Depeche ModeBlack Celebration

Label:

Mute – P-13279

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album , Embossed Cover

Country:

Japan

Released:

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Synth-pop

Tracklist

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

Companies, etc.

  • Manufactured ByWarner-Pioneer Corporation
  • Licensed ToMute Records UK
  • Copyright ©Mute Records
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Mute Records

Credits

  • Artwork [Covergestaltung]T+ London*
  • Engineer [Assistant]Richard Sullivan
  • Mastered ByTim Young
  • Photography ByBrian Griffin (3)
  • Photography By [Assistant]Stuart Graham (3)
  • ProducerGareth Jones
  • Recorded ByDave Allen*
  • Recorded By [Assistant]Phil Tennant
  • Written-ByM.L. Gore*

Notes

Programmed at Worldwide International
Recorded and mixed at Westside, London & Hansa, Berlin except A2 recorded at Genetic, re-mixed at Hansa, Berlin

This release comes with an OBI strip around the sleeve + a 12" x 24" folded insert - one side colored with original English lyrics, the other black and white with Japanese text and lyrics. Sleeve is embossed.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (text): T4988 014 41831 7
  • Rights Society: JASRAC
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A): P-13279-1 TO 1-A-
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B): P-13279-2 TO 1-A-

Other Versions (5 of 385)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Black Celebration (CD, Album, MPO) Mute CD STUMM 26 UK 1986
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Black Celebration (LP, Album, Embossed Cover, Specialty Pressing) Sire 9 25429-1, 1-25429 US 1986
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Black Celebration (LP, Album, Stereo, Lyntone Pressing, Embossed Cover) Mute STUMM 26 UK 1986
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Black Celebration (Cassette, Album, Reissue, AR, Clear) Mute 4-25429, 9 25429-4 US 1986
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Black Celebration (CD, Album) Mute INT 846.818, CD STUMM 26 1986

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Reviews

  • Spatzo-'s avatar
    Spatzo-
    4 vinyl pressings here including this, UK original, US original, and 2016 Euro. This is no doubt the best by miles. The detail in keyboards and David's/Martin's voices sets you back with jaw on the floor. When 'A Question of Lust' is cranked up you'll understand. And yes, there is slight sibilance on Dressed In Black Again. I also have the original US cassette, late 80's cd and Super Audio cd. I bought all of these, except jap & Uk, when they were originally released. I play the cassette occasionally for fun.
    • runnel's avatar
      runnel
      Edited one year ago
      The sound quality of this release is mind-blowing, it’s a mystery why no one else has commented on it so far. I also have the US vinyl version of the album and the Japanese pressing wins in comparison to it- it is recorded louder and the vinyl itself is quieter, the dynamics are impressive, the details are immediate and easy to distinguish, the trackability is easier (Dressed In Black is the only track prone to some inner groove distortion on the vocals). This seems to be the version to have.

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