Remixes 81-04

Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode / Remixes 81-04
Genre: music4me > Rock > Rock
Format: CD Album
Released: Tue 4 Jan 2005
Catalogue Number: RPRW48989.2
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Description:
Depeche Mode: Dave Gahan, Alan Wilder, Vince Clarke, Andrew Fletcher, Martin Gore.

Additional personnel: Alison Goldfrapp (background vocals).

Since their emergence in the early 1980s, Depeche Mode has made the remix an integral part of their art. Their remix catalogue, in fact, outweighs their studio releases by a significant margin, and knowing where to begin sifting through the towering stack of extended singles can prove tricky. Fortunately, REMIXES 81-04 offers a Reader's Digest version of the band's remixes, boiling down the best from Mute's three-disc set of the same name, and providing casual fans with a manageable starting point. REMIXES 81-04 acts, on one hand, as a sampler of the band's remix history, but also includes new mixes by contemporary studio wizards.

While not comprehensive, REMIXES 81-04 is outstanding nonetheless, highlighting the group's club-friendly, industrial-tinged dance beats while leaving room for their brooding melodic pop. The oldest mix, Daniel Miller's "Just Can't Get Enough" (1981), with its Kraftwerk-inspired electro-boogie, bears its age but is still compelling. Highlights include Kruder & Dorfmeister's acid-lounge treatment of "Useless," Air's lush re-invention of "Home," and Dave Bascombe's work on "Personal Jesus," which deepens the song's throbbing, hard-driving groove. In all, the album offers a fine cross-section of Depeche Mode's remarkable talent for invention and reinvention.

Details:

  • Discs: 3

Track Listing:

Disk 1
1.  Never Let Me Down Again - (Split Mix, with Dave Bascombe)
2.  Policy of Truth - (Capitol Mix, with Francois Kevorkian)
3.  Shout - (Rio Mix, with Daniel Miller)
4.  Home - (Air "Around the Golf" Remix, with Air)
5.  Strangelove - (Blind Mix, with Daniel Miller)
6.  Rush - (Spiritual Guidance Mix, with Jack Dangers)
7.  I Feel You - (Renegade Soundwave Afghan Surgery Mix, with Renegade Soundwave)
8.  Barrel of a Gun - (Underworld Hard Mix, with Underworld)
9.  Route 66 - (Beatmasters Mix, with the Beatmasters)
10.  Freelove - (DJ Muggs Remix, with DJ Muggs)
11.  I Feel Loved - (Chamber's Remix, with Chamber)
12.  Just Can't Get Enough - (Schizo Mix, with Daniel Miller)
Disk 2
1.  Personal Jesus - (Pump Mix, with Francois Kevorkian)
2.  World in My Eyes - (Mode to Joy, with Jon Marsh)
3.  Get the Balance Right - (Combination Mix, with Daniel Miller)
4.  Everything Counts - (Absolut Mix, with Alan Moulder)
5.  Breathing in Fumes - (With Daniel Miller)
6.  Painkiller - (Kill the Pain-DJ Shadow vs. Depeche Mode, with DJ Shadow)
7.  Useless - (The Kruder + Dorfmeister Session, with Kruder & Dorfmeister)
8.  In Your Room - (The Jeep Rock Mix, with Portishead)
9.  Dream On - (Dave Clarke Acoustic Version, with Dave Clarke)
10.  It's No Good - (Speedy J Mix, with Speedy J)
11.  Master and Servant - (An On-Usound Science Fiction Dance Hall Classic, with Adrian Sherwood)
12.  Enjoy the Silence - (Timo Maas Extended Remix, with Timo Maas)

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