Name: Strawberries - 40th Anniversary
Brand: The Damned

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

ICOC1058.2

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2022-10-07

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Signed copies: No

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Sales:8.875

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843563155707

Total Cap

2 / CD

Artist

The Damned

Genre US

Punk / Hardcore

Label US

Iconoclassic

<p>The Damned is an English punk band formed in 1976 by Dave Vanian (vocals), Brian James (guitar), Captain Sensible (bass then guitar), and Rat Scabies (drums). They were the first British punk band to release a single in 1976. In the 1980s, they transitioned to a more psychedelic and gothic sound.</p>

Looking back 40 years now, October 1982's Strawberries remains the most unique, unusual album in The Damned's 46-year discography, a stone-cold psych-punk-pop/call-it-what-you-want classic, often overlooked or undervalued in it's singularity. Yet this fifth LP culmination was their most successful blend of their original 1976 punk energy with their moodier 1979-1984 post-punk progressions-including the pioneering goth they'd perfected on 1980's darker, more shadowy fourth album, The Black Album. Best of all, it most fully incorporated their multitude of '60s influences, from classic Nuggets-type garage rock to psychedelia to baroque and orchestral pop to mod/soul! Somehow, it also retains their former freak-flying spontaneity and juvenile abandon and wild streaks, encompassing Rat Scabies' typically explosive, post-Keith Moon drumming, guitarist Captain Sensible's unfettered lead runs, Dave Vanian's coolest crooning, and Paul Gray's anchoring, nimble-quick, bass, plus keyboard flourishes from incoming member Roman Jugg. The entire LP is flat out extraordinary start to finish, a monumental yet welcoming, fresh work of expertly crafted yet somehow still seat-of-the-pants-exciting melodic English pop. Perhaps that's the biggest reason Strawberries has held up so well for four decades:&nbsp;

Strawberries - 40th Anniversary

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