The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1

The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1
Greatest hits album by
Depeche Mode
Released8 November 2006 (2006-11-08)
Recorded1981–2005
Length74:56
LabelMute
Producer
Compiler
  • Roland Brown
  • Daniel Miller
Depeche Mode chronology
Playing the Angel
(2005) 		The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1
(2006) 		Sounds of the Universe
(2009)
Singles from The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1
  1. "Martyr"
    Released: 30 October 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Pitchfork8.2/10[3]

The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 is a greatest hits album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 8 November 2006 by Mute Records. The album consists of select Depeche Mode singles from their then-25-year career, as well as the previously unreleased track "Martyr"—recorded during the Playing the Angel sessions—which was released as a single in late October 2006.

The album has sold over one million copies in Europe alone and has been awarded the IFPI Platinum Europe Award.

  1. ^ Kellman, Andy. "The Best of Depeche Mode, Vol. 1 – Depeche Mode". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press.
  3. ^ Harvel, Jess (30 November 2006). "Depeche Mode: The Best of Vol. 1". Pitchfork. Retrieved 15 June 2011.