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Depeche Mode 'People Are People' 1984



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Album compilation:  

People Are People


Label:  

Depeche Mode  

Sire Records


Catalog number:  

9 25124


Release date:  

02 July 1984


Studio Recording:  

December, 1981 - January, 1984


Producer:  

Daniel Miller and Depeche Mode


The artwork:  

Brian Griffin, Martyn Atkins, Steve Gerdes, Town and Country Planning


Formats edition:  

LP

MC

CD


US chart:  

74 position



DEPECHE MODE RECORDING:


Dave Gahan:  

lead vocals


Martin Gore:  

keyboards, backing and lead vocals


Andy Fletcher:  

keyboards, backing vocals


Alan Wilder:  

keyboards, sampler, piano "Love, In Itself", programming, backing vocals, music/words, drum machine




PRESS RELEASE


The American release of People Are People, the fourth album from Depeche Mode, brought together for the first time a string of hit singles from one of Britain's most innovative groups.


For U. S. audiences, the Depeche Mode story began in 1984 with their smash alternative radio hit "People Are People." For English fans, the story began almost four years betore.


In 1980 a group of fledgling musicians from Basildon, Essex, got together under the moniker of Depeche Mode, a French term taken from a fashion magazine, meaning "fast fashion." The group's first album, 1981's Speak & Spell, reached the Top 10 on U. K. charts and yielded two smash singles. After the departure of founding member Vince Clarke, Depeche Mode continued with its original line-up - Andy Fietcher (guitar, vocals), Martin Gore (guitar, vocals) and Dave Gahan (vocals) - and recruited Alan Wilder (keyboards, vocals) in time to cut their second album, Broken Frame, in late 1982. Tours of America and the Far East followed. The group returned to European charts in 1983 with Constiruction Time Ayain.


With the release of People Are People in 1984, American audiences discovered what their Continental counterparts had known for some time. Depeche Mode's alluring blend of state-of-the-art musical technology, danceable rhythms and emotionally resonant songwriting put them in a category all their own. "People Are People,"" the single, was the band's first stateside success, while this album served as an introduction to Depeche Mode's previous history of hits.


Aside from a handful of dazzling new originals, People Are People contained British chart toppers "Get The Balance Right" and "Leave In Silence" from the Broken Frame album and "Love In Itsel" and "Evarything Counts" from Construction Time Again.





VINYL RELEASE


12" (9 25124-1) US



1



"People Are People" 03:45


"Now This Is Fun" 03:23


"Love In Itself" 04:21


"Work Hard" 04:22


"Told You So" 04:27



2



"Get The Balance Right" 03:13


"Leave In Silence" 04:00


"Pipeline" 06:10


"Everything Counts" 07:20





● MATRIX: RUNOUT



Barcode:   0 7599-25124-1



Runout etching side A:   0 1-25124-A-JW1 SRC


Runout etching side B:   0 1-25124-B-JW1 SRC





"Contains previously released material" Black plastic inner sleeve bag. Was sold shrink wrapped with an original printed sticker saying: Depeche Mode People Are People 1-25124



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MC RELEASE


Cassette (9 25124-4) US



1



"People Are People" 03:45


"Now This Is Fun" 03:23


"Love In Itself" 04:21


"Work Hard" 04:22


"Told You So" 04:27



2



"Get The Balance Right" 03:13


"Leave In Silence" 04:00


"Pipeline" 06:10


"Everything Counts" 07:20





● BARCODE



Barcode:   07599251244





Between December 1981 and January 1984 in Shoreditch, Blackfriars and Kreuzburg. Track B4 is the same mix as Everything Counts (In Larger Amounts).



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CD RELEASE


CD (9 25124-2) US 16 March 1987



1   "People Are People" 03:45


2   "Now This Is Fun" 03:23


3   "Love In Itself" 04:21


4   "Work Hard" 04:22


5   "Told You So" 04:27


6   "Get The Balance Right" 03:13


7   "Leave In Silence" 04:00


8   "Pipeline" 06:10


9   "Everything Counts" 07:20





● MATRIX: RUNOUT / BARCODE



Barcode:   075992512428


Rights Society:   ASCAP


Rights Society:   BMI


Runout:   1 25124-2 SRC+05 M1 S1





First time 'Now This Is Fun' and Work Hard' appeared on an official Depeche Mode CD.



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PRODUCTION DETAILS ALBUM



"People Are People" 03:48  •  Produced by Daniel Miller, Depeche Mode and Gareth Jones. Assistant Engineers - Ben Ward, Stefi Marcus, Colie McMahon.


"Now This Is Fun" 03:26  •  Produced by Daniel Miller & Depeche Mode. Recorded at Blackwing Studios, London. Engineered by Eric Radcliffe and John Fryer.


"Love In Itself" 04:26  •  Produced by Daniel Miller and Depeche Mode. Tonmeister - Gareth Jones. Recorded at The Garden,London. Mixed at Hansa Mischraum, Berlin.


"Work Hard" 04:25  •  Produced by Daniel Miller and Depeche Mode. Tonmeister - Gareth Jones.


"Told You So" 04:27  •  Produced by Daniel Miller and Depeche Mode. Tonmeister - Gareth Jones.


"Get The Balance Right" 03:16  •  Produced by Depeche Mode and Daniel Miller.


"Leave In Silence" 04:03  •  Produced by Daniel Miller and Depeche Mode. Engineered by John Fryer and Eric Radcliffe.


"Pipeline" 06:13  •  Produced by Daniel Miller and Depeche Mode. Tonmeister - Gareth Jones.


"Everything Counts" 07:20  •  Produced by Daniel Miller and Depeche Mode. Tonmeister - Gareth Jones.





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