The Singles 81→85
by Depeche Mode

The Singles 81→85 by Depeche Mode
(Compilation album)
Year: 1985
Release date: 1985-10-15
Overall rank: 6,527th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 93 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (79th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (937th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,527th)

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Depeche Mode bestography

The Singles 81→85 is ranked 16th best out of 46 albums by Depeche Mode on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Depeche Mode is Violator which is ranked number 98 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 12,165.

Depeche Mode album bestography « Higher ranked (5,514th)
Spirit
This album (6,527th)
The Singles 81→85
Lower ranked (7,199th) »
101

(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

  Track ratings 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

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,527th | 1980s rank: 937th | 1985 rank: 79th

The Singles 81→85 collection

The Singles 81→85 ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 93 votes)
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01/08/2026 23:06 Jemegra  Ratings distribution  1676/100
 
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11/30/2025 00:22 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,49574/100
 
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08/25/2025 19:27 SomethingSpecial  Ratings distribution  1,76882/100
 
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08/31/2024 20:40 Cardboardfolder  Ratings distribution  3,73188/100
 
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08/26/2024 20:46 Johnnyo  Ratings distribution  9,84477/100

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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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From 12/15/2018 21:39 | #227205 | TOP COMMENT
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.
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From 09/23/2014 22:47 | #122548 | TOP COMMENT
The singles comps are great intros to DM.
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