Released on 31 May 2019, Music For The Masses | The 12″ Singles is a box set collection featuring the 12-inch vinyls associated with Depeche Mode’s 1987 album Music For The Masses. The set consists of the singles Strangelove, Never Let Me Down Again, Behind The Wheel, and Little 15, all pressed on audiophile-quality 180g heavy vinyl with audio mastered from the original tapes. The front cover design of Music For The Masses | The 12″ Singles incorporates iconography from the legacy album artwork, while the seven sleeves replicate the original 12-inch artwork.
7×12-inch in a numbered limited edition box set – Europe / US
Mute – Columbia – Sony – 12DMBOX06 – 19075890251 / Mute – Sire – Rhino Records – 12DMBOX06 – 603497852505 (released 31 May 2019, includes download code for uncompressed digital audio files and a reproduced original Strangelove marketing poster)
Strangelove | 12BONG 13 (generic inner sleeve)
A1 Strangelove (Maxi Mix) 6:32
B1 Strangelove (Midi Mix) 1:38
B2 Fpmip 5:20
Strangelove | L12BONG 13 (generic inner sleeve)
A1 Strangelove (Blind Mix) 6:31
A2 Pimpf 4:32
B1 Strangelove (Pain Mix) 7:18
B2 Agent Orange 5:06
Never Let Me Down Again | 12BONG 14 (generic inner sleeve)
A1 Never Let Me Down Again (Split Mix) 9:33
B1 Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix) 5:34
B2 Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix) 4:54
Never Let Me Down Again | L12BONG 14 (generic inner sleeve)
A1 Never Let Me Down Again (Tsangarides Mix) 4:21
B1 Pleasure, Little Treasure (Join Mix) 4:53
B2 To Have And To Hold (Spanish Taster) 2:34
Behind The Wheel | 12BONG 15 (generic inner sleeve)
A1 Behind The Wheel (Shep Pettibone Remix) 5:55
B1 Route 66 (Beatmasters Mix) 6:19 ★
Behind The Wheel | L12BONG 15 (generic inner sleeve)
A1 Behind The Wheel (Beatmasters Mix) 7:58
B1 Route 66 (Casualty Mix) 10:39 ★
Little 15 | 12LITTLE 15 (generic inner sleeve)
A1 Little 15 4:16
B1 Stjarna 4:25
B2 Sonata No. 14 in C#m (Moonlight Sonata) 5:36 ♭
poster
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Digital download – various editions
US: Rhino Records – 603497839056 (released 31 May 2019)
UK: Legacy Recordings – no catalogue number (released 25 March 2022)
Worldwide: Legacy Recordings – G010004747990K (reissue released 25 March 2022)
- Strangelove (Maxi Mix) 6:32
- Strangelove (Midi Mix) 1:39
- Fpmip 5:24
- Strangelove (Blind Mix) 6:33
- Pimpf 4:33
- Strangelove (Pain Mix) 7:22
- Agent Orange 5:05
- Never Let Me Down Again (Split Mix) 9:35
- Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix) 5:35
- Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix) 4:54
- Never Let Me Down Again (Tsangarides Mix) 4:23
- Pleasure, Little Treasure (Join Mix) 5:01
- To Have And To Hold (Spanish Taster) 2:34
- Behind The Wheel (Shep Pettibone Mix) 5:54
- Route 66 (Beatmasters Mix) 6:21 ★
- Behind The Wheel (Beatmasters Mix) 7:58
- Route 66 (Casualty Mix) 10:39 ★
- Little 15 4:15
- Stjarna 4:25
- Sonata No. 14 in C#m (Moonlight Sonata) 5:37 ♭
Depeche Mode – Music For The Masses | The 12″ Singles
- all tracks written by Martin Gore, except ★ by Robert William
Troup Jr, and ♭ by Beethoven - produced by David Bascombe and Depeche Mode
- highest chart position 31 (UK) 20 (Ger)
- 2019 Depeche Mode was Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan, and Martin Gore (Alan Wilder was a member of the band when the singles from Music For The Masses originally were released)