Dark Continent (album)
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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 | |||
| 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 by A&M in 1992. Australian label Raven Records issued a digitally remastered CD of Dark Continent coupled with Call of the West in 2009.
A music video was produced for the song "Call Box (1-2-3)" and the band 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.
Reception
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
In a retrospective review, Allmusic declared Dark Continent to be Wall of Voodoo's greatest album, pointing to the uniformly strong songwriting and the intensely original voice and style.[1]
Track listing
All tracks written by Wall of Voodoo.
- "Red Light" — 3:08
- "Two Minutes Till Lunch" — 2:55
- "Animal Day" — 3:13
- "Full of Tension" — 2:14
- "Me and My Dad" — 3:20
- "Back in Flesh" — 3:42
- "Tse Tse Fly" — 4:46
- "Call Box (1-2-3)" — 2:32
- "This Way Out" — 3:56
- "Good Times" — 2:29
- "Crack the Bell" — 3:33
Personnel
- Stan Ridgway - vocals, keyboards, harmonica
- Marc Moreland - guitar
- Bruce Moreland - bass guitar, keyboards
- Chas Gray - keyboards, synthesizers
- Joe Nanini - drums, percussion
References
- 1 2 Dark Continent at AllMusic
External links
Raven Records page for Dark Continent/Call of the West