Originally released in November 2006, The Best Of Volume 1 is the seventh compilation album by Depeche Mode. It features a selection of singles from their back catalogue and includes the previously unreleased Martyr. The compilation was available in both a CD-only version and a CD + DVD edition. In Europe, the DVD was also released as a standalone title, The Best Of Videos Volume 1. Over the years, The Best Of Volume 1 has been reissued multiple times.
3xLP deluxe limited edition – Europe
Mute – mutel15 – 0094637507414 (released 12 February 2007, includes an eight-page booklet)
A1 Personal Jesus 3:47
A2 Just Can’t Get Enough 3:43 vc
A3 Everything Counts 4:01
B1 Enjoy The Silence 4:14
B2 Shake The Disease 4:51
B3 See You 3:57
C1 It’s No Good 5:58
C2 Strangelove 3:46
C3 Suffer Well 3:52 gep
D1 Dream On 3:41
D2 People Are People 3:46
D3 Martyr 3:25
E1 Walking In My Shoes 5:00
E2 I Feel You 4:35
E3 Precious 4:09
F1 Master And Servant 3:49
F2 New Life 3:46 vc
F3 Never Let Me Down Again 4:18
Get your original edition of The Best Of Volume 1 on 3 x vinyl format from eBay (subject to availability).
CD – Europe / US
Mute – cdmutel15 – 0094637507322 / Mute – Sire – Reprise Records – 44256-2 (released 13 November 2006 / 14 November)
- Personal Jesus 3:47
- Just Can’t Get Enough 3:43 vc
- Everything Counts 4:01
- Enjoy The Silence 4:14
- Shake The Disease 4:51
- See You 3:57
- It’s No Good 5:58
- Strangelove 3:46
- Suffer Well 3:52 gep
- Dream On 3:41
- People Are People 3:46
- Martyr 3:25
- Walking In My Shoes 5:00
- I Feel You 4:35
- Precious 4:09
- Master And Servant 3:49
- New Life 3:46 vc
- Never Let Me Down Again 4:18
CD + DVD – Europe (PAL) / US (NTSC)
Mute – lcdmutel15 – 0094637507421 / Mute – Sire – Reprise Records – 43243-2 (released 13 November 2006 / 14 November)
CD
- Personal Jesus 3:47
- Just Can’t Get Enough 3:43 vc
- Everything Counts 4:01
- Enjoy The Silence 4:14
- Shake The Disease 4:51
- See You 3:57
- It’s No Good 5:58
- Strangelove 3:46
- Suffer Well 3:52 gep
- Dream On 3:41
- People Are People 3:46
- Martyr 3:25
- Walking In My Shoes 5:00
- I Feel You 4:35
- Precious 4:09
- Master And Servant 3:49
- New Life 3:46 vc
- Never Let Me Down Again 4:18
DVD (featuring 23 music videos and a short film)
- Just Can’t Get Enough 3:41 vc, cr
- Everything Counts 3:59 cr
- People Are People 3:39 cr
- Master And Servant 3:50 cr
- Shake The Disease 4:46 pc
- Stripped 3:44 pc
- A Question Of Time 4:04
- Strangelove 3:48
- Never Let Me Down Again 4:25
- Behind The Wheel 4:13
- Personal Jesus 3:45
- Enjoy The Silence 4:35
- I Feel You 4:35
- Walking In My Shoes 5:03
- In Your Room 4:50
- Barrel Of A Gun 5:28
- It’s No Good 4:18
- Only When I Lose Myself 4:14 bg
- Dream On 3:41 ss
- I Feel Loved 3:37 jh
- Enjoy The Silence·04 3:27 uf
- Precious 4:11 uf
- Suffer Well 3:51 gep
- The Best Of, A Short Film / Electronic Press Kit 30:14
CD + Digital downloads – France
Mute – Labels – 2630023663272 (released in November 2006, came with a code allowing for download of additional media)
CD
- Personal Jesus 3:47
- Just Can’t Get Enough 3:43 vc
- Everything Counts 4:01
- Enjoy The Silence 4:14
- Shake The Disease 4:51
- See You 3:57
- It’s No Good 5:58
- Strangelove 3:46
- Suffer Well 3:52 gep
- Dream On 3:41
- People Are People 3:46
- Martyr 3:25
- Walking In My Shoes 5:00
- I Feel You 4:35
- Precious 4:09
- Master And Servant 3:49
- New Life 3:46 vc
- Never Let Me Down Again 4:18
Digital downloads
- Enjoy The Silence (Ewan Pearson Remix – Radio Edit) 3:34
- John The Revelator (UNKLE Dub) 5:40
- Precious (Calderone & Quayle Damaged Club Mix) 12:04
- World In My Eyes (Cicada Remix) 6:18
- Mercy In You (The BRAT Mix) 7:03
- The Best Of, A Short Film / Electronic Press Kit 30:14
- The Best Of Volume 1 booklet in PDF format
CD promo – Europe
Mute – acdmutel15 – 0094637820520 (released in October 2006, tracks marked with * have unique edits, there’s another version of this promo on which the length of all tracks are corresponding with that of the commercial edition)
- Personal Jesus 3:47
- Just Can’t Get Enough 3:43 vc
- Everything Counts 4:01
- Enjoy The Silence 4:18*
- Shake The Disease 4:51
- See You 3:57
- It’s No Good 5:58
- Strangelove 3:46
- Suffer Well 3:52 gep
- Dream On 3:51*
- People Are People 3:37*
- Martyr 3:25
- Walking In My Shoes 5:00
- I Feel You 4:35
- Precious 4:09
- Master And Servant 3:59*
- New Life 3:46 vc
- Never Let Me Down Again 4:18
CD promo interview – Europe
Mute – dmint06cd – 0094637971321 (released in October or November 2006)
- the band answering 33 questions, all listed in the CD booklet 32:19
CD-R promo – UK
Mute – CDMUTEL15 (withdrawn version with different title, issued in October 2006)
- Personal Jesus 3:47
- Just Can’t Get Enough 3:43 vc
- Everything Counts 4:01
- Enjoy The Silence 4:14
- Shake The Disease 4:51
- See You 3:57
- It’s No Good 5:58
- Strangelove 3:46
- Suffer Well 3:52 gep
- Dream On 3:41
- People Are People 3:46
- Martyr 3:25
- Walking In My Shoes 5:00
- I Feel You 4:35
- Precious 4:09
- Master And Servant 3:49
- New Life 3:46 vc
- Never Let Me Down Again 4:18
CD-R promo – UK
Mute – CDMUTEL15 (issued in October 2006)
- Personal Jesus 3:47
- Just Can’t Get Enough 3:43 vc
- Everything Counts 4:01
- Enjoy The Silence 4:14
- Shake The Disease 4:51
- See You 3:57
- It’s No Good 5:58
- Strangelove 3:46
- Suffer Well 3:52 gep
- Dream On 3:41
- People Are People 3:46
- Martyr 3:25
- Walking In My Shoes 5:00
- I Feel You 4:35
- Precious 4:09
- Master And Servant 3:49
- New Life 3:46 vc
- Never Let Me Down Again 4:18
DVD-R promo (PAL) – Greece
EMI Music – no catalogue number (issued in October or November 2006)
- Martyr (music video) 3:20 rc
- The Best Of, A Short Film / Electronic Press Kit 30:13
CD promo – US
Mute – Sire – Reprise Records – PRO-CDR-101922 (released in October 2006, tracks marked with * have unique edits)
- Personal Jesus 3:44
- Just Can’t Get Enough 3:40 vc
- Everything Counts 3:58
- Enjoy The Silence 4:16*
- Shake The Disease 4:49
- See You 3:55
- It’s No Good 5:57
- Strangelove 3:44
- Suffer Well 3:49 gep
- Dream On 3:50*
- People Are People 3:34*
- Martyr 3:22
- Walking In My Shoes 4:49
- I Feel You 4:33
- Precious 4:08
- Master And Servant 3:56*
- New Life 3:43 vc
- Never Let Me Down Again 4:20
CD-R numbered and personal promo – US
Warner Bros. Records – no catalogue number (issued in October 2006)
- Personal Jesus 3:47
- Just Can’t Get Enough 3:43 vc
- Everything Counts 4:01
- Enjoy The Silence 4:14
- Shake The Disease 4:51
- See You 3:57
- It’s No Good 5:58
- Strangelove 3:46
- Suffer Well 3:52 gep
- Dream On 3:41
- People Are People 3:46
- Martyr 3:25
- Walking In My Shoes 5:00
- I Feel You 4:35
- Precious 4:09
- Master And Servant 3:49
- New Life 3:46 vc
- Never Let Me Down Again 4:18
Digital download – Europe
Mute – no catalogue number (released 3 November 2006, three different versions were available, one with track length matching the commercial CD, one with four unique edits from the first acdmutel15 promo*, and one including five bonus remixes**)
- Personal Jesus 3:45
- Just Can’t Get Enough 3:40 vc
- Everything Counts 3:59
- Enjoy The Silence 4:16 / 4:18*
- Shake The Disease 4:49
- See You 3:56
- It’s No Good 6:00
- Strangelove 3:45
- Suffer Well 3:50 gep
- Dream On 3:41 / 3:51*
- People Are People 3:45 / 3:37*
- Martyr 3:22
- Walking In My Shoes 5:00
- I Feel You 4:34
- Precious 4:08
- Master And Servant 3:47 / 3:59*
- New Life 3:43 vc
- Never Let Me Down Again 4:20
- Personal Jesus (Boys Noize Rework / Boys Noize Classic) 6:53**
- Never Let Me Down Again (Digitalism Remix) 4:40**
- Everything Counts (Oliver Huntemann & Stephan Bodzin Dub) 6:53**
- People Are People (Underground Resistance Remix) 7:22**
- Personal Jesus (Heartthrob Rework 2) 5:13**
CD – various reissued editions – Europe
Mute – cdmutel15 – 0094637507322 (released in 2009)
Mute – Sony Music – 88883751292 (released 5 August 2013 and in 2018)
- Personal Jesus 3:47
- Just Can’t Get Enough 3:43 vc
- Everything Counts 4:01
- Enjoy The Silence 4:14
- Shake The Disease 4:51
- See You 3:57
- It’s No Good 5:58
- Strangelove 3:46
- Suffer Well 3:52 gep
- Dream On 3:41
- People Are People 3:46
- Martyr 3:25
- Walking In My Shoes 5:00
- I Feel You 4:35
- Precious 4:09
- Master And Servant 3:49
- New Life 3:46 vc
- Never Let Me Down Again 4:18
CD + DVD (PAL) – various reissued editions – Europe
Mute – cdmutel15 – 0094637507421 (released in 2009 and 2011)
Mute – Sony Music – 88883751312 (released 5 August 2013 and in 2018)
CD
- Personal Jesus 3:47
- Just Can’t Get Enough 3:43 vc
- Everything Counts 4:01
- Enjoy The Silence 4:14
- Shake The Disease 4:51
- See You 3:57
- It’s No Good 5:58
- Strangelove 3:46
- Suffer Well 3:52 gep
- Dream On 3:41
- People Are People 3:46
- Martyr 3:25
- Walking In My Shoes 5:00
- I Feel You 4:35
- Precious 4:09
- Master And Servant 3:49
- New Life 3:46 vc
- Never Let Me Down Again 4:18
DVD (featuring 23 music videos and a short film)
- Just Can’t Get Enough 3:41 vc, cr
- Everything Counts 3:59 cr
- People Are People 3:39 cr
- Master And Servant 3:50 cr
- Shake The Disease 4:46 pc
- Stripped 3:44 pc
- A Question Of Time 4:04
- Strangelove 3:48
- Never Let Me Down Again 4:25
- Behind The Wheel 4:13
- Personal Jesus 3:45
- Enjoy The Silence 4:35
- I Feel You 4:35
- Walking In My Shoes 5:03
- In Your Room 4:50
- Barrel Of A Gun 5:28
- It’s No Good 4:18
- Only When I Lose Myself 4:14 bg
- Dream On 3:41 ss
- I Feel Loved 3:37 jh
- Enjoy The Silence·04 3:27 uf
- Precious 4:11 uf
- Suffer Well 3:51 gep
- The Best Of, A Short Film / Electronic Press Kit 30:14
3xLP – various reissued editions
Europe: Mute – mutel15 – Sony Music – 88985451301 (released 29 September 2017 and in 2019)
US: Sire – Rhino Records – R1 44256 (released 29 September 2017)
A1 Personal Jesus 3:47
A2 Just Can’t Get Enough 3:43 vc
A3 Everything Counts 4:01
B1 Enjoy The Silence 4:14
B2 Shake The Disease 4:51
B3 See You 3:57
C1 It’s No Good 5:58
C2 Strangelove 3:46
C3 Suffer Well 3:52 gep
D1 Dream On 3:41
D2 People Are People 3:46
D3 Martyr 3:25
E1 Walking In My Shoes 5:00
E2 I Feel You 4:35
E3 Precious 4:09
F1 Master And Servant 3:49
F2 New Life 3:46 vc
F3 Never Let Me Down Again 4:18
Get your reissued edition of The Best Of Volume 1 on 3 x vinyl format from eBay (subject to availability).
Depeche Mode – Remixes The Best Of Volume 1
CD promo – Europe
Mute – PLCDBONG39 – 0094637924723 (released in October 2006)
- Personal Jesus (Boys Noize Rework / Boys Noize Classic) 6:53
- Never Let Me Down Again (Digitalism Remix) 4:36
- Everything Counts (Oliver Huntemann & Stephan Bodzin Dub) 6:52
- People Are People (Underground Resistance Remix) 7:20
- Everything Counts (Troy Pierce Unofficial Business Mix) 5:58
- Personal Jesus (Heartthrob Rework 2) 5:13
- The Sinner In Me (Ricardo Villalobos Conclave Remix) 12:59
- Personal Jesus (Timo Maas Remix) 7:53
CD-R promo – UK
Mute – PLCDBONG39 (issued in September 2006)
- Just Can’t Get Enough (Dirty South Mix) 7:47 vc
Note: The title on the inlay is incorrect.
CD-R promo – UK
Mute – CDMUTEL15 (issued 30 October 2006)
- Personal Jesus (Boys Noize Rework / Boys Noize Classic) 6:53
- Never Let Me Down Again (Digitalism Remix) 4:36
- Everything Counts (Oliver Huntemann & Stephan Bodzin Dub) 6:52
- People Are People (Underground Resistance Remix) 7:20
- Everything Counts (Troy Pierce Unofficial Business Mix) 5:58
- Personal Jesus (Heartthrob Rework 2) 5:13
- The Sinner In Me (Ricardo Villalobos Conclave Remix) 12:59
- Personal Jesus (Timo Maas Remix) 7:53
CD-R promo – Denmark
EMI Music – no catalogue number (issued in September 2006)
- Just Can’t Get Enough (Dirty South Mix) 7:50 vc
CD-R promo – Greece
EMI Music – Virgin – BONG39 (issued in September 2006)
- Personal Jesus (Boys Noize Rework / Boys Noize Classic) 6:59
- Never Let Me Down Again (Digitalism Remix) 4:42
- Everything Counts (Oliver Huntemann & Stephan Bodzin Dub) 7:00
- People Are People (Underground Resistance Remix) 7:28
- Everything Counts (Troy Pierce Unofficial Business Mix) 6:04
- Personal Jesus (Heartthrob Rework 2) 5:21
- The Sinner In Me (Ricardo Villalobos Conclave Remix) 13:05
- Personal Jesus (Timo Maas Remix) 7:57
- Just Can’t Get Enough (Dirty South Mix) 7:50 vc
Digital download – Europe
Mute – no catalogue number (released in 2006)
- Personal Jesus (Boys Noize Rework / Boys Noize Classic) 6:53
- Everything Counts (Oliver Huntemann & Stephan Bodzin Dub) 6:52
- People Are People (Underground Resistance Remix) 7:20
- Personal Jesus (Heartthrob Rework 2) 5:13
Note: The Best Of Volume 1 was commercially released on the cassette format in Ukraine only.
Depeche Mode – The Best Of Volume 1
- all tracks written by Martin Gore, except vc by Vince Clarke, gep by David Gahan, Christian Eigner, and Andrew Phillpott
- audio produced by Daniel Miller, Gareth Jones, David Bascombe, Flood (Mark Ellis), Tim Simenon, Mark Bell, Ben Hillier
- compiled by Roland Brown and Daniel Miller
- all music videos directed by Anton Corbijn, except cr by Clive Richardson, pc by Peter Care, bg by Brian Griffin, ss by Stéphane Sednaoui, jh by John Hillcoat, uf by Uwe Flade, and rc by Robert Chandler
- highest chart position 18 (UK) 148 (US)
- 2006 Depeche Mode was Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan, and Martin Gore (Vince Clarke was a member of the band from 1980 to 1981, Alan Wilder from 1982 to 1995)
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