Dark Continent (album)

Dark Continent is the debut studio album by American new wave band Wall of Voodoo, released in 1981 on I.R.S. Records. It reached number 177 on the Billboard 200 chart.[1]

For other uses of the term "dark continent", see dark continent (disambiguation).
Dark Continent
Studio album by
Wall of Voodoo
ReleasedAugust 18, 1981
Recorded1981
GenreNew wave, post-punk
Length35:50
LabelI.R.S.
ProducerJim Hill, Paul McKenna, Wall of Voodoo
Wall of Voodoo chronology
Wall of Voodoo
(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 compilation The Index Masters.

The album was first issued on CD by A&M Records in 1992.[2] 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.[3]

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]

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.[4]

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. "Billboard 200". Billboard. October 24, 1981. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  2. Dark Continent (Media notes). Wall of Voodoo. A&M Records. 1992. 44797 0022 2.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. Dark Continent / Call of the West (Media notes). Wall of Voodoo. Raven Records. 2009. RVCD-309.CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. Adams, Greg. "Dark Continent – Wall of Voodoo". AllMusic. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
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