On 26 March 1982, Visage released their second studio album “The Anvil” featuring singles “The Damned Don't Cry" and “Night Train". The Anvil was the last Visage record to feature Ultravox frontman Midge Ure, who left the band after its release.
In his retrospective review, Dan LeRoy of AllMusic wrote that "almost all the band's efforts on The Anvil are extremely well-crafted synth pop." Emily Mackay of Record Collector opined that the album "[still] sounds remarkably fresh.