Blank Blackout Vacant


Blank Blackout Vacant is the fourth studio album by Poison Idea. It was released in 1992 by Vinyl Solution in the UK and Taang! Records in the US. 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." 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."

Track listing

;Original release
  1. "Say Goodbye"
  2. "Star of Baghdad"
  3. "Icepicks at Dawn"
  4. "Smack Attack"
  5. "Forever and Always"
  6. "Punish Me"
  7. "Crippled Angel"
  8. "What Happened to Sunday"
  9. "You're Next"
  10. "Drain"
  11. "Brigandage"
  12. "Amy's Theme"
  13. "Vietnamese Baby"
;2020 expanded edition bonus tracks
  1. "Mario the Cop"
  2. "Open Your Eyes"
  3. "Flamethrower Love"
  4. "Endless Sleep"
  5. "Doctor, Doctor"
  6. "Green Onions"
  7. "Feel the Darkness "
  8. "Crippled Angel "
  9. "Drain "
  10. "Alan's on Fire "

Personnel