Depeche Mode 101

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Roughly 28 years ago,Depeche Modeperformed the 101st date of their tour behindMusic for the Massesat the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on June 18, 1988, a concert which was filmed and recorded for release as the film and album entitled appropriately enough 101.

Originally conceived by members ofDepeche Modeas a method of clarifying how the group fit into the 80s, things changed for101when famed documentarianD.B. Pennebakerstepped into the role of director and felt that it was going to be too difficult to cover the topic at hand in a manner which would prove cinematically entertaining. Instead, he switched things up to follow a collective ofDepeche Modefans who’d won a “Be in a Depeche Mode Movie” contest. In turn,101was able to spotlight both the devotion of the band’s fans and the liveDepeche Modeexperience.

Unfortunately, those who came into the proceedings looking for a full-fledged concert film may have walked away disappointed by the end result, which in no way showed the band’s performance in its entirety, but those folks still ended up with adouble-disc live album, one which did an excellent job of sampling the DM discography up to that point. Plus, whether you want to attribute it to the film, the album, or a combination of both, the end result was thatDepeche Mode’sprofile grew so substantial as a result of101that their next studio album, 1990’sViolator, gave them the first US top-10 album of their career.

1. Pimpf
2. Behind The Wheel
3. Strangelove
4. Sacred
5. Something To Do
6. Blasphemous Rumours
7. Stripped
8. Somebody
9. The Things You Said
10. Black Celebration
11. Shake The Disease
12. Nothing
13. Pleasure, Little Treasure
14. People Are People
15. A Question Of Time
16. Never Let Me Down Again
17. A Question Of Lust
18. Master And Servant
19. Just Can’t Get Enough
20. Everything Counts