The Videos 86-98

The correct title of this article is The Videos 86>98''. The substitution of any brackets is due to technical restrictions.''

The Videos 86>98 is a music video compilation by Depeche Mode, featuring almost two dozen music videos directed by a variety of directors, released in 1998. It coincides with The Singles 86>98.

The original movie was released on VHS and DVD. There was however a special edition, DVD only, called Videos 86>98 + (without "The", and with "+") released in 2002. The DVD was two discs, the first disc being identical to the only disc in the original DVD, while the second DVD contains bonus material not found in the original release.

VHS: Mute Films / MF033 (UK)

 * 1) Intro [short documentary on the making of some of the videos] (Sven Harding)
 * 2) Stripped – (Black Celebration, February 1986)
 * 3) * Directed by Peter Care
 * 4) A Question of Lust – (Black Celebration, April 1986)
 * 5) * Directed by Martyn Atkins
 * 6) A Question of Time – (Black Celebration, August 1986)
 * 7) * Directed by Anton Corbijn
 * 8) Strangelove [unedited] – (Music for the Masses, April 1987)
 * 9) * Directed by Anton Corbijn
 * 10) Never Let Me Down Again [short version] (Music for the Masses, August 1987)
 * 11) * Directed by Anton Corbijn
 * 12) Behind the Wheel [short version] – (Music for the Masses, December 1987)
 * 13) * Directed by Anton Corbijn
 * 14) Little 15 – (Music for the Masses, May 1988)
 * 15) * Directed by Martyn Atkins
 * 16) Everything Counts (Live) – (101, February 1989)
 * 17) * Directed by D.A. Pennebaker
 * 18) Personal Jesus [unedited] – (Violator, August 1989)
 * 19) * Directed by Anton Corbijn
 * 20) Enjoy the Silence – (Violator, February 1990)
 * 21) * Directed by Anton Corbijn
 * 22) Policy of Truth – (Violator, May 1990)
 * 23) * Directed by Anton Corbijn
 * 24) World in My Eyes [MTV version] – (Violator, September 1990)
 * 25) * Directed by Anton Corbijn
 * 26) I Feel You – (Songs of Faith and Devotion, February 1993)
 * 27) * Directed by Anton Corbijn
 * 28) Walking in My Shoes [unedited] – (Songs of Faith and Devotion, April 1993)
 * 29) * Directed by Anton Corbijn
 * 30) Condemnation (live version from Devotional) – (Songs of Faith and Devotion, September 1993)
 * 31) * Directed by Anton Corbijn
 * 32) In Your Room – (Songs of Faith and Devotion, January 1994)
 * 33) * Directed by Anton Corbijn
 * 34) Barrel of a Gun [original] – (Ultra, February 1997)
 * 35) * Directed by Anton Corbijn
 * 36) It's No Good – (Ultra, March 1997)
 * 37) * Directed by Anton Corbijn
 * 38) Home – (Ultra, June 1997)
 * 39) * Directed by Steven Green
 * 40) Useless – (Ultra, October 1997)
 * 41) * Directed by Anton Corbijn
 * 42) Only When I Lose Myself (The Singles 86-98, September 1998)
 * 43) * Directed by Brian Griffin, cinematography by Eric Alan Edwards
 * 44) Depeche Mode – A Short Film [long documentary of the band's history] (Sven Harding)

DVD: Mute / DVDMuteL5 (UK – 2000)

 * Same as VHS release

Disc One[edit]

 * Same as above

Disc Two[edit]
The Videos


 * 1) But Not Tonight [from the film Modern Girls]
 * 2) * Directed by Tamra Davis
 * 3) Strangelove '88 [US version]
 * 4) * Directed by Martyn Atkins
 * 5) One Caress
 * 6) * Directed by Kevin Kerslake
 * 7) Condemnation [Paris Mix]
 * 8) * Directed by Anton Corbijn

3 Short Films


 * 1) Violator – Electronic Press Kit (11 November 1990)
 * 2) Songs of Faith and Devotion – Electronic Press Kit (27 January 1993)
 * 3) Ultra – Electronic Press Kit (26 February 1997)

Easter egg


 * Track 10 of this disc features the "Rush" easter egg. This is a short (one-minute) montage of the various graphics the design firm Intro created for The Singles releases, set to a re-edited version of the song with the same name.

Personnel

 * David Gahan
 * Martin Gore
 * Andrew Fletcher
 * Alan Wilder (member of the band from 1982 to 1995, and does not appear in any of the videos made after 1995, except "Intro" and "Depeche Mode – A Short Film")
 * Nassim Khalifa – black haired woman in the "Strangelove" video
 * Lysette Anthony – woman in the "I Feel You" video
 * Ippolita Santarelli – woman in the "Behind the Wheel" video
 * Hildia Campbell – backup singer in the "Condemnation" live video
 * Samantha Smith – backup singer in the "Condemnation" live video
 * Daniel Miller – seen in interviews
 * Anton Corbijn – seen in interviews