Grave Disorder

Grave Disorder is an album from the punk rock band The Damned, released in August 2001. It was their first release since signing to Nitro Records.

Grave Disorder
Studio album by
The Damned
Released21 August 2001
Recorded2000–2001
StudioMad Dog Studios, Burbank, California
Genre
Length57:35
LabelNitro Records
ProducerDavid Bianco
The Damned chronology
Not of This Earth
(1996)		 Grave Disorder
(2001)		 So, Who's Paranoid?
(2008)
Singles from Grave Disorder
  1. "Democracy?"
    Released: July 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Pitchfork3.8/10[2]
PopMattersfavourable[3]

Style

The album is musically similar to Dave Vanian and Captain Sensible's previous Damned collaboration, Strawberries. It uses a combination of modern sampling and looping ("Absinthe"), gothic rock ("Thrill Kill"), punk rock ("Neverland", "Obscene" and "Amen"), deep gothic piano pieces ("Beauty of the Beast" and "The End of Time"), and more traditional pop songs. The song "Lookin' for Action" appeared on the Warped Tour 2002 Tour Compilation.

Songs like "W" (about the 2000 election and George W. Bush) have a sound very reminiscent of Britpop (such as the sound they exhibited on Strawberries). "song.com" offers a tongue-in-cheek commentary on the Internet, while "Democracy?" offers a rebuke of what they see as the futility of democracy and political revolution.

Track listing

Songwriting credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[4]

  1. "Democracy?" (Captain Sensible) – 3:21
  2. "song.com" (Sensible, David Vanian) – 3:39
  3. "Thrill Kill" (Sensible, Pinch) – 5:37
  4. "She" (Sensible, Vanian) – 4:27
  5. "Lookin for Action" (Sensible, Vanian, Monty Oxy Moron, Patricia Morrison, Pinch) – 4:04
  6. "Would You Be So Hot (If You Weren't Dead?)" (Sensible) – 4:13
  7. "Absinthe" (Vanian) – 4:17
  8. "Amen" (Sensible, Pinch) – 7:55
  9. "Neverland" (Sensible) – 3:31
  10. "'Til the End of Time" (Sensible) – 3:51
  11. "Obscene" (Sensible, Vanian) – 2:46
  12. "W" (Pinch, Tom Savage) – 5:05
  13. "Beauty of the Beast" (Vanian, Oxy Moron) – 4:44

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[5]

The Damned
Technical
  • David Bianco – producer, mixing
  • Eddy Schreyer – mastering
  • Vince Ray – cover
  • Morat – photography

References
  1. Jack Rabid. "Grave Disorder". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  2. Joe Tangari (5 December 2001). "The Damned: Grave Disorder". Pitchfork. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  3. Jason Thompson (20 August 2001). "The Damned: Grave Disorder". PopMatters. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  4. Grave Disorder (CD liner notes). The Damned. Nitro Records. 2001.CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. Grave Disorder (CD liner notes). The Damned. Nitro Records. 2001.CS1 maint: others (link)
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