Depeche Mode 12" vinyl singles boxset series continues with Exciter this June

Depeche Mode boxset

Sony Music Entertainment’s Depeche Mode 12″ vinyl singles project continues with the release of Exciter | The 12″ Singles on 10 June 2022.

Exciter | The 12″ Singles, a collector’s edition deluxe boxset, contains eight 12″ vinyl discs presenting four singles – Dream On, I Feel Loved, Freelove and Goodnight Lovers – with B-sides, remixes, instrumentals, acoustic versions and other recordings contemporaneous to Depeche Mode’s 10th studio album, Exciter, originally released in May 2001.

Three of the 12″ vinyl discs* in Exciter | The 12″ Singles are comprised of tracks first released across CD singles throughout the album campaign. Each of these new discs feature artwork reflecting the original CD single releases, to create newly compiled 12″s visually and musically complementing the initial releases. The collection includes remixes of Depeche Mode originals and the single version of Dirt, DM’s interpretation of The Stooges classic.

Produced by pioneering British techno DJ Mark Bell, Exciter, the 21st century’s first new Depeche Mode studio album, took the group into deeper ambient electronic and acoustic territory. The Exciter campaign continued Depeche Mode’s tradition of issuing monumental 12″ singles to supplement and complement their album releases.

Exciter premiered essential new additions to the DM canon including Dream On, I Feel Loved, Freelove, Goodnight Lovers and more. The Exciter | The 12″ Singles deluxe package includes a replica of the Dream On promotional poster and the large format poster that came with the 12″ of Goodnight Lovers.

Sony Music Entertainment released the first two box sets in the Depeche Mode 12″ singles series –Speak & Spell | The Singles and A Broken Frame | The Singles – in August 2018 with the second batch – Construction Time Again | The 12″ Singles and Some Great Reward | The 12″ Singles – arriving in December 2018. SME released Depeche Mode’s Black Celebration | The 12″ Singles and Music For The Masses | The 12″ Singles on 31 May 2019. 2020 saw the release of Violator | The 12″ Singles in July and Songs of Faith and Devotion | The 12″ Singles in October. The ninth collection in the series, Ultra | The 12″ Singles was released on 27 September 2021.

Each boxset in the series contains the singles from each Depeche Mode album on audiophile-quality 12″ vinyl, with audio mastered from the original tapes. The artwork for the exterior of each of the boxsets draws on iconography inspired by the original releases, while the vinyl sleeves themselves feature the original single artwork.

The Depeche Mode 12″ Singles Series will continue over coming years, with plans to release boxes containing the singles from each of the band’s albums in similar deluxe audiophile-grade collector’s editions.

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