Depeche Mode – Black Celebration

Originally released 17 March 1986, “Black Celebration” is the fifth studio album by Depeche Mode. It 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

Depeche Mode – Black Celebration

  • 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

CD – UK
Mute CD STUMM 26

Depeche Mode – Black Celebration

  1. Black Celebration 4:58
  2. Fly On The Windscreen – Final 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 Mix) 5:13
  14. Black Day 2:36 ♬

LP – US
Mute – Sire 25429-1 (released 31 March 1986)

Depeche Mode – Black Celebration

  • 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)

Depeche Mode – Black Celebration

  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 (UK 7-inch Version) 4:15

SACD + DVD Collectors Edition
US: Mute – Sire 2-108604 (CD + DVD with SACD surround, remastered release 20 March 2006)
Europe: Mute DMCD5 (remastered release 26 March 2007)

Depeche Mode – Black Celebration

SACD

  1. Black Celebration 4:57 / 4:57
  2. Fly On The Windscreen – Final 5:18 / 5:19
  3. A Question Of Lust 4:23 / 4:23
  4. Sometimes 1:54 / 1:54
  5. It Doesn’t Matter Two 2:51 / 2:51
  6. A Question Of Time 4:09 / 4:10
  7. Stripped 4:17 / 4:17
  8. Here Is The House 4:16 / 4:16
  9. World Full Of Nothing 2:48 / 2:49
  10. Dressed In Black 2:34 / 2:34
  11. New Dress 3:45 / 3:46

DVD
Video – A Short Film

  1. 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

Audio – Black Celebration (in DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, and PCM Stereo)

  1. Black Celebration 4:57
  2. Fly On The Windscreen – Final 5:19
  3. A Question Of Lust 4:23
  4. Sometimes 1:54
  5. It Doesn’t Matter Two 2:51
  6. A Question Of Time 4:10
  7. Stripped 4:17
  8. Here Is The House 4:16
  9. World Full Of Nothing 2:49
  10. Dressed In Black 2:34
  11. New Dress 3:46
  12. Black Celebration (Live in Birmingham 1986) 6:11
  13. A Question Of Time (Live in Birmingham 1986) 4:37
  14. Stripped (Live in Birmingham 1986) 6:34

Additional tracks (in PCM Stereo)

  1. Shake The Disease 4:52
  2. Flexible 3:14
  3. It’s Called A Heart 3:51
  4. Fly On The Windscreen 5:07
  5. But Not Tonight 4:19
  6. Breathing In Fumes 6:08
  7. Black Day 2:39 ♬
  8. Christmas Island 3:50 ♫♬

CD – various remastered editions
Europe: Mute CDXSTUMM 26 (reissued release 26 March 2007)

Europe: Sony Music 88883750682 (reissued release 5 August 2013)

US: Sire R2 25429 (reissued release 2 Jun 2017)
Europe: Sony Music 88883750682 (reissued release 2020)

Depeche Mode – Black Celebration

  1. Black Celebration 4:57
  2. Fly On The Windscreen – Final 5:18
  3. A Question Of Lust 4:23
  4. Sometimes 1:54
  5. It Doesn’t Matter Two 2:51
  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

LP – various remastered and limited editions
Europe: Mute DMLP5 (reissued release 2 April 2007)
US: Mute – Sire 1-233788 (reissued release 3 April 2007)

Europe: BMG / Music On Vinyl MOVLP947 (reissued release 3 February 2014)
US: Mute – Sire 1-233788 (reissued release 4 February 2014)

Europe: Sony Music 88985336741 (reissued release October 2016)

Depeche Mode – Black Celebration

  • 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 cassette.

Depeche Mode – Black Celebration

  • all tracks written by Martin L. Gore, except ♬ by Gore, Alan Wilder, and Daniel Miller, ♫♬ 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 L. Gore, and Alan Wilder