Some Great Videos
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Released14 October 1985 (1985-10-14)
Recorded1981, 1983–1985
GenreSynth-pop
Length46:00
Label
Depeche Mode chronology
The World We Live In and Live in Hamburg
(1985)
Some Great Videos
(1985)
Strange
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Some Great Videos is the first music video compilation by Depeche Mode, featuring ten music videos directed by Clive Richardson or Peter Care, released on 14 October 1985.[2] It coincides with The Singles 81→85.

There are ten videos in the original version, the first video "Just Can't Get Enough", and all videos from "Everything Counts" in 1983 to "It's Called a Heart" in 1985. There's also a bonus live video of "Photographic", and the US release includes the video to "A Question of Lust".

To coincide with the re-release of The Singles 81→85 (1998), Some Great Videos was re-released as Some Great Videos 81>85. The track list is the same as the original UK version, but the artwork is all from the re-released The Singles 81→85.

The album does not feature any of the Julien Temple videos for the A Broken Frame singles, "See You", "The Meaning of Love" and "Leave in Silence", due to the band's distaste for them.

Releases

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UK 1985 release

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VHS / Betamax: Virgin Video / VVD103

  1. "Just Can't Get Enough"
  2. "Everything Counts"
  3. "Love, in Itself"
  4. "People Are People" (12" version)
  5. "Master and Servant"
  6. "Blasphemous Rumours"
  7. "Somebody"
  8. "Shake the Disease"
  9. "It's Called a Heart"
  10. "Photographic" (live version)

US 1986 releases

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VHS: Sire / 38124-3
LD (CLV): Sire / 38124-6

  1. "A Question of Lust"

UK 1998 release

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VHS: Mute Film / MF034

Notes

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"You can pretty much lump all the Julian Temple videos ("See You", "The Meaning of Love", and "Leave in Silence") into one collective disaster."

References

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  1. ^ McDonald, Steven. "Depeche Mode: Some Great Videos [Video]". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. ^ "DM Archives | Discography / Home Videos: Some Great Videos". depechemode.com. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
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