Some Great Reward

Some Great Reward
Studio album by
Depeche Mode
Released24 September 1984 (1984-09-24)
RecordedJanuary–August 1984
Studio
Genre
Length40:18
LabelMute
Producer
Depeche Mode chronology
People Are People
(1984) 		Some Great Reward
(1984) 		The Singles 81→85
(1985)
Singles from Some Great Reward
  1. "People Are People"
    Released: 12 March 1984
  2. "Master and Servant"
    Released: 20 August 1984
  3. "Blasphemous Rumours" / "Somebody"
    Released: 29 October 1984

Some Great Reward is the fourth studio album by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 24 September 1984 by Mute Records. The album peaked at number five in the United Kingdom and number 51 in the United States, and was supported by the Some Great Reward Tour.[4] This also saw the band using samplers, much like they did in their previous studio album Construction Time Again (1983), which they would continue to use in their following studio albums Black Celebration (1986), Music for the Masses (1987) and Violator (1990).

Additionally it also saw the band addressing more personal themes such as sexual politics ("Master and Servant"), adulterous relationships ("Lie to Me"), and arbitrary divine justice ("Blasphemous Rumours").[5] "Blasphemous Rumours" was released as a double A-side with "Somebody".

This was the first album where they achieved chart success in the US with the single "People Are People" which reached No. 13 on the charts in mid-1985 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was a Top 20 hit in Canada. It was also the first album that peaked at a higher position on a chart that was not from the band's home country as it peaked at No. 1 in Germany.[6]

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  3. ^ "Rock and heavy metal most popular in York". The York Dispatch. York, Pennsylvania. 21 November 1985. p. 49. Retrieved 16 April 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ depe.depmode.com, © depe | 15 08 2008 www depmode com | personal site. "Depeche Mode "Some Great Reward Tour" 1984–1985". www.depmode.com. Retrieved 21 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Depeche Mode – Blasphemous Rumours". Story of Song. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts – Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 21 August 2022.