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 (released 17 March 1986)

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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

LP – grey opaque vinyl edition – Germany
Mute – Stumm 26 – Intercord Ton – INT 146.818 (released 17 March 1986, reissue released in 1990)

Depeche Mode – Black Celebration

  • 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

CD – UK
Mute – CD STUMM 26 (released 17 March 1986)

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 gwm

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

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Get your remastered collectors edition of “Black Celebration” in SACD + DVD format from eBay (subject to availability).

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 gwm
  8. Christmas Island 3:50 gw

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)

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 & reissued limited editions in gatefold sleeve
Europe: Mute – DMLP5 (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)

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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, and in 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