Black Celebration is the fifth album by the band. Released by Mute Records on March 17, 1986, it established the dark tones set by Alan Wilder earlier on the previous album Construction Time Again. Although none of the singles fared pretty well, Black Celebration holds up well with die hard fans for its darker tones.

Key single(s):

1. "Stripped"(10 February 1986)
2. "A Question of Lust"(14 April 1986)
3. "A Question of Time"(11 August 1986)
4. "But Not Tonight" (North America only)(22 October 1986)

UK 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

Bonus tracks on CD version:

10. "Breathing in Fumes" – 6:07
11. "But Not Tonight [Extended Remix]" – 5:13
12. "Black Day" – 2:36

US 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 [This is the US version, with a different intro.]
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
12. "But Not Tonight" – 4:15

2007 Re-release:

• Disc 1 is a hybrid SACD/CD with a multi-channel SACD layer.
• Disc 2 is a DVD which includes "Black Celebration" in DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 and PCM Stereo plus bonus material

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

Live in Birmingham, April 1986 (in DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM Stereo):

1. "Black Celebration"
2. "A Question Of Time"
3. "Stripped"

Bonus Tracks (PCM Stereo):

1. "Shake the Disease"
2. "Flexible"
3. "It's Called A Heart"
4. "Fly On The Windscreen"
5. "But Not Tonight"
6. "Breathing In Fumes"
7. "Black Day"
8. "Christmas Island"

Important 'notes':

• Black Celebration is the only Depeche Mode album that has a title track
• The track 'But Not Tonight' was featured in B-movie Modern Girls