Product Overview
Depeche Mode - Spirit - The 12" Singles (7X 12INCH SINGLES)
Spirit | The 12" Singles, a collector's edition deluxe box set, contains seven 12" vinyl discs including custom replicas of the original three double 12" singles from Spirit (Depeche Mode's 14th studio album): Where's the Revolution (originally released 3 February 2017, in advance of the album), Going Backwards (released 23 June 2017), and Cover Me (released 6 October 2017).
As a bonus for Depeche Mode fans, Spirit | The 12" Singles premieres a special seventh disc: the first-ever 12" vinyl pressing of the band's legendary Highline Sessions, recorded live in New York City on 3 August 2016. The most complete recording of Depeche Mode's Highline Sessions ever released in any format, this five-song 12" vinyl single includes DM's galvanizing cover of David Bowie's "Heroes" (celebrating the anthem's 2017 40th anniversary) and two previously unreleased performances of songs from Spirit: So Much Love and Poison Heart.
Depeche Mode recorded their Spirit album from April through August 2016 at Sound Design in Santa Barbara, California and Jungle City in New York, working for the first time with producer James Ford. Released through Columbia/Mute on 17 March 2017, Spirit was the last Depeche Mode studio album to feature founding member and keyboardist Andy Fletcher before his passing on 26 May 2022.
From their earliest days as a band, Depeche Mode have championed 12" vinyl, embracing the format's singular power and potential for innovation. The 12" single allowed the band to explore new sonic possibilities while the tactile real-world beauty of physical packaging gave Depeche Mode room to develop their consistently sophisticated and commanding design aesthetic. Depeche Mode have used their singles discography as a means of offering fans the opportunity to enjoy left field remixes, rare B-sides, standout concert performances and other exclusives.
Each box set in the series contains the singles from an individual Depeche Mode album pressed on audiophile-quality 12" vinyl. The artwork for the exterior of each of the box sets draws on iconography inspired by the original releases, while the vinyl sleeves themselves feature the original single artwork. Spirit | The 12" Singles is chronologically the 14th volume in Depeche Mode 12" Singles Series and the first to include a bonus 12" vinyl disc premiering previously unreleased tracks.
TRACKLIST
LP ONE AND LP TWO - WHERE'S THE REVOLUTION (12BONG 47)
LP 1 – SIDE A
1. Where's the Revolution (Autolux Remix)
2. Where's the Revolution (Pearson Sound Remix)
SIDE B
1. Where's the Revolution (Algiers Click Farm Remix)
2. Where's the Revolution (Simian Mobile Disco Remix)
3. Where's the Revolution (Pearson Sound Beatless Remix)
LP 2 – SIDE A
1. Where's the Revolution (Simian Mobile Disco Dub)
2. Where's the Revolution (Terence Fixmer Spatial Mix)
SIDE B
1. Where's the Revolution (Patrice Bäumel Remix)
2. Where's the Revolution (Ewan Pearson Kompromat Dub)
LP THREE AND LP FOUR - GOING BACKWARDS (12BONG 48)
LP 3 – SIDE A
1. Going Backwards (Chris Liebing Mix)
SIDE B
1. Going Backwards (Solomun Club Remix)
2. Going Backwards (The Belleville Three Deep Bass Dub)
LP 4 – SIDE A
1. Going Backwards (Chris Liebing Burn Slow Mix)
2. Going Backwards (Point Point Remix)
SIDE B
1. You Move (Latroit Remix)
2. Poison Heart (Soulsavers Re-Work)
LP FIVE AND LP SIX - COVER ME (12BONG 49)
LP 5 – SIDE A
1. Cover Me (Ellen Allien U.F.O. RMX)
2. Cover Me (I Hate Models Cold Lights Remix)
SIDE B
1. Cover Me (Nicole Moudaber Remix)
2. So Much Love (Kalli Remix)
LP 6 – SIDE A
1. Cover Me (Erol Alkan White Light Rework)
2. Cover Me (Texas Gentlemen Remix)
SIDE B
1. Cover Me (Warpaint Steez Remix)
2. Cover Me (Josh T. Pearson Choose Hellth Remix)
LP SEVEN - THE HIGHLINE SESSIONS (12BONG 50)
LP 7 – SIDE A
1. Going Backwards (Highline Sessions Version)
2. So Much Love (Highline Sessions Version) - previously unreleased
3. Poison Heart (Highline Sessions Version) - previously unreleased
SIDE B
1. The Worst Crime (Highline Sessions Version)
2. Heroes (Highline Sessions Version)
