
#BLACK OUT LYRICS PROFESSIONAL#
The 28-date Black Album UK tour began in November 1980, with reformed 1970s street punk band the Straps as support.Ĭritical reception Professional ratings Review scores

The first subsequent reissue of The Black Album on CD reinstated "Curtain Call" and the original artwork, and the 2005 double-CD reissue also reinstated the live tracks. The live tracks were reissued in their own right, with four extra tracks, as Live Shepperton 1980. I said: 'Put the thing in a plain black sleeve and we'll have a go at the Beatles and The White Album'". However, Scabies said: "Of course it was to do with the Beatles, I was so sick about the debates of what we should have on the front of it. "The sleeve isn't related to the Beatles in any way". "It was said that the Beatles had their White Album, we had our Black Album", said Vanian. The artwork for the reissue parodied the sleeve of the Beatles' The White Album, rendered in black with no details other than the group's name embossed in capitals. 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. He did have a hearse, he was a gravedigger". Captain Sensible later said that Dave Vanian's vocals were moving to a darker direction, and stated "It is goth we didn't set out to do that but that is just the way it is. Raggett described "Wait for the Blackout" as a "dramatic psych/punk surge" with "overtly-serious goth affectations", and qualified "Drinking About My Baby" as "goofy but still enjoyable". AllMusic critic Ned Raggett noted that "some of the numbers show the band following their original punk vein, but by this point the four.were leaving straight, three-chord thrash to the cul-de-sac revivalists", and that it was "a chance for the band to try everything from straightforward rock to gentler atmospherics".


The Black Album represented a change in the career of the group and an expansion of their sound. Phibes (1971), opening with the lyrics ".the organ plays to midnight on Maldine Square tonight". The song "13th Floor Vendetta" paid tribute to the film The Abominable Dr. It was released on 3 November 1980 by Chiswick as a double album, with "Curtain Call" filling the whole of side 3, and a selection of live tracks recorded at Shepperton Studios at a special concert for Damned fan club members on side 4. ShepardLyrics powered by Black Album is the fourth studio album by English punk rock band the Damned, and the first to feature Paul Gray on bass guitar. She′ll save her life For something good, oh yeah For something good, oh yeah For something good, oh yeah! And when he's punching her skull On the bathroom floor, oh yeah Does it get him off, oh yeah Does it get him off, to know That sometimes we all blackout? Suck it up Dry your tears I′ll lift you up Says the angel, here Little girl Feel the rage Turn your head Walk down that hall and put yourself to bed. I'll save my life For something good, oh yeah For something good, oh yeah For something good, oh yeah! And when you're punching skulls On your bathroom floor, oh yeah Does it get you off, oh yeah Does it get you off, to know That sometimes we all blackout? Lights out, poor thing that I am All alone (he′s standing cold in the rain) Hello, they call me, I am Raging lightning (he puts his hand to the air) What kind of vermin are Swimming on the streets tonight? It′s 4AM and, I am, he's coming after you tonight. Lights out Punching your Lights out Punching your Hello, they call me, I am On the prowl (he′s on the prowl) Hello, they call me, I am Hailing a cab (he puts his hand to the air) What kind of vermin are Creeping on the streets tonight? It's 4AM and, I am, he′s creeping on the streets tonight.
