Some Great Videos is the first music video compilation by 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...

, featuring ten music videos directed by Clive Richardson or Peter Care

Peter Care

Peter Care is an English director of music videos, commercials and film. He has directed music videos for R.E.M., Bruce Springsteen, Roy Orbison and Depeche Mode, amongst others.- Biography :...

, released in 1985. It coincides with The Singles 81>85

The Singles (81-85)

The Singles 81→85 is a singles compilation album released in October 1985 by Depeche Mode. The compilation was not originally released in North America, being replaced by its counterpart Catching Up with Depeche Mode. This was their first ever release with a picture of the band on the cover...

.

There are ten videos in the original version, the first video "Just Can't Get Enough", and all videos from "Everything Counts" in 1983 to "It's Called a Heart" in 1985. There's also a bonus live video of "Photographic".

To coincide with the rerelease of The Singles 81>85, "Some Great Videos" was re-released as "Some Great Videos 81>85". The tracklist is the same as the original UK version, but the artwork is all from the rereleased Singles 81>85.

VHS

VHS

The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....

: Virgin / VVD193 (UK)

1. "Just Can't Get Enough"
2. "Everything Counts
   Everything Counts
   "Everything Counts" was Depeche Mode's eighth UK single and third US single , from the then upcoming album Construction Time Again...
   
   "
3. "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....
   
   "
4. "People Are People
   People Are People
   "People Are People" is Depeche Mode's tenth UK single it was their first hit single in the US and the first single for the Some Great Reward album....
   
   " [Different Mix]
5. "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...
   
   "
6. "Blasphemous Rumours"
7. "Somebody"
8. "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...
   
   "
9. "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...
   
   "
10. "Photographic [Live]"

VHS: Sire / 38124-3 (US)

1. "Just Can't Get Enough"
2. "Everything Counts
   Everything Counts
   "Everything Counts" was Depeche Mode's eighth UK single and third US single , from the then upcoming album Construction Time Again...
   
   "
3. "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....
   
   "
4. "People Are People
   People Are People
   "People Are People" is Depeche Mode's tenth UK single it was their first hit single in the US and the first single for the Some Great Reward album....
   
   " [Different Mix]
5. "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...
   
   "
6. "Blasphemous Rumours"
7. "Somebody"
8. "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...
   
   "
9. "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...
   
   "
10. "Photographic" [Live]
11. "A Question of Lust
    A Question of Lust
    "A Question of Lust" is Depeche Mode's sixteenth UK single, released on 14 April 1986.It is the second Depeche Mode single with Martin Gore on lead vocals, after "Somebody" and the first to be released in its own right...
    
    "

LD

Laserdisc

LaserDisc was a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium. Initially licensed, sold, and marketed as MCA DiscoVision in North America in 1978, the technology was previously referred to interally as Optical Videodisc System, Reflective Optical Videodisc, Laser Optical...

 (CLV

CLV

CLV may mean:*Campus Living Villages, a university student housing development company headquartered in Sydney, Australia*Cleveland Spiders , a former Major League Baseball team from Cleveland, Ohio...

): Sire / 38124-6 (US)

1. "Just Can't Get Enough"
2. "Everything Counts
   Everything Counts
   "Everything Counts" was Depeche Mode's eighth UK single and third US single , from the then upcoming album Construction Time Again...
   
   "
3. "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....
   
   "
4. "People Are People
   People Are People
   "People Are People" is Depeche Mode's tenth UK single it was their first hit single in the US and the first single for the Some Great Reward album....
   
   " [12" version]
5. "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...
   
   "
6. "Blasphemous Rumours"
7. "Somebody"
8. "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...
   
   "
9. "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...
   
   "
10. "Photographic" [Live]
11. "A Question of Lust
    A Question of Lust
    "A Question of Lust" is Depeche Mode's sixteenth UK single, released on 14 April 1986.It is the second Depeche Mode single with Martin Gore on lead vocals, after "Somebody" and the first to be released in its own right...
    
    "

VHS: Mute Film / MF034 (UK - 1998)

• re-issued as "Some Great Videos 81>85" to coincide with the release of "The Videos 86>98". Contains the same tracklisting as the 1985 release.

Notes

• All songs were written by Martin Gore
  Martin Gore
  Martin Lee Gore is an English songwriter, lyricist, singer, guitarist, keyboardist, remixer and DJ. He is a founding member of Depeche Mode and has written the vast majority of their songs...
  
   except "Just Can't Get Enough" and "Photographic" which were written by Vince Clarke
  Vince Clarke
  Vince Clarke is an English synthpop musician and songwriter. Clarke has been involved with a number of successful groups, including Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly and Erasure....
  
   who was later replaced by Alan Wilder
  Alan Wilder
  Alan Charles Wilder is a British musician, formerly of Depeche Mode. His current musical project is called Recoil, started as a side project to Depeche Mode. When he left the latter in 1995, it became Wilder's primary project...
  
  .
• Though a video for the single version of "People are People" was made, the label decided to use the "Different Mix" of the video. The original video was never released on a public video until the DVD "The Best Of, Volume 1
  The Best Of, Volume 1
  The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 is the fifth compilation album by British group Depeche Mode. The album was released on 13 November 2006 by Mute Records...
  
  " in 2006.
• "Photographic" is taken from the video The World We Live In and Live in Hamburg
  The World We Live In and Live in Hamburg
  The World We Live In and Live in Hamburg is the first video release by Depeche Mode, featuring almost an entire concert from their 1984 Some Great Reward Tour, in Hamburg, Germany on December 14, 1984. It was directed by Clive Richardson...
  
  , released in the same year.
• All videos were directed by Clive Richardson except "Shake the Disease" and "It's Called a Heart" which were directed by Peter Care
  Peter Care
  Peter Care is an English director of music videos, commercials and film. He has directed music videos for R.E.M., Bruce Springsteen, Roy Orbison and Depeche Mode, amongst others.- Biography :...
  
  .
• All the videos by Julien Temple
  Julien Temple
  Julien Temple is an English film, documentary and music video director. He began his career with short films featuring the Sex Pistols, and has continued with various off-beat projects, including The Great Rock And Roll Swindle, Absolute Beginners and a documentary film about Glastonbury.-Temple...
  
  , were not included in the compilation. This includes 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...
  
  , 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...
  
  , and Leave in Silence
  Leave in Silence
  "Leave in Silence" is the sixth UK single by Depeche Mode originally released on 16 August 1982. It is the first Depeche Mode single in the UK with the "Bong" label, which is still used to this day. It is also the first Depeche Mode song to have more than one remix of itself."Leave in Silence"...
  
  .
  Alan Wilder once commented on the videos, when asked about them on his website:

"You can pretty much lump all the Julian Temple videos ('See You', 'Meaning Of Love', 'Leave In Silence') into one collective disaster."

• Though "Get the Balance Right" was not directed by Temple, it wasn't included either as it wasn't very well liked by the band as well.