Damned Damned Damned is the debut album by British punk rock band The Damned, released in February 18, 1977. Produced by Nick Lowe, it was released on the label Stiff Records. The musical styles of Damned Damned Damned were based on the new punk rock sound as heard on the previous single "New Rose". Unlike their British contempoaries The Clash and The Sex Pistols, Damned Damned Damned is not a political album. Damned Damned Damned also marks first full-length album released by a UK punk group.^[1][3] The All Music Guide (AMG) is a large, comprehensive and high quality metadata database about music. ... Image File history File links 5_stars. ... PopMatters is an international magazine of cultural criticism. ... Image File history File links Stars10090. ... This article is about the band. ... Music for Pleasure is also the name of a British record label; see Music for Pleasure (record label). ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... New Rose was the first single by The Damned. ... is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... This article is about the band. ... is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Bowi EP sleeve (1977). ... Stiff Records logo Stiff Records is a record label created in London in 1976 by entrepreneurs Dave Robinson and Andrew Jakeman (aka Jake Riviera), and active until 1985. ... New Rose was the first single by The Damned. ... This article is about the English punk rock band. ... The Sex Pistols in 1977. ...

Damned Damned Damned and it's singles failed to chart in the US. The album receives very high praise from modern day critics with Ned Raggett of Allmusic commenting that the record is "a stone classic of rock & roll fire".^[1] Ned Raggett is a music critic whose work has appeared prominently in All Music Guide, where he is responsible for writing a large portion of the reviews of independent music of the 1980s and early 1990s. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a large, comprehensive and high quality metadata database about music. ...

Background

After the success of "New Rose" and a tour with The Sex Pistols, The Heartbreakers, and The Clash, the band went into Pathway Studio to record the album Damned Damned Damned with producer Nick Lowe who recorded "New Rose" with them. Following ten days of recording, the mix was completed on January 15, 1977, the day the master tapes were compiled.^[6] New Rose was the first single by The Damned. ... The Sex Pistols in 1977. ... The Heartbreakers was a punk rock group formed in New York in May 1975 by Johnny Thunders (vocals/guitar) and Jerry Nolan (drums) who had just quit the New York Dolls and Richard Hell (vocals/bass) who was forced out of Television, the band he had founded with Tom Verlaine... This article is about the English punk rock band. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Bowi EP sleeve (1977). ... is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ...

Damned Damned Damned was issued by Stiff Records on February 18, 1977 which was also member Brian James' birthday.^[6] Stiff Records logo Stiff Records is a record label created in London in 1976 by entrepreneurs Dave Robinson and Andrew Jakeman (aka Jake Riviera), and active until 1985. ... is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Brian James is a British rock and roll guitarist who played in the pioneering punk band, The Damned, and later in The Lords of the New Church. ...

Album cover

The album cover features the four members of the band who have been hit by pies. Brian James recalls "that was organised by this photographer called Peter, Stiff had assigned him to do the thing. They though it was a jolly wheeze to surprise us with a few cream cakes, little knowing that we would relish it, get into to it and enjoy the whole experience". After the photo session, Damned member Captain Sensible noted "...I had more pie on my face than any of the other buggers and on the back of the sleeve I had my back to the picture, so I went down a photo booth and got some pictures, cut one out and said 'put that on there.' So I would have something to show my relatives, because I didn't think we'd be invited to make another album."^[6] Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Stiff Records logo Stiff Records is a record label created in London in 1976 by entrepreneurs Dave Robinson and Andrew Jakeman (aka Jake Riviera), and active until 1985. ... Captain Sensible, performing live with The Damned in 2006. ...

Stiff records had another problem where initial copies of the album were printed with a photo of Eddie & the Hot Rods on the back of the album cover, rather than The Damned playing at The Roxy Club. As of 2002, this rare print of this album fetches around £50 in the UK.^[6] Eddie & The Hot Rods is a pub rock band from London founded in 1975. ... The pound, a unit of currency, originated (at least in Britain) as the value of a pound mass of silver. ...

Reception

The British press has had mostly positive notes for the album. In 2002, Q included Damned Damned Damned in its "100 Best Punk Albums" list, declaring it "...One of the nastiest, most ragged and downright funniest record of the era..."^[3] while in 2003, the album ranked #3 in Mojo's "Top 50 Punk Albums" citing the album as "...Fast and furious, a fabulous snapshot of punk's earliest, subterranean days...".^[3] Q is a music and entertainment magazinepublished monthly in the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see Mojo (disambiguation). ...

The American press has also looked upon the album kindly, Ned Raggett at Allmusic gave the album their highest rating of five stars, declaring "Damned Damned Damned is and remains rock at its messy, wonderful best."^[1] The website Pitchfork Media also positively noted the album in a negative review of The Damned's 2001 album Grave Disorder stating "I won't lie to you: the Damned's new album isn't very good. In fact, the Damned have only ever recorded a few albums that were-- for instance, their debut or 1979's Machine Gun Etiquette"...."^[7] Ned Raggett is a music critic whose work has appeared prominently in All Music Guide, where he is responsible for writing a large portion of the reviews of independent music of the 1980s and early 1990s. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a large, comprehensive and high quality metadata database about music. ... Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. ... Grave Disorder was an album from the punk rock band The Damned released in August 2001. ... Machine Gun Etiquette is the third album by the British punk band the Damned. ...

Track listing

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All songs written and composed by Brian James, except where noted.  Brian James is a British rock and roll guitarist who played in the pioneering punk band, The Damned, and later in The Lords of the New Church. ...

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30th Anniversary Expanded Edition

The 30th Annivery edition album cover.

On April 3, 2007, Castle Music released a three-disc box set version of the album. Disc two serves up 26 demos, B-sides, non-LP single tracks and radio recordings, which equals nearly everything the band recorded during their first year of operations. Disc three features a lo-fi recording of one of the Damned's first public gigs, a set recorded in London during the 100 Club's first Punk Rock Festival in the summer of 1976. is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Castle Communications is a British record label, subsidiary of Sanctuary Records, specialising in the back catalogue of folk and folk-rock artists. ... A box set (sometimes referred to as a boxed set) is one or more musical recordings, films, television programs, or other collection of related things that are contained in a box. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The 100 Club is a music venue situated at 100, Oxford Street, London W1, UK. The 100 Club has a legendary status within the history of modern British music, having played live music since 24 October 1942. ... The 100 Club Punk Festival was a two day event held at the 100 Club, a (usually) jazz-oriented venue in Oxford Street, London, England on the 20th and 21st of September 1976. ...

All songs written and composed by Brian James, except where noted.  Brian James is a British rock and roll guitarist who played in the pioneering punk band, The Damned, and later in The Lords of the New Church. ...

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Personnel

The band

• Dave Vanian – vocals
• Brian James – guitar, vocals
• Captain Sensible – bass, vocals
• Rat Scabies – drums, vocals

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Technical staff

• Nick Lowe – producer
• Bazza – engineer

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References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Ned Raggett. "allmusic Damned Damned Damned >> review". allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
2. ^ Chris Jones. "BBC - Classic Pop/Rock Review - The Damned, Damned Damned Damned". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
3. ^ ^{a b c d e} Unknown. "Buy.com - Damned Damned Damned - Professional Reviews". buy.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
4. ^ Mark Deming. "allmusic ((( Damned Damned Damned [30th Anniversary Expanded Edition > Overview )))]". allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
5. ^ Michael Keefe (June 26, 2007). "Great Great Great". popmatters.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
6. ^ ^{a b c d} Damned Damned Damned (1977; Vinyl album, Sanctuary Records, Get Back Records, 2002).
7. ^ Joe Tangari. "Damned - Grave Disorder - Pitchfork Review". pitchforkmedia.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.