The Singles 86>98
by Depeche Mode
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Depeche Mode bestography
The Singles 86>98 is ranked 18th best out of 47 albums by Depeche Mode on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Depeche Mode is Violator which is ranked number 95 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 12,127.
(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 86>98 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Singles 86>98 rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 5 hours ago).
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The Singles 86>98 ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/02/2026 19:09 |  serpico | 854 | 86/100 |
| ! | 05/30/2026 04:33 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,115 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/04/2026 09:37 | Leginlists | 3,719 | 83/100 |
| ! | 01/08/2026 23:06 | Jemegra | 16 | 76/100 |
| ! | 03/08/2025 13:17 | TonySayers61 | 25,060 | 64/100 |
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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 79.0/100, a mean average of 79.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.
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Only When I Lose Myself is a scary massive sounding song. Like a growing whisper in the night.
The singles comps are great intros to DM.
lightmyway 05/08/2012 07:58 | #41819
A well-put-together greatest hits, worth hearing if you don't want their albums... But trust me, you want their albums.
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