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Revision as of 11:18, 8 November 2025
1992 studio album by Poison Idea
Blank Blackout Vacant is the fourth studio album by Poison Idea.[2] It was released in 1992 by Vinyl Solution in the UK and Taang! Records in the US.[3] An expanded double LP version was released by TKO Records and the band’s American Leather Records in 2020
Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote that “there’s evidence of some technical progression: ‘Star of Baghdad’ is shot through with aggro-surf guitar soloing, and a cover of ‘Vietnamese Baby’ struts with the glammy cheekiness of the New York Dolls’ original.”[6] Ox-Fanzine called the album “the climax in terms of melody, aggression and pressure,” writing: “Anger and bitterness instead of brutality. Thematically there is a great harbor tour through human misery: suicide, child and drug abuse, broken relationships, war. Here one looks deep into the abyss and somehow endures it.”[7]
Original Album Track listing
- “Say Goodbye” (Jerry A.)
- “Star of Baghdad” (Jerry A., Mondo, Pig Champion, Thee Slayer Hippy)
- “Icepicks at Dawn” (Jerry A., Myrtle Tickner)
- “Smack Attack” (Jerry A. Thee Slayer Hippy)
- “Forever and Always” (Jerry A., Mondo, Pig Champion)
- “Punish Me” (Jerry A., Mondo, Myrtle Tickner, Pig Champion)
- “Crippled Angel” (Jerry A.)
- “What Happened to Sunday” (Jerry A., Mondo)
- “You’re Next” (Jerry A., Myrtle Tickner)
- “Drain” (Jerry A.)
- “Brigandage” (Jerry A., Myrtle Tickner)
- “Amy’s Theme” (Pig Champion)
- “Vietnamese Baby” (David Johansen)
2020 Expanded Edition bonus tracks
- “Mario the Cop” (Pig Champion)
- “Open Your Eyes” (Brian James, Stiv Bators)
- “Flamethrower Love” (Jimmy Zero, Stiv Bators)
- “Endless Sleep” (Delores Nance, Jody Reynolds)
- “Doctor, Doctor” (John Entwistle)
- “Green Onions” (Al Jackson Jr., Booker T. Jones, Lewie Steinberg, Steve Cropper)
- “Feel the Darkness (live)” (Jerry A.)
- “Crippled Angel (live)” (Jerry A.)
- “Drain (live)” (Jerry A.)
- “Alan’s on Fire (live)” (Jerry A.)
Personnel
- Jerry A. – Vocals
- Tom “Pig Champion” Roberts – Guitar, Recorder, Background vocals
- Myrtle Tickner – Bass, Harmonica, Background vocals
- Thee Slayer Hippy – Drums, Percussion, Background vocals
- Mondo – Guitar, Piano, Bass on “Mario the Cop”
- Bob Stark – Engineer, Piano, Keyboards
- Dave Hite – Saxophone on “Say Goodbye”, “Forever and Always” and “Amy’s Theme”
- Phil Irwin – Saxophone on “Amy’s Theme”
- Jeff Dahl – Special Guest Vocals on “Flamethrower Love”
- Sam Henry – Organ on live tracks
