Black Celebration
LP by Depeche Mode
Released	March 31, 1986
Recorded	Westside, London and Hansa, Berlin 1985-1986
Genre	Synth pop
Length	45:27
Label	UK: Mute / US: Sire
Producer(s)	Depeche Mode, Daniel Miller, and Gareth Jones
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Depeche Mode chronology
Catching Up With Depeche Mode (1985)	Black Celebration (1986)	Music for the Masses (1987)

Black Celebration is an album by the British group Depeche Mode. Released by Mute Records on 17 March 1986, it further cemented their darkening sound that was lightly introduced with their album Construction Time Again . It is considered by many to be an unusual combination of electropop and gothic rock. Cover of the Depeche Mode album Black Celebration. ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... Depeche Mode is a synth rock band from the town of Basildon, England, originally founded in 1980. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article is about the year. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Genres of Cuban music and other popular music A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Synth pop is a style of popular music in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Mute Records is a record label formed in 1978 by Daniel Miller primarily to release his own single, Warm Leatherette, under the moniker The Normal. ... American record label, Sire Records Company was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Depeche Mode is a synth rock band from the town of Basildon, England, originally founded in 1980. ... The Normal is the name English film editor Daniel Miller used, in 1978 for his 45rpm single T.V.O.D./Warm Leatherette (which was inspired by J.G. Ballards novel Crash). ... Gareth Jones is: Gareth Jones, actor (d. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Description: Rating stars. ... Depeche Mode is a synth rock band from the town of Basildon, England, originally founded in 1980. ... Catching Up With Depeche Mode is a compilation released only in North America by British band Depeche Mode on November 11, 1985. ... Music for the Masses is a 1987 album by Depeche Mode. ... Depeche Mode is a synth rock band from the town of Basildon, England, originally founded in 1980. ... Mute Records is a record label formed in 1978 by Daniel Miller primarily to release his own single, Warm Leatherette, under the moniker The Normal. ... Released by Depeche Mode in 1983, this album saw two shifts in DMs sound. ... Electropop (also called Technopop) is a subgenre of synth pop music which flourished during the early 1980s, although the first recordings were made in the late 1970s. ... Gothic rock evolved out of post punk during the late 1970s. ...

Black Celebration is the Depeche Mode album that has the most songs with Martin Gore on lead vocals: "A Question of Lust", "Sometimes", "It Doesn't Matter Two", and "World Full of Nothing". The rest of the songs are sung by David Gahan. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Dave Gahan, circa 2003. ...

Track listing

UK LP

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)
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)

UK CD

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)
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)
12. "Breathing in Fumes" (6:07)
13. "But Not Tonight (Extended)" (5:13)
14. "Black Day" (2:36)

US LP/CD

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)
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)
12. "But Not Tonight" (4:15)

The United States version of "A Question of Time" has a different intro. The screeching sound is repeated twice, while the original version is smooth.

All songs are written by Martin Gore This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Singles

1. "Stripped" (1986)
2. "A Question of Lust" (1986)
3. "A Question of Time" (1986)
4. "But Not Tonight" [North America-only] (1987)

Stripped is Depeche Modes fifteenth UK single, released on February 10, 1986. ... A Question of Lust is Depeche Modes sixteenth UK single, released on April 14, 1986. ... A Question of Time is Depeche Modes seventeenth UK single, released on August 11, 1986, following the similarly titled A Question of Lust single. ... Stripped is Depeche Modes fifteenth UK single, released on February 10, 1986. ...

Personnel

• Band:
  • David Gahan
  • Martin Gore
  • Andrew Fletcher
  • Alan Wilder

Dave Gahan, circa 2003. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Andrew John Fletcher (known as Fletch) , was born on July 8th 1961 in Basildon, Essex. ... Alan Wilder, circa 2000. ...

Trivia

• The voice at the beginning of "Black Celebration" is Daniel Miller (impersonating Winston Churchill) saying "A Brief Period of Rejoicing".
• Black Celebration is the only Depeche Mode album that has a title track. However, there are three other Depeche Mode albums that get their names from lyrics in songs on the albums. Those three are Construction Time Again, Some Great Reward and Playing the Angel.

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External links

• http://www.depechemode.com