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The Singles 86>98
Greatest hits album by Depeche Mode
Released	28 September 1998 (1998-09-28)
Recorded	1985–1998
Length	97:12
Label	Mute
Producer	Dave Bascombe Depeche Mode Flood Gareth Jones Daniel Miller Tim Simenon Butch Vig Alan Wilder
Compiler	Roland Brown Mike Marsh
Depeche Mode chronology
Ultra (1997) The Singles 86>98 (1998) Exciter (2001)
Singles from The Singles 86>98
"Only When I Lose Myself" Released: 7 September 1998

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Entertainment Weekly	C−
NME	6/10
Pitchfork	7.6/10
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Spin	8/10

The Singles 86>98 is a greatest hits album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 28 September 1998 by Mute Records. It serves as a follow-up to the band's previous compilation, The Singles 81→85, which was also reissued in the same year. The compilation covers the band's seven-inch single releases spanning five studio albums (from 1986's Black Celebration to 1997's Ultra), while including the new song "Only When I Lose Myself". It also includes "Little 15" (from Music for the Masses, released as a single in Europe) and the live version of "Everything Counts" (from the live album 101), which was released as a single in 1989. All tracks on The Singles 86>98 were newly remastered, as was the case with the re-release of The Singles 81→85.

The band decided to release the album as a close follow-up to Ultra, Depeche Mode's first studio album after Alan Wilder's departure and Dave Gahan's drug addiction and resulting health problems, to maintain interest in the band. The four-month The Singles Tour that followed marked the first time Depeche Mode had toured since the 1993–1994 Devotional/Exotic Tour, since they had declined to tour Ultra a year earlier, playing only a few songs at a handful of shows instead.

The Singles 86>98 has sold 500,000 units in the United States (double albums count as two units), achieving platinum certification. The album was also listed on Blender magazine's "500 CDs You Must Own: Alternative Rock" list.

Tour

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The tour began with a European leg, kicking off in Tartu, Estonia in early September 1998 and culminating in San Sebastián, Spain in mid-October. Later in the month, the band commenced a tour of North America, beginning in Worcester, Massachusetts. The eight-week jaunt included an appearance at the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas concert in Los Angeles. Billy Corgan, lead singer of the Smashing Pumpkins, performed the song "Never Let Me Down Again" with Depeche Mode at this concert. The tour eventually wrapped up in Anaheim, California in late December.

The tour marked the debut of the two group's backing musicians: keyboardist Peter Gordeno, who replaced Wilder, and drummer Christian Eigner, who previously performed with the band in 1997 for two Ultra Parties concerts.

The Videos 86>98

To coincide with the release of The Singles 86>98, the band released a VHS/DVD called The Videos 86>98 featuring the music videos for all of the songs, and more. In 2002, the DVD was re-released as Videos 86>98 +, which included more videos and bonus material.

The Singles 81>98

The Singles 86>98 has also been marketed with the remastered The Singles 81>85 album in one box set called The Singles 81>98 (under the LCD MUTE L5 catalogue number).

Track listing

All tracks are written by Martin Gore

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Singles 86>98.

Depeche Mode

• Alan Wilder
• Dave Gahan – lead vocals (disc 1: tracks 1, 3–10; disc 2: 1–6, 8–11)
• Martin Gore – lead vocals (disc 1: track 2; disc 2: track 7)
• Andy Fletcher

Technical

• Depeche Mode – production (disc 1: all tracks; disc 2: 1–4, 10, 11); mixing (disc 1: track 10; disc 2: tracks 1, 2)
• Daniel Miller – production (disc 1: tracks 1–3, 5, 8; disc 2: track 10)
• Gareth Jones – production (disc 1: tracks 1–3)
• Phil Harding – remix (disc 1: track 3)
• Dave Bascombe – production (disc 1, tracks 4–6; disc 2, track 10)
• Shep Pettibone – remix (disc 1: track 6)
• Flood – production (disc 1: tracks 7–10; disc 2: tracks 1–4)
• François Kevorkian – mixing (disc 1: tracks 7, 9, 10)
• Phil Legg – mixing (disc 1: track 8)
• Mark Stent – mixing (disc 2: tracks 1, 2)
• Alan Wilder – additional production, remix (disc 2: track 3)
• Steve Lyon – additional production, remix (disc 2: track 3)
• Butch Vig – additional production, remix (disc 2: track 4)
• Tim Simenon – production (disc 2: tracks 5–9); mixing (disc 2: tracks 5–7, 9)
• Q – mixing (disc 2: tracks 5–7)
• Alan Moulder – remix (disc 2: track 8)
• Mike Marsh – compiling, remastering
• Roland Brown – compiling, remastering

Artwork

• Mat Cook – concept, art direction
• Rick Guest – sleeve photography
• Elaine Macintosh – stills production
• Lee Collins – photo shoot technician
• P.A. Taylor – photo shoot technician
• Anton Corbijn – Depeche Mode 86 photograph (taken from "A Question of Time" video)
• Marina Chavez – Depeche Mode 98 photograph

Charts

Certifications

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External links

• Album information from the official Depeche Mode website

• 1998 greatest hits albums
• Albums produced by Butch Vig
• Albums produced by Daniel Miller (music producer)
• Albums produced by Flood (producer)
• Albums produced by Gareth Jones (music producer)
• Albums produced by Tim Simenon
• Depeche Mode compilation albums
• Mute Records compilation albums