Catching Up with Depeche Mode

Catching Up with Depeche Mode is a compilation album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released solely in North America on 11 November 1985 by Sire Records.^[1]

Catching Up with Depeche Mode
Compilation album by Depeche Mode
Released	11 November 1985 (1985-11-11)
Recorded	December 1980 – July 1985
Length	51:59
Label	Sire
Producer	Depeche Mode Daniel Miller Gareth Jones
Depeche Mode chronology
The Singles 81→85 (1985) Catching Up with Depeche Mode (1985) Black Celebration (1986)

October 1985 saw the international release of the album The Singles 81→85, which collected the band's seven-inch singles to that date. Sire Records felt a new album in North America would have to differ from this international release, since some of the band's singles had already appeared on the compilation People Are People the previous year. Therefore, Catching Up with Depeche Mode omitted any of the band's singles that were already available on People Are People, those songs being "Leave in Silence", "Get the Balance Right!", "Everything Counts", and "People Are People". To compensate, Catching Up with Depeche Mode includes "The Meaning of Love" and "Somebody", as well as two B-sides, "Flexible" (from "Shake the Disease") and "Fly on the Windscreen" (from "It's Called a Heart"). This version of "Fly on the Windscreen" predates the final version that would later appear on Black Celebration.

Catching Up with Depeche Mode peaked at number 113 on the US Billboard Top Pop Albums chart.^[2] On 2 August 2000, the album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).^[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Robert Christgau	B+[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Dreaming of Me"	Vince Clarke	Non-album single (UK) / Speak & Spell (US)	3:44
2.	"New Life"	Clarke	Speak & Spell	3:44
3.	"Just Can't Get Enough"	Clarke	Speak & Spell	3:36
4.	"See You"		A Broken Frame	3:53
5.	"The Meaning of Love"		A Broken Frame	3:04
6.	"Love, in Itself"		Construction Time Again	3:55
7.	"Master and Servant" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones)		Some Great Reward	3:50
8.	"Blasphemous Rumours" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Jones)		Some Great Reward	5:04
9.	"Somebody" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Jones)		Some Great Reward	4:21
10.	"Shake the Disease" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Jones)		Non-album single	4:46
11.	"Flexible" (producers: Miller, Depeche Mode, Jones)		Shake the Disease B-side	3:09
12.	"It's Called a Heart"		Non-album single	3:48
13.	"Fly on the Windscreen"		It's Called a Heart B-side	5:05
Total length:				51:59

All tracks are written by Martin L. Gore, except where noted. All tracks are produced by Daniel Miller and Depeche Mode, except where noted.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Catching Up with Depeche Mode.^[8]

• Daniel Miller – production (all tracks)
• Depeche Mode – production (all tracks)
• Gareth Jones – production (tracks 7–11)
• Eric Watson – front cover photography
• Martyn Atkins – design, photo treatment
• Mark Higenbottam – design, photo treatment
• David A. Jones – design, photo treatment

Charts

Chart performance for Catching Up with Depeche Mode

Chart (1986)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[2]	113

Certifications

Certifications for Catching Up with Depeche Mode

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[3]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.