Recorded at Music Works in London and at Hansa Mischraum in Berlin where it was also mixed, Some Great Reward is the fourth studio album by Depeche Mode. Originally released on 24 September 1984, it features the singles People Are People, Master And Servant, and the band’s first double A-side single, Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody. Over the years, Some Great Reward has been remastered and reissued several times.
LP – UK
Mute – STUMM 19 (released 24 September 1984)
A1 Something To Do 3:45
A2 Lie To Me 5:04
A3 People Are People 3:52
A4 It Doesn’t Matter 4:45
A5 Stories Of Old 3:12
B1 Somebody 4:26
B2 Master And Servant 4:13
B3 If You Want 4:40 aw
B4 Blasphemous Rumours 6:21
LP – grey opaque vinyl edition – Germany
Mute – Stumm 19 – Intercord Ton – INT 146.812 (released 24 September 1984, reissues released in 1985 and 1986, in 1987 as part of the ‘Colour Collection’, and in 1989)
A1 Something To Do 3:45
A2 Lie To Me 5:04
A3 People Are People 3:52
A4 It Doesn’t Matter 4:45
A5 Stories Of Old 3:12
B1 Somebody 4:26
B2 Master And Servant 4:13
B3 If You Want 4:40 aw
B4 Blasphemous Rumours 6:21
Get your rare German edition of Some Great Reward on grey opaque vinyl format from eBay (subject to availability).
LP – US
Mute – Sire – 25194-1 (released 29 October 1984)
A1 Something To Do 3:45
A2 Lie To Me 5:04
A3 People Are People 3:52
A4 It Doesn’t Matter 4:45
A5 Stories Of Old 3:12
B1 Somebody 4:26
B2 Master And Servant 4:13
B3 If You Want 4:40 aw
B4 Blasphemous Rumours 6:21
CD – Germany / UK
Mute – Intercord Ton – INT 846.812 / Mute – CD STUMM 19 (released in 1984 / in December 1984)
- Something To Do 3:45 / 3:47
- Lie To Me 5:04 / 5:03
- People Are People 3:52 / 3:52
- It Doesn’t Matter 4:45 / 4:44
- Stories Of Old 3:12 / 3:13
- Somebody 4:26 / 4:27
- Master And Servant 4:13 / 4:12
- If You Want 4:40 / 4:41 aw
- Blasphemous Rumours 6:21 / 6:22
CD – US
Mute – Sire – 25194-2 (released in 1987)
- 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
CD – various remastered & reissued editions
Europe: Mute – CDXSTUMM 19 (released 2 October 2006)
Europe: Sony Music – 88883750552 (released 5 August 2013 and in 2020)
US: Sire – R2 25194 (released 2 Jun 2017)
- 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
SACD + DVD remastered collectors editions
Europe: Mute – DMCD4 – 0094637006320 (released 2 October 2006, multichannel CD/SACD hybrid + DVD)
US: Mute – Sire – 2-44457 (released 3 October 2006, remastered CD + DVD)
SACD
- Something To Do 3:47 / 3:47
- Lie To Me 5:04 / 5:03
- People Are People 3:52 / 3:52
- It Doesn’t Matter 4:45 / 4:44
- Stories Of Old 3:14 / 3:14
- Somebody 4:28 / 4:27
- Master And Servant 4:12 / 4:12
- If You Want 4:41 / 4:40 aw
- Blasphemous Rumours 6:22 / 6:21
DVD
Some Great Reward (PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1)
- Something To Do 3:47
- Lie To Me 5:04
- People Are People 3:52
- It Doesn’t Matter 4:45
- Stories Of Old 3:14
- Somebody 4:28
- Master And Servant 4:12
- If You Want 4:41 aw
- Blasphemous Rumours 6:22
A Short Film
- Depeche Mode : 1984 (“You can get away with anything if you give it a good tune”) 29:20
Live in Basel & Liverpool, autumn 1984
- If You Want 5:15 aw
- People Are People 4:16
- Somebody 4:30
- Blasphemous Rumours 5:30
- Master And Servant 5:33
Bonus tracks (PCM Stereo only)
- In Your Memory 4:06 aw
- (Set Me Free) Remotivate Me 4:18
- Somebody (Remix) 4:21
Get your remastered collectors edition of Some Great Reward on SACD + DVD format from eBay (subject to availability).
LP – various remastered & reissued limited editions in gatefold sleeve
Europe: Mute – DMLP4 – 0094637006313 – STUMM19 (released 2 April 2007)
US: Mute – Sire – 1-234172 (released 3 April 2007 and 4 February 2014)
Europe: BMG – Music On Vinyl – MOVLP940 (released 3 February 2014)
Europe: Sony Music – 88985330011 (released 26 August 2016)
A1 Something To Do 3:45
A2 Lie To Me 5:04
A3 People Are People 3:52
A4 It Doesn’t Matter 4:45
A5 Stories Of Old 3:12
B1 Somebody 4:26
B2 Master And Servant 4:13
B3 If You Want 4:40 aw
B4 Blasphemous Rumours 6:21
Note: Some Great Reward was also released on the cassette format, and on the Blu-spec CD2 format in Japan.
Depeche Mode – Some Great Reward
- all tracks written by Martin Gore, except aw by Alan Wilder
- produced by Daniel Miller, Gareth Jones, and Depeche Mode
- highest chart position 5 (UK) 54 (US)
- 1984 Depeche Mode was Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan, Martin Gore, and Alan Wilder
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