At a glance
- Artist
- Depeche Mode
- Released
- 17 March 1986
- Label
- Mute
- Catalogue number
- CSTUMM26
- Format
- Cassette
- Country
- UK
- Tracks
- 11, 40:58
In the issue
Darkwave and Synth Goth
Start here · 1979-1995 · Members
It shows darkwave's turn from danceable industrial pop to ominous, emotionally weighted electronic production, a template others followed.
Black Celebration marked the point where Depeche Mode left the brighter, more danceable "industrial pop" of their early records behind for something more ominous and textured.
The rest is in Darkwave and Synth Goth, a members' issue.
Listen
Find a copy
The original cassette: Mute CSTUMM26, 1986.
Track list
- A1Black Celebration4:57
- A2Fly on the Windscreen (final)5:19
- A3A Question of Lust4:19
- A4Sometimes1:54
- A5It Doesn't Matter Two2:48
- B1A Question of Time4:09
- B2Stripped4:17
- B3Here Is the House4:16
- B4World Full of Nothing2:46
- B5Dressed in Black2:31
- B6New Dress3:41
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