For the Masses
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| Tribute album by Various Artists | ||
| Released | August 4, 1998 | |
| Recorded | 1997 – 1998 | |
| Genre | Alternative | |
| Length | 73:48 | |
| Label | A&M Records | |
| Producer(s) | Various | |
For the Masses is a 1998 tribute album of Depeche Mode songs, specifically the works of Martin Gore; the fact that no songs by Vince Clarke or Alan Wilder were chosen was not a coincidence. The project was started by the band members of God Lives Underwater, including David Reilly, and features a wide array of bands including The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, Deftones, Rammstein, and Meat Beat Manifesto. The Foo Fighters and Marilyn Manson wanted to do tracks but schedule complications prevented them in the end. Manson, who wanted to do "Personal Jesus", eventually covered the song in 2004.
The tribute album got considerable press by the media and the band. Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins performed the song "Never Let Me Down Again" with Depeche Mode at the KROQ Acoustic Christmas concert in 1998. The "World in My Eyes" cover by The Cure appears on the Cure box set Join the Dots.
The album cover and title were both inspired by Music for the Masses, an earlier Depeche Mode album.
[edit] Track listing
- "Never Let Me Down Again" by The Smashing Pumpkins – 4:01
- "Fly on the Windscreen" by God Lives Underwater – 5:22
- "Enjoy the Silence" by Failure – 4:20
- "World in My Eyes" by The Cure – 4:51
- "Policy of Truth" by Dishwalla – 3:45
- "Somebody" by Veruca Salt – 4:05
- "Everything Counts" by Meat Beat Manifesto – 5:24
- "Shake the Disease" by Hooverphonic – 3:59
- "Master and Servant" by Locust – 3:40
- "Shame" by Self – 4:12
- "Black Celebration" by Monster Magnet – 4:16
- "Waiting for the Night" by Rabbit in the Moon – 7:34
- "I Feel You" by Apollo Four Forty – 5:21
- "Monument" by Gus Gus – 5:21
- "To Have and to Hold" by Deftones – 2:53
- "Stripped" by Rammstein – 4:44
All songs written by Martin Gore.
