101 (album)

101
Live album by Depeche Mode
Released	13 March 1989 (1989-03-13)
Recorded	Pasadena Rose Bowl 18 June 1988
Genre	Synthpop, alternative dance, new wave, electronic rock
Length	95:45
Label	Mute Sire (US/Canada)
Producer	Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode live albums chronology
101 (1989) Songs of Faith and Devotion Live (1993)Songs of Faith and Devotion Live1993
Singles from 101
"Everything Counts (Live)" Released: 13 February 1989

101
Video by Depeche Mode
Released	1989/2003
Recorded	18 June 1988 Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Genre	Synthpop, industrial
Length	117:00
Label	Mute
Director	D. A. Pennebaker
Depeche Mode chronology
Strange (1988)Strange1988 101 (1989) Strange Too (1990)Strange Too1990

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic (album)
Rolling Stone (1989)
Rolling Stone (2003) (video)	favorable

101 is a live album and documentary by Depeche Mode released in 1989 chronicling the final leg of the band's Music for the Masses Tour and the final show at the Pasadena Rose Bowl. Group member Alan Wilder is credited with coming up with the name; the performance was the 101st and final performance of the tour (and coincidentally also the number of a famous highway in the area). The film was directed and produced by D.A. Pennebaker.

History and development

The band's original concept for the film "101" was going to be about how Depeche Mode fit into The 1980s. The band had considered shooting the documentary with an "experienced director," but felt that the (unnamed) choice was going to do something too "glossy," and they wanted something more interesting, so they agreed to use D.A. Pennebaker.

Pennebaker discarded the band's initial concept for the film, feeling that it was "impossible to examine in an entertainingly cinematic fashion." Instead, the movie follows a group of fans who are travelling across America as winners of a "be-in-a-Depeche-Mode-movie-contest," culminating in a live recording of Depeche Mode's show at the Rose Bowl, where in excess of 60,000 people were in attendance. Ultimately, the film focused on what they considered to be their strongest selling point - their live performance - as well as capturing the spirit of their fan base. However the movie does not depict the full Rose Bowl concert, instead only showing incomplete snippets of the band, fans and the concert. A 2003 reissue included more of the concert footage, but as Pennebaker "was shooting a documentary, not a concert film," a complete video record of the concert does not exist.

Pennebaker used his direct cinema approach, which he described as "letting the camera run as unobtrusively as possible, thereby encouraging events to unfold on their own. ... You edit more and the film changes every three days, but [the band] were very nice and patient about it."

Pennebaker admitted there was a similarity between Depeche Mode and some of the other artists he'd filmed before (Bob Dylan and David Bowie): "I found the audience very rapt; they were there for that band. Not any band would do. I got the feeling that maybe there was no other band they'd ever go out for again in that assemblage, and it made me take that audience fairly seriously."

2003 audio reissue

In 2003, Mute Records reissued 101 as a hybrid SACD. In essence, the two-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. The SACD was not released in North America.

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".

2003 video reissue

In 2003 the film was released on a two-disc DVD with the main film on the first disc. The second disc had interviews with the three fans and their experiences with the band. There were also interviews with Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, and Andrew Fletcher talking about their solo projects which they were working on at the time (Gahan - Paper Monsters, Gore - Counterfeit², Fletch - Client). All three interviews were conducted separately by Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus. At the time, the commentary on the film was recorded at separate times and edited together later. Alan Wilder, who left the band almost seven years after 101 in 1995, chose not to be interviewed. Additionally, there was an interview with Daniel Miller and on the state of Depeche Mode, and includes comments on Vince Clarke and the old Depeche Mode days. There were also interviews with manager Jonathan Kessler and three of the fans on the fan bus.

In addition to the interviews there was also isolated video footage of the concert, including previously unreleased footage.

Track listing

LP: Mute / Stumm 101

Disc one

A Side

1. "Pimpf" – 0:58
2. "Behind the Wheel" – 5:55
3. "Strangelove" – 4:49
4. "Something to Do" – 3:54
5. "Blasphemous Rumours" – 5:09

B Side

1. "Stripped" – 6:45
2. "Somebody" – 4:34
3. "The Things You Said" – 4:21
4. "Black Celebration" – 4:54

Disc two

C Side

1. "Shake the Disease" – 5:10
2. "Pleasure Little Treasure" – 4:38
3. "People Are People" – 4:59
4. "A Question of Time" – 4:12

D Side

1. "Never Let Me Down Again" – 6:40
2. "Master and Servant" – 4:30
3. "Just Can't Get Enough" – 4:01
4. "Everything Counts" – 6:31

CD: Mute / CDStumm 101

Disc one

1. "Pimpf" – 0:58
2. "Behind the Wheel" – 5:55
3. "Strangelove" – 4:49
4. "Sacred" – 5:09
5. "Something to Do" – 3:54
6. "Blasphemous Rumours" – 5:09
7. "Stripped" – 6:45
8. "Somebody" – 4:34
9. "The Things You Said" – 4:21

Disc two

1. "Black Celebration" – 4:54
2. "Shake the Disease" – 5:10
3. "Nothing" – 4:36
4. "Pleasure Little Treasure" – 4:38
5. "People Are People" – 4:59
6. "A Question of Time" – 4:12
7. "Never Let Me Down Again" – 6:40
8. "A Question of Lust" – 4:07
9. "Master and Servant" – 4:30
10. "Just Can't Get Enough" – 4:01
11. "Everything Counts" – 6:31

SACD: Mute / LCDStumm 101

Disc One:

1. "Pimpf" – 0:58
2. "Behind the Wheel" – 5:55
3. "Strangelove" – 4:49
4. "Sacred" – 5:09
5. "Something to Do" – 3:54
6. "Blasphemous Rumours" – 5:09
7. "Stripped" – 6:45
8. "Somebody" – 4:34
9. "The Things You Said" – 4:21

Disc Two:

1. "Black Celebration" – 4:54
2. "Shake the Disease" – 5:10
3. "Nothing" – 4:36
4. "Pleasure Little Treasure" – 4:38
5. "People Are People" – 4:59
6. "A Question of Time" – 4:12
7. "Never Let Me Down Again" – 6:40
8. "A Question of Lust" – 4:07
9. "Master and Servant" – 4:30
10. "Just Can't Get Enough" – 4:01
11. "Everything Counts" – 6:31
12. "Pimpf" [Full Version] (multi-channel SACD only)

• Audio available in three formats: 2-channel CD, 2-channel SACD, multi-channel SACD

VHS: Mute Film / MF007 (UK)

1. "101 – The Movie" – 117:00

DVD: Mute Film / DMDVD3 (UK)

Disc One

1. 101 – The Movie (includes optional audio commentary)

Disc Two All songs are isolated live video footage, uninterrupted by documentary footage. Songs with a * are exclusive to the DVD and were not in the VHS film. Footage of "Sacred", "Something To Do", "Things You Said", "Shake The Disease", "Nothing", "People Are People", "A Question of Time" and "A Question of Lust" are lost and were not able to be recovered for the DVD.

1. "Master and Servant"
2. "Pimpf"
3. "Behind the Wheel"
4. "Strangelove"
5. "Blasphemous Rumours"
6. "Stripped"
7. "Somebody"*
8. "Black Celebration"
9. "Pleasure, Little Treasure"*
10. "Just Can't Get Enough"
11. "Everything Counts"
12. "Never Let Me Down Again"

Extras:

• Interview

1. Dave Gahan
2. Martin Gore
3. Andrew Fletcher
4. Jonathan Kessler
5. Daniel Miller
6. Christopher Hardwick
7. Oliver Chesler
8. Jay Serken

• "Everything Counts (live)" (music video)

• All songs are written by Martin Gore except "Just Can't Get Enough", written by Vince Clarke.

Personnel

• David Gahan – lead vocals
• Martin Gore – keyboards, guitar, melodica, percussion pads, backing vocals, lead vocals
• Alan Wilder – keyboards, piano, percussion pads, backing vocals
• Andrew Fletcher – keyboards, percussion pads, backing vocals

Charts

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Austrian Albums Chart	13
Canadian RPM Albums Chart	16
Dutch Albums Chart	43
French Albums Chart	4
German Albums Chart	3
Swedish Albums Chart	14
Swiss Albums Chart	11
UK Albums Chart	5
US Billboard 200	45

Certifications

Album

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)	2× Platinum	200,000
France (SNEP)	Gold	299,100
Germany (BVMI)	Gold	250,000
United States (RIAA)	Gold	250,000
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Video

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
France (SNEP)	Platinum	20,000
Germany (BVMI)	Gold	25,000
Poland (ZPAV)	Platinum	10,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)	Gold	10,000
United States (RIAA)	Platinum	100,000
*sales figures based on certification alone ^shipments figures based on certification alone

External links

• 101 at IMDb