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‘The Singles 86 > 98’ Spans Over a Decade. Why Do You Feel This Was the Right Time to Release This Collection?
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0:59 |
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The Songs on the Album Span 12 Years. How Do You Feel It Holds Together as an Album?
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0:58 |
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With the Last Album ‘Ultra’ You Didn’t Tour. Was That a Good Idea?
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0:44 |
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| 4 |
What Direction Is the Band Going in on ‘Only When I Lose Myself’?
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1:29 |
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| 5 |
Were You Aware in the Early Days of How Much Freedom Mute and Daniel Miller Gave You?
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0:51 |
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‘Dreaming of Me’ Was the First Single. At the Time Was That the Extent of Your Ambition?
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0:32 |
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When You Look Back at Stuff Like ‘New Life’ Or ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’ Is It Just Good Nostalgia, or Is There Any Squirming at All?
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0:22 |
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| 8 |
Was Vince Clarke the Creative Spark Behind ‘Speak and Spell’?
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0:58 |
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When Vince Left, After ‘Speak and Spell’, Were You Worried About What Would Happen Next?
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0:37 |
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‘A Broken Frame’ Was Your Second Album. Around These Early Hit Singles Did You Feel That You Had Become Pop Stars?
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1:55 |
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| 11 |
Was ‘Construction Time Again’ Pivotal in Depeche Mode’s Development?
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1:27 |
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| 12 |
How Did Discovering Samplers Affect Your Music?
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1:25 |
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| 13 |
Did You Realise You Were Pioneering a New Way of Recording When Using a Sampler?
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1:41 |
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| 14 |
Do You See Yourselves as Part of an Electronic Musical Lineage?
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0:25 |
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Were You Aware You Were Pioneering New Ways of Recording?
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1:13 |
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‘People Are People’ Was Your First Success in the U.S. Entering the Charts at 13. How Did You React to This American Success?
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1:00 |
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Why Do You Think You Became So Successful in America?
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1:36 |
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| 18 |
It’s Hard to Understand the Chemistry Within the Band. How Would You Describe It?
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1:14 |
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| 19 |
Do You Think Depeche Mode’s Music Was Still Moving Forwards Around ‘Some Great Reward’?
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1:22 |
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| 20 |
Was ‘Music for the Masses’ Important in Your Development Into a Band Who Could Suddenly Fill Stadiums?
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3:30 |
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| 21 |
Around This Time You Were Probably the Biggest Alternative Band in the World. You Decided to Make a Documentary, a ‘Rockumentary’ If You Like, on Your ‘101’ Tour. Why Choose DA Pennebaker to Film It?
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| 22 |
How Confident Did You Feel Whilst Making ‘Violator’?
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1:55 |
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‘Violator’ Went on to Sell Six Million Copies. What Was the Feeling in the Band Whilst Recording ‘Songs of Faith and Devotion’?
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1:36 |
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‘I Feel You’ Was Quite a Musical Departure, Bringing in More of a Rock Element to the Music. Was That Calculated or Just a Musical Evolution?
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1:36 |
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| 25 |
So Were You Trying to Record ‘Songs of Faith and Devotion’ As More of a Live Based Album?
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0:24 |
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| 26 |
What Made You Decide to Embrace the Guitar on ‘Songs of Faith and Devotion’, After Using Synths for So Long?
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1:48 |
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| 27 |
How Has the Depeche Mode Sound Evolved?
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1:05 |
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| 28 |
The ‘Devotional’ World Tour Encompassed a Full Year and a Half. How Did This Effect You?
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0:28 |
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| 29 |
Did It Go as Far as Having Four Separate Floors of the Hotel, Four Separate Cars, Four Separate Minders?
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1:21 |
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| 30 |
Was It Depressing That It Had Got This Bad?
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0:58 |
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| 31 |
Had You Lost the Plot?
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0:55 |
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| 32 |
Did You Think There Would Ever Be Another Depeche Mode Album at That Stage?
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1:18 |
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| 33 |
There Was a Four Year Gap Between ‘Songs of Faith and Devotion’ And ‘Ultra’. Was That Planned?
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1:40 |
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| 34 |
Why Did You Decide to Release ‘Barrel of a Gun’ As the First Single From ‘Ultra’?
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0:28 |
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What Was the Lyrical Theme Behind ‘Ultra’?
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0:47 |
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| 36 |
Dave, How Do You Deal With Putting Your Emotions Into Martin’s Lyrics?
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2:04 |
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Are You Happier With Who You Are Now?
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1:18 |
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| 38 |
For This Album You’re Touring Again. Is It a Greatest Hits Tour?
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1:22 |
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| 39 |
Your Fans Are Incredibly Loyal. Why Do You Think That Is?
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0:51 |
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| 40 |
It’s a Long Time Since You Last Toured. You Must Be Nervous.
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0:49 |
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| 41 |
Do You Miss Being on the Road?
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0:48 |
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| 42 |
You’re Also Releasing a Compilation of Your Videos. The Early Ones Were Directed by Julian Temple. How Do You Feel About Those Now?
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1:09 |
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| 43 |
When Did You Start Working With Anton Corbijn?
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1:24 |
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| 44 |
Do You Have a Favourite Depeche Mode Video?
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1:56 |
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| 45 |
How About ‘Personal Jesus’?
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1:38 |
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| 46 |
Tell Us About the ‘Barrel of a Gun’ Video.
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2:00 |
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