Speak & Spell

Speak & Spell
LP front cover.
Artist	Depeche Mode
Released	05 October 1981
Recorded	1981
Length	Unknown
Label	Mute
Producer	Depeche Mode & Daniel Miller
Engineer	Erci RAdcliffe, John Fryer
Recorded at	Blackwing Studios, London.
Formats	LP, MC. CD (from 1985); SACD/DVD (2006)
Singles	(Dreaming of Me), New Life, Just Can't Get Enough.
Previous album	Unknown
Next album	Unknown

Speak & Spell is the title of the debut album by Depeche Mode, released on 5 October 1981 on Mute Records. The album was preceded by the singles New Life and Just Can't Get Enough, both included on this release. All tracks were produced by Depeche Mode and Daniel Miller. The group's debut single Dreaming of Me was only included on the successive US release and as a bonus track on CD releases.

As the only Depeche Mode album to feature founder member Vince Clarke, who wrote the majority of the songs, Speak & Spell represents a unique work in Depeche Mode group history.

Tracklisting

- original UK LP/cassette, MUTE STUMM 5 / c STUMM 5

Side One

1. New Life
2. I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead
3. Puppets
4. Boys Say Go!
5. Nodisco
6. What's Your Name?

Side Two

1. Photographic
2. Tora! Tora! Tora!
3. Big Muff
4. Any Second Now (Voices)
5. Just Can't Get Enough

US releases features a remix of New Life plus Dreaming of Me instead of I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead, as track 3, switching places with Puppets.

- UK CD release CD STUMM 5 (1988) as above plus extra tracks:

1. Dreaming of Me
2. Ice Machine
3. Shout
4. Any Second Now
5. Just Can't Get Enough (Schizo Mix)

Singles

New Life

Rel. 13 June 1981, UK chart peak: 11, 04 August 1981

• 7 MUTE 014
  • New Life (3:45)
  • Shout! (3:45)

• 12 MUTE 014
  • New Life (Remix) (4:00)
  • Shout! (Rio Mix) (7:35)

Just Can't Get Enough

Rel. 07 September 1981, UK chart peak: 8, 13 October 1981

• 7 MUTE 016
  • Just Can't Get Enough (3:35)
  • Any Second Now (3:08)

• 12 MUTE 016
  • Just Can't Get Enough (Schizo Mix) (6:41)
  • Any Second Now (Altered) (5:43)

Notes

• All songs written by Vince Clarke except Tora! Tora! Tora! and Big Muff by Martin L. Gore
• All lead vocals by Dave Gahan except Any Second Now (Voices) by Martin L. Gore
• Some overseas issues omit I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead, moving Puppets to track 2 and include debut single Dreaming Of Me as track 3.
• Some versions of Dreaming of Me, where included, have a different ending to the original single release.[1]
• Some overseas issues feature photographs of band members on the back of the sleeve. The UK release, like all the singles, does not feature any such photographs.
• Some initial CD releases (from 1986) feature the original UK track-listing whereas others follow the revised listing / order, and feature group photos (see above).[2]