Creep (You Can't Fool Me) - The Damned, James, Brian
Idiot Box - The Damned, Captain Sensible
Love Song - The Damned, Captain Sensible
Smash It Up, Pt. 1 - The Damned, Burns, Ray [1]
Smash It Up, Pt. 2 - The Damned, Burns, Ray [1]
Machine Gun Etiquette - The Damned, Captain Sensible
Melody Lee - The Damned, Captain Sensible
Plan 9 Channel 7 - The Damned, Captain Sensible
I Just Can't Be Happy Today - The Damned, Captain Sensible
Track Listings (14) - Disc #2
The History of the World, Pt. 1 - The Damned, Captain Sensible
Wait for the Blackout - The Damned, Captain Sensible
Drinking About My Baby - The Damned, Burns, Ray [1]
Silly Kids Games - The Damned, Gray, Paul
Curtain Call - The Damned, Scabies, Rat
Lovely Money - The Damned, Captain Sensible
Dozen Girls - The Damned, Captain Sensible
Life Goes On - The Damned, Captain Sensible
Under the Floor Again - The Damned, Burns, Ray [1]
Generals - The Damned, Captain Sensible
Grimly Fiendish - The Damned, Jackson, Clive
Eloise - The Damned, Ryan, Barry [1]
Anything - The Damned, Jugg, Roman
In Dulce Decorum - The Damned, Jugg, Roman
They were the ultimate punk band, a maelstrom of musical mania & madcap manners. This is the ultimate record of their first decade, assembling the pick of their Stiff, Chiswick, Big Beat, Bronze & MCA catalogues... more » in one place for the first time. From 'New Rose' to 'Eloise', here is the sound of history being made - complete with packaging that translates that saga into definitive words & pictures. 36 tracks housed in a deluxe slipcase with poster.« less
They were the ultimate punk band, a maelstrom of musical mania & madcap manners. This is the ultimate record of their first decade, assembling the pick of their Stiff, Chiswick, Big Beat, Bronze & MCA catalogues in one place for the first time. From 'New Rose' to 'Eloise', here is the sound of history being made - complete with packaging that translates that saga into definitive words & pictures. 36 tracks housed in a deluxe slipcase with poster.
CD Reviews
Probably the best of the album tracks andgreat to start with
plannine@webtv.net | New Castle, DE United States | 03/03/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"To come up with a best of the Damned would be litterably impossible. This anthology knows that. You would probably have to put the whole fist(Damned, Damned, Damned) and third albums(Machine Gun Etiqutte) on it. Plus, there were tons on non-album tracks that were great. Two personal favortites of mine "Nasty" and "There Ain't No Santy Clause" were not on any album. What Smash It Up: The Anthology does is try to make the best of the studio albums. In this respect it is a roaring success, but I wouldn't call it the complete best of the Damned.
While, the track listing is very impressive, its not perfect ("Born To Kill", "Stab Your Back", "Fish", their cover of MC5's "Looking At You", the original opening to "Love Song"("Ladies and Gentlemen, how do") and a couple of great Black Album tracks are missing). The 2nd album gets a lot of play time and not really the worthy tracks which means no "One Way Love" and "Alone". Ok, I'm getting very picky now that's the last of the negative comments.
What works for the anthology is the first 7 tracks hit like a freight train crashing into a skyscraper full of explosives for about 20 minutes. Another thing that works is showing how experimental they got in the later 70's to mid-80's. The 2nd disc is basically their experimental period with a rocker thown in here and there for good measure. It never reaches the highs of the first disc but there are no Music for Pleasure tracks on it.
I would definately say that if there was one cd to buy by the Damned. Get the first or the third albums. But this is probably a good place to start if you can't get a hold of the other two. It deffinately blows away the other double disc best of Light At The End Of The Tunnel. A great, but not perfect anthology."
Track Listings (21) - Disc #1