Black Celebration is the fifth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 17 March 1986 by Mute Records. The album’s co-producer Daniel Miller devised “a plan to capture the essence of the dark works” that Martin Gore created because Martin Gore had no intention of compromising the mood that his demos had set. Miller and Gareth Jones produced the album to be more like an environment rather than a collection of songs. Their production created “a tech-noir future dystopia” that “glitters of gloom”. Black Celebration reached number four on the UK Albums Chart, and has been cited as one of the most influential albums of the 1980s. To promote the album, the band embarked on the Black Celebration Tour. Three years after its release, Spin ranked it at number 15 on its “25 Greatest Albums of All Time” list. The album was promoted by the single “Stripped” released 10 February, and was followed by “A Question of Lust”, released 14 April, “A Question of Time” released 11 August. Instead of “Stripped”, “But Not Tonight” was released as a single in the US, due to its more commercial appeal, on 22 October.

Tracklisting

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)

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Depeche Mode - Stripped Official Video

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• Depeche Mode - A Question of Lust Official Video
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