Tracks
Side A
- 11990Personal Jesus4:56C♯ minor
- 21981Just Can't Get Enough3:41G major
- 31983Everything Counts3:58D major
Side B
- 11990Dutch Top 40: peak position 8 in week 15 of 1990, 9 weeks in the chartEnjoy the Silence4:18D♯ minor
- 21985Shake the Disease4:49G♯ minor
- 31982See You4:35A major
Side C
- 11997It's No Good5:59C major
- 21987Dutch Top 40: peak position 24 in week 23 of 1987, 5 weeks in the chartStrangelove3:46B major
- 32005Suffer Well3:50D major
Side D
- 12025DREAMING ONPaul Kalkbrenner, Depeche Mode3:50D minor
- 21984Dutch Top 40: peak position 10 in week 20 of 1984, 9 weeks in the chartPeople Are People3:52D major
- 32006Martyr3:22G♯ major
Side E
- 11993Walking in My Shoes5:26D major
- 21993Dutch Top 40: peak position 35 in week 16 of 1993, 2 weeks in the chartI Feel You4:36E major
- 32005Dutch Top 40: peak position 24 in week 43 of 2005, 5 weeks in the chartPrecious4:10C♯ minor
Side F
- 11984Master and Servant4:13C major
- 21981New Life3:44D major
- 31987Never Let Me Down Again4:48F minor
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of The Best of
The Best of sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 121 bpm.
Quietest track: DREAMING ON · most energetic: Enjoy the Silence
Across 18 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
All five members of Depeche Mode over the years, without tour members. This is a compilation that spans the whole career, not one moment in time. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
Dave Gahan
Martin L. Gore
Andrew Fletcher
Vince Clarke
Alan Wilder1980198519901995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
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Frequently asked questions
When was The Best of by Depeche Mode released?
The Best of came out in 2006.
How many tracks are on The Best of?
The Best of has 18 tracks, 78 minutes in total, spread over six vinyl sides.
Which tracks from The Best of made the Dutch Top 40?
Five tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Enjoy the Silence, Strangelove, People Are People, I Feel You and Precious. The highest was Enjoy the Silence, at number 8 in week 15 of 1990.
Which category is The Best of in?
The Best of is filed under compilations. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Depeche Mode.
Which other albums by Depeche Mode are in the collection?
The collection holds one more album by Depeche Mode: Violator (1990).
Who was in Depeche Mode when The Best of came out?
In 1981–2025, Depeche Mode consisted of Dave Gahan, Martin L. Gore, Andrew Fletcher, Vince Clarke and Alan Wilder. That is the line-up of the group in those years, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of The Best of mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play The Best of?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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