Damned - Best Of The Damned (Another...), The - Import CD

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Damned

Description:

Rock & roll doesn't get much more recklessly fun than the early recordings of the Damned, one of the bands that (along with the Sex Pistols, the Clash, and Sham 69) helped to define early British punk rock. While the late-'70s gems Damned Damned Damned, Music for Pleasure, and Machine Gun Etiquette are all well-worth acquiring, The Best of the Damned can serve as a fine introduction to the band's early years. In fact, such hard-hitting, freewheeling classics as "New Rose," "Smash It Up," "I Just Can't Be Happy Today," "Love Song," and the outrageous "Jet Boy, Jet Girl" are essential listening for anyone with even a casual interest in the punk movement. Characterized by their rawness, these classics are considerably different from the more polished and produced Gothic material the Damned would record in the 1980s -- which ranged from inspired to forgettable. If listeners can own only one Damned CD, this is it. ~ Alex Henderson

Tracklisting:

1.New Rose
2.Love Song
3.Neat Neat Neat
4.I Just Can't Be Happy Today
5.Jet Boy, Jet Girl
6.Hit or Miss
7.There Ain't No Sanity Clause
8.Smash It Up, Pts. 1 & 2
9.Plan 9 Channel 7
10.Rabid (Over You)
11.Wait for the Blackout
12.History of the World, Pt. 1
13.Disco Man
14.Billy Bad Breaks
15.New Rose
16.Dozen Girls
17.Love Song
18.Stranger on the Town
19.Billy Bad Breaks
20.Generals
21.Smash It Up
22.Thanks for the Night
23.Dozen Girls