Depeche Mode Playing The Angel
2005 2x Vinyl
Synth-pop

Main image
Mute, Mute
art direction, photography by, design [cover design] Anton Corbijn
design Four5one Creative
engineer [engineered by] Ben Hillier
engineer [engineered by] Richard Morris
management Jonathan Kessler
management [depeche mode office] J.D. Fanger
management [depeche mode office] Venusnote Limited
management [for] Baron Inc.
mastered by [(the lodge)] Emily Lazar
mastered by [assistant (the lodge)] Sarah Register
mixed by Ben Hillier
mixed by Steve Fitzmaurice
performer [depeche mode is] Andrew Fletcher
performer [depeche mode is] Dave Gahan
performer [depeche mode is] Martin L. Gore
tracks d2 piano Dave McCracken
producer Ben Hillier
tracks a3, c1, c2 programmed by [original programming] Andrew Phillpott
tracks a3, c1, c2 programmed by [original programming] Christian Eigner
programmed by [programming by] Dave McCracken
programmed by [programming by] Richard Morris
recorded by [assistant (sound design)] Nick Sevilla
recorded by [assistant (stratosphere sound studios)] Arjun Agerwala
recorded by [assistant (stratosphere sound studios)] Rudyard Lee Cullers
recorded by [assistant (whitfield street studios)], mixed by [assistant (whitfield street studios)] Devin Workman
recorded by [assistant (whitfield street studios)], mixed by [assistant (whitfield street studios)] Kt Rangnick
tracks a3, c1, c2 written-by Andrew Phillpott
tracks a3, c1, c2 written-by Christian Eigner
tracks a3, c1, c2 written-by Dave Gahan
tracks a1, a2, b1 to b3, c3 to d2 written-by Martin L. Gore
Licensed From Venusnote Limited
Licensed To Mute Records Ltd.
Recorded At Santa Barbara Sound Design
Recorded At Stratosphere Sound
Recorded At Whitfield Street Studios
Produced For 140dB
Mixed At Whitfield Street Studios
Phonographic Copyright (p) Venusnote Limited
Copyright (c) Venusnote Limited
Published By EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
Published By JJSR Productions INC.
Published By Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
Mastered At The Lodge, New York
Pressed By MPO
[Inner sleeve record 1]
Tracks A1, A2, B1 to B3, C3, C4, D1 & D2 written by Martin L. Gore. Published by EMI Music Publishing, Assigned by Grabbing Hands Music Overseas Ltd.
Tracks A3, C1 & C2 written by Gahan/Eigner/Philpott. Published by JJSR Productions Inc./Universal Music Publishing Ltd.

Special Thanks to: Daniel Miller, Mike Heneghan, Fred de Jong, John McGrath, Donna Vergier, Paul A. Taylor, Shaun Connon, Lucy Boughton, M.J., Anna Schulte, Howard Corner, Sarah Orhan, Tom Whalley, Diarmuid Quinn, Phil Costello, Eric Fritschi, Seymour Stein, Michael Goldstone, Anne Hoffmans, Tina Funk, Morvan Boury, Anton Corbijn, Ronnie Chopper Harris, Andrew Thompson, Ted Goetz, Keith Drinkwater, John Gianquitto, Jeannine Mansour, Mitch Schneider, Barbara Charone, Nicki Kefalas, Caroline Paulton, Marek Liberberg, Carole Kinzel, Andrew Sweck, Daniel The Brat Barassi, Debb Hanks, Mary Campbell, Karina Berry, Ros Earls.

John The Revelator inspired by the traditional work of the same name.

℗ 2005 Venusnote Limited
© 2005 Venusnote Limited
under exclusive licence to Mute Records Limited

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Gatefold cover with plain paper die-cut inner sleeves in printed carton inner sleeves.

Labels sides A and C have bel beim instead of the correct bel biem.

Dave McCracken is mistakenly credited for piano on I Want It All. However, there is no piano on I Want It All. He really should be credited for the piano on The Darkest Star.

Some initial copies ordered from Mute had a CD plastic bag with the album cover included,

Barcode: 094634020114 (Scanned)
Label Code: LC5834
Rights Society: bel biem
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 A 5 MPO (Runout side A var 1)
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 B 5 MPO (Runout side B var 1)
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 C 4 MPO (Runout side C var 1)
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 D 4 MPO (Runout side D var 1)
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 A MPO (Runout side A var 2)
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 B MPO (Runout side B var 2)
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 C MPO (Runout side C var 2)
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 D MPO (Runout side D var 2)
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 A [signature] 1 MPO (Runout side A var 3)
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 B [signature] 1 MPO (Runout side B var 3)
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 C [signature] MPO 1 (Runout side C var 3)
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 D [signature] MPO 1 (Runout side D var 3)
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 A [signature] MPO (Runout side A var 4)
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 B [signature] MPO (Runout side B var 4)
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 C-2 X MPO [signature] (Runout side C var 4)
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 D-1 X MPO [signature] (Runout side D var 4)
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 A [signature] MPO 7 (Runout side A variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 B [signature] MPO (Runout side B variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 C-2X MPO [signature] (Runout side C variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 D-2X MPO [signature] (Runout side D variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 A [signature] MPO 8 (Runout side A variant 6)
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 B [signature] MPO 12 (Runout side B variant 6)
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 C-2 MPO [signature] (Runout side C variant 6)
Matrix / Runout: STUMM260 D-2 MPO [signature] (Runout side D variant 6)



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