Different Damage is a Q and Not U album that was recorded at Inner Ear Studios in May/June 2002 and released in October 2002 on Dischord Records. It was engineered and produced by Ian MacKaye and Don Zientara and mastered by Chad Clark at Silver Sonya. The front cover and insert photography was taken by Shawn Brackbill in the accident inspection bay at the Geico headquarters in NW Washington, D.C. The back cover was shot by Brackbill at the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. Different Damage was the band's first full-length album as a trio, following the dismissal of bassist Matt Borlik in November 2001.

Different Damage
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 29, 2002
RecordedMay–June 2002
StudioInner Ear Studios, Shirlington, Virginia
GenrePost-hardcore, post-punk, dance-punk
Length36:14
LabelDischord
ProducerIan MacKaye
Don Zientara
Q and Not U chronology
No Kill No Beep Beep
(2000)
Different Damage
(2002)
Power
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
Stylus magazineA− link
Pitchfork Media(7.8/10) link

Track listing

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  1. "Soft Pyramids" – 4:07
  2. "So Many Animal Calls" – 2:08
  3. "Air Conditions" – 4:00
  4. "Black Plastic Bag" – 2:17
  5. "Meet Me in the Pocket" – 4:31
  6. "This Are Flashes" – 3:10
  7. "Everybody Ruins" – 1:54
  8. "Snow Patterns" – 3:01
  9. "When the Lines Go Down" – 2:27
  10. "O'No" – 1:16
  11. "No Damage Nocturne" – 3:30
  12. "Recreation Myth" – 3:53

Personnel

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  • John Davis – drums, percussion, vocals
  • Harris Klahr – guitar, vocals, synths
  • Christopher Richards – guitar, vocals, synths
  • Shawn Brackbill – photography
  • Chad Clark – mastering
  • Ian MacKaye – producer, engineer
  • Jeff Nelson – assembly
  • Q and Not U – design, assembly
  • Don Zientara – producer, engineer