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Damaged
Punk · 1981 · 15 tracks

Damaged

Black Flag

A thirty-five minute explosion of suburban paranoia and jagged guitar noise. The definitive document of American hardcore's transition from speed to psychological weight.

November 16, 1981

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Relentless, confrontational energy with moments of exhausted tenderness and suburban paranoia.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks
01
Rise Above
2:29
02
Spray Paint
0:36
03
Six Pack
2:23
04
What I See
1:58
05
TV Party
3:33
06
Thirsty and Miserable
2:08
07
Police Store
1:35
08
Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
1:49
09
Depression
2:31
10
Room 13
2:07
11
Damaged II
3:25
12
No More
2:28
13
Padded Cell
1:49
14
Life of Pain
2:53
15
Damaged I
3:51
Moments Worth Listening For
the gang-vocal explosion of the chorus in Rise Above that sounds like a riot starting
Greg Ginn's jagged, atonal guitar solo on Thirsty and Miserable that mimics a nervous breakdown
the harrowing spoken-word intro of Damaged I where Rollins addresses the listener directly
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How does Damaged sound next to the rest of Black Flag's catalogue?

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The vocals lean notably further into raw than the rest of the catalogue.

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