The Dark Sides is a King Diamond EP from 1988, issued through Roadrunner Records. It gathers five songs and an outro that had already appeared on earlier albums. Because King Diamond usually builds albums around a single story, these tracks mostly stand apart from one another here. It arrived the same year as "Them" and ahead of Conspiracy in 1989.
The Dark Sides: tracklist and credits
6 tracks · 20:48Tracklist
- 1HalloweenMichael Denner and King Diamond4:15
- 2ThemKing Diamond and Andy LaRocque1:58
- 3No Presents for ChristmasMichael Denner and King Diamond4:22
- 4ShrineAndy LaRocque and King Diamond4:23
- 5The LakeKing Diamond4:13
- 6Phone CallKing Diamond1:38
- Produced by
- King Diamond, Roberto Falcao
- Mixed by
- King Diamond, Roberto Falcao
- Engineered by
- Roberto Falcao
- Label
- Roadrunner
- Length
- 20:48
Line-up
- Pete Blakk · guitar
- Mikkey Dee · drums (drum set)
- Andy LaRocque · guitar
- Hal Patino · bass guitar
- King Diamond · vocals
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date only month precision available
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 1988 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 1 November 1988 | |
| Wikidata | 1988 | |
| US release | 1988 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 1988 | earliest UK or European date |
3 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | DK | — | original | |
| 1988 | XE | Roadrunner Records | 016861245528 | original |
| 1988 | US | Roadracer Records | 016861245528 | original |
Cover art sources
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| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 500×500 | upscaled |