Lively Arts

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"Lively Arts"
Single by The Damned
from the album The Black Album
B-side	"Teenage Dream" (Live)
Released	10 October 1982
Recorded	1982
Genre	Gothic rock[1]
Length	2:59
Label	Big Beat NS 80
Songwriter(s)	Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Gray
Producer(s)	The Damned
The Damned singles chronology
"Dozen Girls" (1982) "Lively Arts" (1982) "Generals" (1982)

"Lively Arts" is a single released by English rock band The Damned.

Big Beat, budget imprint of Chiswick Records, followed up their belated release of "Wait for the Blackout" as a single with the release of another track from The Black Album, "Lively Arts". Like all of Big Beat's Damned reissues, the single failed to chart, not helped by the band not promoting it (they had recently released the new LP Strawberries on Bronze Records) and partly due to the track having been available on the album for two years.

1. "Lively Arts" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Gray) - 3:57
2. "Teenage Dream" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward) - 2:36

Bonus Track on 10"/12" single: -

1. "I'm So Bored" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward) - 1:17

• Producers:
  • The Damned
• Musicians:
  • Dave Vanian: Vocals
  • Captain Sensible: Guitar
  • Rat Scabies: Drums
  • Paul Gray: Bass on "Lively Arts"
  • Algy Ward: Bass on "Teenage Dream" and "I'm So Bored"
  • Hanz Zimmer: synthesizer on "Lively Arts"

• "Lively Arts" at Discogs (list of releases)