration time of 4:55 on label.
Matrix notes:
❀ = the "flower" etching of mastering engineer Brian Gardner.
ɑ = the lower-case a stamp of Allied Record Company.
"SLM △" in the runout etching indicates that the lacquer disc was processed at, and the metal parts used to manufacture the record were made at Sheffield Lab Matrix.
Some copies have a small pink hype sticker added to sleeve which
mentions "Gaps between songs are intentional"
Promotional copies issued with "Lent For Promotional Use Only" gold-stamped on sleeve.
Recorded at Studio Guilliame Tell, Paris and Konk, London
Mixed at PUK Studios, Denmark
All songs © 1987 published by Grabbing Hands / Sonet PRS
Assigned to Emile Music ASCAP for the U.S. & Canada.
Photo are also lightly embossed. Also contains a printed inner sleeve with lyrics.
Label variation. This release with B5 duration time of 3:56 printed on label.
Another Allied pressing Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses with B5 duration time of 4:55 printed on label.
Also a Specialty Records Corporation pressing Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses exists with B5 duration time of 4:55 on label.
Matrix notes:
❀ = the "flower" etching of mastering engineer Brian Gardner.
ɑ = the lower-case a stamp of Allied Record Company.
"SLM △" in the runout etching indicates that the lacquer disc was processed at, and the metal parts used to manufacture the record were made at Sheffield Lab Matrix.
Some copies have a small pink hype sticker added to sleeve which
mentions "Gaps between songs are intentional"
Promotional copies issued with "Lent For Promotional Use Only" gold-stamped on sleeve.
Recorded at Studio Guilliame Tell, Paris and Konk, London
Mixed at PUK Studios, Denmark
All songs © 1987 published by Grabbing Hands / Sonet PRS
Assigned to Emile Music ASCAP for the U.S. & Canada.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 0 7599-25614-1 9
- Rights Society: ASCAP
- Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in runouts): [Allied 'ɑ' Logo]
- Pressing Plant ID (Embossed on labels): A
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched): 1–25614–A SH 2 ❀ ɑ B–29078–SH2 △18175 1–1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched): 1–25614–B SH-2 ❀ ɑ B–29079–SH2 △18175–X 1–1
Other Versions (5 of 448)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| Music For The Masses (CD, Album) | Mute | CD STUMM 47 | UK | 1987 | |||
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Music For The Masses (CD, Album) | Mute | 9 25614-2 | US | 1987 | ||
| Music For The Masses (LP, Album, MPO Pressing) | Mute | STUMM 47 | UK | 1987 | |||
| Music For The Masses (LP, Album, Stereo, Blue Transparent ) | Mute | INT 146.833, Stumm 47 | 1987 | ||||
| Music For The Masses (Cassette, Album, SR, White) | Mute | 9 25614-4, 4-25614 | US | 1987 |
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Edited 4 years agoThis version of the album sounds pretty good to me. I thought most Depeche Mode albums were cut DMM but this one doesn’t seem to have been and the sound benefits from that. I compared it against my blue vinyl German issue which is DMM and this one sounds just a little better to me. Mainly the vocals. I’ve never felt the DMM mastering translated well for Depeche Mode’s vocals. They sound recessed, undefined and kind of shrill in the highs. On this cut, I think the vocals fare a little better and that makes all the difference.
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