Grave Disorder

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Grave Disorder
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Studio album by
the Damned
Released21 August 2001
Recorded2000–2001
StudioMad Dog Studios, Burbank, California
Genre Punk rock [1] [2]
Length57:35
Label Nitro Records
Producer David 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 Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Pitchfork 3.8/10 [5]
PopMatters favourable [6]

Grave Disorder is the ninth studio album from the British punk rock band the Damned, released on 21 August 2001. It was their first release since signing to Nitro Records and only studio album with Patricia Morrison.

Contents

Background

The album is musically similar to Dave Vanian and Captain Sensible's previous Damned collaboration, Strawberries . [2]

The album's name is taken from parliamentary convention in the United Kingdom, where a sitting may be adjourned should 'grave disorder' break out among members. [7]

Track listing

Songwriting credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [8]

  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. [8]

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Technical

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References

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  2. 1 2 Mörat (2 December 2022). "Every The Damned album, from worst to best". louder. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  3. ↑ Jack Rabid. "Grave Disorder". AllMusic . Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  4. ↑ Berelian, Essi (11 August 2001). "Albums". Kerrang! . No. 865. UK: EMAP. p. 45.
  5. ↑ Joe Tangari (5 December 2001). "The Damned: Grave Disorder". Pitchfork . Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  6. ↑ Jason Thompson (20 August 2001). "The Damned: Grave Disorder". PopMatters . Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  7. ↑ [Erskine May: Grave disorder https://erskinemay.parliament.uk/section/4897/grave%20disorder/]. UK parliament. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  8. 1 2 Grave Disorder (CD liner notes). The Damned. Nitro Records. 2001.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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