Abebe, Nitsuh (20 July 2006). "Depeche Mode: Speak & Spell / Music for the Masses / Violator". Pitchfork . Retrieved 14 October 2013. Year End Eurocharts – Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.4, no.51/52. 1 January 1989. p.30. OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History. Gold & Platinum Awards 1987" (PDF). Music and Media. Vol.4, no.51/52. 26 December 1987. p.46. OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History. Malins, Steve (2001). Depeche Mode: A Biography. Cooper Square Press. p.121. ISBN 978-0-8154-1142-0. American album certifications – Depeche Mode – Music for the Masses". Recording Industry Association of America. 1 February 1991.

The re-release was released on 3 April 2006 in Europe. The US version was delayed to 2 June 2006 and is only available on a CD + DVD format, with no SACD. The DVD on all the versions are region independent, but differ in television formats: PAL or NTSC. The remastered album was released on vinyl on 2 March 2007 in Germany and 5 March 2007 internationally.The album starts out with Never Let Me Down Again, a strangely endearing look at drug use. This song is still one of my favorites. It starts out slow enough, and then builds to near chaos. Next, we move through The Things You Said, Strangelove, and Sacred. And then we get to Little 15. This song is amazing in its simplicity. It feels like a dark, disturbing waltz. And Martin Gore's obsession with fifteen year olds never gets boring.

The documentary, a 37-minute short film titled Depeche Mode: 1987–88 (Sometimes You Do Need Some New Jokes), is an extensive look at the album, featuring commentary from a wide variety of people, including the current Depeche Mode, former member Wilder, producer David Bascombe, Daniel Miller, Daryl Bamonte, Atkins, Anton Corbijn, and others. The documentary features new facts on the album, and also an extensive look at the film 101. In April 1988, the group played four dates in Japan. This was followed later in the month by the start of a second North American leg, which began in Mountain View, California. The entire tour concluded mid-June with a concert at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, where the band performed in front of a sold out crowd of 60,453 people. Les Albums (CD) de 1987 par InfoDisc". InfoDisc (in French). Archived from the original on 1 February 2016 . Retrieved 12 March 2014. Solanas, Jane (3 October 1987). "Basildon Bondage". NME. London. ISSN 0028-6362 . Retrieved 5 January 2014.

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Behind The Wheel is next, one of the more popular singles from the Album. I Want You Now is probably DM's most straightforward song. That made it unexpected, as the meaning of their songs is usually hidden below the surface, and crawl up slowly. But there is absolutely no mistaking what this song is about. I would say that this song is sexuality that drives right to the point, whereas the songs are usually soaked with sensuality that creeps up on you. I didn't like this song the first couple of times I heard it, for that reason. But it grew on me, and now I love it.

Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8. Band members Andy Fletcher and Martin Gore both explained the album's title was conceived as a joke, after Gore found an old album called "Music for the Millions." [9] Fletcher said, "The title's... a bit tongue-in-cheek, really. Everyone is telling us we should make more commercial music, so that's the reason we chose that title." [8] According to Gore, the title "was a joke on the uncommerciality of [the album]. It was anything but music for the masses!" [10] Cover art [ edit ] This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Gray, Christopher (25 August 2006). "Depeche Mode, the Cure, and the Jesus & Mary Chain". The Austin Chronicle . Retrieved 5 January 2014. Mathur, Paul (3 October 1987). "Rubber Bullets". Melody Maker. London. ISSN 0025-9012 . Retrieved 5 January 2014. Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018 . Retrieved 15 January 2019.