The Singles 81→85
by Depeche Mode
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Depeche Mode bestography
The Singles 81→85 is ranked 16th best out of 47 albums by Depeche Mode on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Depeche Mode is Violator which is ranked number 93 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 12,093.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Singles 81→85 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Singles 81→85 rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 11/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1985 | 23/100 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 86 Music Albums of 1985 | 7/86 | 5 |
| 2026 |  johnner | Top 25 Music Albums of 1985 | 4/25 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1980s Pt 3 | 82/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 90 Music Albums of 1985 | 15/90 | 4 |
| 2026 | johnner | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 10/100 | 89 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top Compilations | 2/35 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1985 | 20/77 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 38 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 198 | |||
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The Singles 81→85 ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/08/2026 23:06 | Jemegra | 16 | 76/100 |
| ! | 11/30/2025 00:22 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/25/2025 19:27 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,818 | 82/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.3/100, a mean average of 78.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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The Singles 81→85 forum mentions
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Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/15/2018 21:39 | #227205 | TOP COMMENT
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Whenever I think of this album, I remember listening to this on my Sony Walkman, doing my dumbbell reps and my dad coming in my room telling me the gulf war had started. Totally irrelevant to anything apart from I still love it the same as I did then as a teenager. Always loved their singles that I'd tape of the radio, especially when they got darker after Vince left.
The singles comps are great intros to DM.
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