Recorded and mixed at Westside Studios in London, and at Hansa Studios in Berlin, Black Celebration is the fifth studio album by Depeche Mode. It was originally released on 17 March 1986 and features the singles Stripped, A Question Of Lust, and A Question Of Time. In North America and the Philippines, But Not Tonight was released as an A-side single instead of Stripped. Over the years, Black Celebration has been remastered and reissued several times.
LP – UK
Mute – STUMM 26 (released 17 March 1986)
A1 Black Celebration 4:55
A2 Fly On The Windscreen – Final 5:18
A3 A Question Of Lust 4:20
A4 Sometimes 1:53
A5 It Doesn’t Matter Two 2:50
B1 A Question Of Time 4:10
B2 Stripped 4:16
B3 Here Is The House 4:15
B4 World Full Of Nothing 2:50
B5 Dressed In Black 2:32
B6 New Dress 3:42
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LP – grey opaque vinyl edition – Germany
Mute – Stumm 26 – Intercord Ton – INT 146.818 (released 17 March 1986, reissue released in 1990)
A1 Black Celebration 4:57
A2 Fly On The Windscreen – Final 5:20
A3 A Question Of Lust 4:23
A4 Sometimes 1:55
A5 It Doesn’t Matter Two 2:52
B1 A Question Of Time 4:10
B2 Stripped 4:18
B3 Here Is The House 4:17
B4 World Full Of Nothing 2:39
B5 Dressed In Black 2:35
B6 New Dress 3:44
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CD – UK
Mute – CD STUMM 26 (released 17 March 1986)
- Black Celebration 4:58
- Fly On The Windscreen – Final 5:19
- A Question Of Lust 4:22
- Sometimes 1:54
- It Doesn’t Matter Two 2:50
- A Question Of Time 4:09
- Stripped 4:17
- Here Is The House 4:16
- World Full Of Nothing 2:48
- Dressed In Black 2:34
- New Dress 3:45
- Breathing In Fumes 6:07
- But Not Tonight (Extended Mix) 5:13
- Black Day 2:36 gwm
LP – US
Mute – Sire – 25429-1 (released 31 March 1986)
A1 Black Celebration 4:55
A2 Fly On The Windscreen – Final 5:18
A3 A Question Of Lust 4:20
A4 Sometimes 1:53
A5 It Doesn’t Matter Two 2:50
B1 A Question Of Time 4:10
B2 Stripped 4:16
B3 Here Is The House 4:15
B4 World Full Of Nothing 2:50
B5 Dressed In Black 2:32
B6 New Dress 3:42
B7 But Not Tonight (UK 7-inch Version) 4:15
CD – US
Mute – Sire – 25429-2 (released 31 March 1986)
- Black Celebration 4:55
- Fly On The Windscreen – Final 5:18
- A Question Of Lust 4:20
- Sometimes 1:53
- It Doesn’t Matter Two 2:50
- A Question Of Time 4:10
- Stripped 4:16
- Here Is The House 4:15
- World Full Of Nothing 2:50
- Dressed In Black 2:32
- New Dress 3:42
- But Not Tonight (UK 7-inch Version) 4:15
SACD + DVD remastered collectors editions
US: Mute – Sire – 2-108604 (released 20 March 2006, remastered CD + DVD)
Europe: Mute – DMCD5 – 0094638416029 (released 26 March 2007, multichannel CD/SACD hybrid + DVD)
SACD
- Black Celebration 4:57 / 4:57
- Fly On The Windscreen – Final 5:18 / 5:19
- A Question Of Lust 4:23 / 4:23
- Sometimes 1:54 / 1:54
- It Doesn’t Matter Two 2:51 / 2:51
- A Question Of Time 4:09 / 4:10
- Stripped 4:17 / 4:17
- Here Is The House 4:16 / 4:16
- World Full Of Nothing 2:48 / 2:49
- Dressed In Black 2:34 / 2:34
- New Dress 3:45 / 3:46
DVD
Black Celebration (PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1)
- Black Celebration 4:57
- Fly On The Windscreen – Final 5:19
- A Question Of Lust 4:23
- Sometimes 1:54
- It Doesn’t Matter Two 2:51
- A Question Of Time 4:10
- Stripped 4:17
- Here Is The House 4:16
- World Full Of Nothing 2:49
- Dressed In Black 2:34
- New Dress 3:46
A Short Film
- Depeche Mode : 1985-1986 (“The songs aren’t good enough, there aren’t any singles and it’ll never get played on the radio”) 57:40
Live in Birmingham, April 1986
- Black Celebration 6:11
- A Question Of Time 4:37
- Stripped 6:34
Bonus tracks (PCM Stereo only)
- Shake The Disease 4:52
- Flexible 3:14
- It’s Called A Heart 3:51
- Fly On The Windscreen 5:07
- But Not Tonight 4:19
- Breathing In Fumes 6:08
- Black Day 2:39 gwm
- Christmas Island 3:50 gw
Get your remastered collectors edition of Black Celebration on SACD + DVD format from eBay (subject to availability).
CD – various remastered & reissued editions
Europe: Mute – CDXSTUMM 26 (released 26 March 2007)
Europe: Sony Music – 88883750682 (released 5 August 2013 and in 2020)
US: Sire – R2 25429 (released 2 Jun 2017)
- Black Celebration 4:57
- Fly On The Windscreen – Final 5:18
- A Question Of Lust 4:23
- Sometimes 1:54
- It Doesn’t Matter Two 2:51
- A Question Of Time 4:09
- Stripped 4:17
- Here Is The House 4:16
- World Full Of Nothing 2:48
- Dressed In Black 2:34
- New Dress 3:45
LP – various remastered & reissued limited editions in gatefold sleeve
Europe: Mute – DMLP5 – 0094638416012 – STUMM26 (released 2 April 2007)
US: Mute – Sire 1-233788 (released 3 April 2007 and 4 February 2014)
Europe: BMG – Music On Vinyl – MOVLP947 (released 3 February 2014)
Europe: Sony Music – 88985336741 (released in October 2016)
A1 Black Celebration 4:55
A2 Fly On The Windscreen – Final 5:18
A3 A Question Of Lust 4:20
A4 Sometimes 1:53
A5 It Doesn’t Matter Two 2:50
B1 A Question Of Time 4:10
B2 Stripped 4:16
B3 Here Is The House 4:15
B4 World Full Of Nothing 2:50
B5 Dressed In Black 2:32
B6 New Dress 3:42
Note: Black Celebration was also released on the cassette format, and on the Blu-spec CD2 format in Japan.
Depeche Mode – Black Celebration
- all tracks written by Martin Gore, except gwm by Gore, Alan Wilder, and Daniel Miller, gw by Gore and Wilder
- produced by Daniel Miller, Gareth Jones, and Depeche Mode
- highest chart position 3 (UK) 90 (US)
- 1986 Depeche Mode was Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan, Martin Gore, and Alan Wilder
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