People Are People (album)

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People Are People (album) - Wikipedia

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People Are People

Compilation album by

Depeche Mode

Released

2 July 1984

Recorded

1981–1984

Genre

Length

43:00

Label

Sire
Mute

Producer

Depeche Mode
Daniel Miller

Depeche Mode chronology

Construction Time Again
(1983)

People Are People
(1984)

Some Great Reward
(1984)

People Are People is a compilation album by British electronic band Depeche Mode, released in North America by Sire Records on 2 July 1984.^[1]^[2] Sire sensed it needed a new approach in its release policy since the band's 1983 effort Construction Time Again had failed to chart in the US.

Two of the nine tracks were new to the American audience: the latest single "People Are People" and "Now, This Is Fun", the B-side of the non-American 7" "See You". It was also the first time that the 7" versions of "Leave in Silence" and "Get the Balance Right!" were released in the United States. The album version of "Love, in Itself" was selected for this compilation, but with a "clean" ending, since on Construction Time Again the track fades into "More Than a Party".

The album was released in July 1984 to relatively little notice. It re-entered the charts and sold better, when the title track became a summer hit in 1985.^[3] The album later was certified Gold by the RIAA for shipments of half a million copies.^[4] Its success led to the release of yet another compilation album in late 1985: Catching Up with Depeche Mode.

The album, with photography by Brian Griffin,^[5] was originally released on LP and CD with the band name and album name missing from the album cover. These names were then added to the covers for later re-releases.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[8]

AllMusic were mixed in their reception to the album, rating the album two-and-a-half stars out of five.^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Martin L. Gore, except "Work Hard", written by Gore and Alan Wilder. All vocals by Dave Gahan, except "Pipeline", sung by Gore

No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"People Are People"	Some Great Reward	3:45
2.	"Now This Is Fun"	"See You" 7-inch single	3:23
3.	"Love, in Itself"	Construction Time Again	4:21
4.	"Work Hard"	"Everything Counts" 7-inch single	4:21
5.	"Told You So"	Construction Time Again	4:27
6.	"Get the Balance Right!"	Non-album single	3:13
7.	"Leave in Silence"	A Broken Frame	4:00
8.	"Pipeline"	Construction Time Again	6:10
9.	"Everything Counts (In Larger Amounts)"	"Everything Counts" 12-inch single	7:20
Total length:			43:00

Release history

Country	Release date	Cat. no.
Canada	2 July 1984	LP: Sire 9 25124-1
United States	2 July 1984	Cas: Sire 9 25124-4
CD (US, Can)	16 March 1987	CD: Sire 9 25124-2

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[9]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "People Are People". depechemode.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ "DEPMOD · People Are People". Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ "Billboard Hot 100 - August 3, 1985". Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "RIAA – Searchable Database". Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ "Photography Album Covers: People Are People". Brian Griffin. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b Raggett, Ned. Depeche Mode – People Are People at AllMusic. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-8571-2595-8.
^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Depeche Mode". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 229–230. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^ "American album certifications – Depeche Mode – People Are People". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

External links

Album information from the official Depeche Mode website

Depeche Mode

Martin Gore
Dave Gahan

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Singles

1980s	"Dreaming of Me" "New Life" "Just Can't Get Enough" "See You" "The Meaning of Love" "Leave in Silence" "Get the Balance Right!" "Everything Counts" "Love, in Itself" "People Are People" "Master and Servant" "Blasphemous Rumours" / "Somebody" "Shake the Disease" "It's Called a Heart" "Stripped" "A Question of Lust" "A Question of Time" "Strangelove" "Never Let Me Down Again" "Behind the Wheel" "Little 15" "Personal Jesus"
1990s	"Enjoy the Silence" "Policy of Truth" "World in My Eyes" "I Feel You" "Walking in My Shoes" "Condemnation" "In Your Room" "Barrel of a Gun" "It's No Good" "Home" "Useless" "Only When I Lose Myself"
2000s	"Dream On" "I Feel Loved" "Freelove" "Goodnight Lovers" "Enjoy the Silence 04" "Precious" "A Pain That I'm Used To" "Suffer Well" "John the Revelator" / "Lilian" "Martyr" "Wrong" "Peace" "Fragile Tension" / "Hole to Feed"
2010s	"Personal Jesus 2011" "Heaven" "Soothe My Soul" "Should Be Higher" "Where's the Revolution" "Going Backwards" "Cover Me"
2020s	"Ghosts Again" "My Cosmos Is Mine" "Wagging Tongue" "Speak to Me" "My Favourite Stranger" "Before We Drown" "People Are Good"

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One Night in Paris
Touring the Angel: Live in Milan
The Best of Videos Volume 1
Tour of the Universe: Barcelona 20/21.11.09
Live in Berlin
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