Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Pimpf
2. Behind The Wheel
3. Strangelove
4. Sacred
5. Something To Do
6. Blasphemous Rumours
7. Stripped
8. Somebody
9. Things You Said

Disc 2:

1. Black Celebration
2. Shake The Disease
3. Nothing
4. Pleasure Little Treasure
5. People Are People
6. Question Of Time
7. Never Let Me Down Again
8. Question Of Lust
9. Master And Servant
10. Just Can't Get Enough
11. Everything Counts

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8721 in Music
• Released on: 1989-01-01
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Live

Amazon.co.uk Review
A live album and a greatest-hits album all in one, 101 proves that Depeche Mode are just as capable of performing on stage as they are working in a studio. The listener is easily swept up in the hysteria of the fans screaming in the audience. From the brooding "Never Let Me Down Again" to the sickly sweet "Somebody", the live component of this album makes one realise that there really are humans behind the machines, accompanied by a range of real human emotions. --Beth Bessmer

CD Description
Perhaps the first indication that Depeche Mode's US following had expanded from a small but vociferous cult was the release of documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker's film DEPECHEMODE 101, which showcased a sold-out stadium concert in southern California. This two-disc set is the soundtrack to that film.
If the idea of a concert film of a synth-pop bandwhose live performances are based on pre-recorded tapes andsequencers seems a bit odd, this may not be for you, but Depeche Mode fans often rank this one of their favourite releases. Away from their pristine studio settings, Martin Gore'ssongs and Dave Gahan's voice lose some of their smooth edges, and the vocally adoring crowd undoubtedly contributes to the general air of relaxed good humor, even on the bleaker tracks. "101" was reissued in Europe under the title TOTAL LIVE.

Customer Reviews

Great live document of a band breaking America
101 was released in 1989 and is an evocative reflection of band who had just traversed the music press image of being tinkly-bomp techno-popsters, and were now regarded as an important and influencial force in global pop/rock. This live outing documents the 101st concert of their 1988 Music For The Masses world tour.

Now you would think that a synth-heavy techno-pop band from deepest Essex would not really elicit much of an atmosphere in any given environment. However, with two recent critically-acclaimed albums behind them, the band riding on the crest of a creative wave and 70,000 screaming Californians inside the Rosebowl, the band were now true stadium-rock gods and the atmosphere generated was truly electric (and that's not just the synths and drum machines !). Wish I'd been there !

The concert starts with a brilliantly powerful rendition of Behind The Wheel which really gets the fans going, while the rest of the album is paced generously to allow for breakneck singles, ballads and a few album tracks, all of which blend excellently into a fuller picture. The overall image is that of a band making a significant breakthrough on the world stage and this success would later be eclipsed by incredible success of their classic Violator album (1990) and the gothic rock/pop of Songs of Faith & Devotion (1993), by which time they were briefly the biggest band on the planet after U2. The classic Everything Counts, a famous Mode concert closer, rounds off the album perfectly and sums up the powerful emotions of this vast concert, also thankfully documented on video.

101 really does evoke a true live experience for the listener, as the truly massive crowd are clearly going totally ape for David Gahan and Co., whose stage presence was gradually becoming God-like.

In short, this is a brillant 'live greatest hits' collection of the band's work between 1981-1987, an amazing six studio albums in as many years. Any self-respecting Mode fan will already have this in their collection, and so will anyone with a soul for live music.

Depeche Mode become rock stars!
This album dates from the time when Depeche Mode first decided they could be rock stars, and marks a definite turning point in their music. Playing at the Pasadena Rose Bowl to 70000 people, this album manages to catch the energy of that performance and 12 years later, it's hardly dated. How many other bands from the same era could pull this off ? And they're still going strong to this day !

Depeche Mode 101 album
Excellent live album. Having also purchased and watched the DVD of this concert, it becomes apparent just how nervous the boys were as they began the concert, and as they progress through the numbers the atmosphere they generate becomes 'electric' - this instills the guys with real confidence, at which point Gahan drags the film crew camera man onto stage, the lights come on, and the full stadium erupts with feverpitch fans waving. . . .truly awe-inspiring. . .
Gahan at one point squats down on stage, seemingly overwhelemd by the love and adoration from the audience, captured by the Pennebakker film crew for us all to see - brilliant !! Get the DVD - turn your surround sound way up - and relive the moment.