Year: 1987
Record label: Mute Records (Sire)
Worth Today: $4,600*

Music for the Masses was released by Mute Records on September 28, 1987. The vinyl, which can sell for thousands at auction, is by Depeche Mode, an English electronic band. Depeche Mode would go on to promote the album by its tour, the Music for the Masses Tour, named after the hit album.

This was Depeche Mode’s sixth album in total. It was recorded in several studios: the Guillaume Tell Studio in Paris, Konk Studio in London, England, and Puk Studio in Gjerlev, Denmark. Sire Records was Mute’s parent company. The electronica/new-wave album would have famous singles like “Strangelove” and “Never Let Me Down Again.”