Depeche Mode

The Best of Depeche Mode Vol. 1 (Sire/Reprise/Mute)

Everything counts in large amounts. Maybe it’s that “Enjoy the Silence” and “Strangelove” have lost precious little to the march of time or that the Basildon-born group’s off years still yielded classic singles like “Shake the Disease” and “It’s No Good,” or that there’s plenty left over for Vol. 2 (“Policy of Truth,” “Somebody,” “Stripped”). Either way, this best-of feels unfinished. No matter: what remains, “Personal Jesus” to “Never Let Me Down Again” to “Suffer Well,” will more than suffice. If there’s more where slippery new song “Martyr” came from, that second volume could take a while.

***.5

This article appears in December 29 • 2006.

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