The British vets return after nine years to bid farewell to their late keyboardist.By Darryl Sterdan – 2021-09-10 THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Dark Matters is The Stranglers 18th studio album and first full-length release in nearly a decade. Reflecting its title, the album pays honest tribute to their much-missed keyboard player Dave Greenfield, who tragically passed away a year ago from Covid-19, and […]
Death puts the Men in Black in sombre, elegiac mood. 3,5/5 ByNick Hasted10th September 2021 Even punk didn’t want The Stranglers: the movement for damaged outcasts drew the line at these Surrey brutes, seen as too thuggish, ancient, sexist and straight. Before that, pub-rockers too thought themselves above this glowering crew, with their corduroy-wearing biochemistry graduate […]
Artist The Stranglers Type Album Released January 1983 RYM Rating 3.42 / 5.0 from 738 ratings Ranked #492 for 1983 Genres New Wave, Pop RockSynthpop Descriptors male vocals Language English Track listing A1Midnight Summer Dream6:12 A2It’s a Small World4:35 A3Ships That Pass in the Night4:06 A4The European Female (In Celebration Of)4:02 B1Let’s Tango in Paris3:15 B2Paradise3:48 B3All Roads Lead to Rome3:54 B4Blue Sister4:03 B5Never […]
Band NameThe Stranglers Album NameAbout Time TypeAlbum Released date1995 Labels Epic Records Music Style Rock Tracklist 1. Golden Boy 2. Money 3. Face 4. Sinister 5. Little Blue Lies 6. Still Life 7. Paradise Row 8. She Gave it All 9. Lies and Deception 10. Lucky Finger 11. And the Boat Sails by Produced by Alan Winstanley & The Stranglers Lyrics 1. Golden Boy This is the storyOf a poor […]
October 1, 2021 Responsible for the opening soundtrack of one of this reviewer’s favourite films (Sexy Beast), which coincidentally, is only my second favourite peach-related song (thanks The Presidents of the United States of America), The Stranglers are back with their first studio album since 2012. Will the Guildfordian new-wave, punk rockers still hold up […]
RTIST:THE STRANGLERS (UNITED KINGDOM) TITLE:DARK MATTERS (2021) LABEL:VERYCORDS GENRE:ROCK TAGS:80’s, Acoustic, Dissonant, Intimist, Low vocals, Melancholic, Old School, Punk “Marked by the death of its iconic keyboardist, the Stranglers’ new album invites us to travel through a dark universe sprinkled with flashes of light.” ADRIANSTORK (03.09.2021) 4/5 On May 3, 2020, Dave Greenfield the keyboard wizard took his leave. This great architect of the Stranglers‘ sound, […]
21 September 2021 Robert Fairclough I remember a 1977 NME review of The Stranglers’ first album Rattus Norvegicus sourly commenting that “It hadn’t been possible to offload this shit until now.” Fast forward nearly fifty years, and social media is alive with excitement over the band’s eighteenth LP Dark Matters. Tellingly, the music press of old is long gone, while The […]
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Artist The Stranglers Type Album Released November 1981 RYM Rating 3.53 / 5.0 from 1,190 ratings Ranked #301 for 1981 Genres New WavePost-Punk Descriptors male vocals, drugs, melodic Languages English, French Track listing A1Non Stop2:29 A2Everybody Loves You When You’re Dead2:42 A3Tramp3:05 A4Let Me Introduce You to the Family3:08 A5Ain’t Nothin’ to It3:58 A6The Man They Love to Hate4:26 B1Pin Up2:49 B2It Only […]
HUGH Cornwell caused a stir in 1990 when he left the band he had co-founded, The Stranglers. By The NewsroomThursday, 15th November 2018 Since then he has forged a successful solo career and released some excellent albums such as Hooverdam. He has now just released a brand new album, entitled Monster, which he is taking out […]
