Anything (The Damned album)

Infobox Album | Name = Anything is possible. | Type = Album | Artist = The Damned |
| Released = December 5, 1985 | Recorded = Puk Recording Studios (Gjerlev, Denmark) (June - August 1986) | Length = 41:16 | Label = MCA | Producer = Jon Kelly | Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|1|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:y69ds35ba3rg link]
Last album = "Phantasmagoria" (1985)| This album = "Anything" (1985) | Next album = "Not of This Earth" (1996) | "Anything" was The Damned’s seventh studio album, released in 1985. Between June and August 1985 the band and producer Jon Kelly decamped to Puk Recording Studios in Gjerlev, Denmark to record their follow-up. In contrast to the straightforward sessions for their previous album, recording was rife with problems. Kelly attempted to steer the band towards the ‘Goth Opera’ style that had served them so well, but the band wanted to move in a new direction, with a psychedelic rock flavour – epitomised by their cover of Love’s "Alone Again Or".

The album received lacklustre reviews, and, considering the expenditure involved, was a commercial flop, peaking at #40 on the UK charts and spending just two weeks in the Top 100. It would lead to the band’s contract with MCA being terminated, and would be the band’s last album for a decade. The distinctive carving on the cover was made by Howard Rayhoult. On the vinyl release, this was unpainted, while for the CD release this was painted by Jef Hartley and Booce. Anything spawned the UK hit singles "Anything" (#32), "Gigolo" (#29) and "Alone Again Or" (#27).

Track listing

All song composed by The Damned except Alone Again Or by Bryan_MacLean
# "Anything" - 4:47
# "Alone Again Or" - 3:38
# "The Portrait" - 3:50
# "Restless" - 4:57
# "In Dulce Decorum" - 4:57
# "Gigolo" - 6:02
# "The Girl Goes Down" - 4:35
# "Tightrope Walk" - 4:21
# "Psychomania" - 4:03

=Singles=
* "Anything"
* "Gigolo"
* "Alone Again Or"
* "In Dulce Decorum"

=Production credits=
* Producer:
** Jon Kelly
* Musicians:
** Dave Vanian: Vocals
** Roman Jugg: Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
** Rat Scabies: Drums
** Bryn Merrick: Bass, Vocals
* Guest Musicians
** Blue Weaver: Keyboards
** Paul "Shirley" Shepley: Keyboards
** Paul "Wix" Wickens: Keyboards
** Suzie O’List: Backing vocals
** Kurt Holm: Trumpet The Damned