Depeche Mode – Black Celebration
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Mute – CD STUMM 26
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Tracklist Hide Credits
| 1 | Black Celebration | 4:58 | ||
| 2 |
Fly On The Windscreen - Final
Recorded By – Dave Allen* Recorded By [Assistant] – Phil Tennant |
5:19 | ||
| 3 | A Question Of Lust | 4:22 | ||
| 4 | Sometimes | 1:54 | ||
| 5 | It Doesn't Matter Two | 2:50 | ||
| 6 | A Question Of Time | 4:09 | ||
| 7 | Stripped | 4:17 | ||
| 8 | Here Is The House | 4:16 | ||
| 9 | World Full Of Nothing | 2:48 | ||
| 10 | Dressed In Black | 2:34 | ||
| 11 | New Dress | 3:45 | ||
| 12 | Breathing In Fumes | 6:07 | ||
| 13 | But Not Tonight (Extended Remix) | 5:13 | ||
| 14 | Black Day | 2:36 |
Companies etc
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Mute Records Ltd.
- Copyright (c) – Mute Records Ltd.
Credits
- Engineer [Assistant - Berlin] – Peter Schmidt
- Engineer [Assistant - London] – Richie Sullivan
- Mastered By – Tim Young
- Photography By – Brian Griffin (3)
- Producer – Daniel Miller, Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones
Notes
Programmed at Worldwide International.
Recorded & mixed at Westside, London & Hansa, Berlin except "Fly on the Windscreen" recorded at Genetic and re-mixed at Hansa, Berlin.
Tracks 12-14 are bonus tracks.
℗ & © 1986 Mute Records Limited
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The original UK release(s) were issued without barcodes (Made in France by M.P.O. on disc).
Other pressings exist with the same catalog numbers but different matrices:
STUMM CD 26 MPO 01 @@ - variation 1 (no barcode)
CDSTUMM-26 11 Mastered by DADC Austria - var2
CDSTUMM-26 21 A2 Mastered by DADC Austria - var3
C1217 CDSTUMM26 1:0 IFPI L122 MASTERED BY NIMBUS - var4
C1217 CDSTUMM 26 08 1:1 Technicolor IFPI L129 - var5
Other Versions (Showing 5 of 100) View All
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Celebration (LP, Album, Emb) | Mute | STUMM 26 | UK | 1986 | ||
| Black Celebration (LP, Album, Gre) | Mute, Mute | INT 146.818, Stumm 26 | Germany | 1986 | ||
| Black Celebration (LP, Album) | Virgin | VG50165 | Greece | 1986 | ||
| Black Celebration (CD, Album) | S.B.A./GALA Records | 094635163629 | Russia | 2006 | ||
| Black Celebration (LP, Album) | Sire Records Company | LDXB-6902 | Mexico | 1986 |
Recommendations
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Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses (CD, Album)
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Depeche Mode - Violator (CD, Album)
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Depeche Mode - Ultra (CD, Album)
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Depeche Mode - Songs Of Faith And Devotion (CD, Album)
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Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward (CD, Album)
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Reviews & Discussion
It's hard to disagree with Depeche Mode fans when they say this is the best album they ever did. The only issue I have with it is that playing it once through doesn't have the smoothness of and the cohesiveness of Violator. What should definitely be noted is Daniel Miller's production techniques and Anton Corbijn's visual debuts are featured on this album. Those two artists (perhaps later with Flood and Kevorkian also) really helped Depeche Mode get to that success that they so deserved. "Question of Lust" could quite be the most beautiful Depeche Mode song of their entire discography. Then, combined with seminal favorite's "Black Celebration", perhaps my two favorite pre 1987 DM songs "Fly on the Windscreen" & "Stripped", again, you can't really argue with someone when they say this is the best Depeche Mode album. Don't sleep on "New Dress" & "Dressed in Black", they are terrific btw.
This is definitely my favorite, and many other peoples, of DM. Everysong is classic DM. Their darkest, most emotional album. I give all their music a 5 star rating but this album deserves more than that. Even if you not a big DM fan you must get this one.
[r21426]
It's a good album, but this album is much better in comparison, alongside the bonus tracks. It's got a clear formula that keeps the album together but there are many surprises and twists like Music for the Masses.
Both Music for the Masses and Black Celebration are far better than Violator, but if you're new you should go to Violator.