Recorded at The Garden in London and mixed at Hansa Mischraum in Berlin, Construction Time Again is the third studio album by Depeche Mode. It was originally released on 22 August 1983 and is the first LP with Alan Wilder as an official member in the band. The album features the singles Everything Counts and Love, In Itself. Over the years, Construction Time Again has been remastered and reissued several times.
LP – UK
Mute – STUMM 13 (released 22 August 1983)
A1 Love, In Itself 4:29
A2 More Than A Party 4:45
A3 Pipeline 5:54
A4 Everything Counts 4:20
B1 Two Minute Warning 4:13 aw
B2 Shame 3:51
B3 The Landscape Is Changing 4:49 aw
B4 Told You So 4:26
B5 And Then… 4:36
B6 Everything Counts (Reprise) 0:55 (not listed)
LP – US
Mute – Sire – 1-23900 (released 7 September 1983)
A1 Love, In Itself 4:27
A2 More Than A Party 4:30
A3 Pipeline 6:08
A4 Everything Counts 4:24
B1 Two Minute Warning 4:10 aw
B2 Shame 3:50
B3 The Landscape Is Changing 4:46 aw
B4 Told You So 4:25
B5 And Then… 4:40
B6 Everything Counts (Reprise) 0:55 (not listed)
CD – Germany / UK
Mute – Intercord Ton – INT 846.807 / Mute – CDSTUMM13 (released in January 1984 / March 1989)
- Love, In Itself 4:29 / 4:30
- More Than A Party 4:45 / 4:44
- Pipeline 5:54 / 5:55
- Everything Counts 4:20 / 4:22
- Two Minute Warning 4:14 / 4:14 aw
- Shame 3:51 / 3:45
- The Landscape Is Changing 4:49 / 4:49 aw
- Told You So 4:26 / 4:25
- And Then… 4:35 / 4:35
- Everything Counts (Reprise) 0:59 / 1:05
CD – US
Mute – Sire – 23900-2 (released 2 June 1987)
- Love, In Itself 4:27
- More Than A Party 4:30
- Pipeline 6:08
- Everything Counts 4:24
- Two Minute Warning 4:10 aw
- Shame 3:50
- The Landscape Is Changing 4:46 aw
- Told You So 4:25
- And Then… 4:30
- Everything Counts (Reprise) 1:01
- Everything Counts (In Larger Amounts) 7:23
CD – various remastered & reissued editions – Europe
Mute – CDXSTUMM 13 (released 26 March 2007)
Sony Music – 88883750532 (released 5 August 2013 and in 2020)
- 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 (not listed on the releases from Sony Music)
SACD + DVD remastered collectors editions
Europe: Mute – DMCD3 – 0094638415725 (released 26 March 2007, multichannel CD/SACD hybrid + DVD)
US: Mute – Sire – 2-108732 (released 27 March 2007, remastered CD + DVD)
SACD
- Love, In Itself 4:29 / 4:29
- More Than A Party 4:46 / 4:45
- Pipeline 5:55 / 5:54
- Everything Counts 4:21 / 4:20
- Two Minute Warning 4:13 / 4:13 aw
- Shame 3:52 / 3:51
- The Landscape Is Changing 4:49 / 4:49 aw
- Told You So 4:27 / 4:27
- And Then… 4:40 / 4:39
- Everything Counts (Reprise) 0:59 / 1:01
DVD
Construction Time Again (PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1)
- Love, In Itself 4:29
- More Than A Party 4:46
- Pipeline 5:55
- Everything Counts 4:21
- Two Minute Warning 4:13 aw
- Shame 3:52
- The Landscape Is Changing 4:49 aw
- Told You So 4:27
- And Then… 4:40
- Everything Counts (Reprise) 0:59
A Short Film
- Depeche Mode : 1983 (“Teenagers growing up, bad government, and all that stuff”) 38:56
Bonus tracks (PCM Stereo only)
- Get The Balance Right! 3:17
- The Great Outdoors! 5:04 gw
- Work Hard 4:24 gw
- Fools 4:17 aw
- Get The Balance Right! (Combination Mix) 8:01
- Everything Counts (In Larger Amounts) 7:22
- Love, In Itself 4 (Lounge Version) 4:40
Get your remastered collectors edition of Construction Time Again on SACD + DVD format from eBay (subject to availability).
LP – various remastered & reissued limited editions in gatefold sleeve
Europe: Mute – DMLP3 – 0094638415718 – STUMM 13 (released 2 April 2007)
US: Mute – Sire – 1-233852 (released 24 July 2007)
Europe: BMG – Music On Vinyl – MOVLP946 (released 25 March 2014)
US: Mute – Sire – 1-233852 (released 26 March 2014)
Europe: Sony Music – 88985330001 (released 26 August 2016)
A1 Love, In Itself 4:29
A2 More Than A Party 4:45
A3 Pipeline 5:54
A4 Everything Counts 4:20
B1 Two Minute Warning 4:13 aw
B2 Shame 3:51
B3 The Landscape Is Changing 4:49 aw
B4 Told You So 4:27
B5 And Then… 4:39
B6 Everything Counts (Reprise) 0:59 (not listed)
Note: Construction Time Again was also released on the cassette format, and on the Blu-spec CD2 format in Japan.
Depeche Mode – Construction Time Again
- all tracks written by Martin Gore, except aw by Alan Wilder, gw by Gore and Wilder
- produced by Daniel Miller and Depeche Mode
- highest chart position 6 (UK) 177 (US)
- 1983 Depeche Mode was Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan, Martin Gore, and Alan Wilder
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