The Best of Depeche Mode, Volume 1

The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 is the third official compilation album by British group Depeche Mode. The album was released on 13 November 2006 by Mute Records. Other compilation albums by the band include The Singles 81-85 and The Singles 86-98. The current collection consists of selected Depeche Mode singles from their twenty-five-year career. Along with two recent singles from the Playing the Angel album, a new song "Martyr"—recorded during the Playing the Angel sessions—is also included in this collection and was released as a single in late October 2006. The album has sold over 1 million copies in Europe alone and has been awarded the IFPI Platinum Europe Award.