Catching Up with Depeche Mode is a compilation

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 released only in North America

North America

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 by British band Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...

 on November 11, 1985.

As the title suggests it was an attempt to let the (American) public catch up with the band's four previous LP's, by including singles and album songs. The compilation contains the band's singles not already available on the People Are People

People Are People (album)

-Track listing:#"People Are People" [single version] – 3:45#"Now, This Is Fun" [single version] – 3:23#"Love, in Itself" – 4:21#"Work Hard" [single version] – 4:22#"Told You So" – 4:27#"Get the Balance Right!" [single version] – 3:13...

compilation, as well as the band's two most recent B-sides, "Flexible" and "Fly on the Windscreen".

The compilation is the analogue to The Singles 81→85 which was released at the same time in Britain, which contained only the band's 7" singles to date.

Reception

Track listing

All tracks by Martin L. Gore except where noted

1. "Dreaming of Me
   Dreaming of Me
   "Dreaming of Me" is the debut single by Depeche Mode recorded at Blackwing Studios, originally released on February 20, 1981 in the UK. The single was not commercially released in the United States....
   
   " (Vince Clarke) – 3:44
2. "New Life" (Clarke) – 3:44
3. "Just Can't Get Enough" (Clarke) – 3:36
4. "See You
   See You
   "See You" is the fourth UK single by Depeche Mode and the first written by Martin Gore. The single was released on 29 January 1982 and was later included on the band's second album A Broken Frame. The single launched a small world tour, with extra band member Alan Wilder, although he did not...
   
   " – 3:53
5. "The Meaning of Love
   The Meaning of Love
   "The Meaning of Love" is the fifth UK single by Depeche Mode originally released on April 26, 1982.The single version of "The Meaning of Love" is the same as the album version from A Broken Frame, the album the song later appears on...
   
   " – 3:04
6. "Love, in Itself
   Love, in Itself
   "Love, in Itself" is Depeche Mode's ninth U.K. single , and the final single from the album Construction Time Again....
   
   " – 3:55
7. "Master and Servant
   Master and Servant
   "Master and Servant" is Depeche Mode's eleventh UK single and the second single from the Some Great Reward album...
   
   " – 3:50
8. "Blasphemous Rumours" – 5:04
9. "Somebody" – 4:21
10. "Shake the Disease
    Shake the Disease
    "Shake the Disease" is Depeche Mode's thirteenth UK single , and was not released on an actual studio album but was released on the compilation The Singles in the same year, along with "It's Called a Heart". It reached #18 in the UK singles chart...
    
    " – 4:46
11. "Flexible" – 3:09
12. "It's Called a Heart
    It's Called a Heart
    "It's Called a Heart" is Depeche Mode's fourteenth UK single . It was not released on an actual studio album, but was included on the compilation The Singles in the same year, along with "Shake the Disease". It reached #18 in the UK singles chart...
    
    " – 3:48
13. "Fly on the Windscreen" – 5:05

Personnel

• Martyn Atkins – Design, Photography
• Depeche Mode – Producer
• Gareth Jones – Producer
• Daniel Miller – Producer
• Eric Watson – Photography