Smash It Up: The Anthology 1976–1987

Smash It Up: The Anthology 1976–1987
Compilation album by The Damned
Released 22 October 2002
Recorded 1976–1986
Genre Punk rock, gothic rock
Length 133:32
Label Essential, Castle, Sanctuary
The Damned chronology

Live Anthology
(2002)		 Smash It Up: The Anthology 1976–1987
(2002)		 The Stiff Singles 1976–1977
(2002)

Smash It Up: The Anthology 1976–1987 is a compilation album by the English punk and gothic rock band The Damned, released on 22 October 2002. It collects tracks spanning the first eleven years of the band's career, beginning with their debut single "New Rose" (1976) and continuing through their first seven studio albums—Damned Damned Damned (1977), Music for Pleasure (1977), Machine Gun Etiquette (1979), The Black Album (1980), Strawberries (1982), Phantasmagoria (1985), and Anything (1986)—along with the non-album singles "Stretcher Case Baby" (1977), "Lovely Money" (1982), and "Eloise" (1986).

Reception

Mark Deming of Allmusic gave the compilation four stars out of five, saying that it succeeds "for the most part" in presenting a coherent picture of the Damned's initial run, and that the chronologically-ordered tracking portrays the group as "constantly growing and evolving, mutating from speed-addled punk marauders into a surprisingly radio-friendly blend of pop, goth, and hard rock at journey's end."[1] While criticizing the inclusion of the 17-minute "Curtain Call" as desirable only to rabid fans, he remarked "this collection not only serves the band's history quite well, but also the evolution of their profile in the world of music from upstarts to veterans of the pop charts."[1]

Track listing

Disc 1
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "New Rose" (from "New Rose", 1976)Brian James 2:42
2. "Help!" (from "New Rose", 1976; originally performed by The Beatles)John Lennon, Paul McCartney 1:44
3. "Neat Neat Neat" (from Damned Damned Damned, 1977)James 2:44
4. "See Her Tonite" (from Damned Damned Damned, 1977)James 2:31
5. "Fan Club" (from Damned Damned Damned, 1977)James 2:58
6. "I Fall" (from Damned Damned Damned, 1977)James 2:07
7. "I Feel Alright" (from Damned Damned Damned, 1977; originally performed by The Stooges as "1970")Dave Alexander, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, Iggy Pop 4:29
8. "Feel the Pain" (from Damned Damned Damned, 1977)James 3:39
9. "Stretcher Case Baby" (from "Stretcher Case Baby", 1977)Rat Scabies 2:16
10. "Problem Child" (from Music for Pleasure, 1977)James, Scabies 2:15
11. "Don't Cry Wolf" (from Music for Pleasure, 1977)James 3:15
12. "Your Eyes" (from Music for Pleasure, 1977)James, Dave Vanian 2:53
13. "Creep (You Can't Fool Me)" (from Music for Pleasure, 1977)James 2:17
14. "Idiot Box" (from Music for Pleasure, 1977)Scabies, Captain Sensible 4:56
15. "Love Song" (from Machine Gun Etiquette, 1979)Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Algy Ward 2:06
16. "Smash It Up (Part 1)" (from Machine Gun Etiquette, 1979)Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward 1:59
17. "Smash It Up (Part 2)" (from Machine Gun Etiquette, 1979)Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward 2:55
18. "Machine Gun Etiquette" (from Machine Gun Etiquette, 1979)Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward 1:51
19. "Melody Lee" (from Machine Gun Etiquette, 1979)Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward 2:08
20. "Plan 9, Channel 7" (from Machine Gun Etiquette, 1979)Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward 5:13
21. "I Just Can't Be Happy Today" (from Machine Gun Etiquette, 1979)Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward, Giovanni Dadomo 3:40
Total length:
 59:58
Disc 2
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "The History of the World (Part 1)" (from The Black Album, 1980)Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward 3:59
2. "Wait for the Blackout" (from The Black Album, 1980)Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Paul Gray, Billy Karloff 4:00
3. "Drinking About My Baby" (from The Black Album, 1980)Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Gray 3:05
4. "Silly Kids Games" (from The Black Album, 1980)Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Gray 2:39
5. "Curtain Call" (from The Black Album, 1980)Scabies, Sensible 17:17
6. "Lovely Money" (from "Lovely Money", 1982)Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Gray, Randy MacDonald 5:26
7. "Dozen Girls" (from Strawberries, 1982)Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Gray, Karloff 4:22
8. "Life Goes On" (from Strawberries, 1982)Scabies, Sensible, Vanian 4:11
9. "Under the Floor Again" (from Strawberries, 1982)Scabies, Sensible, Vanian 5:24
10. "Generals" (from Strawberries, 1982)Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Gray 3:27
11. "Grimly Fiendish" (from Phantasmagoria, 1985)Scabies, Vanian, Roman Jugg, Bryn Merrick, Clive Jackson 5:12
12. "Eloise" (from "Eloise", 1986; originally performed by Barry Ryan)Paul Ryan 5:11
13. "Anything" (from Anything, 1986)Scabies, Vanian, Jugg, Merrick 4:43
14. "In Dulce Decorum" (from Anything, 1986)Scabies, Vanian, Jugg, Merrick 4:38
Total length:
 73:34

Personnel

Band members
Additional musicians
Production

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Deming, Mark. "Review: Smash It Up: The Anthology 1976–1987". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-11-29.