The Damned 'Damned Damned Damned' (1977)
A major groundbreaker (the very first British punk band to issue an album [Stiff Records' first LP]), a stripped-down punk album of high-speed songs filled with raunchy guitar rock and equally aggressive sentiments. With Nick Lowe producing, the Damned trounced such then-hard-to-challenge traditional recording values as musical precision and studio-quality sound. Unfailingly energetic and vital, it's the only Damned studio album to feature the original lineup of Dave Vanian (vocals), Brian James (guitar), the exceptionally skillful Rat Scabies (drums) and Captain Sensible (bass). - Trouser Press
