The Damned- The Best of the Damned (Another Great CD from The Damned)Label: Ace Chiswick Originally released 1987, reissued 2023 UK import With a well received new album "Darkadelic" in the shops, the Damned continue to build on their legendary status. This month as well as finally releasing the "David Vanian And The Phantom Chords" album as a 2LP set we are delighted to also offer "The Best Of The Damned". This album was originally released back in 1981 and pulled together the classic singles that the band had made

and saw the band use less Moog and more random electronic gadgets and noisemakers

Rather than crafting songs out of fragmented ideas in the practice room

The Super-It @

who had produced Aerosmith's previous four albums

and "No Lie" with Sean Paul

Born to Lose 4:54

The friction drives the music as much as it does the players

Five Brothers

With no prior preparation other than Williams writing a set of lyrics (reputedly all based on newspaper stories)

Grapejuice

And it called to her

-punk guru Ian MacKaye assisting on the production