Final Damnation

Final Damnation
Live album by
The Damned
Released28 August 1989[1]
Recorded13 June 1988
GenrePunk rock
LabelEssential ESSLP 008
The Damned chronology
The Light at the End of the Tunnel
(1987)
Final Damnation
(1989)
Ballroom Blitz – Live at the Lyceum
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Hi-Fi News & Record ReviewB:1[2]

Final Damnation is a live album by the Damned. The album was recorded at The Town & Country Club in London on 13 June 1988. It was originally released in August 1989 by Essential, and was later re-released on DVD.[3]

The set begins with the original line-up and morphs through the various line-ups of the band, each playing on the tracks which that lineup recorded in the studio. It was recorded at a time when the band were in a chaotic state, without a record contract, after being dropped by their only major label, MCA. Various line-ups based on this show would tour until the Damned released the "Fun Factory" single.[4]

  1. ^ "New Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 26 August 1989. p. 42. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  2. ^ Farmer, Neville (December 1989). "Review: The Damned – Final Damnation" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 12. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. p. 140. ISSN 0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021 – via World Radio History.
  3. ^ "Boston.com Local Search – Boston Globe Archives". Nl.newsbank.com. 19 July 1990. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  4. ^ "The Damned: Final Damnation – Cast, Reviews, Summary, and Awards". AllMovie. Retrieved 16 February 2012.