Strawberries (album)

Strawberries (album)

Strawberries is the fifth album by The Damned, released in October 1982 on Bronze Records.

Limited editions included a strawberry scented lyric insert. Captain Sensible takes prominent backing vocals several times, and takes lead vocals on "Life Goes On" and "Don't Bother Me".

Paul Gray decided to call it quits in February 1983 and Bryn Merrick joined the band to replace Gray for their March 1983 club tour.

Sensible left The Damned after the "Nun Tour" (named for David Vanian's sexy-goth Nun dressed back-up singers on the tour) for Strawberries and played a "last gig" (until The Damned's 10th Anniversary gig at Finsbury Park in 1986) at Brockwell Park 4 August 1984.

Roman Jugg took over Sensible's role on guitar & keyboards. Bronze Records, their label at the time, collapsed and released the band from their contract. The internal strain of the band at this time may have helped them because of the mix of sounds and melodies with various styles created a very diverse style of music. Roman Jugg entered the band at this time, and marked the start of the Jugg era, which also lead to further experiments with the band's sound, including loops and sampling.

On 7 January 2005, Castle Records re-released Strawberries in the United Kingdom on CD.

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