Dark Continent (album)

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.

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)

A music video was produced for the song "Call Box (1-2-3)" 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. Dark Continent at AllMusic

Raven Records page for Dark Continent/Call of the West

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