Live in Berlin (Depeche Mode album and video) explained

Live in Berlin
Type:	video
Artist:	Depeche Mode
Cover:	Depeche Mode - Live in Berlin.png
Recorded:	25 and 27 November 2013
Venue:	O2 World (Berlin, Germany)
Length:	129 minutes
Director:	Anton Corbijn
Producer:	Kirsten Sohrauer
Prev Year:	2010
Next Title:	Video Singles Collection
Next Year:	2016

Live in Berlin: A Film by Anton Corbijn is a live video album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, featuring a live concert directed and filmed by Anton Corbijn. It was released on 14 November 2014 by Mute Records and Columbia Records.^[1] It was filmed on location at the O2 World in Berlin on 25 and 27 November 2013 during the band's Delta Machine Tour.^[2]

The deluxe edition in five discs includes the Live in Berlin DVD, the Live in Berlin Soundtrack concert audio on two CDs, second DVD Alive in Berlin, and the 2013 album Delta Machine 5.1 mix on Blu-ray. The standard edition consists of the concert DVD and the soundtrack. The second DVD featuring the full live show combined with behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with the band and their fans, and a two-song acoustic session filmed at Salon Bel Ami, the oldest existing brothel in Berlin, is also available as Depeche Mode: Alive in Berlin (HD) on iTunes from 19 December 2014.^{[3] [4]} The soundtrack was also released as a double CD package.^[2]

Before its release, the DVD was launched with one-off theatrical screenings in selected cities around the world, including over 40 cinemas in Germany.^{[5] [6]}

Track listing

Box set

Alive in Berlin – DVD

1. Full live show + 15 interview pieces
2. Condemnation (Bordello Acoustic Sessions)
3. Judas (Bordello Acoustic Sessions)

Delta Machine – 5.1 audio on Blu-ray

1. "Welcome to My World"
2. "Angel"
3. "Heaven"
4. "Secret to the End"
5. "My Little Universe"
6. "Slow"
7. "Broken"
8. "The Child Inside"
9. "Soft Touch/Raw Nerve"
10. "Should Be Higher"
11. "Alone"
12. "Soothe My Soul"
13. "Goodbye"
14. "Long Time Lie"
15. "Happens All the Time"
16. "Always"
17. "All That's Mine"

Two-disc edition

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Live in Berlin.^[7]

Depeche Mode

• Dave Gahan
• Martin Gore
• Andrew Fletcher

Additional musicians

• Christian Eigner – drums
• Peter Gordeno – keyboards, backing vocals, bass guitar on "A Pain That I'm Used To"

Technical

• Anton Corbijn – artistic direction, stage design, film direction, camera
• Paul Normandale – lighting direction
• Kirsten Sohrauer – film production
• Philipp Hennig – camera
• Jan-Hinrich Hoffman – camera
• Martin Schlecht – camera
• Oliver Moron – camera
• Friedemann Frank – sound
• James Rose – film Editor
• Necker – audio recording
• Antony King – audio recording
• Kerry Hopwood – audio recording technical engineering
• Tom Worley – audio recording technical engineering
• Terence Hulkes – audio recording technical engineering
• Adrian Hall – Stereo and 5.1 mixing
• Joe Adams – additional Pro Tools editing
• MJ – audio production
• Miles Showell – Stereo audio mastering
• Simon Gibson – 5.1 audio mastering
• Ian Duncan – audio dubbing mixing

Artwork

• Stephen Averill – packaging
• Anton Corbijn – logos, photography, visuals, art direction

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014–2016)! scope="col"

Peak position
Croatian International Albums (HDU)^[8]	12
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)^[9]	70

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)! scope="col"

Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[10]	115
French Albums (SNEP)^[11]	175
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[12]	48

Notes and References

1. Web site: "Live in Berlin Soundtrack" von Depeche Mode. iTunes Store. 14 November 2014.
2. Web site: Depeche Mode Announce Live Album and Concert Film Directed by Anton Corbijn . 8 October 2014 . Jeremy . Gordon . . 16 November 2014.
3. Web site: Depeche Mode Live In Berlin – Coming November 17th on Columbia Records . DepecheMode.com . 8 October 2014 . 16 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141025121640/http://www.depechemode.com/depeche-mode-live-in-berlin-coming-november-17th-on-columbia-records/ . 25 October 2014.
4. Web site: Depeche Mode: Alive In Berlin . . 16 November 2014.
5. Web site: . 'Depeche Mode: Live In Berlin': Film Review . 7 November 2014 . Stephen . Dalton . 16 November 2014.
6. Web site: Sony Music Germany . Depeche Mode Live in Berlin – Vor DVD-Release im Kino . Depeche Mode Live in Berlin - in cinemas before the DVD release . de . 17 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141224060633/http://www.sonymusic.de/news/depeche-mode-live-berlin-vor-dvd-release-im-kino . 24 December 2014.
7. Live in Berlin . DVD liner notes . . . 2014 . 88875035642.
8. Web site: Top Stranih – Tjedan 5. 2015. . Top Foreign – Week 5, 2015 . hr . . 27 January 2016 . https://archive.today/20150204105340/http://www.hdu-toplista.com/index.php?what=arhiva&w=details&id=1449 . 4 February 2015.
9. Web site: Albums – Top 100 (Depeche Mode – Live in Berlin O.S.T.) . cs . . 22 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307182413/http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=14&titul=153215&sec=ec07627af8c9dab0602181cbfff4e76c . 7 March 2016.
10. Web site: Rapports annuels 2014 – Albums . fr . Ultratop . 27 January 2016.
11. Web site: Tops de l'année Top Albums 2014 . fr . . 22 June 2022.
12. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 2014 . de . GfK Entertainment . 27 January 2016.