Depeche Mode 'Black Celebration' 1986

"Life in the so called Space Age"

SONG LYRICS by ALBUM

DEPECHE MODE

Black Celebration is the latest album from Depeche Mode, their first collection of new material in over two years and a continuing affirmation of the extraor- dinary role this band plays in modern music. As one reviewer put it: "After producing electronic pop songs which sound as good on headphones as they feel on the dancefloor, the unbelievers must realize that this is one band who won't disappear in a puff of fashionable smoke.

After six years as a premier recording and performing band, it's questionable whether there are any "unbelievers" left. Depeche Mode's contribution to the seamless, streamlined and emotionally resonant sound of the Eighties can't be easily overestimated, and Black Celebration is no exception. Featuring their runaway British hit, "Stripped", Black Celebration employs the winning production team of Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones and Daniel Miller, along with some of the most intriguing and inventive musics in the band's career. It is, in short, a tour-de-force showcasing Depeche Mode's diverse musical vocabulary. "Depeche Mode is a democracy", explains founding member and songwriter Martin Gore. "That stops me from writing everything in one direction. We still believe in an old-fashioned song style with lots of melody… We can be really poppy one minute or we can sound harder and moodier". On Black Celebration, Depeche Mode is all this and more.

12" (STUMM26) UK

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Other Labels:   MADE IN ENGLAND

Runout etching Side One:   LYN-17252-6C ZZ.* 11 STUMM-26-A A CLASSIC CASE OF OVER FOCUSING

Runout etching Side Two:   LYN-17253-2C .Z. STUMM-26-B SO MUCH FOR THE MINIMAL ALBUM

Vinyl record format:   33 ⅓ RPM Stereo

Original - embossed cover and printed inner sleeve / Lyntone pressing. Track durations not listed on the release.

Cassette (CSTUMM26) UK

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Barcode:   No

Original - black tape without barcode (see the picture below).

CD (CDSTUMM26) UK

1   "Black Celebration" 04:55

2   "Fly On The Windscreen - Final" 05:18

3   "A Question Of Lust" 04:20

4   "Sometimes" 01:53

5   "It Doesn't Matter Two" 02:50

6   "A Question Of Time" 04:10

7   "Stripped" 04:16

8   "Here Is The House" 04:15

9   "World Full Of Nothing" 02:50

10   "Dressed In Black" 02:32

11   "New Dress" 03:42

12   "Breathing In Fumes" 06:04

13   "But Not Tonight" (Extended Remix) 05:13

14   "Black Day" 02:34

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Other CD:   MADE IN FRANCE BY M.P.O.

SPARS Code:   AAD

Barcode:   No

Runout:   CD STUMM 26 MPO 01

Original. "Fly on the Windscreen" recorded at Genetic and re-mixed at Hansa, Berlin. Tracks 12,13,14 are bonus tracks.

PRODUCTION DETAILS ALBUM

"Black Celebration" 04:55  •  Produced by Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones and Daniel Miller. Assistant Engineers - Richard Sullivan (Westside, London) and Peter Schmidt (Hansa, Berlin). Mastered by Tim Young.

"Fly On The Windscreen - Final" 05:18  •  Produced by Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones and Daniel Miller. Assistant Engineers - Richard Sullivan (Westside, London) and Peter Schmidt (Hansa, Berlin). Mastered by Tim Young.

"A Question Of Lust" 04:20  •  Produced by Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones and Daniel Miller. Assistant Engineers - Richard Sullivan (Westside, London) and Peter Schmidt (Hansa, Berlin). Mastered by Tim Young.

"Sometimes" 01:53  •  Produced by Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones and Daniel Miller. Assistant Engineers - Richard Sullivan (Westside, London) and Peter Schmidt (Hansa, Berlin). Mastered by Tim Young.

"It Doesn't Matter Two" 02:50  •  Produced by Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones and Daniel Miller. Assistant Engineers - Richard Sullivan (Westside, London) and Peter Schmidt (Hansa, Berlin). Mastered by Tim Young.

"A Question Of Time" 04:10  •  Produced by Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones and Daniel Miller. Assistant Engineers - Richard Sullivan (London) and Peter Schmidt (Berlin). Mastered by Tim Young.

"Stripped" 04:16  •  Produced by Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones and Daniel Miller. Assistant Engineers - Richard Sullivan (Westside, London) and Peter Schmidt (Hansa, Berlin). Mastered by Tim Young.

"Here Is The House" 04:15  •  Produced by Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones and Daniel Miller. Assistant Engineers - Richard Sullivan (Westside, London) and Peter Schmidt (Hansa, Berlin). Mastered by Tim Young.

"World Full Of Nothing" 02:50  •  Produced by Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones and Daniel Miller. Assistant Engineers - Richard Sullivan (Westside, London) and Peter Schmidt (Hansa, Berlin). Mastered by Tim Young.

"Dressed In Black" 02:32  •  Produced by Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones and Daniel Miller. Assistant Engineers - Richard Sullivan (Westside, London) and Peter Schmidt (Hansa, Berlin). Mastered by Tim Young.

"New Dress" 03:42  •  Produced by Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones and Daniel Miller. Assistant Engineers - Richard Sullivan (Westside, London) and Peter Schmidt (Hansa, Berlin). Mastered by Tim Young.

"Breathing In Fumes" 06:08  •  Produced by Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones and Daniel Miller. Assistant Engineers - Richard Sullivan (London) and Peter Schmidt (Berlin). Mastered by Tim Young. Editing assistance by Thomas Stiehler.

"But Not Tonight" (Extended Remix) 05:13  •  Recorded and mixed at Hansa Tonstudio, Kreuzberg. Produced by Depeche Mode, Daniel Miller & Gareth Jones.

"Black Day" 02:39  •  Produced by Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones and Daniel Miller. Assistant Engineers - Richard Sullivan (London) and Peter Schmidt (Berlin). Mastered by Tim Young.

"Black Celebration" (Cover album black & white version)

THE 5th STUDIO ALBUM

discussion album

1986