BLACK FLAG 'Damaged' 2002 U.S. vinyl LP reissue of classic album
Format: LP Condition: New Year of Release: 1987 Cat. No.: SST7 Label: SST
Perhaps the best album to emerge from the quagmire that was early '80s California hardcore punk, the visceral, intensely physical presence of Damaged has yet to be equaled, although many bands have tried.
Although Black Flag had been recording for three years prior to this release, the fact that Henry Rollins was now their lead singer made all the difference. His furious bellow and barely contained ferocity was the missing piece the band needed to become great. Also, guitarist/mastermind Greg Ginn wrote a slew of great songs for this record that, while suffused with the usual punk conceits (alienation, boredom, disenfranchisement), were capable of making one laugh out loud, especially the protoslacker satire "TV Party."
Extremely controversial when it was released, 'Damaged' endured the slings and arrows of outrageous criticism (some reacted as though this record alone would cause the fall of America's youth) to become and remain an important document of its time.
~ Review by John Dougan, All Music Guide
TRACK LISTING:
1 Rise Above 2 Spray Paint 3 Six Pack 4 What I See 5 Tv Party 6 Thirsty And Miserable 7 Police Story 8 Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie 9 Depression 10 Room 13 11 Damaged Ii 12 No More 13 Padded Cell 14 Life Of Pain 15 Damaged I
