Black Celebration (partially found Depeche Mode demo tape; 1985)
Black Celebration is the sixth studio album, originally released on March 17th, 1986. It is notable for further cementing the darker atmosphere for which the band is widely known for.
The Tape
According to the handwritten info sheet provided to the DM Live Wiki, the tape contains the following songs:
- Shake The Disease
- Here Is The House
- It Doesn't Matter Two
- Sometimes
- It's Called A Heart
- But Not Tonight
- Black Celebration
Of these tracks, Shake The Disease and Here Is The House are in circulation and easily found on the internet. The rest have not been released.
Reportedly, the demo for It's Called A Heart is "like a fast synth, organ, just Martin singing; ... has Martin periodically singing the backing vocal "let me tell you" ".
Shake the Disease
Shake The Disease would not be included on the final album, but was instead released as a single, promoting the Singles 81-85 compilation. The following change was made to the lyrics from the original demo.
Album version | Demo |
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Some people have to be Permanently together Lovers devoted To each other forever Now I've got things to do And I've said before That I know you have too When I'm not there In spirit I'll be there |
Some people want to be Permanently together Lovers devoted To each other forever That's not what I mean That's not for us We want a different scene But when I'm not there In spirit I'll be there |
Here is the House
Here Is The House also features some minor changes to the lyrics.
Album version | Demo |
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Body and soul come together As we come closer together |
Colours and shapes merge together As we come closer together |
Album version | Demo |
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With or without words I'll confide everything |
Without words I'll confide everything |
External Link
- DM Live Wiki page detailing the demo. Retrieved 09 Feb '19