Album dossier / 1986
Black Celebration
Depeche Mode · Synth-pop
Recorded across 120 tense days at Westside/Genetic in London and Hansa's Mischraum in Berlin with producers Daniel Miller and Gareth Jones (plus a newly promoted Alan Wilder), Black Celebration pushed Depeche Mode into darker, more atmospheric synth-pop territory after the band won a standoff with Mute over the record's lack of obvious singles, ultimately reaching No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart.
Record facts
- Label
- Mute
- Producer
- Depeche Mode, Daniel Miller, Gareth Jones
- Chart peak
- UK #4
- Notable tracks
- ★ Stripped
- ★ A Question of Time
- ★ A Question of Lust
Artist & discography
Complete 1980s Studio Discography
6 studio albums released from 1980–1989 by Depeche Mode. Archived records link directly to full dossiers; remaining releases are queued for harvesting. MusicBrainz source.
Complete track listing · 11 tracks
- Black Celebration
- Fly on the Windscreen – Final
- A Question of Lust
- Sometimes
- It Doesn't Matter Two
- A Question of Time
- Stripped
- Here Is the House
- World Full of Nothing
- Dressed in Black
- New Dress
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en.wikipedia.org, archives.depechemode.com, officialcharts.com, allmusic.com, coverartarchive.org · track listing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Celebration · cover art: coverartarchive.org
Last enriched: 2026-09-01