Remixes 81-04 [Limited Edition, Import]

Depeche Mode | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 26, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Limited Edition, Import
• Label: Wea Int'l
• ASIN: B00063MCK2
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #150,563 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Never Let Me Down Again (Split Mix) - Depeche Mode & Dave Bascombe

2. Policy Of Truth (Capitol Mix) - Francois Kevorkian

3. Shout (Rio Mix) - Depeche Mode & Daniel Miller

4. Home (Air "Around The Golf" Remix) - Air

5. Strangelove (Blind Mix) - Daniel Miller & Rico Conning

6. Rush (Spiritual Guidance Mix) - Jack Dangers

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Personal Jesus (Pump Mix) - Francois Kevorkian

2. World In My Eyes (Mode To Joy) - Jon Marsh

3. Get The Balance Right (Combination Mix) - Depeche Mode

4. Everything Counts (Absolut Mix) - Alan Moulder

5. Breathing In Fumes - Depeche Mode, Daniel Miller & Gareth Jones

6. Painkiller (Kill The Pain-DJ Shadow vs. Depeche Mode) - DJ Shadow

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. A Question Of Lust (Remix) - Flood

2. Walking In My Shoes (Random Carpet Mix, Full Length) - William Orbit

3. Are People People? - Adrian Sherwood

4. World In My Eyes (Daniel Miller Mix) - Daniel Miller

5. I Feel Loved (Danny Tenaglia's Labour Of Love Dub Edit) - Danny Tenaglia

6. It's No Good (Club 69 Future Mix) - Club 69

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Editorial Reviews

For nearly 25 years Depeche Mode has been making groundbreaking music, including being at the vanguard of remix culture since its inception. A "greatest hits remixed" collection, Remixes 81-04 is both a celebration and a flashback of the evolution of the remix and of Depeche Mode. Rleased as a limited-edition three-disc set, featuring a bonus disc of rare remixes, and a "best of" single disc, Remixes 81-04 features some of the most renowned remixers of the world, including Underworld, Goldfrapp, Air, Kruder+Dorfmeister, Timo Maas, Flood, Francois Kevorkian, Adrian Sherwood, William Orbit, Portishead and, of course, Depeche Mode.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars very comprehensive, October 26, 2004

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J. Brady (PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Remixes 81-04 (Audio CD)

For fans of DM, this is a real treat. If you're not the type who likes remixes, don't bother with this - many of these songs are remixed beyond recognition. The early remixes staying truer to the originals than the newer ones, as technology advances and lets the remixer strip the tracks down to nothing and re-construct, rather than simply extend the songs. Martin Gore, songwriter for DM, has been quoted as saying he's not a big fan of having some outside person remixing finished tracks, and Vince Clarke, their original songwriter, has the same feeling. I am inclined to believe this is more a record company release, than something the members of Depeche Mode would have had a direct hand in. Nontheless, this is a nice collection, a real history of modern electronic dance music in one handy box. Buy the limited edition version, it has an entire bonus disc of extremely rare and new remixes. ( I pre-ordered mine and got it the day it was released in the US - thanks again AMAZON !! )

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Depeche Mode - Remixed., October 31, 2004

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The Groove (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Remixes 81-04 (Audio CD)

Remix albums often compile throwaway dance versions of old hits, and they're usually released to milk cash out of diehard fans who clamor for their favorite band's next studio effort. But the exception to the rule is Depeche Mode's "The Remixes 81-04." Not only is this collection justified, but it's a necessity for any Depeche Mode fan. Collecting new, rare, and previously released material, this 3 disc set compiles nearly 4 hours worth of hits over a span of 23 years. (A single disc is also available) House reworkings of "World in My Eyes," "It's No Good," and "Policy of Truth" sound not a day older than their date of release, while Air's chilled transformation of "Home," William Orbit's makeover of "Walk in My Shoes," and Rex the Dog's electro working of "Photographic" command rewinds. Some personal favorites (the 12-inch version of "(Set Me Free) Remotivate Me" and FC Catalan's "Surrender") are missing, but what DOES appear definitely earns the disc five stars. Enjoy the silence? No way. Turn up the volume and start dancing.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not enough new material to warrent a $30 purchase., November 1, 2004

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T. Ryan Arnold "Teknohed" (Glendale, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Remixes 81-04 (Audio CD)

First off let me say that IF you don't already own the depeche mode back cataloge of singles then this is a FIVE star collection. Some of these mixes are absolute classics. especially the violator and songs of faith and devotion era tunes. There are also some rarities, the On-U sound mix of master and servant was only available on the DJ only 12" that cost around 30 to 40 bucks in the records stores. So for new commers to the depeche mode remix cannon this is a great buy with stuff that as a collector i spent years discovering. However, I don't think that anyone who isn't a depeche mode completist would be interested in this CD. for someone who wants to get to know depeche mode I think that the singles collection from a few years back is a much better "best of" hits. because let me tell you MOST of the mixes are not the "best of". The mix they choose of freelove is almost unlistenable, for example. And as far as the new mixes on the third disc, well I would say that they are at best adequate and at worst a laughably mediocure effort. Goldfrap sings along on her mix...as if it were a kareoke mix, the Nothing remix sounds like Dave Gahan is fronting The Strokes, and Clean is given the weakest, toothless treatment of any song since the paint by numbers house mixes of dream on, a plooding souless dirge of a song that was one of the jewels of Violator. don't get me wrong. I love depeche mode. and I love remixes. I have spent hundreds of dollars on wierd ass remix singles from all around the globe. I salivated over this release for months...but it is all for not. This CD is not worth the money...I'd suggest buying a single box set instead...or just wait and buy the differnt import versions of Enjoy the silence, as all the new mixes from this CD appear on those different discs. I will add that I was so excited to see a photographic remix...I love that song...I always have and have waited for new versions...but 30 dollars is too much to pay for such a milk toast effort.