Name: Remixes 81>04 par Depeche Mode
Brand: Depeche Mode
SKU: 724387455955
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Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

There was a time when you could walk into your average record store and find the singles section by spotting the big block of black rows. These rows signaled the whereabouts of the Ds and tended to eat up a disproportionate space of the singles section. In 2004, the Mute label condensed all of these releases into Remixes 81-04, which itself was ironically (or fittingly) presented in multiple versions. This particular version is a triple-disc set that attempts to function as a representative sampling of Depeche Mode's innumerable remixes. It does an admirable job, making a point to highlight glorified extended versions and radical reworkings alike. François Kevorkian, for instance, uses his invaluable understanding of the inner workings of both disco and dub to extend and sensitively tweak "Personal Jesus" for the dancefloor, transforming it into something that he would likely spin while DJing. Air, however, alter "Home" to the point where it sounds like one of their own moody, downcast productions -- Martin Gore plays guest instead of host. One of the most thrilling remixes shows no respect to the source material; Adrian Sherwood's decimation of "People Are People," from 1984, is a succession of jackhammering beats, agitated noise fragments, bizarre vocal interjections. In order to entice hardcore fans who already have the old remixes on the original single releases (or the six exhaustive box sets), a handful of new remixes were commissioned. Most of these appear in the latter half of the third disc, and at least half deserve to be in the company of the better-known reshapes. "Clean" is turned into a bristly acid gallop by Colder, and the new rhythm winds up coming close to mirroring "Personal Jesus." Rex the Dog reaches all the way back to "Photographic," providing layer upon layer of bursting synth. Ironically (or fittingly), Paul Morley -- who, as one of the tricksters behind the ZTT label (Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Propaganda), came up with the idea that you could never have a track remixed too many times -- pens the liner notes.
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Remixes 81>04

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Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

Volume 1

1. Never Let Me Down Again (Split Mix)

2. Policy of Truth (Capitol Mix)

3. Shout! (Rio Mix)

4. Home (Air "Around the Golf" Remix)

5. Strangelove (Blind Mix)

6. Rush (Spiritual Guidance Mix)

7. I Feel You (Renegade Soundwave Afghan Surgery Mix)

8. Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Hard Mix)

9. Route 66 (Beatmasters Mix)

10. Freelove (DJ Muggs Remix)

11. I Feel Loved (Chamber's Remix)

12. Just Can't Get Enough (Schizo Mix)

Volume 2

1. Personal Jesus (Pump Mix)

2. World In My Eyes (Mode to Joy)

3. Get the Balance Right! (Combination Mix)

4. Everything Counts (Absolut Mix)

5. Breathing In Fumes

6. Painkiller (Kill The Pain Mix)

7. Useless (The Kruder + Dorfmeister Session)

8. In Your Room (The Jeep Rock Mix)

9. Dream On (Dave Clarke Acoustic Version)

10. It's No Good (Speedy J Mix)

11. Master and Servant (An On-Usound Science Fiction Dance Hall Classic)

12. Enjoy the Silence (Timo Maas Extended Remix)

Volume 3

1. A Question of Lust (Remix)

2. Walking in My Shoes (Random Carpet Mix Full Length)

3. Are People People?

4. World In My Eyes (Daniel Miller Mix)

5. I Feel Loved (Danny Tenaglia's Labor Of Love Dub Edit)

6. It's No Good (Club 69 Future Mix)

7. Photographic (Rex The Dog Dubb Mix)

8. Little 15 (Ulrich Schnauss Remix)

9. Nothing (Headcleanr Rock Mix)

10. Lie To Me ('The Pleasure Of Her Private Shame' Remix By LFO)

11. Clean (Colder Version)

12. Halo (Goldfrapp Remix)

13. Enjoy The Silence 2004

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