Depeche Mode Spirit 12"

Depeche Mode are to release Spirit | The 12″ Singles, the 14th volume in the band’s 12″ series.

The collector’s edition boxset, featuring the first-ever official 12″ vinyl pressing of The Highline Sessions including previously unreleased performances of  So Much Love and Poison Heart, is released on 20 September 2024.

With 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), the set comes in a numbered limited edition housed in a deluxe slipcase.

New Direction

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 the Highline Sessions ever released in any format, this five-song 12″ vinyl single includes Depeche Mode’s galvanising 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’s Spirit | The 12″ Singles  includes seven 12″ 180g vinyl discs, riveting artwork re-contextualising original album covers, a replica poster and download card.

The Depeche Mode songs recorded for their Spirit album took place between April and 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.

Spirit pushed Depeche Mode into unexpected new directions and expanded the band’s aesthetic vision and musical repertoire while continuing their tradition of issuing monumental 12″ singles to supplement and complement their albums.

Spirited Series

Sony Music Entertainment released the first two boxsets in the Depeche Mode 12″ singles series – Speak & Spell | The Singles and A Broken Frame | The Singles – in August 2018 with the second batch – Construction Time Again | The 12″ Singles and Some Great Reward | The 12″ Singles – arriving in December 2018.

SME released Depeche Mode’s Black Celebration | The 12″ Singles and Music For The Masses | The 12″ Singles on 31 May 2019. 2020 saw the release of Violator | The 12″ Singles in July and Songs Of Faith And Devotion | The 12″ Singles in October.

The ninth collection in the series, Ultra | The 12″ Singles was released on 27 September 2021 with the tenth volume, Exciter | The 12″ Singles, arriving on 10 June 2022.

The 11th volume in the series, Playing The Angel | The 12″ Singles, was released in November 2022. While 2023 saw the release of Sounds Of The Universe | The 12″ Singles in August with Delta Machine | The 12″ Singles following in September.

The artwork for the exterior of each of the boxsets draws on iconography inspired by the original releases, while the vinyl sleeves themselves feature the original single artwork.

Depeche Mode Spirit | The 12″ Singles
Disc One and Disc Two – Where’s The Revolution (12BONG 47)

A Where’s The Revolution – Autolux Remix / Pearson Sound Remix
B Where’s The Revolution – Algiers Click Farm Remix / Simian Mobile Disco Remix / Pearson Sound Beatless Remix
C Where’s The Revolution – Simian Mobile Disco Dub / Terence Fixmer Spatial Mix
D Where’s The Revolution – Patrice Bäumel Remix / Ewan Pearson Kompromat Dub

Disc Three and Disc Four – Going Backwards (12BONG 48)

A Going Backwards Chris Liebing Mix
B Going Backwards Solomun Club Remix / The Belleville Three Deep Bass Dub
C Going Backwards Chris Liebing Burn Slow Mix / Point Point Remix
D You Move (Latroit Remix) and Poison Heart (Soulsavers Re-Work)

Disc Five and Disc Six – Cover Me (12BONG 49)

A Cover Me Ellen Allien U.F.O. RMX / I Hate Models Cold Lights Remix
B Cover Me (Nicole Moudaber Remix) and  So Much Love (Kalli Remix)
C Cover Me Erol Alkan White Light Rework / Texas Gentlemen Remix
D Cover Me Warpaint Steez Remix / Josh T. Pearson Choose Hellth Remix

Disc Seven – The Highline Sessions (12BONG 50)

A Going Backwards /  So Much Love / Poison Heart 
B The Worst Crime / Heroes

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