Dark Continent (album)

Dark Continent
Studio album by Wall of Voodoo
Released	August 18 1981
Recorded	1981
Genre	New wave, post-punk
Length	35:50
Label	IRS Records
Producer	Jim Hill, Paul McKenna & Wall Of Voodoo
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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. The original compact disc version was released briefly by A&M in 1992, is out of print and was a highly sought after collector's item before Australian label Raven Records issued a digitally remastered CD of Dark Continent in 2009. It is coupled with the second Wall of Voodoo album, Call of the West.

The song "Call Box (1-2-3)" was made into a music video and the band also 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.

Track listing

All tracks 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

• Stanard Ridgway - vocals, keyboards, harmonica
• Marc Moreland - guitar
• Bruce Moreland - bass guitar, keyboards
• Chas Gray - keyboards, synthesizers
• Joe Nanini - drums, percussion

External links

Raven Records page for Dark Continent/Call of the West