The Damned — The Black Album

Author: tracysigler | Posted: September 25th, 2006 | | Tags: , , , , , | 3 Comments »

The Damned -- The Black Album

  • Artist: The Damned
  • Title: The Black Album
  • Year: 1980
  • Format: Vinyl 12 in.
  • Rating (1-10): 7
  • Owner: Tracy
  • Acquired: ? I’m thinking…
  • Keeper: Yes

This version of The Damned’s The Black Album is the original release on the Chiswick label. That means it’s a full color gatefold sleeve double album. We also have another version that is mostly black, with no gatefold, and no second record. The second is mostly live stuff. I can’t remember when and where I got this, but I do remember that not too long ago it still had the shrink wrap on it. So, it’s old, but almost new, if you know what I’m saying.

I’ve always loved the song “Wait for the Blackout” and there are some other great ones on this record. But there’s some other stuff that just drags it down. Which is how I feel about every record by The Damned. Read more about The Black Album.

3 Comments on “The Damned — The Black Album”

  1. 1 Jeff Arthur said at 9:16 am on September 26th, 2006:

    how can anything by Captain Sensible be wrong???

  2. 2 I’m Heavy Duty! » The Damned — The Black Album (Again) said at 12:59 am on March 3rd, 2007:

    […] Hey! I’ve already posted this album, except it was a different. This version of The Black Album by The Damned doesn’t have the gatefold cover, the front is much simpler (boring), and there is no second LP with the live stuff. Anything else I could say I’ve already said. I did play again, in case you’re wondering. Because that’s the deal. Everything gets played, at least one more time. […]

  3. 3 Stuart said at 12:49 pm on January 3rd, 2008:

    This along with Machine Gun Etiquette, are the best albums The Damned ever released. I eventually got this (original version) album at a 2nd hand record shop in the mid 80’s after having the reissue (single album) for years. The 2nd record with this original double album had an 18 minute version of “Curtain Call” on one side & a live set on the other, which was eventually released as an album itself as “Live at Shepperton”. Don’t know if the poster of this album is from america, because when this was issued in britain it wasn’t a gatefold sleeve. Brilliant album no matter what version you have. 10 out of 10.

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