Editing Machine Gun Etiquette (section)

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/machine-gun-etiquette-mw0000193482 |title=''Machine Gun Etiquette'' – The Damned |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=3 June 2013 |last=Raggett |first=Ned}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="Classic Rock">{{cite magazine |title=Damned Fine |magazine=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] |issue=76 |date=February 2005 |last=Rowley |first=Scott |page=106}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3score = B+<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1991/03/15/machine-gun-etiquette/ |title=''Machine Gun Etiquette'' |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=15 March 1991 |access-date=2 November 2020 |last=Robbins |first=Ira |archive-date=13 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813160818/https://ew.com/article/1991/03/15/machine-gun-etiquette/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Dave's Faves |magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |issue=293 |date=April 2018 |last=Gilbert |first=Pat |page=40}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide]]''
| rev5score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1996 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=182}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Damned: ''Machine Gun Etiquette'' |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=190 |date=May 2002 |page=137}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Record Collector]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.recordcollectormag.com/reviews/review-detail/1012 |title=The Damned – ''Machine Gun Etiquette'' |magazine=[[Record Collector]] |issue=341 |date=October 2007 |access-date=3 June 2013 |last=Shooman |first=Joe}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=The Damned |last=Coleman |first=Mark |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=DeCurtis |editor1-first=Anthony |editor1-link=Anthony DeCurtis |editor2-last=Henke |editor2-first=James |editor3-last=George-Warren |editor3-first=Holly |publisher=[[Random House]] |edition=3rd |year=1992 |isbn=0-679-73729-4 |pages=176–77}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev9score = 10/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Damned: Buyer's Guide |magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |issue=235 |date=December 2016 |last=Watts |first=Peter |page=69}}</ref>
}}
[[AllMusic]]'s retrospective review reported that when it was released, ''Machine Gun Etiquette'' was "deservedly hailed as another classic from the band". The website praised the variety of styles explored and the group's typically strong wit.<ref name="AllMusic" /> 

Scott Rowley of ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'' magazine, reviewing the 25th Anniversary Edition of the album, defined it as "a riotous, ballsy rush of an album [...] the sound of a band coming into its own", adding that "while [[the Clash]] looked to America for inspiration, the Damned remained resolutely British", perhaps ironically given that the front cover depicted the band in a New York street scene<ref name="Classic Rock" /> at 704 [[Seventh Avenue (Manhattan)|7th Avenue]], [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.musicalmaps.com.au/search/label/machinegunetiquette|title=Musical Maps|website=musicalmaps.com.au|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>