The Videos 86–98
1998 video album by Depeche Mode
The Videos 86>98 is a music video compilation by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released to coincide with their compilation album The Singles 86>98. It was released in 1998 on VHS and DVD, and features 21 music videos and two short documentaries.
In 2002, an expanded 2-DVD edition, Videos 86>98 + (without "The", and with "+") was released. It includes all the material from the original release on DVD 1, as well as bonus material on DVD 2.
1998 VHS: Mute Films / MF033
Intro (short documentary on the making of some of the videos, 1998)
Directed by Sven Harding
Stripped – (Black Celebration, February 1986)
Directed by Peter Care
A Question of Lust – (Black Celebration, April 1986)
Directed by Martyn Atkins
A Question of Time – (Black Celebration, August 1986)
Directed by Anton Corbijn
Strangelove (unedited) – (Music for the Masses, April 1987)
Directed by Anton Corbijn
Never Let Me Down Again (short version) – (Music for the Masses, August 1987)
Directed by Anton Corbijn
Behind the Wheel (short version) – (Music for the Masses, December 1987)
Directed by Anton Corbijn
Little 15 – (Music for the Masses, May 1988)
Directed by Martyn Atkins
Everything Counts (live) – (101, February 1989)
Directed by D. A. Pennebaker
Personal Jesus (unedited) – (Violator, August 1989)
Directed by Anton Corbijn
Enjoy the Silence – (Violator, February 1990)
Directed by Anton Corbijn
Policy of Truth – (Violator, May 1990)
Directed by Anton Corbijn
World in My Eyes (MTV version) – (Violator, September 1990)
Directed by Anton Corbijn
I Feel You – (Songs of Faith and Devotion, February 1993)
Directed by Anton Corbijn
Walking in My Shoes (unedited) – (Songs of Faith and Devotion, April 1993)
Directed by Anton Corbijn
Condemnation (live version from Devotional) – (Songs of Faith and Devotion, September 1993)
Directed by Anton Corbijn
In Your Room – (Songs of Faith and Devotion, January 1994)
Directed by Anton Corbijn
Barrel of a Gun (original) – (Ultra, February 1997)
Directed by Anton Corbijn
It's No Good – (Ultra, March 1997)
Directed by Anton Corbijn
Home – (Ultra, June 1997)
Directed by Steven Green
Useless – (Ultra, October 1997)
Directed by Anton Corbijn
Only When I Lose Myself – (The Singles 86>98, September 1998)
Directed by Brian Griffin, cinematography by Eric Alan Edwards
Depeche Mode – A Short Film (short documentary on the band's history during 1986–1998, 1998)
Directed by Sven Harding
1998 DVD: Mute / DVDMuteL5
Same as VHS release
2002 DVD: Mute / DMDVD2
Disc one
Same as 1998 VHS and DVD
Disc two
The videos
But Not Tonight (from the film Modern Girls) – (Black Celebration, 1986)
Directed by Tamra Davis
Strangelove '88 (US version) – (1988)
Directed by Martyn Atkins
One Caress – (Songs of Faith and Devotion, 1993)
Directed by Kevin Kerslake
Condemnation (Paris mix) – (Songs of Faith and Devotion, 1993)
Directed by Anton Corbijn
Short films
Violator – electronic press kit (11 November 1990)
Songs of Faith and Devotion – electronic press kit (27 January 1993)
Ultra – electronic press kit (26 February 1997)
Easter egg
Track 10 of this disc features the "Rush" easter egg. This is a short (one-minute) montage of the various graphics the design firm Intro created for The Singles releases, set to a re-edited version of the song with the same name.
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