101 (album)
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| 101 | ||
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| Image:Depeche Mode 101.jpg | ||
| Live LP/CD by Depeche Mode | ||
| Released | March 11 1989 | |
| Recorded | Pasadena Rose Bowl June 18 1988 | |
| Genre | Synth pop | |
| Length | 95 min 45 s | |
| Label | UK: Mute / US: Sire | |
| Producer(s) | Depeche Mode | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Depeche Mode chronology | ||
| Music for the Masses (1987) | 101 (1989) | Violator (1990) |
101 is a live album and documentary by Depeche Mode released in 1989 chronicalling the band's 1988 Music for the Masses US tour, and the final show at the Pasadena Rose Bowl. Group member Alan Wilder was credited with coming up with the name, as the performance was the 101st, and final performance of the tour.
101 is mainly considered a documentary/film, however a CD is also available containing all live tracks. The film is considered to be pioneering due to the fact that it contained one of the first examples of reality television. The film covers three Depeche Mode fans that won an LA radio station giveaway allowing them to tour with Depeche Mode through the last leg of their 88' North American tour. The film was directed and produced by D.A. Pennebaker.
The film begins by showing a clip of Depeche Mode entering an empty Rose Bowl stadium in an old american car. This is where they announce their concert at the Rose Bowl during a live press conference there. The majority of the film revolves around the experiences of these three individuals traveling with Depeche Mode (in a separate bus and in separate hotel rooms). There are a couple instances of band members fraternizing with the three fans. Still most of the film shows both in separate situations. There is some footage of the band before various shows getting ready in the dressing room backstage. The dialogue is interesting in that it shows how the four members of the group interact.
The last part shows a live recording of Depeche Mode's sellout show at the Rose Bowl, where nearly 80,000 people were in attendance. The film of the concert is not complete however, as it does not present the entire concert from beginning to end, rather it contains twelve of their greatest hits at the time pieced together by Pennebaker (it is important to note that the band had absolutely no say in the directorial proccess, hence none of the scenes are scripted) and is missing some of the tracks performed that night.
Two points worth mentioning are in the performance of "Stripped" where Dave Gahan's intensity is unbridled as well as "Never Let Me Down Again", the band's closing track (not including encores), where the crowd's energy and enthusiasm is highly cathartic.
Reissue
In 2003, Mute Records reissued 101 as a hybrid SACD. In essence, the 2 disc set contained 101 in three formats - multi-channel SACD, stereo SACD and PCM stereo (CD audio). The multi-channel audio was presented in 5.1 and gave a better representation of the live experience.
Due to pressing errors, however, the first run of the set was marred by a mis-encoded multi-channel SACD layer that skipped and was unlistenable on the first disc. The stereo SACD and CD audio layers were unaffected.
As a bonus hidden track, the multi-channel layer also included the full version of "Pimpf".
Album Track Listing
Disc One:
- Pimpf (0:58)
- Behind the Wheel (5:55)
- Strangelove (4:49)
- Sacred (5:09)
- Something to Do (3:54)
- Blasphemous Rumours (5:09)
- Stripped (6:45)
- Somebody (4:34)
- The Things You Said (4:21)
Disc Two:
- Black Celebration (4:54)
- Shake the Disease (5:10)
- Nothing (4:36)
- Pleasure, Little Treasure (4:38)
- People Are People (4:59)
- A Question of Time (4:12)
- Never Let Me Down Again (6:40)
- A Question of Lust (4:07)
- Master and Servant (4:30)
- Just Can't Get Enough (4:01)
- Everything Counts (6:31)
