Released week by week during the summer of 2009, The Collection is an official Depeche Mode box set consisting of the 11 studio albums from Speak & Spell to Playing The Angel, plus the DVD Touring The Angel – Live in Milan. The 12 discs were distributed with the Italian television magazine TV Sorrisi e Canzoni, published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, which is the biggest media company in the country. Starting with Music For The Masses, the albums were not released chronologically, and the box itself was made available in the second week of the campaign. The Collection does not offer any previously unreleased tracks but is still in demand among collectors.
11xCD + DVD box set – Italy
Mute – Arnoldo Mondadori Editore – box has no catalogue number (released weekly between 9 June to 25 August in 2009)
Music For The Masses – 1987
Mute – Arnoldo Mondadori Editore – DM 09 01 (released 9 June 2009)
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- Never Let Me Down Again 4:47
- The Things You Said 4:02
- Strangelove 4:57
- Sacred 4:47
- Little 15 4:18
- Behind The Wheel 5:18
- I Want You Now 3:44
- To Have And To Hold 2:51
- Nothing 4:17
- Pimpf / Interlude #1 – Mission Impossible 5:25
- Agent Orange 5:05
- Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix) 4:57
- To Have And To Hold (Spanish Taster) 2:36
- Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix) 5:35
Violator – 1990
Mute – Arnoldo Mondadori Editore – DM 09 02 (released 16 June 2009)
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- World In My Eyes 4:26
- Sweetest Perfection 4:42
- Personal Jesus 4:56
- Halo 4:29
- Waiting For The Night 6:07
- Enjoy The Silence / Interlude #2 – Crucified 6:12
- Policy Of Truth 4:53
- Blue Dress / Interlude #3 5:39
- Clean 5:33
Songs Of Faith And Devotion – 1993
Mute – Arnoldo Mondadori Editore – DM 09 03 (released 23 June 2009)
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- I Feel You 4:35
- Walking In My Shoes 5:35
- Condemnation 3:19
- Mercy In You 4:17
- Judas 5:13
- In Your Room 6:24
- Get Right With Me 3:52
- Rush 4:36
- One Caress 3:30
- Higher Love 5:56
Ultra – 1997
Mute – Arnoldo Mondadori Editore – DM 09 04 (released 30 June 2009)
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- Barrel Of A Gun 5:35
- The Love Thieves 6:34
- Home 5:42
- It’s No Good 5:58
- Uselink 2:21
- Useless 5:12
- Sister Of Night 6:04
- Jazz Thieves 2:54
- Freestate 6:44
- The Bottom Line 4:26
- Insight 6:26
- Junior Painkiller 2:10
Exciter – 2001
Mute – Arnoldo Mondadori Editore – DM 09 05 (released 7 July 2009)
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- Dream On 4:19
- Shine 5:32
- The Sweetest Condition 3:42
- When The Body Speaks 6:01
- The Dead Of Night 4:50
- Lovetheme 2:02
- Freelove 6:10
- Comatose 3:24
- I Feel Loved 4:20
- Breathe 5:17
- Easy Tiger 2:05
- I Am You 5:10
- Goodnight Lovers 3:48
Playing The Angel – 2005
Mute – Arnoldo Mondadori Editore – DM 09 06 (released 14 July 2009)
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- A Pain That I’m Used To 4:10
- John The Revelator 3:42
- Suffer Well 3:50 gep
- The Sinner In Me 4:55
- Precious 4:08
- Macro 4:05
- I Want It All 6:08 gep
- Nothing’s Impossible 4:22 gep
- Introspectre 1:41
- Damaged People 3:29
- Lilian 4:50
- The Darkest Star 6:55
Black Celebration – 1986
Mute – Arnoldo Mondadori Editore – DM 09 07 (released 21 July 2009)
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- Black Celebration 4:57
- Fly On The Windscreen – Final 5:19
- A Question Of Lust 4:23
- Sometimes 1:54
- It Doesn’t Matter Two 2:51
- A Question Of Time 4:09
- Stripped 4:17
- Here Is The House 4:16
- World Full Of Nothing 2:49
- Dressed In Black 2:34
- New Dress 3:46
Some Great Reward – 1984
Mute – Arnoldo Mondadori Editore – DM 09 08 (released 28 July 2009)
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- Something To Do 3:45
- Lie To Me 5:04
- People Are People 3:52
- It Doesn’t Matter 4:45
- Stories Of Old 3:12
- Somebody 4:26
- Master And Servant 4:13
- If You Want 4:40 aw
- Blasphemous Rumours 6:21
Construction Time Again – 1983
Mute – Arnoldo Mondadori Editore – DM 09 09 (released 4 August 2009)
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- Love, In Itself 4:29
- More Than A Party 4:45
- Pipeline 5:54
- Everything Counts 4:20
- Two Minute Warning 4:13 aw
- Shame 3:51
- The Landscape Is Changing 4:49 aw
- Told You So 4:27
- And Then… 4:39
- Everything Counts (Reprise) 0:59
A Broken Frame – 1982
Mute – Arnoldo Mondadori Editore – DM 09 10 (released 11 August 2009)
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- Leave In Silence 4:52
- My Secret Garden 4:46
- Monument 3:15
- Nothing To Fear 4:18
- See You 4:35
- Satellite 4:44
- The Meaning Of Love 3:07
- A Photograph Of You 3:04
- Shouldn’t Have Done That 3:12
- The Sun & The Rainfall 5:05
Speak & Spell – 1981
Mute – Arnoldo Mondadori Editore – DM 09 11 (released 18 August 2009)
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- New Life 3:46 vc
- I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead 2:18 vc
- Puppets 3:56 vc
- Boys Say Go! 3:08 vc
- Nodisco 4:15 vc
- What’s Your Name? 2:45 vc
- Photographic 4:43 vc
- Tora! Tora! Tora! 4:38
- Big Muff 4:24
- Any Second Now (Voices) 2:35 vc
- Just Can’t Get Enough 3:44 vc
- Dreaming Of Me 4:03 vc
Touring The Angel Live In Milan – 2006
Mute – Arnoldo Mondadori Editore – DM 09 12 (released 25 August 2009)
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- A Pain That I’m Used To 4:13
- John The Revelator 3:35
- A Question Of Time 4:25
- Policy Of Truth 5:14
- Precious 4:42
- Walking In My Shoes 6:25
- Suffer Well 3:36 gep
- Macro 4:23
- Home 5:35
- I Want It All 5:20 gep
- The Sinner In Me 5:14
- I Feel You 7:02
- Behind The Wheel 5:13
- World In My Eyes 5:20
- Personal Jesus 6:08
- Enjoy The Silence 7:49
- Shake The Disease 5:52
- Just Can’t Get Enough 4:39 vc
- Everything Counts 6:20
- Never Let Me Down Again 8:00
- Goodnight Lovers 4:16
Bonus tracks
- A Question Of Lust 4:28
- Damaged People 4:01
Depeche Mode – The Collection
- all tracks written by Martin Gore except gep by David Gahan, Christian Eigner, and Andrew Phillpott, aw by Alan Wilder, vc by Vince Clarke,
- produced by David Bascombe, Flood (Mark Ellis), Tim Simenon, Mark Bell, Ben Hillier, Gareth Jones, Daniel Miller, and Depeche Mode
- 2009 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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