Vote up content that is on-topic, within the rules/guidelines, and will likely stay relevant long-term. Some great punk songs & some more ambitious songs but they're all relentless with hardly a gap between them, except for outbreaks of Monty Python style humour (the line at the top was from the Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy and was on the runout groove of side 2 of the vinyl version and so repeated over and over until you took the needle off). It is a very 'British' sounding album, cancel that, it's a very English album!

The Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette (2016, Vinyl) - Discogs The Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette (2016, Vinyl) - Discogs

The production is poor as befits similar punk albums of the time but it sounds dirty and messy, which gives it its charm. The ending of "Smash It Up (Part II)" segues into the "Ballroom Blitz" intro. "Rabid (Over You)" is a new mix. The album features multiple guest musicians. Lemmy plays bass on the band's take on The Sweet's " Ballroom Blitz", which was not on the album at time of release but released as a single; the song was also added to the reissued version of the album. Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon also appear on the album, which showcases cover versions of songs by MC5. The album also features sometime Pink Floyd lyricist Anthony Moore on synthesiser. Philip Lloyd-Smee contributed to the sleeve and logo design work on Machine Gun Etiquette.Ed Hollis – producer ("Love Song" (Ed Hollis version), "Noise, Noise, Noise" (Ed Hollis version), "Suicide") Hutchinson, Barry (2017). The Damned – the Chaos Years: An Unofficial Biography. Barry Hutchinson. p.119. ISBN 978-0-244-30256-6. The Damned didn’t care about definitions, which is why their classic third album sounds as fresh now as it did in 1979. Available again on vinyl.

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Bolan had taken The Damned on his final UK tour (Dandy In The Underworld) in early 1977, and by all accounts were very impressed with how they were treated. Coleman, Mark (1992). "The Damned". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rded.). Random House. pp.176–77. ISBN 0-679-73729-4. It was also a Damned which – whatever the humour – was dead serious about setting its stall and making a mark. There was no filler: even the cover of the MC5’s ‘Looking At You’ slotted in without breaking the flow. “Machine Gun Etiquette” hit shops within weeks of “London Calling” and Public Image Limited’s “Metal Box”, both benchmark albums showing how far their creators had moved beyond what had been defined as punk. The same applied to the Damned, who likewise recognised no musical barriers and did what they wanted: the true defining characteristic of punk. They didn’t care about definitions anyway. Which is why this classic, essential album sounds as fresh now as it did in 1979. This album was the bridge from the bands early 'punk' days to their more creative and commercial eighties phase.Or ...*"Nibbled to death ..by an Okapi" i think. Or you don't think it's a good lp? , maybe you should be " Nibbled to Death .."??... its certainly one of their best & a .great return for the 4th/5th??? line up..& the Capt showing himself to be a very capable guitarist & Algy laying down some super deep bass runs - the high point of 'Antipope' .it would have been good for 'Liar' to have the full blown drum workout as heard on the Peel session ,but it could have been regarded as 'a joke' ..that the band certainly were not - 'serious fun' ,I think .