Phantasmagoria is the sixth album by The Damned, released by MCA

Music Corporation of America

MCA, Inc. was an American talent agency. Initially starting in the music business, they would next become a dominant force in the film business, and later expanded into the television business...

 records in July 1985. Special editions were available on white vinyl or picture disc — some versions included a free 12" of their #3 hit Eloise.

After much wrangling, the Damned received a new contract with MCA Records in October 1984 (past member Captain Sensible

Captain Sensible

Captain Sensible is a singer, songwriter, guitarist who grew up in Croydon, England, and co-founded the punk rock band The Damned in 1976. After leaving the band, he reinvented himself as an alternative pop singer with a rebellious, self-conscious image...

's hit solo career helped) and recorded the album in Eel Pie Studios

Eel Pie Studios

The Eel Pie Recording Studios, formerly Oceanic, are not actually located on the River Thames's Eel Pie Island but on the mainland in Ranelagh Drive by Twickenham Bridge. They were the venue for a number of notable rock and pop recordings. Eel Pie Studios' artists include Pete Townshend, Rachel...

 between March and June 1985. It reached No. 11 in the charts, and was the band's highest charting album ever. The non-album single "Eloise," (a Barry Ryan

Barry Ryan (singer)

Barry Ryan was an English pop singer. He is currently a photographer.The son of pop singer Marion Ryan, Ryan and his twin brother Paul began to perform at the age of 16...

 cover), released six months later, became a huge UK hit reaching No. 3.

The Damned centred the entire album around David Vanian

David Vanian

Dave Vanian is a rock musician, famous for being the lead singer of the punk rock band The Damned. The band formed in 1976 in London and Vanian is the only ever-present member of the group...

's deep voice, giving much of the album a gothic

Gothic rock

Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...

 feeling. "Edward the Bear" is a light pop tune sung by Roman Jugg

Roman Jugg

Roman Jugg is a keyboard player and guitarist. He began his career in the Welsh punk band Victimize in the late 1970s....

. The album is currently out-of-print in North America but was remastered and reissued by Geffen Records

Geffen Records

Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...

 in Japan in 2007, which features replicas of the LP's outer and inner sleeves and the CD's label resembles the white vinyl edition.

Track listing

All tracks by Vanian/Scabies/Jugg/Merrick, except where noted

1. "Street of Dreams" – 5:38
2. "Shadow of Love
   The Shadow Of Love
   "The Shadow Of Love" was a single released by The Damned in 1985.It was released in several formats, with the 10" and 12" versions featuring different mixes of "The Shadow of Love", as well as a bonus track, "Would You". Limited numbers of the 7" single included a bonus record, featuring Rat...
   
   " – 3:51
3. "There'll Come a Day" – 4:15
4. "Sanctum Sanctorum" – 6:27
5. "Is It A Dream
   Is It A Dream?
   "Is It a Dream?" was a single released by The Damned in 1985.The album version from Phantasmagoria was remixed slightly by Jon Kelly for a single release, and was backed with several live tracks, recorded at the Woolwich Coronet during the band's 11 July 1985 gig. The song was also backed by a...
   
   " (Vanian/Scabies/Jugg/Merrick/Sensible) – 3:27
6. "Grimly Fiendish
   Grimly Fiendish
   "Grimly Fiendish" was a single released by The Damned in 1985.The band had - much to their surprise - been offered a deal by a major label, MCA, and moved further in the direction of goth music under the influence of guitarist/keyboardist Roman Jugg and vocalist Dave Vanian...
   
   " (Vanian/Scabies/Jugg/Merrick/Doctor) – 3:50
7. "Edward The Bear
   Edward The Bear
   Edward The Bear is a song by The Damned. It was recorded for and released on their album Phantasmagoria. It is one of only a handful of songs by The Damned to not feature Dave Vanian on lead vocals and it is sung by temporary Damned member Roman Jugg...
   
   " – 3:37
8. "The Eighth Day" – 3:46
9. "Trojans" – 4:53

CD bonus tracks

10. "Grimly Fiendish" [The Bad Trip Mix] – 5:11
11. "The Shadow of Love" [10 Inches of Hell Mix] – 6:41

Personnel

• Dave Vanian - Vocals
• Roman Jugg
  Roman Jugg
  Roman Jugg is a keyboard player and guitarist. He began his career in the Welsh punk band Victimize in the late 1970s....
  
   - Guitar, vocals on track 7, keyboards
• Bryn Merrick
  Bryn Merrick
  Bryn Merrick is a musician who was a member of Cardiff-based punk band Victimize and who later joined The Damned between 1983 and 1989. He recorded the bass for albums Phantasmagoria and Anything. He replaced Paul Gray in 1983, when Paul went to UFO...
  
   - Bass
• Rat Scabies
  Rat Scabies
  Christopher Millar , better known by his stage name Rat Scabies, is a musician best known for his tenure as the drummer for The Damned....
  
   - Drums
• Andy Richards - Additional keyboards
• Luis Jardim
  Luís Jardim
  Luís Alberto Figueira Gonçalves Jardim is a Portuguese percussionist, born in the Madeira Island, best known for his work with producer Trevor Horn.-Family:Jardim is a cousin of Alberto João Jardim...
  
   - Percussion
• Gary Barnacle
  Gary Barnacle
  Gary Barnacle is a saxophonist/flautist, brass instrument arranger, composer and producer, primarily noted for session work, live work Gary Barnacle (born 1959, Dover, England) is a saxophonist/flautist, brass instrument arranger, composer and producer, primarily noted for session work, live work...
  
  - Saxophone