Black Celebration
| Black Celebration | ||||
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| Studio album by Depeche Mode | ||||
| Released | 17 March 1986 | |||
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November 1985 – January 1986 Westside Studios, Genetic Studios (London); Hansa Mischraum (Berlin) |
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| Genre | Synthpop | |||
| Length | 41:01 | |||
| Label | Mute, Sire | |||
| Producer | Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones, Daniel Miller | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The Austin Chronicle |  |
| NME | 7/10 |
| PopMatters | 9/10 |
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November 1985 – January 1986
Black Celebration is the fifth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 17 March 1986 by Mute Records. The album further cemented the darkening sound created by Alan Wilder which the band later used for the acclaimed and globally successful albums Music for the Masses, Violator and Songs of Faith and Devotion, a sound that was initially hinted towards on their albums Construction Time Again and Some Great Reward.
Despite not being a commercial success at the time its official release, as the band said in 1998 during an interview available on The Videos 86–98 DVD, Black Celebration 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 in its list of "The 25 Greatest Albums of All Time."
In 2007, Black Celebration was re-released with a bonus DVD. It was released as a part of the third wave of re-issues (along with Construction Time Again). The first CD was remastered and (except in the US) released on a CD/SACD hybrid. The bonus DVD includes the B-sides in addition to the singles and B-sides for "Shake the Disease" and "It's Called a Heart", two songs that were recorded shortly before the album and were released too early to be put on the album. There are also several live versions of some of the songs from Black Celebration. The album is released the way it was originally intended and ends with "New Dress" (not "Black Day" or "But Not Tonight").
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