Black Celebration

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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.

Black Celebration 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 are handled by David Gahan.

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

Singles

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

Personnel

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

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.

External links

• http://www.depechemode.com