The Black Album (The Damned album) 1629291 224880373 2008-07-10T20:39:15Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> Name = The Black Album | Type = [[Album]] | Artist = [[The Damned]] | Cover = Thedamnedblackalbum.jpg | Released = October, 1980 <small>CWK3015</small>| Recorded = [[Rockfield Studios]] ([[Monmouth]], Wales) <br> (May - June 1980) <br> <small>live tracks: <br> [[Shepperton Studios]] ([[Shepperton]]) <br> (26th July 1980)</small> | Genre = [[Punk rock]],<br /> [[Gothic rock]]<br />[[Psychedelic rock]]<br />[[Experimental rock]] | Length = 77:42 | Label = [[Chiswick Records|Chiswick]] | Producer = [[The Damned]], (and on [["The History of the World - Part 1"]] only, [[Hans Zimmer]]) | Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|3.5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:yla9qj6yojsa link] | Last album = ''[[Machine Gun Etiquette]]''<br /> (1979) | This album = ''The Black Album'' <br /> (1980) | Next album = ''[[Strawberries (album)|Strawberries]]''<br />(1982) |}} '''''The Black Album''''' was the fourth album by [[The Damned]], and the first to feature [[Paul Gray (musician)|Paul Gray]] on bass guitar. It was released in October 1980 on [[Chiswick Records|Chiswick]] as a [[double album]], with "Curtain Call" filling the whole of side three, and a selection of live tracks recorded at [[Shepperton Studios]] for Damned fan club members on side four. ==Reissues== The Damned's Chiswick back catalogue was acquired by Big Beat in 1981, and ''The Black Album'' was reissued in August 1982 as a single album that omitted "Curtain Call" and the live tracks. The artwork for the reissue parodied the sleeve of [[The Beatles]]' ''[[White Album]]'', rendered in black with no details other than the group's name embossed in capitals. The live tracks were reissued in their own right as ''[[Live Shepperton 80|Live Shepperton 1980]]'' with four extra tracks. The first subsequent reissue on [[Compact disc|CD]] reinstated "Curtain Call" and the original artwork, and the 2005 double-CD reissue also reinstated the live tracks. ==Track listing== All songs written by [[Rat Scabies]]/[[Captain Sensible]]/[[Paul Gray (musician)|Paul Gray]]/[[Dave Vanian]] except * by Scabies/Sensible/Gray/Vanian/Billy Karloff, † by Scabies/Sensible/Gray/Vanian/Giovanni Dadomo. ===Side one=== #"Wait for the Blackout" – 3:57 * #"Lively Arts" – 2:59 #"Silly Kids Games" – 2:35 #"Drinking About My Baby" – 3:04 #"Twisted Nerve" – 4:39 #"Hit Or Miss" – 2:37 ===Side two=== #"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" – 4:35 † #"Sick Of This and That" – 1:50 #"The History of the World - Part 1" – 3:45 #"13th Floor Vendetta" – 5:05 #"Therapy" – 6:12 ===Side three=== #"Curtain Call" – 17:13 ===Side four=== All songs written by Scabies/Sensible/Vanian/[[Algy Ward]] except ** by Scabies/Sensible/Vanian/Ward/Dadomo, ‡ by [[Brian James (musician)|Brian James]]. #"Love Song" (Live) – 2:10 #"Second Time Around" (Live) – 1:46 #"Smash It Up (Parts 1 & 2)" (Live) – 4:24 #"New Rose" (Live) – 1:49 ‡ #"I Just Can't Be Happy Today" (Live) – 3:55 ** #"Plan 9 Channel 7" (Live) – 5:12 == Line up == * [[Dave Vanian]] - Vocals * [[Captain Sensible]] - Guitars & Vocals * [[Paul Gray (musician)|Paul Gray]] - Bass * [[Rat Scabies]] - Drums {{The Damned}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Black Album, The}} [[Category:The Damned albums]] [[Category:1980 albums]] [[it:The Black Album (The Damned album)]]