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Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode is a synthpop artist from Basildon, England formed in 1980. 138 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Synthpop · Basildon, England · Best synthpop albums
- 3.5 /5
- 36 ratings
- 138
- Releases
- 1981–2025
- Active years
- 1980
- Formed
Discography
72
Most popular
Violator
1990 · 9 tracks
Memento Mori
2023
Exciter | The 12" Singles
2022
The Best of Depeche Mode, Vol. 1 (Deluxe)
2006
Music for the Masses
1987
Songs of Faith and Devotion
1993
Memento Mori: Mexico City
2025
Songs of Faith and Devotion | The 12" Singles
2022
Speak & Spell | The 12" Singles
2018
A Broken Frame | The 12" Singles
2018
Spirit
2017
101 (Live)
1989
Live in Berlin Soundtrack
2014
Delta Machine
2013
The Singles 81>85
1985
LiVE SPiRiTS SOUNDTRACK
2020
Spirit | The 12" Singles
2024
Music For The Masses | The 12" Singles
2022
Some Great Reward | The 12" Singles
2022
Ultra | The 12" Singles
2022
Construction Time Again | The 12" Singles
2018
DMBX1
2004
The Singles 86>98
1998
Sounds of the Universe
2009
Ultra
1997
Speak and Spell (Deluxe)
2006
Playing the Angel
2005
Remixes 81...04
2004
Exciter
2001
Tour of The Universe: Barcelona 20/21:11:09 (Live)
2013
Songs of Faith and Devotion: Live
1993
Construction Time Again
1983
Black Celebration
1986
Remixes 2: 81““11
2011
Touring the Angel: Live in Milan
2006
Fragile Tension / Hole to Feed
2009
Cover Me (Remixes)
2017
DMBX4
2004
DMBX6
2018
Soothe My Soul (Remixes)
2013
DMBX2
2004
DMBX5
2004
Going Backwards (Remixes)
2017
DMBX3
2004
Violator | The 12" Singles
2022
Playing The Angel - The 12" Singles
2022
Some Great Reward
1984
People Are Good (Remixes)
2024
Speak & Spell
1981
A Broken Frame
1982
Delta Machine | The 12" Singles
2023
Black Celebration | The 12" Singles
2022
Sounds of The Universe | The 12" Singles
2023
Wagging Tongue (Remixes)
2023
MODE: The definitive Depeche Mode studio collection
2020
Live in Berlin
2014
Tour of the Universe: Barcelona 20/21.11.09
2010
The Best of Depeche Mode, Volume 1
2006
Precious Remixes
2005
Devotional
2004
The Singles 81>98
2001
Rarities, B-Sides & Instrumentals
2001
The Videos 86>98
1998
Singles 1–6
1991
Singles 13–18
1991
X²
1991
Singles 7–12
1991
X¹
1991
101
1989
The Unreleased Boxset
1988
Catching Up With
1985
Catching Up With Depeche Mode
1985
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Singles & EPs
66
Ghosts Again
Single · 2023
Where's the Revolution
Single · 2017
Where's the Revolution (Remixes)
Single · 2017
Personal Jesus 2011
EP · 2011
Soothe My Soul
Single · 2013
Heaven
Single · 2013
Should Be Higher (Remixes) - EP
EP · 2013
My Cosmos Is Mine
Single · 2023
Going Backwards
Single · 2017
Should Be Higher
Single · 2013
Love In Itself.2 and Live Tracks
Single · 1983
In The End (from the Memento Mori Sessions)
Single · 2025
Ghosts Again (Remixes)
Single · 2023
My Favourite Stranger (Remixes)
EP · 2023
Ghosts Again (Live in Mexico City)
Single · 2025
Before We Drown (Remixes)
EP · 2024
My Cosmos Is Mine (ANNA Remix)
Single · 2023
Speak To Me (HI-LO Remix)
Single · 2023
Cover Me
Single · 2017
Wrong
Single · 2009
Peace
Single · 2009
Suffer Well
Single · 2006
John the Revelator / Lilian
Single · 2006
Martyr
Single · 2006
A Pain That I'm Used To
Single · 2005
Precious
Single · 2005
Enjoy the Silence 04
Single · 2004
Goodnight Lovers
Single · 2002
I Feel Loved
Single · 2001
Dream On
Single · 2001
Freelove
Single · 2001
Only When I Lose Myself
Single · 1998
Barrel of a Gun
Single · 1997
Home
Single · 1997
It's No Good
Single · 1997
Useless
Single · 1997
In Your Room
Single · 1994
I Feel You
Single · 1993
Walking in My Shoes
Single · 1993
Condemnation
Single · 1993
Policy of Truth
Single · 1990
World in My Eyes
Single · 1990
Enjoy the Silence
Single · 1990
Everything Counts / Nothing / Sacred / A Question of Lust
Single · 1989
Personal Jesus
Single · 1989
Little 15
Single · 1988
Never Let Me Down Again
Single · 1987
Behind the Wheel
Single · 1987
Strangelove
Single · 1987
A Question of Lust
Single · 1986
Stripped
Single · 1986
A Question of Time
Single · 1986
It's Called a Heart
Single · 1985
Shake the Disease
Single · 1985
People Are People
Single · 1984
Master and Servant
Single · 1984
Blasphemous Rumours
Single · 1984
Love in Itself
Single · 1983
Everything Counts
Single · 1983
Get the Balance Right
Single · 1983
Leave in Silence
Single · 1982
See You
Single · 1982
The Meaning of Love
Single · 1982
Dreaming of Me
Single · 1981
New Life
Single · 1981
Just Can't Get Enough
Single · 1981
Collaborators
2
Past shows
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About
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan (lead vocals, occasional songwriter since 2005), Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, vocals, chief songwriter after 1981), Andy Fletcher (keyboards) and Vince Clarke (keyboards, chief songwriter 1980-81). Vince Clarke left the band after the release of their 1981 debut album, Speak & Spell, and was replaced by Alan Wilder (keyboards, drums, occasional songwriter) with Gore taking over songwriting. Wilder left the band in 1995; Gahan, Gore, and Fletcher have since continued as a trio.
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Depeche Mode's origins date back to 1977, when schoolmates Vince Clarke and Andy Fletcher formed a The Cure-influenced band called No Romance in China, with Clarke on vocals and guitar and Fletcher on bass. Fletcher would later recall, "Why am I in the band? It was accidental right from the beginning. I was actually forced to be in the band. I played the guitar and I had a bass; it was a question of them roping me in." In 1979, Clarke played guitar in an "Ultravox rip-off band", The Plan, with friends Robert Marlow and Paul Langwith. In 1978–79, Martin Gore played guitar in an acoustic duo, Norman and The Worms, with school friend Phil Burdett on vocals. In 1979, Marlow, Gore, and friend Paul Redmond formed a band called The French Look, with Marlow on vocals/keyboards, Gore on guitar and Redmond on keyboards. In March 1980, Clarke, Gore and Fletcher formed a band called Composition of Sound, with Clarke on vocals/guitar, Gore on keyboards and Fletcher on bass. Soon after the formation of Composition of Sound, Clarke and Fletcher switched to synthesisers, working odd jobs in order to buy or borrow the instruments from friends. Dave Gahan joined the band in 1980 after Clarke heard him perform at a local scout hut jam session, singing to a rendition of David Bowie's "Heroes", and Depeche Mode were born. When explaining the choice for the new name taken from a French fashion magazine, Dépêche mode (from French dépêche that means here "dispatch" - from Old French despesche/despeche - or "news report" and mode that means "fashion"), Martin Gore said, "It means hurried fashion or fashion dispatch. I like the sound of that." Gore recollects that the first time the band played as Depeche Mode was a school gig in May 1980. The band made their recording debut in 1980 on the Some Bizzare Album with the song "Photographic", which was later re-recorded for their debut album Speak & Spell. The band made a demo tape but, instead of mailing the tape to record companies, they would go in and personally deliver it. They would demand the companies play it; according to Dave Gahan, "most of them would tell us to **** off. They'd say 'leave the tape with us' and we'd say 'it's our only one'. Then we'd say goodbye and go somewhere else." According to Gahan, prior to securing their record contract, they were receiving offers from all the major labels. Phonogram offered them "money you could never have imagined and all sorts of crazy things like clothes allowances". While playing a live gig at the Bridge House in Canning Town, the band were approached by Daniel Miller, an electronic musician and founder of Mute Records, who was interested in their recording a single for his burgeoning label. The result of this verbal contract was their first single, "Dreaming of Me", recorded in December 1980 and released in February 1981. It reached number 57 in the UK charts. Encouraged by this, the band recorded their second single, "New Life", which climbed to number 11 in the UK charts. The next single was "Just Can't Get Enough". This relentlessly upbeat piece of synthpop became the band's first UK top ten hit and it remains one of their best known songs. It was also the first Depeche Mode song to get a music video and is the only one of the band's videos to feature Vince Clarke. Depeche Mode's debut album, Speak & Spell, was released in November 1981 and peaked at number ten on the UK album charts. Critical reviews were mixed – Melody Maker described it as a "great album... one they had to make to conquer fresh audiences and please the fans who just can’t get enough", while Rolling Stone was more critical, calling the album "PG-rated fluff".
Depeche Mode in brief
- How many Depeche Mode releases are on Riffiter?
- 138 releases are catalogued, spanning 1981 to 2025.
- When was Depeche Mode formed?
- Depeche Mode formed in 1980, in Basildon, England.
- What genre is Depeche Mode?
- Depeche Mode is catalogued under Synthpop.
- What is the most recent Depeche Mode release on Riffiter?
- Memento Mori: Mexico City, released in 2025.