The Videos 86–98 Explained

The Videos 86>98
Type:	video
Artist:	Depeche Mode
Cover:	TheVideos86-98.jpg
Released:	28 September 1998 (re-released in 2002)
Recorded:	1986–1998
Length:	126 minutes
Label:	Mute Reprise
Director:	Various
Producer:	Clive Richardson
Prev Title:	Devotional
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	One Night in Paris
Next Year:	2002

The Videos 86>98 is a music video compilation by Depeche Mode, featuring almost two dozen music videos directed by a variety of directors, released in 1998. It coincides with The Singles 86>98.^[1]

The original movie was released on VHS and DVD. There was however a special edition, DVD only, called Videos 86>98 + (without "The", and with "+") released in 2002. The DVD was two discs, the first disc being identical to the only disc in the original DVD, while the second DVD contains bonus material not found in the original release.

Videos

VHS: Mute Films / MF033 (UK)

1. Intro [short documentary on the making of some of the videos] (Sven Harding)
2. Stripped – (Black Celebration, February 1986)
   • Directed by Peter Care
3. A Question of Lust – (Black Celebration, April 1986)
   • Directed by Martyn Atkins
4. A Question of Time – (Black Celebration, August 1986)
   • Directed by Anton Corbijn
5. Strangelove [unedited] – (Music for the Masses, April 1987)
   • Directed by Anton Corbijn
6. Never Let Me Down Again [short version] – (Music for the Masses, August 1987)
   • Directed by Anton Corbijn
7. Behind the Wheel [short version] – (Music for the Masses, December 1987)
   • Directed by Anton Corbijn
8. Little 15 – (Music for the Masses, May 1988)
   • Directed by Martyn Atkins
9. Everything Counts (live) – (101, February 1989)
   • Directed by D. A. Pennebaker
10. Personal Jesus [unedited] – (Violator, August 1989)
    • Directed by Anton Corbijn
11. Enjoy the Silence – (Violator, February 1990)
    • Directed by Anton Corbijn
12. Policy of Truth – (Violator, May 1990)
    • Directed by Anton Corbijn
13. World in My Eyes [MTV version] – (Violator, September 1990)
    • Directed by Anton Corbijn
14. I Feel You – (Songs of Faith and Devotion, February 1993)
    • Directed by Anton Corbijn
15. Walking in My Shoes [unedited] – (Songs of Faith and Devotion, April 1993)
    • Directed by Anton Corbijn
16. Condemnation (live version from Devotional) – (Songs of Faith and Devotion, September 1993)
    • Directed by Anton Corbijn
17. In Your Room – (Songs of Faith and Devotion, January 1994)
    • Directed by Anton Corbijn
18. Barrel of a Gun [original] – (Ultra, February 1997)
    • Directed by Anton Corbijn
19. It's No Good – (Ultra, March 1997)
    • Directed by Anton Corbijn
20. Home – (Ultra, June 1997)
    • Directed by Steven Green
21. Useless – (Ultra, October 1997)
    • Directed by Anton Corbijn
22. Only When I Lose Myself – (The Singles 86>98, September 1998)
    • Directed by Brian Griffin, cinematography by Eric Alan Edwards
23. Depeche Mode – A Short Film [documentary of the band's history] (Sven Harding)

DVD: Mute / DVDMuteL5 (UK – 2000)

• Same as VHS release

DVD: Mute / DMDVD2 (UK – 2002)

Disc one

• Same as above

Disc two

The videos

1. But Not Tonight [from the film ''[[Modern Girls]]]
   • Directed by Tamra Davis
2. Strangelove '88 [US version]
   • Directed by Martyn Atkins
3. One Caress
   • Directed by Kevin Kerslake
4. Condemnation [Paris mix]
   • Directed by Anton Corbijn

Short films

1. Violator – electronic press kit (11 November 1990)
2. Songs of Faith and Devotion – electronic press kit (27 January 1993)
3. 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.

Personnel

• Dave Gahan
• Martin Gore
• Andy Fletcher
• Alan Wilder (member of the band from 1982 to 1995, and does not appear in any of the videos made after 1995, except "Intro" and "Depeche Mode – A Short Film")
• Nassim Khalifa – black haired woman in the "Strangelove" video
• Lysette Anthony – woman in the "I Feel You" video
• Ippolita Santarelli – woman in the "Behind the Wheel" video
• Hildia Campbell – backup singer in the "Condemnation" live video
• Samantha Smith – backup singer in the "Condemnation" live video
• Daniel Miller – seen in interviews
• Anton Corbijn – seen in interviews

Notes and References

1. Web site: DM Archives Discography / Home Videos: The Videos 86>98. depechemode.com. 25 October 2023.