- alternative dance, synthpop, electronic, industrial
- 55 min
- 14 tracks
- Mute
Black Celebration is the fifth studio album by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 17 March 1986 by Mute Records in the UK and Sire Records in the US. Recorded in London and West Berlin, it was produced by Depeche Mode, Daniel Miller and Gareth Jones.
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Character
Character-led, grave, earnest and bleak.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- NME7/10
- Number One4/5 ★
- PopMatters9/10
- Record Mirror4/5
- Rolling Stone4.5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4.5/5 ★
- Smash Hits8/10
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Tracks
- 1Black Celebration4:58
- 2Fly on the Windscreen (Final)5:19
- 3A Question of Lust4:22
- 4Sometimes1:54
- 5It Doesn't Matter Two2:50
- 6A Question of Time4:09
- 7Stripped4:17
- 8Here Is the House4:16
- 9World Full of Nothing2:48
- 10Dressed in Black2:34
- 11New Dress3:45
- 12Breathing in Fumes6:07
- 13But Not Tonight (extended remix)5:13
- 14Black Day2:36
14 tracks, 55 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Depeche Mode
- Label
- Mute
- Released
- 1986
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- NL
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