| Dark Continent | ||||
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| Studio album by Wall of Voodoo | ||||
| Released | August 18 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | New wave, post-punk | |||
| Length | 35:50 | |||
| Label | IRS Records | |||
| Producer | Jim Hill, Paul McKenna, Wall Of Voodoo | |||
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Dark Continent is the first full length album by Los Angeles new wave band Wall of Voodoo, released in 1981 on IRS Records. It reached #177 on the US album charts. The original compact disc version was released briefly by A&M in 1992, is out of print and was a highly sought after collector's item before Australian label Raven Records issued a digitally remastered CD of Dark Continent in 2009. It is coupled with the second Wall of Voodoo album, Call of the West.
The song "Call Box (1-2-3)" was made into a music video and the band also performed "Back in Flesh" in the 1981 concert film Urgh! A Music War. Early live versions of four songs ("Red Light", "Animal Day", "Back in Flesh" and "Call Box (1-2-3)") are featured on the Index Masters compilation.
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| Allmusic | [1] |
In a retrospective review, Allmusic declared Dark Continent to be Wall of Voodoo's greatest album, claiming the absence of any weak songs and the album's intensely original voice and style as justification.[1]
All tracks written by Wall of Voodoo