Living in Darkness
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Living in Darkness
- Artist: Agent Orange
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- Release Date: 1981 11
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Rock
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Were they punk, power pop, or surf rock? After listening to Rhino Records' reissue of Agent Orange's classic 1981 debut Living in Darkness, that's probably what the listener will be wondering. By incorporating all three musical elements into one, this influential Orange County, CA. band showed that they were a step ahead of the rest of the punk/hardcore pack. By adding seven hard-to-find cuts (including pre-debut singles and an interview from 1981) to the original album, this reissue of prime Agent Orange material is by far their best release, and the most appealing for newcomers to the band. The group gained some attention in the mid-'90s when it became public knowledge that alterna-punks the Offspring were huge fans of the band, which led to speculation that they lifted the Middle Eastern motif contained in Agent Orange's "Bloodstains" for their breakthrough hit "Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)." The comparison was debatable, but A.O. had lots of other great material, some showcased here -- a cover of Dick Dale's "Miserlou," "Too Young to Die," "No Such Thing," and of course the aforementioned "Bloodstains." You'd be hard pressed to find a better compilation of Agent Orange material than this reissue of Living in Darkness. ~ Greg Prato, Rovi| Living in Darkin's Neighborhood (2000 Album by Fred Clark) | |
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Living in Darkness
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| Studio album by Agent Orange | ||||
| Released | 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1979 - September 1981 | |||
| Genre | Surf rock, punk rock | |||
| Length | 19:53 (original) 44:46 (reissue) |
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| Label | Posh Boy Records | |||
| Producer | Daniel VanPatten | |||
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Living in Darkness is the 1981 release by the punk rock band Agent Orange. It was released on Posh Boy Records in 1981. It showcases their punk sound with its metal and surf influences.
The original album consisted of eight tracks. In 1992, the album was expanded. Three unreleased tracks from the sessions, "Pipeline", "Breakdown", and "Mr. Moto", were added as well as the 1979 recordings that gave them their Posh Boy contract: "Bloodstains", "America", "Bored of You", and "El Dorado". A 1981 interview is also included. Liner notes were written by guitarist Mike Palm. In 1988, Agent Orange recorded a never released version of the album, entitled Living in Total Darkness.
Three songs are covers of classic surf instrumentals: "Pipeline" by The Chantays, "Miserlou" by Dick Dale, and "Mr. Moto" by The Bel-Airs.
"Everything Turns Grey" is featured in the 2001 film Freddy Got Fingered.
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Track listing
All songs written by Matt Palm, except for where noted.
Original 1981 version
Side one
- "Too Young to Die" – 2:04
- "Everything Turns Grey" (Palm, James Levesque) – 2:00
- "Miserlou" (Milton Leeds, Nicholas Roubanis, Bob Russell, Chaim Tauber, Fred Wise) – 2:07
- "The Last Goodbye" – 2:49
Side two
- "No Such Thing" – 2:47
- "A Cry for Help in a World Gone Mad" – 2:09
- "Bloodstains" – 1:44
- "Living in Darkness" (Palm, Levesque) – 4:13
CD reissue version
- "Bloodstains (Original Version)" – 1:53
- "Too Young to Die" – 2:04
- "Everything Turns Grey" (Palm, Levesque) – 2:00
- "Miserlou" (Leeds, Roubanis, Russell, Tauber, Wise) – 2:07
- "The Last Goodbye" – 2:49
- "No Such Thing" – 2:47
- "Cry for Help in a World Gone Mad" – 2:09
- "Bloodstains (Darkness Version)" – 1:44
- "Living in Darkness" (Palm, Levesque) – 4:13
- "Pipeline" (Brian Carmen, Bob Spickard) – 3:54
- "Breakdown" (Palm, Steve Soto) – 2:54
- "Mr. Moto" (Richard Delvy, Paul Johnson) – 1:59
- "America" – 1:20
- "Bored of You" – 1:48
- "El Dorado" – 1:44
- "Interview 1981" – 9:21
- Tracks 1, 13, and 14 originally from the Bloodstains EP (1980).
- Tracks 10-12 originally from the Bitchin' Summer EP (1982).
- Tracks 15-16 originally from the El Dorado EP (1990).
Personnel
- Mike Palm: Guitar/Vocals
- James Levesque: Bass
- Scott Miller: Drums
- Steve Soto: bass (on 1979 tracks)
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