Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (1986)

Artist...............: Depeche Mode
Album................: Black Celebration
Genre................: Rock
Source...............: Cd
Year.................: 1986
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy
Codec................: Flac
Information..........: TntVillage
Covers...............: Front
Total Size...........: 328 Mb


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Whether the band felt it was simply the time to move on from its most explicit industrial-pop fusion days,

or whether increased success and concurrently larger venues pushed the music into different avenues,

Depeche Mode's fifth studio album, Black Celebration, saw the group embarking on a path that in many ways

defined their sound to the present: emotionally extreme lyrics matched with amped-up tunes, as much

anthemic rock as they are compelling dance, along with stark, low-key ballads. The slow, sneaky build of

the opening title track, with a strange distorted vocal sample providing a curious opening hook, sets the

tone as David Gahan sings of making it through "another black day" while powerful drums and echoing

metallic pings carry the song. Black Celebration is actually heavier on the ballads throughout, many sung

by Martin Gore -- the most per album he has yet taken lead on -- with notable dramatic beauties including

"Sometimes," with its surprise gospel choir start and rough piano sonics, and the hyper-nihilistic "World

Full of Nothing." The various singles from the album remain definite highlights, such as "A Question of

Time," a brawling, aggressive number with a solid Gahan vocal, and the romantic/physical politics of

"Stripped," featuring particularly sharp arrangements from Alan Wilder. However, with such comparatively

lesser-known but equally impressive numbers as the quietly intense romance of "Here Is the House" to boast,

Black Celebration is solid through and through.



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Tracklist
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01. Black Celebration
02. Fly On The Windscreen - Final
03. A Question Of Lust
04. Sometimes
05. It Doesn't Matter Two
06. A Question Of Time
07. Stripped
08. Here Is The House
09. World Full Of Nothing
10. Dressed In Black
11. New Dress
12. Breathing In Fumes
13. But Not Tonight (Extended Remix)
14. Black Day