''The World We Live In and Live in Hamburg'' is the first video release by Depeche Mode, featuring almost an entire concert from their 1984

Some Great Reward Tour ''Some Great Reward'' is the fourth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 24 September 1984 by Mute Records. The album peaked at number five in the United Kingdom and number 51 in the United States, and was su ...

, at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany on 9th December 1984. It was directed by Clive Richardson. The name is a play on a lyric of the song "

Somebody Somebody may refer to: Music Albums * ''Somebody'', by Connie Dover, 1991 * ''Somebody'', by Philip Michael Thomas, 1988 Songs * "Somebody" (Aerosmith song), 1973 * "Somebody" (Bonnie McKee song), 2004 * "Somebody" (Bridgit Mendler song), 20 ...

" (''She will listen to me, when I want to speak about the world we live in and life in general...''). The number of songs on the video depends on the region. Some have eleven, some have seventeen. The seventeen-song version was re-released in 1999, though still on VHS, in

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only and in Japan on other formats. The

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only has the 11-song version. Two songs that were performed during the Hamburg concert, "Puppets" and "Ice Machine" (both written by ex-member

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 ...

), have yet to appear on any format. It is unclear why these were omitted from the original release.

Track list

UK Official Releases *VVD063 (Virgin VHS video) – 1985 (the original release) *VVD063 (Virgin BETAMAX video) – 1985 *MF021 (Mute Film VHS video) – 1999 (reissue) Japan Official Releases *SM068-3005 (Virgin Laser Disc video) – 1985 *VBM-81 (Virgin BETAMAX video) – 1985 All tracks appear on all UK and Japanese releases. # "Something to Do" # "Two Minute Warning" # "If You Want" # "

People Are People "People Are People" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 12 March 1984 as the lead single from their fourth studio album, ''Some Great Reward'' (1984). Recorded at Hansa Mischraum in West Berlin, it was the ba ...

" # " Leave in Silence" # " New Life" # "Shame" # "

" # "Lie to Me" # "

Blasphemous Rumours "Blasphemous Rumours"/"Somebody" is Depeche Mode's twelfth UK single and first double A-side single, released on 29 October 1984. Both A-side songs are from the album ''Some Great Reward''. Song information Blasphemous Rumours The verses to " ...

" # "Told You So" # "

Master and Servant "Master and Servant" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 20 August 1984 as the second single from their fourth studio album, ''Some Great Reward'' (1984). Its subject matter is BDSM relationships, which caused ...

" # "Photographic" # "

Everything Counts "Everything Counts" is a 1983 song by the English electronic band Depeche Mode from the album ''Construction Time Again''. A live version of the song was released in 1989 to support the band's live album '' 101''. Background and themes The sin ...

" # " See You" # "Shout!" # " Just Can't Get Enough" USA Official Releases *38107-3 (Sire VHS video) *38107-6 (Sire Laser Disc video) # "Something to Do" # "If You Want" # "People Are People" # "Somebody" # "Lie to Me" # "Blasphemous Rumours" # "Told You So" # "Master and Servant" # "Photographic" # "Everything Counts" # "Just Can't Get Enough" * "Photographic" was later included on the music video compilation '' Some Great Videos''. *All songs are written by Martin Gore except "Two Minute Warning" and "If You Want" which were written by Alan Wilder. "New Life", "Photographic", "Shout!", and "Just Can't Get Enough" were written by

Personnel

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 a ...

– keyboards, melodica, recorder, percussion pad, metal pipes, lead and backing vocals *

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 ...

– keyboards, piano, percussion pad, corrugated iron, backing vocals *

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 Haddin ...

– keyboards, percussion pad, bikewheel, backing vocals

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:World We Live In and Live in Hamburg Depeche Mode video albums Culture in Hamburg 1985 video albums Live video albums 1985 live albums