I was 17 in 1987, an age that lies on the cusp of adulthood. It was harder to blame my mistakes on youthful bluster and, looking back, was a stage at which I craved a sense of direction and purpose.

On June 7 in the U.S. and a day earlier in the UK, Mute/Reprise will release the Depeche Mode remix collection Remixes 2: 81-11. The album includes reworkings of tracks from throughout Depeche ...