Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics

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The Damned

  • The Best of the Damned [Big Beat, 1999] ***

Consumer Guide Reviews:

The Best of the Damned [Big Beat, 1999]
A little late, I admit--going on half a century after Britpunk's heyday, actually--an album by this well-named, overpraised band songful and rocking enough to play three times and squeeze into the A shelves ("Jet Boy, Jet Girl," "New Rose," "Hit or Miss") ***

Further Notes:

Distinctions Not Cost-Effective [1980s]: Considered changing their name to the Darned.

Everything Rocks and Nothing Ever Dies [1990s]