Black Celebration

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Black Celebration
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration.png
Studio album by Depeche Mode
Released 17 March 1986 (1986-03-17)
Recorded November 1985 – January 1986;
Westside Studios, Genetic Studios (London); Hansa Mischraum (Berlin)
Genre
Length 41:01
Label Mute
Producer Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones, Daniel Miller
Depeche Mode chronology
Some Great Reward
(1984)Some Great Reward1984		 Black Celebration
(1986)		 Music for the Masses
(1987)Music for the Masses1987
Singles from Black Celebration
  1. "Stripped"
    Released: 10 February 1986
  2. "A Question of Lust"
    Released: 14 April 1986
  3. "A Question of Time"
    Released: 11 August 1986
  4. "But Not Tonight"
    Released: 22 October 1986
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[2]
Melody Maker negative[3]
NME favourable[4]
PopMatters 9/10[5]
Record Mirror 4/5 stars[6]
Rolling Stone favorable[7]

Black Celebration is the fifth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 17 March 1986 by Mute Records. The album further cemented the darkening sound that was initially hinted towards on their albums Construction Time Again and Some Great Reward.

Black Celebration has been cited as one of the most influential albums of the 1980s.[8] To promote the album, the band embarked on the Black Celebration Tour.

Re-release

In 2007, Black Celebration was re-released with a bonus DVD. It was released as a part of the third wave of re-issues (along with Construction Time Again). The first CD was remastered and (except in the US) released on a CD/SACD hybrid. The bonus DVD includes the B-sides in addition to the singles and B-sides for "Shake the Disease" and "It's Called a Heart", two songs that were recorded shortly before the album and were released too early to be put on the album. There are also several live versions of some of the songs from Black Celebration. The album is released the way it was originally intended and ends with "New Dress" (not "Black Day" or "But Not Tonight").

Like the other re-issues, the DVD includes a documentary on the album. The title (seen below) is Martin paraphrasing Daniel Miller about his demos for Black Celebration in the film. The double-documentary discusses both The Singles 81→85 and Black Celebration, its more challenging commercial success (especially the song "Stripped") and all five related singles. It also includes a plethora of behind-the-scenes footage of the making of Black Celebration and the ensuing tour. Highlights include the band meeting The Cure, and behind the scenes footage of several of the music videos. The documentary is nearly an hour long.

It was released 20 March 2007 in the US, 26 March in the UK and 2 April in the rest of Europe.

The remastered album was released on "deluxe" vinyl on 2 April 2007 in Europe and on 11 September 2007 in the United States.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Martin Gore, except "Black Day" written by Gore, Alan Wilder and Daniel Miller, and "Christmas Island" written by Gore and Wilder. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Black Celebration"   4:55
2. "Fly on the Windscreen – Final"   5:18
3. "A Question of Lust"   4:20
4. "Sometimes"   1:53
5. "It Doesn't Matter Two"   2:50
Side two
No. Title Length
6. "A Question of Time"   4:10
7. "Stripped"   4:16
8. "Here Is the House"   4:15
9. "World Full of Nothing"   2:50
10. "Dressed in Black"   2:32
11. "New Dress"   3:42
Total length:
 41:01

2007 re-release bonus DVD

A short film
No. Title Length
1. "Depeche Mode: 1985–86: (The Songs Aren't Good Enough, There Aren't Any Singles and It'll Never Get Played on the Radio)" (written and produced by Roland Brown; directed by Ross Hallard and Phil Michael Lane) 57:40
Black Celebration (DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 and PCM Stereo)
No. Title Length
2. "Black Celebration"   4:55
3. "Fly on the Windscreen – Final"   5:18
4. "A Question of Lust"   4:20
5. "Sometimes"   1:53
6. "It Doesn't Matter Two"   2:50
7. "A Question of Time"   4:10
8. "Stripped"   4:16
9. "Here Is the House"   4:15
10. "World Full of Nothing"   2:50
11. "Dressed in Black"   2:32
12. "New Dress"   3:42
Live in Birmingham, April 1986 (DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 and PCM Stereo)
No. Title Length
13. "Black Celebration"   6:11
14. "A Question of Time"   4:37
15. "Stripped"   6:34
Additional tracks (PCM Stereo)
No. Title Length
16. "Shake the Disease"   4:52
17. "Flexible"   3:14
18. "It's Called a Heart"   3:51
19. "Fly on the Windscreen"   5:07
20. "But Not Tonight"   4:19
21. "Breathing in Fumes"   6:08
22. "Black Day"   2:39
23. "Christmas Island"   3:50

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Black Celebration.[9]

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
France (SNEP)[23] Gold 113,900[23]
Germany (BVMI)[24] Platinum 500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[25] Silver 60,000
United States (RIAA)[26] Gold 500,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

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