Anything (The Damned album)

Anything
Studio album by The Damned
Released	1 December 1986
Recorded	Puk Recording Studios, Denmark
Length	41:00
Label	MCA
Producer	Jon Kelly
The Damned chronology
Phantasmagoria (1985)Phantasmagoria1985 Anything (1986) The Light at the End of the Tunnel (1987)The Light at the End of the Tunnel1987
Singles from Anything
"Anything" Released: 6 November 1986 "Gigolo" Released: 23 January 1987 "Alone Again Or" Released: 6 April 1987 "In Dulce Decorum" Released: 16 November 1987

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Anything is the seventh studio album by the Damned, released by MCA Records in 1986. On the album's release, it charted in the United Kingdom, peaking at No. 40, and was certified as silver by the British Phonographic Industry. Four singles were released that all charted in the UK.

The album received some positive press, but was later called inferior to the group's previous work by AllMusic.

The album began production in June 1986 in Puk Recording Studios in Denmark. The Damned's vocalist, Dave Vanian, later stated that the group were forced into the studio to record the album before they had prepared any new material for it. Drummer Rat Scabies mentioned that the group had demoed the song "In Dulce Decorum", but most of the songs were written in the studio. In July, the group took a break from recording to perform a 10th anniversary performance in London at the Town and Country Club and two in Finsbury Park, where the group performed some songs that would appear on Anything, and were joined by Captain Sensible to perform "Smash It Up". On returning to Denmark, the group recorded a cover of "Alone Again Or" which Scabies originally thought was written by Roman Jugg. The album concluded production in August.

Following the recording sessions, the Damned toured Ireland and Britain in October and concluded the tour in Ireland in November. The group began having issues with technology on the tour (the brass parts of "Psychomania" crept in when the group were performing "In Dulce Decorum") and had to use an emulator to recreate some of their studio sound. Prior to the album's release, a single for "Anything" was released in November.

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