Violator

Mute Czechoslovakia

calendar_today1990Czechoslovakia

“Recorded & mixed at: Logic Studios, Milan, PUK Studios, Denmark, The Church, London, Master Rock Studios, London, Axis, New York. Made in Czechoslovakia”

Mute

“Duration given on the label for track A3 ("Personal Jesus") is incorrect; this track is 4:17 in length, not 4:56 as stated on the label. The version of this track on this release is the same edit of "Personal Jesus" used on the original...”

Mute

calendar_today1990Europe

“First catalogue number on cover and spine, second on A-side label, third on B-side label. - On labels - Marketed & distributed by Indisc Benelux Published by Grabbing Hands/Sonet Made in E.C. ℗&©1990 Mute Records, Ltd. - On rear sleeve...”

David Gresham Records / Mute

calendar_today1990Zimbabwe

“Backcover: Manufactured and Marketed by Zimbabwe Music Corporation Distributed by: RPM All Songs Published by Little Monster Music, a Division of the David Gresham Record Company. 6A Belmont Printers ℗ 1990 Mute Records Limited © 19...”

Mute / Reprise Records / Sire

calendar_today1990United States

“Manufactured by Columbia House Under License”

Mute / Teen Internacional / ToCo International

calendar_today1990Ecuador

“Derecho de manufactura y de autor reservados prohibida la copia la ejecucion publica y la radiotransmision. Manufacturado por Fediscos Guayaouil Ecuador”

ToCo International

calendar_today1990Venezuela

“Recorded and mixed at Logic Studios (Milan), Puk Studios (Denmark), The Church (London), Master Rock Studios (London), Axis (New York). Hecho y distribuido en Venezuela por Sono-Rodven, C.A., bajo Lic. de ToCo International. Hecho y dist...”

ToCo International

calendar_today1990Colombia

“(P) Hecho en Colombia por discos Philips. Afiliado a Asincol. Bajo licencia MUTE RECORDS LIMITED.”

Mute / Virgin

calendar_today1990France

“"Diffusion Exclusive Virgin France S.A." on left low corner of back cover white sticker on high left corner of front cover "l'album inclus personal jesus & enjoy the silence" 2 different inner sleeves : matte paper inner sleeve or gloss ...”

Mute

calendar_today1990Portugal

“The two instrumental interludes, "Crucified" after Enjoy The Silence, and "Interlude n°3" after Blue Dress, were edited out and are not included in this Portuguese pressing.”

ABR Discos / Mute

calendar_today1990Argentina

“All songs on back side sleeve are written in English (no Spanish), also on lyric sheet all songs in English. Back side sleeve left bottom side: (P) ABR S.A.. Bajo Licencia ToCo International. Distribuido por DBN Ltd. Back side sleeve le...”

Mute / Reprise Records / Sire

calendar_today1990Mexico

“Comes with inner sleeve with lyrics.”

David Gresham Records / Mute

calendar_today1990South Africa

“Released and Marketed by The David Gresham Record Co.”

Mute / Reprise Records / Sire

calendar_today1990United States

“Recorded & mixed at: Logic Studios, Milan (Sound Engineer: Pino Pischetola, assisted by Alfiero Massimini) PUK Studios, Denmark The Church, London Master Rock Studios, London Axis, New York. White box on back of sleeve: Mfd. For BMG Dir...”

David Gresham Records

calendar_today1990Zimbabwe

Mute / Reprise Records / Sire

calendar_today1990Canada

“Manufactured by Columbia House, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd. Fabriqué par Columbia House, une division de CBS Disques Canada Ltée. 810 Middlefield Roacd, Scarborough, Ontario, M1V 3M3”

ABR Discos / Mute

calendar_today1990Argentina

“Matte cover Spanish titles on labels For the glossy cover with white border on labels see here Violator = Violador”

Mute / Reprise Records / Sire

calendar_today1990Canada

“Recorded and mixed at Logic Studios, Milan, Puk Studios, Denmark, The Church, London, Master Rock Studios, London, Axis, New York. Ⓒ 1990 Emile Music ASCAP. Ⓒ 1990 Sire Records Company Ⓟ 1989, 1990 Sire Records Company. A Warner Commun...”

Mute

calendar_today1990Germany

“Club Sonderauflage Published by Grabbing Hands/Sonet Marketed by Intercord Ton GmbH, Licensee [On runout groove]: Runouts are stamped except the etched Roman numerals.”

David Gresham Records / Mute

calendar_today1990Zimbabwe

Teen Internacional / ToCo International

calendar_today1990Ecuador

“Label variant: https://www.discogs.com/es/Depeche-Mode-Violator/release/3124852 Derecho de manufactura y de autor reservados prohibida la copia la ejecucion publica y la radiotransmision. Manufacturado por Fediscos Guayaouil Ecuador”

Mute / Reprise Records / Sire

calendar_today1990United States

“Inner sleeve with lyrics and credits. © 1990 Sire Records Company ℗ 1989, 1990 Sire Records Company. Side One 1: ℗ 1989, 1990 Sire Records Company. Side Two 2: ℗ 1990 Sire Records Company. Recorded & mixed at: Logic Studios, Milan, PUK...”

Mute

calendar_today1990United Kingdom

“Recorded and mixed at Logic Studios, Milan PUK Studios, Denmark The Church, London Master Rock Studios, London Axis, New York. Version 1: MPO & P.R.Records runout Version 2 (this version): Jack 'JA' Adams & P.R.Records runout, d...”

ABR Discos / Mute

calendar_today1990Argentina

“Glossy cover Spanish titles on labels For the matte cover without white border labels see here Violator”

Mute

calendar_today1990Italy

“℗ 1990 © 1990 Recorded & mixed at: Logic Studios, Milan Puk Studios, Denmark The Church, London Master Rock Studios, London Axis, New York. Thanks to: Daniel Miller, Nils Tuxen, Nick Addison, Nick Hunt. Duration time is not listed.”

Reprise Records / Sire Records

calendar_today1990United States

“Specialty ‘S’ logo in matrix”

Mute / Sire Records

calendar_today1990Canada

“Columbia House”

Mute / Ricordi

calendar_today1990Italy

“℗ 1990 Mute Records Limited © 1990 Mute Records Limited Thanks to: Daniel Miller, Nils Tuxen, Nick Addison, Nick Hunt. Could be the 1st Italian edition. Differs from this release by Matrix number and by presenting the OLD Mute logo (o...”

Mute / Virgin

calendar_today1990France

“℗ 1990 Mute Records Limited © 1990 Mute Records Limited Issued in a standard jewel case with black tray including a 12-page booklet with lyrics and credits. There are 2 editions of this CD, both made in France by PDO with cat# 30743: -...”

Mute / Reprise Records / Sire

calendar_today1990Canada

“No track times given. Glass Master Date: March 5, 1990 Canadian CD variations: - Glass mastered in March 1990 (this one) - Glass mastered in August 1990 - Glass mastered in 1991 - Glass mastered in 1993 without mould SID code - Glass ...”

Mute / Reprise Records / Sire

calendar_today1990United States

“Recorded & mixed at: Logic Studios, Milan PUK Studios, Denmark The Church, London Master Rock Studios, London Axis, New York © 1990 Sire Records Company ℗ 1989, 1990 Sire Records Company ----------- this is Columbia House is...”

Mute

calendar_today1990Brazil

“Variations of this CD 1) The original release of this CD doesn't have barcode, was glass mastered at Specialty Records Corporation and manufactured by Microservice - Microfilmagens e Reproduções Técnicas Ltda. (this one) 2) Glass mastere...”

Mute / Reprise Records / Sire

calendar_today1990Canada

“No track times given. Glass Master Date: March 5, 1990 Canadian CD variations: - Glass mastered in March 1990 - Glass mastered in August 1990 (this one) - Glass mastered in 1991 - Glass mastered in 1993 without mould SID code - Glass m...”

Mute

calendar_today1990Hong Kong SAR China

“Recorded and mixed at Logic Studios, Milan PUK Studios, Denmark The Church, London Master Rock Studios, London Axis, New York. Made in Japan Booklet includes lyrics and photos.”

Mute

calendar_today1990Australia

Sire Records Company

calendar_today1990United States

Mute / Virgin

calendar_today1990France

“Recorded & mixed at: Logic Studios, Milan, PUK Studios, Denmark, The Church, London, Master Rock Studios, London, Axis, New York. ℗ 1990 Mute Records Limited © 1990 Mute Records Limited Issued in a standard jewel case with black tray i...”

David Gresham Records

calendar_today1990South Africa

“Original 1990 South Africa CD. Not to confuse with this repress. "Waiting For The Night" is misprinted on CD label as "Waiting for the light". Most track durations are also wrong. Actual durations (taken from EAC) above in Tracklist.”

Mute / Sanni Records

calendar_today1990Spain

Mute

calendar_today1990Hong Kong SAR China

Mute

calendar_today1990Europe

“Recorded & mixed at: Logic Studios, Milan, PUK Studios, Denmark, The Church, London, Master Rock Studios, London, Axis, New York. Made in E.C. Standard jewel case with brown tray including a 12-page booklet”

Mute / Reprise Records / Sire

calendar_today1990United States

“Recorded and mixed at Logic Studios, Milan; Puk Studios, Denmark; The Church, London; Master Rock Studios, London; Axis, New York. Mfd. for BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. under license. ℗ 1989, 1990 Sire Records Company, marketed by Reprise...”

Mute

“Scandinavia releases of this CD 1) Pressed by CD PLANT MFG (This one) 2) Pressed by CD PLANT MFG with SID Codes 3) Pressed by CD Plant AB with SID Codes 4) Pressed by CD PLANT MFG with mould SID code and clear CD centre Recorded & mixe...”

Mute

calendar_today1990Italy

Mute / Reprise Records / Sire

calendar_today1990Canada

“℗ 1989, 1990 Sire Records Company © 1990 Sire Records Company All songs © 1990 Emile Music ASCAP Recorded & mixed at: Logic Studios, Milan PUK Studios, Denmark The Church, London Master Rock Studios, London Axis, New York There are 3 e...”

Mute

calendar_today1990United Kingdom

“Recorded & mixed at: Logic Studios, Milan, PUK Studios, Denmark, The Church, London, Master Rock Studios, London, Axis, New York. Made in France by MPO On this press, track 9 is indexed a couple of seconds earlier than most of the other...”

Reprise Records / Sire Records

calendar_today1990United States

“Columbia House”

Mute

calendar_todayMar 19, 1990Japan

“℗ © 1990 Mute Records LTD Made in Japan There are 3 known variations. 1. Warner - Pioneer COMMERCIAL edition. (This one) 2. Warner - Pioneer PROMO edition. 3. Nippon Columbia COMMERCIAL edition All three of these editions have either...”

Mute / Mute Czechoslovakia

calendar_today1990Czechoslovakia

“Recorded & mixed at Logic Studios, Milan, PUK Studios, Denmark, The Church, London, Master Rock Studios, London, Axis, New York. Personal Jesus is the edited version originally found on vinyl editions of the album. Variations of this c...”

Mute

calendar_today1990United Kingdom

Mute / Sanni Records

calendar_today1990Spain

“Edita: Sanni Records, S.A. Made in Spain Catalogue number variant printed on both sides of cassette 6-panel fold-out booklet”

ZKP RTVL

calendar_today1990Yugoslavia

“Recorded & mixed at: Logic Studios, Milan, PUK Studios, Denmark, The Church, London, Master Rock Studios, London, Axis, New York. Engineered by Pino Pischetola, Peter Iversen, Steve Lyon, Goh Hotoda, Alan Gregorie, Dennis Mitchell & Phi...”

Mute / Reprise Records / Sire

calendar_today1990United States

“US Violator cassette variations 1) Duplicated by Specialty Records Corporation, transparent shell, Shape inc, no indicators in the timing window 2) Duplicated by Specialty Records Corporation, transparent shell, no indicators in the ...”

Edisom / Mute

calendar_today1990Portugal

“℗ & © 1990 Mute Records Limited Variants of this release with the same catalog number: - black shell - white shell (this one) - clear shell (reissue)”

Mute / Reprise Records / Sire

calendar_today1990United States

“US Violator cassette variations 1) Duplicated by Specialty Records Corporation, transparent shell, Shape inc, no indicators in the timing window 2) Duplicated by Specialty Records Corporation, transparent shell, no indicators in the ...”

Mute

calendar_today1990South Africa

ToCo International

calendar_today1990Uruguay

“Variations of this cassette 1) Grey shell, plain texture shell, 100-50-0 scale, pink paper labels, TOCO logo on paper labels (this one) 2) White shell, plain texture shell, small dent under window, pink paper labels, TOCO International l...”

Edisom / Mute

calendar_today1990Portugal

“℗ & © 1990 Mute Records Limited Variants of this release with the same catalog number: - black shell (this one) - white shell - clear shell (reissue)”

Mute

calendar_today1990Türkiye

“Genel dağıtım: Yonca Plak ve Kaset İMÇ 66433 Unkapanı 34470 İstanbul Tel: 528 01 65 Licensed through ℗ 1990 TOCO International, The Netherlands PolyGram lisansı ile Plaksan A.Ș. tarafından yayınlanmıştır. Variations of this cassette:...”

Mute

calendar_today1990Chile

“Variations of this EMI chile cassette 1) Plain texture shell, EMI at window, EMI at tape (this one) 2) Diagonal lines texture shell, without EMI at window”

Mute / Ricordi

calendar_today1990Italy

“Variations of this italy cassette 1) Plain texture shell, 100-50-0 scale, BW stamped at shell 2) Made by ICM (3), sand texture shell, no scale, Round holes at back sleeve (this one) 3) Made by ICM (3), plain texture shell, no scale, Ov...”

ToCo International

calendar_today1990Peru

“Variants of this release: 1) Transparent shell with white paper labels 2) Transparent shell with labels on tape (this one) Titles in Spanish, with English translations in quotations on the J-Card. Manufacturado por "El Virrey" Indust...”

Mute

calendar_today1990Singapore

“SPVA at case : Singapore Phonogram and Videogram Association Other Variants: 1) Tan cassette shell :Violator 2) Gold cassette shell: This release 3) Transparent cassette shell (Reissue):Violator”

Mute

calendar_today1990Türkiye

“Genel dağıtım: Yonca Plak ve Kaset İMÇ 66433 Unkapanı 34470 İstanbul Tel: 528 01 65 Licensed through ℗ 1990 TOCO International, The Netherlands PolyGram lisansı ile Plaksan A.Ș. tarafından yayınlanmıştır. Variations of this cassette:...”

ZKP RTVL

calendar_today1990Yugoslavia

“Releases with the same cat#: 1. yellow shell 2. black shell 3. red shell (this one) 4. transparent shell Made in Yugoslavia”

Mute / Reprise Records / Sire

calendar_today1990United States

“Issued in a standard cassette case with a Warner Bros. "W" logo imprinted on the bottom right corner. US Violator cassette variations 1) Duplicated by Specialty Records Corporation, transparent shell, Shape inc, no indicators in the t...”

Mute

calendar_today1990Singapore

“SPVA at case : Singapore Phonogram and Videogram Association Other variants: 1) Tan cassette shell: This release 2) Gold Cassette shell:Violator 3) Reissue: transparent cassette shell Violator”

Mute

calendar_today1990Israel

“"Personal Jesus" has been edited and shortened a little on the final instrumental part. Made in Israel”

BMG Rights Management / Mute

calendar_today1990Malaysia

“This is the original release with white tape and case There is also the reissue release in transparent tape”

Mute

calendar_today1990Hong Kong SAR China

ToCo International

calendar_today1990Colombia

Mute / Reprise Records / Sire

calendar_today1990Canada

“℗ 1990 Sire Records Company. Made in Canada. Black cassette with silver text housed in a foldout J-card. This variant has a checker board pattern surrounding the cassette labels, but lacks the 'Made In Canada' moulding on the shell.”

Mute

calendar_today2006Europe

“Recorded and mixed at Logic Studios, Milan PUK Studios, Denmark The Church, London Master Rock Studios, London Axis, New York.”

Mute / Reprise Records / Rhino / Sire / Warner Music México

calendar_today2006Mexico

“DVD: A Short Film - Depeche Mode: 1989-90 (If You Wanna Use Guitars, Use Guitars). Violator in 5.1 & Stereo (tracks DVD2 to DVD10): DTS 5.1 (24bit/96k)/Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround (24bit/48k)/PCM Stereo Additional Tracks (tracks DVD11 to ...”

Mute

calendar_todayMar 31, 2006Europe

“collectors edition”

Mute

calendar_todayMar 31, 2006Europe

Mute

calendar_todayApr 3, 2006Europe

“[Booklet] Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd., assigned by Grabbing Hands Music Ltd. Recorded and mixed at Logic Studios, Milan, Puk Studios, Denmark, The Church, London, Master Rock Studios and Axis, New York. 5.1 mixed and engineer...”

Mute / Reprise Records / Rhino / Sire

calendar_todayJun 6, 2006United States

“CD & DVD read: Collectors Edition DVD: A Short Film - Depeche Mode: 1989-90 (If You Wanna Use Guitars, Use Guitars). Violator in 5.1 & Stereo (tracks DVD2 to DVD10): DTS 5.1 (24bit/48k)/Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround (24bit/48k)/PCM Stereo...”

Rhino

calendar_todayJun 6, 2006United States

“deluxe edition CD+DVD”

Mute / Reprise Records / Rhino / Sire

calendar_todayJun 6, 2006United States

“DVD: A Short Film - Depeche Mode: 1989-90 (If You Wanna Use Guitars, Use Guitars). Violator in 5.1 & Stereo (tracks DVD2 to DVD10): DTS 5.1 (24bit/96k)/Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround (24bit/48k)/PCM Stereo Additional Tracks (tracks DVD11 to ...”

Mute

calendar_todayMar 13, 2009Europe

“collectors edition”

Mute

calendar_todayMar 16, 2009Europe

“Re-issue of DMCD7 with standard audio CD instead of Super Audio CD. Original album recorded and mixed at Logic Studios, Milan; Puk Studios, Denmark; The Church, London; Master Rock Stduios, London and Axis, New York. 5.1 mixed and engin...”

BMG Rights Management / Mute / Sony Music Entertainment

calendar_todayOct 15, 2013Europe

“ⓟ 2006, © 2009 Depeche Mode/Mute Records Ltd.,a BMG company”

Sony Music Entertainment

calendar_today2018Europe

“collectors edition, CD + DVD”

Mute / Reprise Records / Rhino / Sire

calendar_today2006United States

“CD Duplication by Imperial Media Services For Promotion Only - Not For Sale US Violator CD 1) Long Box 2) Glass mastered at and Pressed by Specialty Records Corporation 3) Glass mastered at Specialty Records Corporation and Pressed by ...”

KDK Records / Mute (2)

calendar_today2019Russia

“DVD Characteristics: - Depeche Mode: 1989-90 (If You Wanna Use Guitars, Use Guitars) : Subtitles in English, German, Spanish, French and Italian. - Violator 5.1 MIX : Sound in DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround and PCM Stereo”

KDK Records / Mute

calendar_today2019Europe

Mute (2)

calendar_today2021Russia

“This is a 2021 re-issue of Violator - but without OBI-strip and KDK Records logo, with altered design. Packaged in tri-fold digipak with transparent picture trays Deluxe double edition From back cover: ℗ 2006 Depeche Mode © 2006 Depec...”

Sony Music Entertainment

Europe

“Recorded and mixed at Logic Studios, Milan, PUK Studios, Denmark, The Church, London, Master Rock Studios, London and Axis, New York. On the CD, Tracks 6 & 8 contains hidden tracks. DVD: A Short Film - Depeche Mode : 1989-90 (If you wa...”