Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (Remaster 2007) [EAC-FLAC] [ReP

******************************************************************************* Black Celebration (Remaster 2007) ******************************************************************************* This torrent contains both the Audio CD in its remastered stereo form, as released in 2007, plus a short video, which tells the story of DM during the era. The video is presented in XviD with .mp3 sound. There are spanish and english subtitles already ripped and a subpack which also includes subs in Deutsch, Français and Italiano. You have to rip it yourself (I currently use SubRip on Windows), in order to use them. Note: There's no 5.1 audio here. I repeat: there's no 5.1 audio here. Only the 2.0 stereo album remastered. And sounds great! CD: Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (2007 remastered) 01. Black Celebration [0:04:57.34] 02. Fly On The Windscreen - Final [0:05:18.68] 03. A Question Of Lust [0:04:23.11] 04. Sometimes [0:01:54.19] 05. It Doesn't Matter Two [0:02:51.06] 06. A Question Of Time [0:04:09.24] 07. Stripped [0:04:17.08] 08. Here Is The House [0:04:16.19] 09. World Full Of Nothing [0:02:48.40] 10. Dressed In Black [0:02:34.27] 11. New Dress [0:03:45.52] DOCUMENTARY 85-86 The songs aren't good enough, there aren't any singles and it'll never get played on the radio [0:57:40] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ALLMUSIC REVIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- by Ned Raggett 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOME WIKIPEDIA INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Black Celebration is the fifth proper studio album by Depeche Mode. Released by Mute Records on March 17, 1986, it further cemented the darkening sound that was initially hinted towards on their album Construction Time Again. Black Celebration did not sell as well as the previous album did and none of the three singles were big hits. The album is one of their darkest as well, and focuses more on the band's bleak side. Black Celebration is the Depeche Mode album that has the most songs with Martin Gore on lead vocals: "A Question of Lust", "Sometimes", "It Doesn't Matter Two", "World Full of Nothing" and "Black Day" as a bonus track. The remaining tracks are sung by David Gahan. The track "Fly on the Windscreen" had already been released as the B-side of the "It's Called a Heart" single. The band decided to rework the song (adding new effects and making it more stereophonic) and released it as the "Final" version on this album. It was later performed live, and given a slight hip hop edge during the 1993 Devotional Tour. A recorded performance of this version is featured in the live video Devotional and a special live single of "In Your Room". 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 USA) was 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 a little bit 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"). Like the other re-issues, the DVD includes a documentary on the album. The title (seen below) is Martin paraphrasing Daniel Miller about his demos for Black Celebration in the film. The double-documentary discusses both The Singles 81>85 and Black Celebration, its more challenging commercial success (especially the song "Stripped") and all five related singles. It also includes a plethora of behind-the-scenes footage of the making of Black Celebration and the ensuing tour. Highlights include the band meeting The Cure, and behind the scenes footage of several of the music videos. The documentary is nearly an hour. It was released March 20, 2007 in the USA, March 26 in the UK and April 2 in the rest of Europe. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOME TRACKS REVIEWED AT ALLMUSIC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BLACK CELEBRATION by Tim DiGravina After "Blasphemous Rumours," could Depeche Mode really turn back from the dark trajectory on which they'd embarked? "Black Celebration," the opening track to the album which shares its title, is a celebration of the band's somewhat new, fiercely gloomy embrace of darkness. The musical arrangement is an ode to edginess: icy, piercing synths that build from what sounds like the minimal score to a horror film into what might pass for theme music for a nocturnal gathering of goblins. Indeed, in the slow racing tones that begin the song, one hears many similarities to Dario Argento collaborators Goblin and John Carpenter's score for Halloween. Simmering background sound effects suggest the growl or howl of nightmarish creatures. A dance beat arises, but with the increasingly chilly synths sucking away optimism, the song doesn't necessarily signal a stampede to the dance floor. David Gahan's tremulous, echoing, and processed voice is no brighter than the keyboard foundation it rises over. Martin Gore steps in with background vocals, eager to add a sinister, spooky punctuation to drive his lyrics home. That "Black Celebration" is actually a love song is quite remarkable. Looking past Gahan's cries that there's been another "black day," he's calling to his lover that he wants to take him or her "in his arms" to find consolation and relief. Why not celebrate their mutual disgust with the world? Why not revel in the reality that things aren't getting better? It's hard to imagine a more perfect opening to the band's fifth album and second foray into the shadows than "Black Celebration." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A QUESTION OF LUST by Tim DiGravina One of Martin Gore's most emotional ballads, "A Question of Lust" is a tender yet epic slice of beauty. Whenever Gore handles vocals on his own, it's a sign the song will deal with stark, personal feelings. Here, Gore's voice emerges as if he's singing a lullaby. By the time the song concludes, he's emoting desperation like a wounded gospel singer. Electronic sound effects build, tumble apart, and rebuild around his slightly echoing voice. Ambient sound washes, electronically processesed handclaps, complex racing keyboard melodies, and high-pitched synth notes paint an atmosphere of optimistic sadness. Gore sings of all his weaknesses, from his fragility to his crippling inhibitions to his constant apologies. Each time he repeats the chorus, more emotion is revealed. "It's a question of lust/It's a question of trust/It's a question of not letting what we've built up crumble to dust," Gore admits, that keep him and his lover together. "A Question of Lust" is a vital cog, if not the heart, of Black Celebration. It's a perfect Depeche Mode song and one of Martin Gore's most touching artistic achievements. Despite the fact that he's pouring out his soul by nearly screaming his vocals at times, the song is as delicate as a baby's blanket. That he's still singing as "A Question of Lust" fades out is all the more reason to reach for the repeat button on one's CD player. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A QUESTION OF TIME by Tim DiGravina A poppy, throbbing industrial tale of cliques and lust, "A Question of Time" is a perfect lead-in companion to "Stripped" on Black Celebration. David Gahan sings of a good-looking fifteen year old peer. It's difficult to listen to the song without thinking of the sixteen-year-old protagonist of "Blasphemous Rumours," though with its fuzzy, fun dance beats and angry tone, "A Question of Time" shares more in common musically with "Master and Servant" and "Behind the Wheel." "I've got to get to your first, before they do," he tells the object of his admiration. He knows that it's just "a question of time" before his friend is "stripped down" and "messed up" by the popular kids. The song has overtones of exploitation when Gahan sings, "I condemn them/I know my kind/What goes on in our minds." Gahan sings in deep, unapologetic tones. Martin Gore's higher background shout of "It should be better with you" adds an extra layer of desperation to the song. The album version feels just slightly limp compared to the live recording on 101, though the industrial chug is irresistibly catchy and endearing in every recorded version. "A Question of Time" is a perfect example of Depeche Mode's marriage of industrial-tinged electronic pop music with themes of love and lust. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STRIPPED by Tim DiGravina Just as "People Are People" helped to define Depeche Mode as a catchy industrial-flavored synth act in the era of Some Great Reward, "Stripped" defined the darker trajectory and more mature subject matter the band suddenly and immediately mastered. It's unlikely there's ever been a more bleak love song to reach the popularity of "Stripped." The song's foundation is a complex blend of pounding bass beats, staccato electronic effects, and piercing keyboard notes. A sample recorded from a motorcycle serves as a constant, ratcheting background. The ominous synth washes that commence two and a half minutes in are now part of a classic, trademark sound. David Gahan's voice is processed with echo and tremolo effects. He implores his lover: "Let me see you stripped down to the bone; let me hear you make decisions without your television." He's basically asking his significant other to strip away every affectation and to shun the modern world for an extremely honest and open relationship. He's asking for an intense, possibly codependent union when he begs, "Let me hear you crying just for me." Imagery relating to the film Metropolis and industrial fumes juxtaposes with Gahan's desire to hide in the trees and lay on the grass away from it all. "Stripped" is an absolute tour de force of minimalist electronic tones and emotions for songwriter Martin Gore. Where "People Are People" seemed custom-geared to race up charts across the world, "Stripped" feels intensely personal and impenetrably gloomy. The song's unrelenting sense of dread is part of the reason it hit a nerve in so many listeners. Many of the songs on the band's next album, Music for the Masses, would follow the same formula of depression and emotional release. Though Depeche Mode would become more accomplished technically and polish its sound considerably on later releases, "Stripped" is one of the group's greatest achievements. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EAC LOG EXTRACT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008 EAC extraction logfile from 1. 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zuruk (2009-08-17)

great album.. Thanks!!

mauro145 (2009-08-21)

gracias.