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{{Infobox album
| name       = Everything Went Black
| type       = compilation
| artist     = [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]]
| cover      = Black Flag - Everything Went Black cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1982
| recorded   = January 1978 – April 1981
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Hardcore punk]]
| length     = 61:58
| label      = [[SST Records|SST]] (015)
| producer   = Black Flag
| prev_title = [[TV Party (EP)|TV Party]]
| prev_year  = 1982
| next_title = [[The First Four Years (album)|The First Four Years]]
| next_year  = 1983
}}
{{album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]] 
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/everything-went-black-mw0000192996 |title=''Everything Went Black'' – Black Flag <nowiki>| Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |</nowiki> AllMusic |last=Ogg |first=Alex |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2score = B<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=B&bk=80|chapter=B|access-date=August 17, 2020|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s]]|publisher=[[Pantheon Books]]|year=1990|isbn=0-679-73015-X|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
}}
'''''Everything Went Black''''' is a compilation album by the American [[hardcore punk]] band [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]]. It was released in 1982 through [[SST Records]]. The compilation comprises early songs recorded before [[Henry Rollins]] became the band's vocalist in 1981, and was initially released without the group's name on its cover, due to their lawsuit with [[Music Corporation of America|MCA/Unicorn]]. Instead, the names of the group members were listed on the first release.

==Reception==
In a 1983 ''[[Trouser Press]]'' review, Ira Robbins noted that only "side three comes close" to matching their best work, describing the album as "a potent dose of unrestrained hardcore, and an edifying trip through the convoluted past of Black Flag."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://trouserpress.com/magazine-covers-9/ |title=Everything Went Black |magazine=[[Trouser Press]] |location=New York |volume=10 |issue=7 |date=September 1983 |access-date=March 26, 2023 |last=Robbins |first=Ira |page=42}}</ref>

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==Track listing==
All songs written and composed by [[Greg Ginn]], except where noted.

===Side A===
====Keith Morris – vocals====
#"Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie" – 2:00
#"I Don't Care" {{small|(written by Morris and Ginn)}} – 0:58
#"White Minority" – 1:09
#"No Values" – 1:58
#"Revenge" – 1:01
#"Depression" – 2:07
#"Clocked In" – 1:29
#"Police Story" – 1:30
#"Wasted" {{small|(written by Morris and Ginn)}} – 0:42

===Side B===

====Ron Reyes – vocals====
#"Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie" – 1:40
#"Depression" – 2:40
#"Police Story" – 1:33
# "Clocked In" – 1:36
# "My Rules" – 0:58

====Dez Cadena – vocals====
#"Jealous Again" – 2:24
#"Police Story" – 1:36
#"Damaged I" {{small|(Ginn and Cadena)}} – 2:05
#"[[Louie Louie]]" {{small|(written by [[Richard Berry (musician)|Richard Berry]])}} – 1:27

===Side C===

====Dez Cadena – vocals====
#"No More" {{small|(written by Dukowski)}} – 3:00
#"Room 13" {{small|(written by Ginn and Medea)}} – 2:08
#"Depression" – 2:40
#"Damaged II" {{small|(written by Ginn and Cadena)}} – 4:13
#"Padded Cell" {{small|(written by Ginn and Dukowski)}} – 1:53
#"Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie" – 1:48

===Side D===
#"Crass Commercialism" (Black Flag) – 17:34

''(note: Crass Commercialism is a collection of radio advertisements for Black Flag shows.)''

==Personnel==
* [[Keith Morris]] (credited as "Johnny "Bob" Goldstein") – [[Lead vocalist|lead vocals]] on tracks 1-9
* [[Ron Reyes]] (credited as "Chavo Pederast") – lead vocals on tracks 10-14
* [[Dez Cadena]] – lead vocals on tracks 15-24
* [[Greg Ginn]] – [[guitar]]
* [[Chuck Dukowski]] – [[Bass guitar|bass]]
* [[Bryan Migdol]] – [[Drum kit|drums]] on tracks 1-4
* [[Robo (musician)|Robo]] – drums on tracks 5-24

== References==
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