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.
- - - - - 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)