Devotional (video)

Devotional – A Performance Filmed by Anton Corbijn is a video release by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode, featuring almost an entire concert from their 1993 Devotional Tour, filmed in Barcelona (Palau Sant Jordi), Liévin (Stade Couvert Régional) and Frankfurt (Festhalle). It was directed by Anton Corbijn, and released in 1993. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video in 1995. The soundtrack was recorded in Liévin, Stade Couvert Régional, on 29 July 1993.

Devotional
Video by Depeche Mode
Released	23 November 1993 (1993-11-23)
Recorded	29 July 1993
Venue	Stade Couvert Régional (Liévin)
Length	94 minutes
Label	Mute Sire Reprise
Director	Anton Corbijn
Depeche Mode chronology
Strange Too (1990) Devotional (1993) The Videos 86>98 (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

This tour was particularly notable for the personal troubles the band members were struggling with at the time, most notably Dave Gahan's heroin addiction. The video is the last release to feature Alan Wilder before his departure in 1995.^[2]

In 2004, the film was re-released on DVD, featuring extras, such as songs that were left out of the VHS movie for time (but they have to be viewed separately), isolated footage of set list projections, an interview with Corbijn on Devotional (1993), pictures from the Devotional Tour programme, and all the music videos from the Songs of Faith and Devotion era. For the first time, the complete soundtrack of Liévin is available ("Halo" was the only missing song before the release of the 2DVD set). Only a few moments of dead air and speech were edited out.

Track listing

VHS: BMG / 74321 17213-3 (UK)

1. "Higher Love" from Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)
2. "World in My Eyes" from Violator (1990)
3. "Walking in My Shoes" from Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)
4. "Behind the Wheel" from Music for the Masses (1987)
5. "Stripped" from Black Celebration (1986)
6. "Condemnation" from Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)
7. "Judas" from Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)
8. "Mercy in You" from Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)
9. "I Feel You" from Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)
10. "Never Let Me Down Again" from Music for the Masses (1987)
11. "Rush" from Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)
12. "In Your Room" from Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)
13. "Personal Jesus" from Violator (1990)
14. "Enjoy the Silence" from Violator (1990)
15. "Fly on the Windscreen" from Black Celebration (1986)
16. "Everything Counts" from Construction Time Again (1983)
17. "Death's Door" (Acoustic) [no video footage, audio only and is played during the credits]

DVD: Mute Film / DMDVD4 (UK – 2004)

Disc one

1. Devotional: A Performance Filmed by Anton Corbijn (see above for songlist)

Bonus tracks

18. "Halo" from Violator (1990)
19. "Policy of Truth" from Violator (1990)

Disc two

• Tour projections^[a]

1. "Walking in My Shoes"
2. "Stripped"
3. "Condemnation"
4. "Judas"
5. "I Feel You"
6. "Never Let Me Down Again"^[b]
7. "In Your Room"
8. "Enjoy the Silence"

• Promotional music videos

1. "I Feel You"
2. "Walking in My Shoes"
3. "Condemnation"
4. "In Your Room"
5. "One Caress"
6. "Condemnation" (live) [mixed in with the tour projection video]

• MTV Documentary – Depeche Mode Rockumentary 1993
• Monologue by Anton Corbijn – A short film by James Rose
• Devotional and Exotic tour programmes

UMD: Mute Film / DMUMD4 (UK)

1. Devotional: A Performance Filmed by Anton Corbijn (see above for songlist)

• All songs written by Martin Gore.

Personnel

• Dave Gahan – lead vocals
• Martin Gore – guitar, keyboards, lead and backing vocals
• Alan Wilder – keyboards, piano, drums, percussion pads, backing vocals
• Andy Fletcher – keyboards, backing vocals
• Hildia Campbell – backing vocals
• Samantha Smith – backing vocals

Charts

Chart performance for Devotional

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Austrian Music DVDs Chart[3]	7
Belgian (Flanders) Music DVDs Chart[4]	2
Belgian (Wallonia) Music DVDs Chart[5]	1
German Albums Chart[6]	25
Norwegian Music DVDs Chart[7]	2
Spanish Music DVDs Chart[8]	1
Swedish Music DVDs Chart[9]	1
US Music Video Chart[10]	27

Certifications

Certifications for Devotional

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)[11]	Gold	5,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Notes

1. Rather than use the eight-screen Devotional Tour projections, it was easier to use the almost identical one-screen Exotic Tour projections. The isolated video of the projections were played with audio of the intended song.
2. The first half of the video was lost and unable to be recovered. Instead, it features a message from Corbijn, apologising and saying that the footage has "met its maker".

References

1. Raggett, Ned. "Devotional – Depeche Mode". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
2. "DM Archives | Discography / Home Videos: Devotional". depechemode.com. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
3. "Austria Top 40 – Musik-DVDs Top 10 24.10.2004". Austriancharts.at (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
4. "Ultratop 10 Muziek-DVD". Ultratop (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
5. "Ultratop 10 DVD Musicaux". Ultratop (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
6. "Album – Depeche Mode, Devotional [DVD]". Charts.de (in German). Media Control. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
7. "DVD Audio Uke 41, 2004". VG-lista (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
8. "Lista de DVDs Musicales" (PDF). PROMUSICAE (in Spanish). Media Control. Retrieved 3 March 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
9. "Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 26 December 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2013. Search for Depeche Mode Devotional and click Sök.
10. "Top Music Videos". Billboard. 116 (41): 48. 9 October 2004. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
11. "Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty DVD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2005 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

External links

• Devotional at IMDb