Machine Gun Etiquette is the third studio album by English punk rock band the Damned. It was released on 2 November 1979 by Chiswick Records. Check out Machine Gun Etiquette by The Damned on Amazon Music. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com.
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| Released | 2 November 1979 | |||
| Recorded | March–May and July–August 1979 in London, England | |||
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| Genre | Punk rock, pop rock | |||
| Length | 35:28 | |||
| Label | Chiswick | |||
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- The Damned are an English rock band formed in London in 1976. They were the first punk rock band from the United Kingdom to release a single ('New Rose'), an album (Damned Damned Damned), to have a record on the UK music charts, and to tour the United States. The Damned later evolved into one of the forerunners of the gothic genre.
Machine Gun Etiquette is the third studio album by English punk rock band the Damned. It was released on 2 November 1979 by Chiswick Records.
Background[edit]
The album was the group's first since reforming with a new lineup of Dave Vanian on vocals, Captain Sensible on lead guitar, Rat Scabies on drums and Algy Ward on bass guitar. On Machine Gun Etiquette, the band brought more variety to their usual punk rock to add wide-ranging pop rock.[2][3]
The voice at the album's start is Jack Howarth, taken from his 1971 album 'Ow Do, a recording of Lancastrian monologues.[4] The mispronounced album name would later be used in fusion with Thee Headcoats name as the Japanese band name Thee Michelle Gun Elephant by their former bassist.
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [2] |
| Classic Rock | [5] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[3] |
| Mojo | [6] |
| Q | [7] |
| Record Collector | [8] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [9] |
| Uncut | 10/10[10] |
AllMusic's retrospective review reported that when it was released, Machine Gun Etiquette was 'deservedly hailed as another classic from the band'. The website praised the variety of styles explored and the group's typically strong wit.[2] Scott Rowley of Classic Rock magazine, reviewing the 25th Anniversary Edition of the album, defined it as 'a riotous, ballsy rush of an album [...] the sound of a band coming into its own', adding that 'while the Clash looked to America for inspiration, the Damned remained resolutely British', perhaps ironically given that the front cover depicted the band in a New York street scene[5] at 704 7th Avenue, New York City.[11]
Track listing[edit]
All tracks are written by Rat Scabies, Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian and Algy Ward, except as noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 'Love Song' | 2:21 | |
| 2. | 'Machine Gun Etiquette' | 1:48 | |
| 3. | 'I Just Can't Be Happy Today' | Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward, Giovanni Dadomo | 3:42 |
| 4. | 'Melody Lee' | 2:07 | |
| 5. | 'Anti-Pope' | Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward, Phillip Burns | 3:21 |
| 6. | 'These Hands' | 2:03 | |
| 7. | 'Plan 9 Channel 7' | 5:08 | |
| 8. | 'Noise, Noise, Noise' | Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward, Jennet Ward | 3:10 |
| 9. | 'Looking at You' (MC5 cover) | Michael Davis, Wayne Kramer, Fred 'Sonic' Smith, Dennis Thompson, Rob Tyner | 5:08 |
| 10. | 'Liar' | 2:44 | |
| 11. | 'Smash It Up (Part 1)' | 1:59 | |
| 12. | 'Smash It Up (Part 2)' | 2:53 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13. | 'Ballroom Blitz' (B-side, Sweet cover) | Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn | 3:30 |
| 14. | 'Suicide' (B-side) | 3:14 | |
| 15. | 'Rabid (Over You)' (B-side) | Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Andy Le Vien | 3:41 |
| 16. | 'White Rabbit (Extended Version)' (Non-album single) | Grace Slick | 5:13 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 'Love Song' | 2:21 | |
| 2. | 'Machine Gun Etiquette' | 1:48 | |
| 3. | 'I Just Can't Be Happy Today' | Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward, Dadomo | 3:42 |
| 4. | 'Melody Lee' | 2:07 | |
| 5. | 'Anti-Pope' | Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward, Burns | 3:21 |
| 6. | 'These Hands' | 2:03 | |
| 7. | 'Plan 9 Channel 7' | 5:08 | |
| 8. | 'Noise, Noise, Noise' | Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward, Ward | 3:10 |
| 9. | 'Looking at You' (MC5 cover) | Davis, Kramer, Smith, Thompson, Rob Tyner | 5:08 |
| 10. | 'Liar' | 2:44 | |
| 11. | 'Smash It Up (Parts 1 & 2)' | 5:11 | |
| 12. | 'Love Song (Ed Hollis Version)' (previously unissued) | 2:03 | |
| 13. | 'Noise, Noise, Noise (Ed Hollis Version)' (B-side) | Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward, Ward | 3:25 |
| 14. | 'Suicide' (B-side) | 3:17 | |
| 15. | 'Smash It Up (Part 2) (Backing Track - Singalonga Damned)' (previously unissued) | 2:56 | |
| 16. | 'Smash It Up (Part 4)' (previously unissued) | 1:57 | |
| 17. | 'Burglar' (B-side) | 3:33 | |
| 18. | 'I Just Can't Be Happy Today (DJ Edit)' (single version) | 3:00 | |
| 19. | 'Ballroom Blitz' (B-side) | Chapman, Chinn | 3:28 |
| 20. | 'Turkey Song' (B-side) | 1:32 | |
| 21. | 'Plan 9, Channel 7 (Video clip)' (previously unissued Chiswick video recording) | 6:18 |
Personnel[edit]
Credits adapted from the 25th Anniversary Edition liner notes.[1][12]
- The Damned
- Dave Vanian – lead vocals
- Captain Sensible – guitars, backing vocals, keyboards, bass ('I Just Can't Be Happy Today', 'Smash It Up (Parts 1 & 2)'), bass solo ('Anti-Pope'), Mandolin (Turkey Song), lead vocals on 'Turkey Song'
- Rat Scabies – drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on 'Burglar'
- Algy Ward – bass, backing vocals, guitar ('Machine Gun Etiquette', 'Liar')
- Additional personnel
- Joe Strummer – backing vocals ('Noise, Noise, Noise'), hand claps ('Machine Gun Etiquette')
- Topper Headon – backing vocals ('Noise, Noise, Noise')
- Henry Badowski – backing vocals ('Noise, Noise, Noise')
- Paul Simonon – hand claps ('Machine Gun Etiquette')
- Lemmy Kilmister – bass, backing vocals ('Ballroom Blitz')
- Production
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- The Damned – producer
- Roger Armstrong – producer
- Ed Hollis – producer ('Love Song (Ed Hollis Version)', 'Noise, Noise, Noise (Ed Hollis Version)', 'Suicide')
- Alvin Clarke – engineer (Sound Suite)
- Mike Shipley – engineer (Wessex)
- Gary Edwards – engineer (Wessex)
- Jeremy Green – engineer (Wessex)
- Rik Watton – engineer (Workhouse)
- Damian Korner – engineer (Utopia)
- G. H. Wallis – engineer (SGS)
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References[edit]
- ^ abMachine Gun Etiquette (CD liner notes). The Damned (25th anniversary ed.). Chiswick Records. 2004. CDWIKD 250.CS1 maint: others (link)
- ^ abcRaggett, Ned. 'Machine Gun Etiquette – The Damned'. AllMusic. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ abRobbins, Ira (15 March 1991). 'Machine Gun Etiquette'. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^'Jack Howarth - 'Ow Do'. Discogs.
- ^ abRowley, Scott (February 2005). 'Damned Fine'. Classic Rock. No. 76. p. 106.
- ^Gilbert, Pat (April 2018). 'Dave's Faves'. Mojo. No. 293. p. 40.
- ^'The Damned: Machine Gun Etiquette'. Q. No. 190. May 2002. p. 137.
- ^Shooman, Joe (October 2007). 'The Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette'. Record Collector. No. 341. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^Coleman, Mark (1992). 'The Damned'. In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed.). Random House. pp. 176–77. ISBN0-679-73729-4.
- ^Watts, Peter (December 2016). 'The Damned: Buyer's Guide'. Uncut. No. 235. p. 69.
- ^'Musical Maps'. musicalmaps.com.au. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^Hutchinson, Barry (2017). The Damned - the Chaos Years: An Unofficial Biography. Barry Hutchinson. p. 119. ISBN978-0-244-30256-6.
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External links[edit]
- Machine Gun Etiquette at Discogs (list of releases)
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