It’s a little harder to steal the show when sticking to the softer material, as Gore does, but for him, “A Question of Lust” is a breakout performance, revealing not just a powerful tune, but an impressive vocal range that broadcasts the emotion in a much more compelling manner than, say, 1984’s “Somebody.” That song’s decent, this one is much better. And those two personalities fall into place nicely here. But most Depeche Mode fans recognize that, for the most part, when Gore sings, he’s the guy doing the ballads. What makes Black Celebration so successful, in part, is the level of songwriting that Martin Gore has graduated up to and the confidence gained in doing so, even putting himself behind the microphone more than usual. Black Celebration might not have been the album to put them at the top, but it certainly edged them closer.
But for Depeche Mode, darkness translates to anthems - soaring, mighty and towering pieces of synthesizer majesty that helped propel them to a massive stadium act in a time when such a thing was possible. DM, rather, made an exceptional pop album that simply thrives in the darkest of hours. True to its name, Black Celebration has earned a reputation for being the album in which the band truly begins to embrace dark, gothic textures, even at times nodding to the ethereal darkwave movement going on in UK in the ‘80s. With Depeche Mode ascending on a steady upward curve for four straight albums since their debut, the group finally arrived upon what could easily be called their first masterpiece with 1986’s Black Celebration.
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