Damaged (studio album) by Black Flag
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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90/100  | 3 days ago | idiotican | | 74/100 |
55/100 | 06/10/2025 05:08 | chavaloricardin | | 73/100 |
70/100 | 05/12/2025 13:57 | CharonBri | | 75/100 |
75/100 | 04/26/2025 16:39 | Elauqsapid | | 64/100 |
70/100 | 02/27/2025 00:48 |  slatsheit | | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.8.
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The guitars on here are pretty good but everything else feels a bit weak in comparison to the better punk releases there have been. The vocal is poor in my opinion and doesn't portray the anger and aggression punk should have very well. The drum work is pretty standard as well but does provide some good moments that back up the guitar work which is the real highlight. The guitar work is so raw, and it feels electric on every track it shows up on. It really saves this album from being average and gives it the drive and passion it needs to be a punk album. Only a few songs grab you also with most tracks feeling like filler and just mediocre musically. Overall, worth a listen for the guitar work alone but this isn't anything special and the rest of the performances are pretty weak.
Raw, hardcore, pure punk rock, definitely pushing the limits at its time. Some tracks grew on me during the second listen.
I definitely love Greg Ginns guitar work more than Henry Rollins vocals, but this is one of the best examples of anger+depression in music. Depression is my favorite from here but Gimme Gimme is another personal favorite.
DriftingOrpheus 01/20/2022 05:34
A great example of a punk record that exerts facetiousness and rightfully takes the piss out of a lot bullshit. Slightly heavy-handed at times, but it pairs nicely with the heavy guitars. This record is still being misinterpreted as mindless, party drivel by college frat boys to this day.
useless garbage should be admired for how awful it is. u.s. punk
Favorite tracks: Spray Paint, TV Party
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planetneutral 01/20/2018 15:34
Can't say I loved it, but it wasn't long enough to feel too badly about it either.
corenfro 06/22/2017 02:21
I've never been more convinced I didn't like something after giving it 3 listens. It's even worse than punk. Somehow it got more childish, more outputting, less mature, and even less musically interesting than its predecessors in it's genre who it's not even worth my time to fully type out. Not for me!
RoundTheBend 04/14/2016 22:06
Great bass tone. Sounds a bit like a RAT or something on the bass fuzz.
Getting drunk and smashing a mirror.
Angry, raw, emotional, and even funny. Will leave you with a bloody nose, but intense admiration for the work.
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