101 - Live

by Depeche Mode

Overview

As an event, Depeche Mode's huge (attendance around 60,000) Los Angeles Rose Bowl concert in 1988 remains legendary; no single artist show had totally sold out the venue since eight years beforehand, while the film documentary done by Dylan-filmer D.A. Pennebaker based around the show clearly demonstrated fans' intense commitment to a near-decade-old band most mainstream critics continued to stupidly portray as a flash-in-the-pan synth pop effort. This start-to-final-encore record of the concert showcases a band perfectly able to carry its music from studio to stage as well as any other combo worth its salt should be able to do. Understandably focused on Music for the Masses material, the album shows Depeche experimenting with alternate arrangements at various points for live performance; big numbers like "Never Let Me Down Again," "Stripped," and "Blasphemous Rumors" pack even more of a wallop here. Slower numbers and more than a couple of ballads help to vary the hit-packed set, including a fine "Somebody" and "The Things You Said" combination sung by Martin Gore. "Pleasure Little Treasure," on record an okay B-side, becomes a monster rocker live, the type of unexpected surprise one could expect from a solid band no matter what the music. With a triumphant set of closing numbers, including magnificent takes on "Never Let Me Down Again," "Master and Servant," and the set-ending "Everything Counts," with what sounds like the entire audience singing the chorus well after the song has finally ended, 101 does far better at its task than most might have guessed. ~ Ned Raggett

Product Details

Release Date:	10/31/2025
Label:	Sony Legacy
UPC:	0198028877626

Tracks

1. Pimpf
2. Behind The Wheel
3. Strangelove
4. Something to Do
5. Blasphemous Rumours
6. Stripped
7. Somebody
8. Things You Said
9. Black Celebration
10. Shake The Disease
11. Pleasure, Little Treasure
12. People Are People
13. A Question of Time
14. Never Let Me Down Again
15. Master and Servant
16. Just Can't Get Enough
17. Everything Counts

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Depeche Mode   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Mark Shane   Assistant Engineer
William Yodelman   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Anne Carruthers   Assistant
Paul West   Artwork,Cover Design
Simon Heyworth   Remastering
Roland Brown   Musician
Andy Fletcher   Group Member
John Harris   Assistant Engineer
Depeche Mode   Group,Producer
Martin Gore   Composer,Lyricist,Group Member
Randy Ezratty   Engineer
Anton Corbijn   Artwork,Musician,Photography,Cover Design
Alan Wilder   Group Member
Ebby Acquah   Engineer
Vince Clarke   Composer
Alan Moulder   Engineer
Dave Gahan   Group Member