I Sometimes Wish I Was Famous

Release year: 1991
Release version: Physical release
Label: Energy Rekords
Type: Compilation

The first Depeche Mode Tribute compilation on CD ever. Vinyl doesn’t include the last five tracks.

Tracks of “I Sometimes Wish I Was Famous”

  1. Page – Dreaming Of Me (3:45)
  2. Cat Rapes Dog – Something To Do (4:14)
  3. Elegant Machinery – My Secret Garden (3:28)
  4. Pouppee Fabrikk – Photographic (5:21)
  5. Signal – Puppets (4:15)
  6. Dead Eyes Open – Fly On The Windscreen (5:15)
  7. Inside Treatment – Blasphemous Rumours (5:47)
  8. Cultivated Bimbo – New Life (3:30)
  9. Scene Of Ritual – Stripped (4:40)
  10. S.P.O.C.K. – Ice Machine (3:10)
  11. Sol Niger – New Dress (3:40)
  12. One Hit Wonder – Things You Said (4:40)
  13. Ater Koma – Sun And The Rainfall (5:25)
  14. No Hotel – To Have And To Hold (6:22)
  15. Big Fish – Never Let Me Down Again (5:35)
  16. Systema the Affliction – Shouldn’t Have Done That (5:31)

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Michael M. Müller

Although I already owned all regular releases, I started "seriously" collecting Depeche Mode's releases from all over the world in the late 80s. But when the internet and espacially eBay came up, I wanted to specialise my collection, because with eBay it was not a question of "how to find a rarity?" anymore, but just a question of "who pays the most?". That was the start of my collection of Depeche Mode cover versions.

I really like it when artists create a completely new mood in a cover version. For me, the best covers are very often just unknown tracks on an artist's album, while many tribute compilations are just "sound-a-likes" without own creativity.
Picture of Michael M. Müller

Michael M. Müller

Although I already owned all regular releases, I started "seriously" collecting Depeche Mode's releases from all over the world in the late 80s. But when the internet and espacially eBay came up, I wanted to specialise my collection, because with eBay it was not a question of "how to find a rarity?" anymore, but just a question of "who pays the most?". That was the start of my collection of Depeche Mode cover versions.

I really like it when artists create a completely new mood in a cover version. For me, the best covers are very often just unknown tracks on an artist's album, while many tribute compilations are just "sound-a-likes" without own creativity.