The Shadow Of Love

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"The Shadow Of Love"
"The Shadow Of Love" cover
Single by The Damned
from the album Phantasmagoria
B-side(s) "Nightshift"
Released June 10, 1985
Format 7"/10"/12" single
Recorded 1985
Genre Goth/Rock
Length 3:51
Label MCA
GRIM 2
Producer(s) Jon Kelly
Chart positions
  • #25 (UK)
The Damned singles chronology
"Grimly Fiendish"
(1985)
"The Shadow Of Love"
(1985)
"Is It A Dream?"
(1985)

"The Shadow Of Love" was a single released by The Damned in 1985.

It was released in several formats, with the 10" and 12" versions featuring different mixes of "The Shadow of Love", as well as a bonus track, "Would You". Limited numbers of the 7" single inclused a bonus record, featuring Rat Scabies' solo single "Let There Be Rats", previously only available via mail order. The song was promoted with the help of a video directed by Peter Cornish, and reached #25 in the UK charts.

MCA also issued the single in Germany, with the German 7" featuring a slightly different mix of "The Shadow of Love".

[edit] Track listing

  1. "The Shadow of Love" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick) - 3:51
  2. "Nightshift" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick)

Bonus Tracks on 10" version: -

  1. "The Shadow of Love (Ten Inches of Hell Mix)" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick) - 6:32
  2. "Would You" (Mason, Scabies, Jugg, Vanian, Merrick)

Bonus Tracks on 12" version: -

  1. "The Shadow of Love (The Pressure Mix)" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick)
  2. "Would You" (Mason, Scabies, Jugg, Vanian, Merrick)

[edit] Production credits

The Damned
Dave Vanian | Captain Sensible | Patricia Morrison | Monty Oxy Moron | Pinch
Former members: Brian James | Rat Scabies | Lu Edmunds | Algy Ward | Paul Gray | Roman Jugg | Bryn Merrick | Kris Dollimore | Allan Lee Shaw | Moose
The Damned discography
Studio albums: Damned Damned Damned | Music for Pleasure | Machine Gun Etiquette | The Black Album | Strawberries | Phantasmagoria | Anything | Not of This Earth | Grave Disorder
Live albums: Live Shepperton 80 | Live at Newcastle | Not The Captain's Birthday Party? | Mindless Directionless Energy | Final Damnation | The Damned Live | Ballroom Blitz - Live at the Lyceum | The School Bullies | Fiendish Shadows | Eternal Damnation Live | Molten Lager
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