The discography of English

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Depeche Mode Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The band currently consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting) and Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting). Depeche ...

consists of 15

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s, seven

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s, 10

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s, 16

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s and 55

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s. The band's music has been released on several labels, including

Some Bizzare Some Bizzare Records was a British independent record label owned by Stevo Pearce. The label was founded in 1981, with the release of ''Some Bizzare Album'', a compilation of unsigned bands including Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, the The, Neu Elect ...

Mute Records Mute Records is a British independent record label owned and founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller. It has featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Depeche Mode, Erasure, Einstürzende Neubauten, Fad Gadget, Goldfrapp, Grinderm ...

Sire Records Sire Records (formerly Sire Records Company) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by Warner Records. History Beginnings The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer ...

Reprise Records Reprise Records is an American record label founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operates through Warner Records, one of its flagship labels. Artists currently signed to Reprise Records include Enya, Michael ...

, and

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. Formed in

Basildon Basildon ( ) is the largest town in the borough of Basildon, within the county of Essex, England. It has a population of 107,123. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1159. It lies east of Central London, south of the city of Chelmsford and ...

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

in 1980, the group's original line-up was

Dave Gahan Dave may refer to: Film, television, and theater * ''Dave'' (film), a 1993 film starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver * ''Dave'' (musical), a 2018 stage musical adaptation of the film * Dave (TV channel), a digital television channel in the ...

(lead vocals),

Martin Gore Martin Lee Gore (born 23 July 1961) is an English songwriter, musician, singer, record producer and DJ. He is one of the founding members of the electronic rock band Depeche Mode and is the band's main songwriter. He is the band's guitarist an ...

(keyboards, guitar, vocals, chief songwriter after 1981),

Andy Fletcher Andrew Fletcher may refer to: Government * Andrew Fletcher, Lord Innerpeffer (died 1650), Scottish judge * Andrew Fletcher (patriot) (1655–1716), Scottish writer, politician and patriot * Andrew Fletcher, British Member of Parliament for Hadding ...

(keyboards, bass guitar) and

Vince Clarke Vincent John Martin (born 3 July 1960), known professionally as Vince Clarke, is an English synth-pop musician and songwriter. Clarke has been the main composer and musician of the band Erasure since its inception in 1985, and was previously ...

(keyboards, chief songwriter 1980–81). Vince Clarke left the band after the release of their 1981 debut album '' Speak & Spell'' and was replaced by

Alan Wilder Alan Charles Wilder (born 1 June 1959) is an English musician, composer, arranger, record producer and former member of the electronic band Depeche Mode from 1982 to 1995. Since his departure from the band, the musical project called Recoil b ...

(production, keyboards, drums), who was a band member from 1982 to 1995. Following Wilder's departure, Gahan, Gore, and Fletcher continued as a trio until Fletcher's death in 2022. Since their debut in 1981, Depeche Mode have had 54 songs in the

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, as well as one US, and two UK number one albums (''

Songs of Faith and Devotion ''Songs of Faith and Devotion'' is the eighth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was first released on 22 March 1993 in the United Kingdom by Mute Records and a day later in the United States by Sire Records and Rep ...

'' and ''

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''). All studio albums have reached Top 10 in the UK. Also they had 7 number one albums in the German Album Charts from 1993 to 2017. According to their record company, Depeche Mode have sold in excess of 100 million records worldwide.New Depeche Mode album number one in 20 countries
", ''EMI Music.com''. 1 May 2009. The group's concert video '' Devotional'' was nominated for "

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" at the

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in 1995. "

Suffer Well "Suffer Well" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode from their eleventh studio album, ''Playing the Angel'' (2005). It was released in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2006 as the album's third single. Background "Suffer Well" ...

", the third single off the album ''

Playing the Angel ''Playing the Angel'' is the eleventh studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was first released on 17 October 2005 by Mute Records in the UK, and a day later by Sire Records and Reprise Records in the United States. I ...

'', was nominated in the category for "

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" at the

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in 2007. On 19 December 2006, Depeche Mode's back catalogue was released on the

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as ''The Complete Depeche Mode''. On 3 December 2009, ''

Sounds of the Universe ''Sounds of the Universe'' is the twelfth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 17 April 2009 by Mute Records. The album was supported by the 2009–2010 concert tour Tour of the Universe. Three singles were r ...

'' was nominated for a

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for Best Alternative Album. They received a second nomination for the video "

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": for Best Short Form Music Video at the

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Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Live album series

Compilation albums

Video albums

Singles

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Other charted songs

Chronology

Starting with their sixth single ("Leave in Silence"), most official European Depeche Mode single releases are chronologically ordered with a sequential number prefixed by the word "BONG". For example, the fifth Depeche Mode single to follow this pattern, "People Are People", is identified with the code "BONG5", printed on the single's cover, spine and on the record or CD itself. The "BONG" designation is preceded with numbers or letters that indicate the format of the release, such as "7" for a 7" single, "CD" for a CD-single, or "i" for an iTunes-only release. Additional letters such as "L" or "XL" denote a limited edition release. Promotional-only releases include a "P" prefix. For example, "PL12BONG37" indicates the limited, promotional-only 12" single release of "Suffer Well". This scheme was modified for one release: "Little 15" was labeled as "12 LITTLE 15" instead of being given a "BONG" designation. Some singles also had unique prefixes, such as the gatefold 7" single of "Personal Jesus", which was designated GBONG17. The first five Depeche Mode singles did not use "BONG" and instead followed their label's "

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" single numbering scheme. Depeche Mode used the BONG numbering scheme until their departure from Mute Records after 2011. Non-UK single releases (such as the US-only "Strangelove '88"), which were not given BONG designations, are omitted from the following list. ;''Speak & Spell'' era (1981) * MUTE 13: "Dreaming of Me" (1981) * MUTE 14: "New Life" (1981) * MUTE 16: "Just Can't Get Enough" (1981) ;''A Broken Frame'' era (1982) * MUTE 18: "See You" (1982) * MUTE 22: "The Meaning of Love" (1982) * BONG 1: "Leave in Silence" (1982) ;''Construction Time Again'' era (1983) * BONG 2: "Get the Balance Right!" (1983) * BONG 3: "Everything Counts" (1983) * BONG 4: "Love, In Itself" (1983) ;''Some Great Reward'' era (1984) * BONG 5: "People Are People" (1984) * BONG 6: "Master and Servant" (1984) * BONG 7: "Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody" (1984) ;''The Singles 81→85'' era (1985) * BONG 8: "Shake the Disease" (1985) * BONG 9: "It's Called a Heart" (1985) ;''Black Celebration'' era (1986) * BONG 10: "Stripped" (1986) * BONG 11: "A Question of Lust" (1986) * BONG 12: "A Question of Time" (1986) ;''Music for the Masses'' era (1987–1989) * BONG 13: "Strangelove" (1987) * BONG 14: "Never Let Me Down Again" (1987) * BONG 15: "Behind The Wheel" (1987) * LITTLE 15: "Little 15" (1988) * BONG 16: "Everything Counts (Live)" (1989) ;''Violator'' era (1989–1990) * BONG 17: "Personal Jesus" (1989) * BONG 18: "Enjoy the Silence" (1990) * BONG 19: "Policy of Truth" (1990) * BONG 20: "World in My Eyes" (1990) ;''Songs of Faith and Devotion'' era (1993–1994) * BONG 21: "I Feel You" (1993) * BONG 22: "Walking in My Shoes" (1993) * BONG 23: "Condemnation" (1993) * BONG 24: "In Your Room" (1994) ;''Ultra'' era (1997) * BONG 25: "Barrel of a Gun" (1997) * BONG 26: "It's No Good" (1997) * BONG 27: "Home" (1997) * BONG 28: "Useless" (1997) ;''The Singles 86>98'' era (1998) * BONG 29: "Only When I Lose Myself" (1998) ;''Exciter'' era (2001–2002) * BONG 30: "Dream On" (2001) * BONG 31: "I Feel Loved" (2001) * BONG 32: "Freelove" (2001) * BONG 33: "Goodnight Lovers" (2002) ;''Remixes 81–04'' era (2004) * BONG 34: "Enjoy the Silence 04" (2004) ;''Playing the Angel'' era (2005–2006) * BONG 35: "Precious" (2005) * BONG 36: "A Pain That I'm Used To" (2005) * BONG 37: "Suffer Well" (2006) * BONG 38: "John the Revelator" / "Lilian" (2006) ;''The Best of Depeche Mode Vol 1'' era (2006) * BONG 39: "Martyr" (2006) ;''Sounds of the Universe'' era (2009) * BONG 40: "Wrong" (2009) * BONG 41: "Peace" (2009) * BONG 42: "Hole to Feed" / "Fragile Tension" (2009) ;''Remixes 2: 81–11'' era (2011) * BONG 43: "Personal Jesus 2011" (2011) BONG releases with no "L" editions: BONG 1, BONG 7, BONG 9 (and LITTLE 15).
Five "XL" editions: BONG 18, BONG 24, BONG 29, BONG 34 and BONG 37.
Other letters: 7BONG7E, D12BONG9, GBONG17.

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