Dark Continent (album)

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For other uses of the term 'dark continent', see dark continent (disambiguation).
Dark Continent
Studio album by
Wall of Voodoo
ReleasedAugust 18, 1981
Recorded1981
GenreNew wave, post-punk
Length35:50
LabelIRS
ProducerJim Hill, Paul McKenna, Wall Of Voodoo
Wall of Voodoo chronology
Wall of Voodoo (EP)
(1980) 		Dark Continent
(1981) 		Call of the West
(1982)

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.

A music video was produced for the song "Call Box (1-2-3)"[citation needed] 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.

The album was first issued on compact disc by A&M in 1992.[1] In 2009, Australian label Raven Records reissued Dark Continent and the second Wall of Voodoo album, Call of the West, together on one CD, featuring a full color booklet with liner notes by Ian McFarlane. Both albums were digitally remastered.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [3]

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.[3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Wall of Voodoo.

  1. "Red Light" — 3:08
  2. "Two Minutes Till Lunch" — 2:55
  3. "Animal Day" — 3:13
  4. "Full of Tension" — 2:14
  5. "Me and My Dad" — 3:20
  6. "Back in Flesh" — 3:42
  7. "Tse Tse Fly" — 4:46
  8. "Call Box (1-2-3)" — 2:32
  9. "This Way Out" — 3:56
  10. "Good Times" — 2:29
  11. "Crack the Bell" — 3:33

Personnel

References

  1. ^ https://www.discogs.com/Wall-Of-Voodoo-Dark-Continent/release/631197
  2. ^ https://www.discogs.com/Wall-Of-Voodoo-Dark-Continent-Call-Of-The-West/release/2440114
  3. ^ a b Dark Continent at AllMusic

External links

Raven Records page for Dark Continent/Call of the West

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