Released on 31 August 2018, A Broken Frame | The 12″ Singles is a box set collection featuring the 12-inch vinyls associated with Depeche Mode’s 1982 album A Broken Frame. The set consists of the singles See You, The Meaning Of Love, and Leave In Silence, all pressed on audiophile-quality 180g heavy vinyl with audio mastered from the original tapes. The front cover design of A Broken Frame | The 12″ Singles uses iconography inspired by the legacy album artwork, while the three sleeves replicate the original 12-inch artwork.
3×12-inch in a numbered limited edition box set – Europe / US
Mute – Columbia – Sony – 12DMBOX02 – 88985482011 / Mute – Sire – Rhino Records – 12DMBOX02 – 6 03497 86483 6 – R1 564269 – (released 31 August 2018, includes download code for uncompressed digital audio files, and a reproduced original The Meaning Of Love marketing poster)
See You | 12MUTE 018 (generic inner sleeve)
A1 See You (Extended Version) 4:55
B1 Now, This Is Fun (Extended Version) 4:47
The Meaning Of Love | 12MUTE 022 (generic inner sleeve)
A1 The Meaning Of Love (Fairly Odd Mix) 5:02
B1 Oberkorn (It’s A Small Town) (Development Mix) 7:41
Leave In Silence | 12BONG 1 (textured cover, generic inner sleeve)
A1 Leave In Silence (Longer) 6:32
B1 Further Excerpts From: My Secret Garden 4:23
B2 Leave In Silence (Quieter) 3:43
poster
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Digital download – various editions
Europe: Legacy Recordings – no catalogue number (released 31 March 2018)
US: Rhino Records – 603497839674 (released 31 March 2018)
Worldwide: Legacy Recordings – G0100047327476 (reissue released 25 February 2022)
- See You (Extended Version) 4:54
- Now, This Is Fun (Extended Version) 4:45
- The Meaning Of Love (Fairly Odd Mix) 4:59
- Oberkorn (It’s A Small Town) (Development Mix) 7:38
- Leave In Silence (Longer) 6:29
- Further Excerpts From: My Secret Garden 4:23
- Leave In Silence (Quieter) 3:41
Depeche Mode – A Broken Frame | The 12″ Singles
- all tracks written by Martin Gore
- produced by Daniel Miller
- highest chart position 30 (UK) 11 (Ger)
- 2018 Depeche Mode was Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan, and Martin Gore (Alan Wilder was not yet officially a member when the singles from A Broken Frame originally were released, but he toured with the band and appears in the music videos for the three singles from the album)