The Damned - The Black Album (1980)
Tracklist front / back album covers
Tracks written by Rat Scabies, Captain Sensible, Paul Gray and Dave Vanian
Side one
1. "Wait for the Blackout" Scabies, Sensible, Gray, Vanian, Billy Karloff 3:57
2. "Lively Arts" 2:59
3. "Silly Kids Games" 2:35
4. "Drinking About My Baby" 3:04
5. "Twisted Nerve" 4:39
6. "Hit or Miss" 2:37
Side two
7. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" Scabies, Sensible, Gray, Vanian, Giovanni Dadomo 4:35
8. "Sick of This and That" 1:50
9. "The History of the World (Part 1)" 3:45
10. "13th Floor Vendetta" 5:05
11. "Therapy" Scabies, Sensible, Gray, Vanian, Fay Hart 6:12
Side three
12. "Curtain Call" 17:13
The Black Album was the fourth album by the Damned, and the first to feature Paul Gray on bass guitar.
It was released in 3 November 1980 on Chiswick as a double album, with "Curtain Call" filling the whole of side 3, and a selection of live tracks recorded at Shepperton Studios for Damned fan club members on side 4.
The song "13th Floor Vendetta" paid tribute to the film The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), opening with the lyrics "...the organ plays to midnight on Maldine Square tonight".
