''Grave Disorder'' is the ninth studio album from the punk rock band The Damned, released in August 2001. It was their first release since signing to

Nitro Records Nitro Records was an American independent record label, founded in 1994 and operated by The Offspring's Dexter Holland and Greg K. Nitro is famous for being an incubator for punk rock artists who have subsequently become successful, most notabl ...

and only studio album with Patricia Morrison.

Style

The album is musically similar to

Dave Vanian David Vanian (born David Lett, 12 October 1956) is an English rock musician, and lead singer of the punk rock band the Damned. Formed in 1976 in London, the Damned were the first British punk band to release a single, release an album, have a ...

and

Captain Sensible Raymond Ian Burns (born 24 April 1954), known by the stage name Captain Sensible, is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. Captain Sensible co-founded the punk rock band The Damned (band), the Damned, originally playing bass before switc ...

's previous Damned collaboration, ''

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''. It uses a combination of modern sampling and looping ("Absinthe"),

gothic rock Gothic rock (also called goth rock or simply goth) is a style of rock music that emerged from post-punk in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The first post-punk bands which shifted toward dark music with gothic overtones include Siouxsie a ...

("Thrill Kill"), punk rock ("Neverland", "Obscene" and "Amen"), deep gothic

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

pieces ("Beauty of the Beast" and "The End of Time"), and more traditional pop songs. The song "Lookin' for Action" appeared on the ''Warped Tour 2002 Tour Compilation''. Songs like "W" (about the 2000 election and

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) have a sound very reminiscent of

Britpop Britpop was a mid-1990s British-based music culture movement that emphasised Britishness. It produced brighter, catchier alternative rock, partly in reaction to the popularity of the darker lyrical themes of the US-led grunge music and to the ...

(such as the sound they exhibited on ''Strawberries''). "song.com" offers a tongue-in-cheek commentary on the

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, while "Democracy?" offers a rebuke of what they see as the futility of democracy and political revolution. The album's name is taken parliamentary convention in the United Kingdom, where a sitting may be adjourned should 'grave disorder' break out among members.

Track listing

Songwriting credits adapted from the album's liner notes. #"Democracy?" (

) – 3:21 #"song.com" (Sensible,

David Vanian David Vanian (born David Lett, 12 October 1956) is an English rock musician, and lead singer of the punk rock band the Damned. Formed in 1976 in London, the Damned were the first British punk band to release a single, release an album, have a ...

) – 3:39 #"Thrill Kill" (Sensible, Pinch) – 5:37 #"She" (Sensible, Vanian) – 4:27 #"Lookin for Action" (Sensible, Vanian, Monty Oxy Moron,

Patricia Morrison Patricia Anne Rainone (born January 14, 1962), better known by her stage name Patricia Morrison, is an American bass guitarist, singer and songwriter. She has worked with Bags, The Gun Club, Fur Bible, The Sisters of Mercy, and the Damned. Bio ...

, Pinch) – 4:04 #"Would You Be So Hot (If You Weren't Dead?)" (Sensible) – 4:13 #"Absinthe" (Vanian) – 4:17 #"Amen" (Sensible, Pinch) – 7:55 #"Neverland" (Sensible) – 3:31 #"'Til the End of Time" (Sensible) – 3:51 #"Obscene" (Sensible, Vanian) – 2:46 #"W" (Pinch, Tom Savage) – 5:05 #"Beauty of the Beast" (Vanian, Oxy Moron) – 4:44

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. ;The Damned *

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

theremin The theremin (; originally known as the ætherphone/etherphone, thereminophone or termenvox/thereminvox) is an electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact by the performer (who is known as a thereminist). It is named afte ...

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

–

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

, backing vocals * Monty Oxy Moron –

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

, backing vocals *Pinch –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, backing vocals ;Technical * David Bianco – producer, mixing *Eddy Schreyer – mastering *Vince Ray – cover *Morat – photography

References

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