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I Sometimes Wish I Was Famous: A Swedish Tribute to Depeche Mode
Compilation album by
various artists
ReleasedMay 1991[1]
GenreSynthpop, industrial, dark wave
LabelEnergy

I Sometimes Wish I Was Famous: A Swedish Tribute to Depeche Mode is a tribute album to the British band Depeche Mode, released in May 1991[1] by Swedish label Energy Rekords, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Depeche Mode's debut single, "Dreaming of Me" (1981). It was the first tribute album to Depeche Mode.[2]

The album title refers to "I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead", a song included on Depeche Mode's Speak & Spell album, also released in 1981.

Track listing

Vinyl

All tracks are written by Martin L. Gore, except where noted

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)PerformerLength
1."Dreaming of Me"Vince ClarkePage3:52
2."Something to Do" Cat Rapes Dog4:13
3."My Secret Garden" Elegant Machinery3:31
4."Ice Machine"ClarkeS.P.O.C.K3:11
5."Stripped" Scene of Ritual4:40
6."New Life"ClarkeCultivated Bimbo3:29
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)PerformerLength
1."Photographic"ClarkePouppée Fabrikk5:25
2."Fly on the Windscreen" Dead Eyes Open5:15
3."Blasphemous Rumours" Inside Treatment5:48
4."Puppets"ClarkeSignal4:13
5."Shouldn't Have Done That" Systema the Affliction5:35
Total length:49:12

CD

All tracks are written by Martin L. Gore, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)PerformerLength
1."Dreaming of Me"ClarkePage3:49
2."Something to Do" Cat Rapes Dog4:18
3."My Secret Garden" Elegant Machinery3:33
4."Photographic"ClarkePouppée Fabrikk5:26
5."Puppets"ClarkeSignal4:20
6."Fly on the Windscreen" Dead Eyes Open5:20
7."Blasphemous Rumours" Inside Treatment5:52
8."New Life"ClarkeCultivated Bimbo3:34
9."Stripped" Scene of Ritual4:45
10."Ice Machine"ClarkeS.P.O.C.K3:15
11."New Dress" (CD bonus) Sol Niger3:44
12."The Things You Said" (CD bonus) One Hit Wonder4:45
13."The Sun and the Rainfall" (CD bonus) Ater Koma5:30
14."To Have and to Hold" (CD bonus) No Hotel6:26
15."Never Let Me Down Again" (CD bonus) Big Fish5:40
16."Shouldn't Have Done That" Systema the Affliction5:34
Total length:75:50

References

  1. ^ a b Wårstad, Jonas (1 May 2004). "S.P.O.C.K." Discog.info. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Depeche Mode Tribute Compilations". The (Al)Most Complete Depeche Mode Cover Versions. MMM & Zambak Productions. Retrieved 5 May 2017.

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