2006 re-release
As part of Mute's 2006 reissue schedule, ''Violator'' was re-released as a Hybrid SACD/CD + DVD package on 3 April, 2006 which included and 5.1 surround mixes of all ''Violator'' album tracks. The six B-sides to the ''Violator'' singles — "Dangerous", "Memphisto", "Sibeling", "Kaleid", "Happiest Girl", and "Sea Of Sin" — also appear, albeit without the surround sound treatment. The reissue didn't reach the US till the 6th of June, 2006. The US version lacked the hybrid SACD/CD and instead just had a CD, but the DVD was included, and was identical to the European DVD.
A 32-minute short film entitled ''Depeche Mode 1989-90 (If You Wanna Use Guitars, Use Guitars)'' and featured interviews with the band (including Alan),
Daniel Miller,
Flood,
François Kevorkian (who mixed the album),
Anton Corbijn (who directed the music videos and did the album's photography/cover), and others. It also includes news footage from the infamous "riot" in Los Angeles which gave the band media publicity the day before ''Violator'' came out. The band were scheduled to do autographs in an LA music store, and the line reached into the 10,000's. The event had to be cancelled shortly after it began due to problems keeping the line in order. Unfortunately, the documentary lacked footage from the ''World Violation Tour'', but did have information about it. For example, interviews regarding the soldout
Dodger Stadium shows. There is also footage from ''
Strange Too'', notably clips from the music videos for "Halo" and "Clean".
A caption at the end of the film reveals ''Violator'' has sold 7.5 million copies worldwide. Today, "Violator" sold more than 8.2 million.
The remastered album was released on "deluxe" vinyl
2 March 2007 in Germany and
5 March 2007 internationally.
Violator was placed on #17 on the Billboard Year End chart in 1990
2006 re-release
Mute: DM CD 7 (CD/SACD + DVD) / CDX STUMM 64 (CD/SACD)
Disc 1 is a hybrid SACD/CD with a multi-channel SACD layer.
Disc 2 is a DVD which includes ''Violator'' in DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 and PCM Stereo kHz/24bit plus bonus tracks
# "World in My Eyes" – 4:26
# "Sweetest Perfection" – 4:43
# "Personal Jesus" – 4:56
# "Halo" – 4:30
# "Waiting for the Night" – 6:07
# "Enjoy the Silence" – 6:12
# "Policy of Truth" – 4:55
# "Blue Dress" – 5:41
# "Clean" – 5:28
Bonus Tracks (in PCM Stereo kHz/16bit ):
# "Dangerous" – 4:22
# "Memphisto" – 4:03
# "Sibeling" – 3:18
# "Kaleid" – 4:18
# "Happiest Girl
Mix " – 4:58
# "Sea Of Sin
Mix " – 4:46
Additional Material:
# "Depeche Mode 89-91 (If You Wanna Use Guitars, Use Guitars)"
video
Unlisted songs
:"Crucified" (Short track at the end of "Enjoy the Silence". During the song you can hear the distorted voice of Andy Fletcher utter the word "CRUCIFIED". Also known as Interlude 2)
:"Interlude 3" (Short instrumental at the end of "Blue Dress"). Unlike "Mission Impossible" (from ''
Music for the Masses'') and "Crucified", it does not have a nickname other than "Interlude 3")
Dave Gahan sings lead vocals on all songs except "Sweetest Perfection" and "Blue Dress", which Martin sings. However, Gore's background vocals can be heard throughout the entire album. The interludes are instrumental.