People Are People (Mcup)

Depeche Mode | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1985
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Reprise / Wea
• ASIN: B000002L6D
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #83,545 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. People Are People

2. Now This Is Fun

3. Love in Itself

4. Work Hard

5. Told You So

6. Get the Balance Right!

7. Leave in Silence

8. Pipeline

9. Everything Counts

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent array!!!, April 20, 2004

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M. Murrell "Big Sarge" (Mannheim, Germany / Afghanistan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: People Are People (Mcup) (Audio CD)

When People are People first came out in 1984, it was just a compilation of a few earlier songs on previous albums, several b-sides from earlier singles, and two new songs. It is an excellent CD that is wonderfully put together. The songs all flow into eachother naturally. Each song is terrific:

1. People Are People - When this originally came out, this was a new single (since "Some Great Reward" wouldn't be released for a couple of months). It is the title song and one of the bands better known.

2. Now This Is Fun - Originally a B-side, this song is exactly what the name says, it is a fun song. The rhythm and beat are extremely catchy. This is one of my favorite songs on the CD.

3. Love In Itself - Originally a single off of the "Construction Time Again" album, this song fits in with the compilation that DM put together here.

4. Work Hard - Originally the B-side for "Everything Counts", this is an excellent song with a beat that is very punkish. This song can pump you up and you find it stuck in your head for days.

5. Told You So - Another song straight off the "Construction Time Again" album, this is a wonderful follow-up to "Work Hard", having a very strong beat and punkish sound.

6. Get The Balance Right - The second new song released on this record. It was a new single that was supposed to help sell the album. It is a wonderfully gloomy song that I would consider my favorite song on the CD.

7. Leave in Silence - The oldest song on the record, it was originally released on "A Broken Frame" and as a single. It's softer approach is a great transition between "Get the Balance Right" and "Pipeline".

8. Pipeline - The third song taken straight from the "Construction Time Again" album. This is a slow song with some wonderful lyrics. It is used to transition into "Everything Counts".

9. Everything Counts - This is the extended version of the popular single from the "Construction Time Again" album. This is my favorite version of the song and is the best way to finish an album. The melody fading out at the end gives wonderful closure to the record.

All in all this is a great album that is often overlooked, because most of the songs you can get from other things, but the compilation of all of them together is what makes it great. I highly recommend it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars When Depeche Mode was fun, September 23, 2003

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Lost in the 80's (La Crosse, WI. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: People Are People (Mcup) (Audio CD)

This is my favorite of all their albums. I bought this tape 15, 18 years ago. It's lively with great synthesizer work. Great songs like Get the Balance right, and Everything Counts, makes you think but not too hard. This is a fun album. I guess after this one things start to get dark for them which is evident in their later albums.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a great album, March 26, 2002

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Cory McCormick (Saskatoon, Sask. Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: People Are People (Mcup) (Audio CD)

Great album from Depeche Mode! This features some of their great pop songs that everybody knows(People are People, Get the Balance Right, Everything Counts) but it also has some more interesting stuff such as Pipeline(contrary to what some other reviewers are saying). You can see where some of the industrial bands of today got ideas. If you only have Music for the Masses or Violator you might not like this album, but for true technopop fans and Mode fans, this is an album to have.