The Damned
THE BLACK ALBUM

 

[1980 UK 2LP] Chiswick Records CWIK 3015

[1980 Italy 2LP] Chiswick Records ACWKL-23015
[Gatefold Sleeve]

[2002 UK CD] Big Beat CDWIK 906

[1980 Japan 2LP] Chiswick Records P-5597-8Z

[1980 UK Re-Issue LP] Big Beat DAM 3 

[2008 UK 2LP] Devils Jukebox DJB66619LP

[1980 UK 2LP] Chiswick Records CWIK 3015
[1980 Italy 2LP] Chiswick Records ACWKL-23015 [Gatefold Sleeve]
[1980 Japan 2LP] Warner Bros | Chiswick Records P-5597-8Z
[2008 Japan 2CD] Imperial TECI-28475

Record One:
Side 1
1. Wait For The Blackout 4:00
2. Lively Arts 2:55
3. Silly Kids Games 2:13
4. Drinking About My Baby 3:29
5. Twisted Nerve 4:35
6. Hit Or Miss 2:34
Side 2
7. Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde 4:31
8. Sick Of This And That 1:47
9. The History Of The World Part 1 3:49
10. 13th Floor Vendetta 5:03
11. Therapy 6:11

Record Two
Side 3
1. Curtain Call 17:15
Side 4
2. Love Song - Live 2:12
3. Second Time Around - Live 1:45
4. Smash It Up Parts 1 & 2 - Live 4:23
5. New Rose - Live 1:50
6. I Just Can’t Be Happy Today - Live 3:52
7. Plan 9 Channel 7 - Live 5:20

[1980 Japan 2LP] Warner Bros | Chiswick Records P-5597-8Z
Manufactured by Warner-Pioneer
Housed in a colour gatefold picture sleeve complete with Japanese text biography insert and original obi-strip

[2008 Japan 2CD] Imperial TECI-28475
Presented in mini LP-style card sleeve with mini replica inner sleeves
Fold-out Japanese/English lyric sheet and obi strip

[2002 UK CD] Big Beat CDWIK 906

1. Wait for the Blackout
2. Lively Arts
3. Silly Kids Games
4. Drinking About My Baby
5. Twisted Nerve
6. Hit or Miss
7. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
8. Sick of This and That
9. History of the World, Pt. 1
10. 12th Floor Vendetta
11. Therapy
12. Curtain Call 

[2008 UK 2LP] Devils Jukebox DJB66619LP

Limited edition 18-track Direct Metal Mastered 2-LP set pressed on 180gram VIRGIN VINYL
Includes 6 bonus recordings
Presented in metallic-finish embossed sleeve
Printed inner bag
Housed in individually numbered stickered re-sealable PVC bag)
Limited to 666 copies

1. Wait For The Blackout 
2. Lively Arts 
3. Silly Kids Games 
4. Drinking About My Baby 
5. Twisted Nerve 
6. Hit Or Miss 
7. Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde 
8. Sick Of This And That 
9. History Of The World 
10. 13th Floor Vendetta 
11. Therapy 
12. Curtain Call 
Bonus tracks:
13. White Rabbit
14. Rabid (Over You) 
15. Seagulls 
16. I Believe The Impossible 
17. There Ain't No Sanity Clause 
18. Looking At You [live]

[1980 UK Re-Issue LP] Big Beat DAM 3 

1980 UK reissue 11-track vinyl LP, includes History Of The World Part 1, Lively Arts, Drinking About My Baby and Therapy, in custom black embossed title sleeve with inner picture/lyric sleeve DAM3

1. Wait For The Blackout
2. Lively Arts
3. Silly Kids Games
4. Drinking About My Baby
5. Twisted Nerve
6. Hit Or Miss
7. Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
8. Sick Of This And That
9. History Of The World Part 1
10. 13th Floor Vendetta
11. Therapy

The Black Album LP
1Wait For The Blackout
2Lively Arts  ¤
3Silly Kids Games  ¤
4Drinking About My Baby  ¤
5Twisted Nerve  ¤
6Hit Or Miss  ¤
  
7Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
8Sick Of This And That  ¤
9History Of The World Part 1  ¤
1013th Floor Vendetta  ¤
11Therapy
  
  
12Curtain Call  ¤
  
13Love Song
14Second Time Around
15Smash It Up (Parts 1 and 2)
16New Rose
17I Just Can't Be Happy Today
18Plan 9 Channel 7
  
  
 Devils Jukebox Records tracklist
  
1Wait For The Blackout
2Lively Arts  ¤
3Silly Kids Games  ¤
4Drinking About My Baby  ¤
5Twisted Nerve  ¤
6Hit Or Miss  ¤
  
7Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
8Sick Of This And That  ¤
9History Of The World Part 1  ¤
1013th Floor Vendetta  ¤
11Therapy
  
  
12Curtain Call  ¤
19White Rabbit
  
20Rabid (Over You)
21Seagulls
22I Believe The Impossible  ¤
23There Ain't No Sanity Clause
24Looking At You (Live)
  
 Devils Jukebox Records bonus 7"
  
25History Of The World Part 1  ¤
26Sugar & Spite  ¤
  
27White Rabbit (Extended Version)
Line Up 
Dave Vanian  -  vocals 
Captain Sensible  -  guitar, vocals, keyboards 
 solo vocals on 'Silly Kids Games' 
 vocals on 'I Believe The Impossible' 
Paul Gray  -  bass 
Rat Scabies  -  drums, vocals 
 guitar on 'Drinking About My Baby' 
  
Hans Zimmer  -  synthesizers on 
 'History Of The World Part 1' 
  
Written by 
Scabies, Sensible, Gray, Vanian & Karloff1
Scabies, Sensible, Gray & Vanian¤
Scabies, Sensible, Gray, Vanian & Dadomo7
Scabies, Sensible, Gray, Vanian & Hart11
Scabies, Sensible, Vanian & Ward13-15,18
Brian James16
Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward & Dadomo17
Grace Slick19,27
Scabies, Sensible, Vanian & Le Vien20
Scabies, Sensible & Vanian21
Scabies, Sensible, Vanian & Dadomo23
M.C.524
  
Produced by 
The Damned (as the 'Kings Of Reverb')1-8,10-18
The Damned & Roger Armstrong19,27
All Sorts Of People20,21
The Damned22-24,26
The Damned & Hans Zimmer25
  
Overproduced by 
Hans Zimmer9
  
Engineered by 
Hugh Jones1-12,23,24
Tony Taverner19
Gary Edwards20
Alvin Clark21
Robin Black27
  
Recorded at 
Shepperton on 29 July 198013-18,24
 CountryRecord Label & Catalogue NumberReleasedNotes 
AustraliaChiswick Records CWK 301510/1980(1)
CanadaI.R.S. Records SP 7001210/1980(2)
CanadaI.R.S. Records SP 7001210/1980(3)
FranceChiswick Records 2C 168-64124/510/1980(4)
GermanyChiswick Records 0067.07310/1980(5)
GreeceChiswick Records 40.00610/1980(6)
ItalyChiswick Records ACWKL 2301510/1980(7)
ItalyChiswick Records ACWKL 2301510/1980(8)
JapanChiswick Records P-5597~8Z10/1980(9)
JapanSounds Marketing Inc. SP18-51681982(10)
SpainChiswick Records 17.2480/810/1980 
UKChiswick Records CWK 301510/1980(11)
UKBig Beat Records DAM 309/1982(12)
UKBig Beat Records DAM 309/1982(13)
UKBig Beat Records DAM 31985(14)
UKChiswick Records WIKM2 9102/04/1990(15)
UKDevils Jukebox Records DJB6661912/11/2008(16)
UKDevils Jukebox Records DJB6661912/11/2008(17)
USAI.R.S. Records SP 7001210/1980(18)
USAI.R.S. Records SP 7001210/1980(19)
USAI.R.S. Records SP 7001210/1980(20)
USAI.R.S. Records SP 7001210/1980(21)
Notes
(1)Issued as a double album in a gatefold sleeve, with a slightly extended live side.
(2)Issued as a single album on rainbow labels.
(3)Issued as a single album on silver labels.
(4)Issued as a double album in a single sleeve, with a slightly extended live side.
(5)Issued as a single album.
(6)Issued as a single album in a German sleeve.
(7)Issued as a double album in a gatefold sleeve, with lyrics on the inner cover. Issued on light purple labels.
(8)Issued as a double album in a gatefold sleeve, with lyrics on the inner cover. Issued on dark purple labels.
(9)Issued as a double album in a gatefold sleeve, with lyrics on the inner cover.
(10)Issued as a single album.
(11)Issued as a double album in a single sleeve.
(12)Issued as a single album, with an inner sleeve, on white and blue labels.
(13)Limited edition of 12,000 copies with a free poster. Issued as a single album, with an inner sleeve, on white and blue labels.
(14)Issued as a single album, with an inner sleeve, on grey labels.
(15)Issued as a double album in a gatefold sleeve.
(16)Limited edition of 100 numbered copies, all in the number range 1-100. Issued as a double album in a double-black sleeve embossed with gunmetal foil. Issued with a bonus numbered (matching) 7" on white vinyl in a black sleeve.
(17)Limited edition of 666 numbered copies. Issued as a double album in a double-black sleeve embossed with gunmetal foil.
(18)Issued as a single album on rainbow labels, without a letter below the tracklist. Issued without a barcode on the back cover.
(19)Issued as a single album on rainbow labels, with the letter y below the tracklist. Issued without a barcode on the back cover.
(20)Issued as a single album on silver labels, with the letter B below the tracklist. Issued with a barcode on the back cover.
(21)Issued as a single album on silver labels, with the letter R below the tracklist. Issued with a barcode on the back cover.



The Black Album Cassette
 UK tracklist (Chiswick Records)
  
1Wait For The Blackout
2Lively Arts  ¤
3Silly Kids Games  ¤
4Drinking About My Baby  ¤
5Twisted Nerve  ¤
6Hit Or Miss  ¤
7Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
8Sick Of This And That  ¤
9History Of The World Part 1  ¤
1013th Floor Vendetta  ¤
11Therapy
  
  
12Curtain Call  ¤
13Love Song
14Second Time Around
15Smash It Up (Parts 1 and 2)
16New Rose
17I Just Can't Be Happy Today
18Plan 9 Channel 7
  
  
 Spanish & UK tracklist (Big Beat Records)
  
1Wait For The Blackout
2Lively Arts  ¤
3Silly Kids Games  ¤
4Drinking About My Baby  ¤
5Twisted Nerve  ¤
6Hit Or Miss  ¤
  
7Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
8Sick Of This And That  ¤
9History Of The World Part 1  ¤
1013th Floor Vendetta  ¤
11Therapy
Line Up 
Dave Vanian  -  vocals 
Captain Sensible  -  guitar, vocals, keyboards 
 solo vocals on 'Silly Kids Games' 
Paul Gray  -  bass 
Rat Scabies  -  drums, vocals 
 guitar on 'Drinking About My Baby' 
  
Hans Zimmer  -  synthesizers on 
 'History Of The World Part 1' 
  
Written by 
Scabies, Sensible, Gray, Vanian & Karloff1
Scabies, Sensible, Gray & Vanian¤
Scabies, Sensible, Gray, Vanian & Dadomo7
Scabies, Sensible, Gray, Vanian & Hart11
Scabies, Sensible, Vanian & Ward13-15,18
Brian James16
Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward & Dadomo17
  
Produced by 
The Damned (as the 'Kings Of Reverb')1-8,10-18
  
Overproduced by 
Hans Zimmer9
  
Engineered by 
Hugh Jones1-12
  
Recorded at 
Shepperton on 29 July 198013-18
 CountryRecord Label & Catalogue NumberReleasedNotes 
SpainChiswick Records 53.2480/610/1980 
UKChiswick Records TC2-CWK 301510/1980 
UKBig Beat Records DAMC 309/1982 

   

The Black Album CD
1Wait For The Blackout
2Lively Arts  ¤
3Silly Kids Games  ¤
4Drinking About My Baby  ¤
5Twisted Nerve  ¤
6Hit Or Miss  ¤
7Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
8Sick Of This And That  ¤
9History Of The World Part 1  ¤
1013th Floor Vendetta  ¤
11Therapy
12Curtain Call  ¤
  
  
 Japanese bonus CD tracklist
  
12Curtain Call  ¤
13Love Song
14Second Time Around
15Smash It Up (Parts 1 and 2)
16New Rose
17I Just Can't Be Happy Today
18Plan 9 Channel 7
  
  
 UK 25th Anniversary bonus CD tracklist
  
13Love Song
14Second Time Around
15Smash It Up (Parts 1 and 2)
16New Rose
17I Just Can't Be Happy Today
18Plan 9 Channel 7
19White Rabbit
20Rabid (Over You)
21Seagulls
22History of The World Part 1  ¤
23I Believe The Impossible  ¤
24Sugar & Spite  ¤
25There Ain't No Sanity Clause
26Looking At You (Live)
27White Rabbit (Extended Version)
Line Up 
Dave Vanian  -  vocals 
Captain Sensible  -  guitar, vocals, keyboards 
 solo vocals on 'Silly Kids Games' 
 vocals on 'I Believe The Impossible' 
Paul Gray  -  bass 
Rat Scabies  -  drums, vocals 
 guitar on 'Drinking About My Baby' 
  
Written by 
Scabies, Sensible, Gray, Vanian & Karloff1
Scabies, Sensible, Gray & Vanian¤
Scabies, Sensible, Gray, Vanian & Dadomo7
Scabies, Sensible, Gray, Vanian & Hart11
Scabies, Sensible, Vanian & Ward13-15,18
Brian James16
Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward & Dadomo17
Grace Slick19,27
Scabies, Sensible, Vanian & Le Vien20
Scabies, Sensible & Vanian21
Scabies, Sensible, Vanian & Dadomo25
M.C.526
  
Produced by 
The Damned (as the 'Kings Of Reverb')1-8,10-18
The Damned & Hans Zimmer9,22
The Damned & Roger Armstrong19,27
All Sorts Of People20,21
The Damned23-26
  
Engineered by 
Hugh Jones1-12,25,26
Tony Taverner19
Gary Edwards20
Alvin Clark21
Robin Black27
  
Recorded at 
Shepperton on 29 July 198013-18,26
 CountryRecord Label & Catalogue NumberReleasedNotes 
JapanTeichiku Records TECP-2208621/01/1990 
JapanTeichiku Records TECX-2030730/09/1992 
JapanTeichiku Records TECW-1530321/09/1996 
JapanTeichiku Records TECI-30068~925/07/2001(1)
JapanTeichiku Records TECI-28295~621/07/2005(2)
JapanTeichiku Records TECI-28475~621/05/2008(3)
UKBig Beat Records CDWIK 90607/1986(4)
UKBig Beat Records CDWIK 90607/1986(5)
UKBig Beat Records CDWIK 90607/1986(6)
UKBig Beat Records CDWIK 90607/1986(7)
UKChiswick Records CDWKM2 27505/12/2005(8)
Notes
(1)Issued as a double CD in an LP style card sleeve.
(2)Issued as a double CD.
(3)Issued as a double CD in an LP style card sleeve.
(4)Issued with an 8-page colour inner sleeve. The CD includes the text 'Made in the UK', with the matrix number 'CDWIK 906 10095451 07 &'.
(5)Issued with an 8-page black & white inner sleeve. The CD includes the text 'Made in the UK', with the matrix number 'CDWIK 905 10095451 07 &'.
(6)Issued with an 8-page colour inner sleeve. The CD includes the text 'Made in EEC', with the matrix number 'CDWIK 906/B-4891A'.
(7)Issued with an 8-page black & white inner sleeve. The CD includes the text 'Made in EEC', with the matrix number 'CDWIK 906/B-4891A'.
(8)25th Anniversary Edition.
Additional Information
All copies include the 7" version of 'History Of The World Part 1', except for the 25th Anniversary Edition.

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