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Released
  
1985

Genre
  
Synthpop

Some Great Videos (1985)
  
Strange (1988)

Recorded
  
1981, 1983–1985

Length
  
46:00

Initial release
  
1985

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Label
  
Virgin Records, Sire Records

Directors
  
Peter Care, Clive Richardson

Producers
  
Clive Richardson Productions, GLO Productions Ltd.

Cast
  
Martin Gore, Dave Gahan, Alan Wilder, Andrew Fletcher, Vince Clarke

Similar
  
The World We Live In and Live i, Strange Too, Strange, Depeche Mode: The Videos 8, Touring the Angel: Live in Milan

Some Great Videos is the first music video compilation by Depeche Mode, featuring ten music videos directed by Clive Richardson or Peter Care, released in 1985. It coincides with The Singles 81>85.

Contents

There are ten videos in the original version, the first video "Just Can't Get Enough", and all videos from "Everything Counts" in 1983 to "It's Called a Heart" in 1985. There's also a bonus live video of "Photographic," and the US release includes the video to "A Question of Lust."

To coincide with the rerelease of The Singles 81>85, "Some Great Videos" was re-released as "Some Great Videos 81>85". The track list is the same as the original UK version, but the artwork is all from the rereleased Singles 81>85.

VHS: Virgin / VVD193 (UK)

  1. "Just Can't Get Enough"
  2. "Everything Counts"
  3. "Love, in Itself"
  4. "People Are People" [Different Mix]
  5. "Master and Servant"
  6. "Blasphemous Rumours"
  7. "Somebody"
  8. "Shake the Disease"
  9. "It's Called a Heart"
  10. "Photographic [Live]"

VHS: Sire / 38124-3 (US)

  1. "Just Can't Get Enough"
  2. "Everything Counts"
  3. "Love, in Itself"
  4. "People Are People" [Different Mix]
  5. "Master and Servant"
  6. "Blasphemous Rumours"
  7. "Somebody"
  8. "Shake the Disease"
  9. "It's Called a Heart"
  10. "Photographic" [Live]
  11. "A Question of Lust"

LD (CLV): Sire / 38124-6 (US)

  1. "Just Can't Get Enough"
  2. "Everything Counts"
  3. "Love, in Itself"
  4. "People Are People" [12" version]
  5. "Master and Servant"
  6. "Blasphemous Rumours"
  7. "Somebody"
  8. "Shake the Disease"
  9. "It's Called a Heart"
  10. "Photographic" [Live]
  11. "A Question of Lust"

VHS: Mute Film / MF034 (UK - 1998)

  • re-issued as "Some Great Videos 81>85" to coincide with the release of "The Videos 86>98". Contains the same track listing as the 1985 release.

    • Notes

  • All songs were written by Martin Gore except "Just Can't Get Enough" and "Photographic" which were written by Vince Clarke who was later replaced by Alan Wilder.
  • Though a video for the single version of "People are People" was made, the label decided to use the "Different Mix" of the video. The original video was never released on a public video until the DVD "The Best Of, Volume 1" in 2006.
  • "Photographic" is taken from the video The World We Live In and Live in Hamburg, released in the same year.
  • All videos were directed by Clive Richardson except "Shake the Disease" and "It's Called a Heart" which were directed by Peter Care.
  • All the videos by Julien Temple, were not included in the compilation. This includes See You, The Meaning Of Love, and Leave in Silence.
    Alan Wilder once commented on the videos, when asked about them on his website:
    • "You can pretty much lump all the Julian Temple videos ('See You', 'Meaning Of Love', 'Leave In Silence') into one collective disaster."
  • Though "Get the Balance Right" was not directed by Temple, it wasn't included either as it wasn't very well liked by the band as well.

    • References

    Some Great Videos Wikipedia
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