Mute: DM CD 6 (CD/SACD + DVD) / CDX STUMM 47 (CD/SACD)

• Disc 1 is a hybrid SACD/CD with a multi-channel SACD layer.
• Disc 2 is a DVD which includes "Music for the masses" in DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 and PCM Stereo plus bonus material

1. "Never Let Me Down Again" – 4:47
2. "The Things You Said" – 3:55
3. "Strangelove" – 4:38
4. "Sacred" – 5:01
5. "Little 15" – 4:14
6. "Behind the Wheel" – 5:17
7. "I Want You Now" – 3:28
8. "To Have and to Hold" – 3:08
9. "Nothing" – 4:12
10. "Pimpf" – 4:55

Bonus Tracks (in PCM Stereo):

1. "Agent Orange" – 5:05
2. "Pleasure, Little Treasure" – 2:53
3. "Route 66" – 4:11
4. "Stjarna" – 4:25
5. "Sonata No.14 in C#m (Moonlight Sonata)" – 5:36

Bonus 5.1 Mixes (DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 and PCM Stereo):

1. "Agent Orange" – 5:31
2. "Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:58
3. "To Have And to Hold (Spanish Taster)" – 2:36
4. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – 5:38

Additional Material:

1. "Depeche Mode 87-88 (Sometimes You Do Need Some New Jokes)" [37 Minute video]

• All songs are written by Martin Gore except "Route 66", which is a cover of the rock classic "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" written by Robert W. Troup Jr. in 1946, and "Moonlight Sonata", a Beethoven piano classic performed here by Alan Wilder.
• Dave Gahan is the lead singer of all songs except for "The Things You Said" and "I Want You Now" which are sung by Martin Gore. However, Gore's background vocals can be heard throughout the entire album. "Pimpf", "Mission Impossible", "Stjarna", "Sonata No.14" and "Agent Orange" are instrumental.

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Singles

• Strangelove (13 April 1987)
• Never Let Me Down Again (24 August 1987)
• Behind the Wheel (28 December 1987)
• Little 15 (16 May 1988)

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Miscellanea

• This is the first album where at least one song was never played live. "Little 15", "I Want You Now", and "To Have and To Hold", were not played live during the Music for the Masses tour, but the former two were later played acoustically at the World Violation Tour by Martin. A remixed "I Want You Now" appeared at the Exotic Tour. "To Have and To Hold" was thus the only LP song never to be played live until Ultra. However, "To Have and To Hold" has been played live by the Deftones, who covered the song for the For the Masses tribute album.
• At the beginning of "To Have and To Hold" is a Soviet news presenter saying in Russian, "В докладах рассматривается эволюция ядерных арсеналов и социально-психологические проблемы гонки вооружений" (V dokladah rassmatrivayetsya evolyutsiya yadernykh arsenalov i sotsial'no-psikhologicheskiye problemy gonki vooruzheniy) which means, "The reports consider the evolution of nuclear arsenals and the socio-psychological problems of the arms race". Alan Wilder was not aware of this when he added it to the song.
• The breathing sound in "I Want You Now" is actually an accordion being played without a note. The moaning in the song is remembered by Wilder at his website to be some girls hanging around in the studio at the time.
• The title and cover art of the tribute album For the Masses and cover art of German techno band Scooter's album The Ultimate Aural Orgasm were inspired by those of Music for the Masses.
• Andrew Fletcher revealed on The Videos 86>98 that the name of the album came about after Martin Gore purchased an album called "Music for the Millions".
• There is a Depeche Mode fan club night by the same name at The London Stone, UK.

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External links

• Official Remaster Info