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Depeche Mode - The Best Of Videos #01 - IMPORT

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I have long given up that pop stars will include all their videos in one set. As the case here, See You and The Meaning Of Love never appeared in any Depeche Mode collection. So I'll have to thank YouTube for filling the void!

Depeche Mode is fond of using plants and flowers on their covers for Exciter and Violator. However, the content here is far from the pure white rose pictured. Many videos have disturbing and/or adult themes, so you might want to keep it from minors.

The general themes of construction, cars, isolation in big places, temptresses and whorehouses are pretty consistent throughout.

Personal Jesus shows the group visiting a whorehouse in the middle of a big lonely desert. In I Feel You, a temptress saunters in and poses seductively next to a statue of a religious figure to juxtapose sin and religion. Rather distubing like their song Blasphemous Rumours. Barrel Of A Gun sees Dave Gahan doing a spot of automatic writing while possessed. Suffer Well has him walking pass a place with the signage HELL SUFFER WELL and then coming to a shop with Martin Gore dressed as a bride. It's all so subtle.

When you watch the videos in succession, it is easy to see the change in directors. Everything Counts, People Are People and Master And Servant by Clive Richardson are kind of similar, using machinery and construction to match the music. Then videos seven to 17 are helmed by Anton Corbijn, who's fond of using grainy shots of the vast desert. There are also two versions of Enjoy The Silence.

So yes, The Best Of Volume 1 is incomplete but on the whole it is still a decent set with enough rock and roll themes to freak out conservatives. Just don't air this during family gatherings.

Great Selection of videos not found that easily on dvd.Excellent video and audio quality.

If you're a fan of DM you will love this!!

the back cover only lists about 23 videos, but the listing says 42? also it doesn't indicate it's a 2 disc dvd release? anybody know the truth> thanks.

This is a great collection of videos. Good for new fans, as a gift, and even good for old fans. It is a great overview of the most popular work (and videos) from dm. I would help the previous commentor and give a track listing, but frankly I'm too lazy to go downstairs and get it, and he/she should learn to use a search engine. Also, very tasteless to give a bad review on a product when you are aiming at Amazon for not giving a track listing. Get it straight.

I have been looking for a collection of videos by Depeche Mode. I purchased this cause I liked the songs listed. When I got it the region was wrong. It looks like all the ones available are not able to be played in the USA so BE CAREFUL. I'm currently trying to get a refund on a return of the dvd. Not fun!

Disc 1
1 Personal Jesus
2 Just Can't Get Enough
3 Everything Counts
4 Enjoy the Silence
5 Shake the Disease
6 See You
7 It's No Good
8 Strangelove
9 Suffer Well
10 Dream On
11 People Are People
12 Martyr
13 Walking in My Shoes
14 I Feel You
15 Precious
16 Master and Servant
17 New Life
18 Never Let Me Down Again
Disc 2
19 Just Can't Get Enough
20 Everything Counts
21 People Are People
22 Master and Servant
23 Shake the Disease
24 Stripped
25 Question of Time
26 Strangelove
27 Never Let Me Down Again
28 Behind the Wheel
29 Personal Jesus
30 Enjoy the Silence
31 I Feel You
32 Walking in My Shoes
33 In Your Room
34 Barrel of a Gun
35 It's No Good
36 Only When I Lose Myself
37 Dream On
38 I Feel Loved
39 Enjoy the Silence 04
40 Precious
41 Suffer Well

I would just like to thank amazon for providing absolutely no content information for this DVD. for all I know it could be filled with "Coach" reruns. would it kill them to provide a track listing? I mean this is a U.S. release and not some German import. the link they suggest for "more information on this product" is useless. needless to say, amazon has made it way too much work to buy this product from them. Perhaps Boarders.com may be more informative.