''The Dark Sides'' is a compilation of

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songs, released on 1 November 1988 through Roadrunner Records. This album contains five tracks (and an outro), released on previous albums, but are mostly unrelated in their stories (as King's albums were

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s).

Controversy

The album cover featured King Diamond with face paint that resembled

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bassist

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' "Demon". Simmons claimed that King's face paint was

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and sued him. The lawsuit was eventually dropped when King changed his design.

Track listing

# "Halloween" – 4:14 (previously released on ''Fatal Portrait'') # "Them" – 1:58 (instrumental track, previously released on ''Them'') # "No Presents for Christmas" – 4:21 (previously released as the A-side of ''No Presents for Christmas'' single; later as a bonus track on the 2007 remastered version of ''Fatal Portrait'') # "Shrine" – 4:23 (previously released as the b-side of The Family Ghost single; later as a bonus track on the 2007 remastered version of ''Abigail'') # "The Lake" – 4:13 (previously released as a b-side of Halloween single and as a bonus track on CD versions of ''Fatal Portrait'') # "Phone Call" – 1:38 (previously released on CD versions of ''Them'')

Personnel

– vocals *

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– guitars *Michael Denner – guitars *Pete Blakk – guitars *

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– bass *Hal Patino – bass *

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– drums

References

King Diamond albums 1988 EPs {{1980s-metal-album-stub