Black Celebration é o quinto álbum de estúdio da banda inglesa Depeche Mode, lançado em 17 de março de 1986.
É um dos melhores da banda pelos críticos e fãs, sendo a segunda obra-prima cronologicamente e a quarta em importância, devido a mudança definitiva da banda para uma natureza gótica, sombria e depressiva.
O álbum não trouxe nenhum grande sucesso, mais é cheio de singles que a grande maioria dos fãs considera favoritos, como "Stripped", "A Question of Lust", "A Question of Time" e "Black Celebration". Destaque para "Fly on the Windscreen". Foi durante a turnê desse álbum que o The Cure (Robert Smith virou fã da banda) conheceu o Depeche Mode.
Overview
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". He also sings on the cd bonus track "Black Day". The remaining tracks are sung by Dave Gahan.
The track "Fly on the Windscreen" had already been released as the B-side of the "It's Called a Heart" single. The band decided to rework the song (adding new effects and making it more stereophonic) and released it as the "Final" version on this album. It was later performed live, and given a slight hip hop edge during the 1993 Devotional Tour. A recorded performance of this version is featured in the live video Devotional and a special live single of "In Your Room".
Re-release
In 2007, Black Celebration was re-released with a bonus DVD. It was released as a part of the third wave of re-issues (along with Construction Time Again). The first CD was remastered and (except in the USA) was released on a CD/SACD hybrid. The bonus DVD includes the B-sides in addition to the singles and B-sides for "Shake the Disease" and "It's Called a Heart", two songs that were recorded shortly before the album and were released too early to be put on the album. There are also several live versions of some of the songs from Black Celebration. The album is released the way it was originally intended and ends with "New Dress" (not "Black Day" or "But Not Tonight").
Like the other re-issues, the DVD includes a documentary on the album. The title (seen below) is Martin paraphrasing Daniel Miller about his demos for Black Celebration in the film. The double-documentary discusses both The Singles 81→85 and Black Celebration, its more challenging commercial success (especially the song "Stripped") and all five related singles. It also includes a plethora of behind-the-scenes footage of the making of Black Celebration and the ensuing tour. Highlights include the band meeting The Cure, and behind the scenes footage of several of the music videos. The documentary is nearly an hour long.
It was released 20 March 2007 in the USA, 26 March in the UK and 2 April in the rest of Europe.
The remastered album was released on "deluxe" vinyl on 2 April 2007 in Europe. 11 September 2007 in the United States.
Track listing
# UK LP
Side one
"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
Side two
"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
Bonus tracks on CD version:
"Breathing in Fumes" – 6:07
"But Not Tonight (Extended Remix)" – 5:13
"Black Day" – 2:36
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