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Considered one of the band's best albums, Music for the Masses was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. [6] The album reached No.10 in the UK Charts. This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Malins, Steve (2001). Depeche Mode: A Biography. Cooper Square Press. p.121. ISBN 978-0-8154-1142-0. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1sted.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. European Charts of the Year 1987 – Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.4, no.51/52. 26 December 1987. p.35. OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History.

Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.88. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.In April 1988, the group played four dates in Japan. This was followed later in the month by the start of a second North American leg, which began in Mountain View, California. The entire tour concluded mid-June with a concert at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, where the band performed in front of a sold out crowd of 60,453 people. Band members Andy Fletcher and Martin Gore both explained the album's title was conceived as a joke, after Gore found an old album called "Music for the Millions." [9] Fletcher said, "The title's... a bit tongue-in-cheek, really. Everyone is telling us we should make more commercial music, so that's the reason we chose that title." [8] According to Gore, the title "was a joke on the uncommerciality of [the album]. It was anything but music for the masses!" [10] Cover art [ edit ] Abebe, Nitsuh (20 July 2006). "Depeche Mode: Speak & Spell / Music for the Masses / Violator". Pitchfork . Retrieved 14 October 2013.

Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian) . Retrieved 16 June 2022. Select "Album" in the "Tipo" field, type "Music for the Masses" in the "Titolo" field and press "cerca". Music Direct reserves the right to select the carrier and ship method within the terms of this offer.American album certifications – Depeche Mode – Music for the Masses". Recording Industry Association of America. 1 February 1991. In January 1988, the group played an eleven-date U.K. tour, which was followed by further dates in Europe beginning in Hamburg, West Germany in early February. The leg wrapped up in Vienna in late March. The tour began in October 1987 with a European leg, starting in Madrid and finishing mid-November in Paris. In early December, a North American run commenced in San Francisco and culminated three weeks later in New York City. It was preceded by the singles "Strangelove", released on 13 April, " Never Let Me Down Again", released on 24 August. Two other singles followed the release of the album, one being " Behind the Wheel", released 28 December, and the other being " Little 15", which was released on 16 May the following year. MacDonald, Bruno (2006). "Depeche Mode: Music for the Masses". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Universe Publishing. p. 568. ISBN 978-0-7893-1371-3.

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