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If it wasn’t for band’s like The Stranglers
and The Sex Pistols then the music scene in the
70’s would of been a very boring place and
band’s today probably wouldn’t be like
they are now as so many bands from the alternative
rock and punk scene are influenced by The Stranglers,
major bands such as Pulp, Kasabian and more low
key bands such as the 4FT Fingers all state The
Stranglers as their musical influences.
I have always known some of the classic songs
by The Stranglers such as ‘Golden Brown’,
‘All Day And All Of The Night’ and
‘Nice ‘N’ Sleazy’, ‘No
More Heroes’, ‘Peaches’ but
after listening to their latest compilation CD
‘Decades Apart’ I realise that I actually
know more song’s by The Stranglers than
I originally thought.
‘Decades Apart’ is a double CD release
which features 35 tracks, 33 of those tracks are
classic material that have been released by The
stranglers from 1077 right up until 2006 and 2
of the tracks are brand new tracks recorded for
the release of ‘Decades Apart’. The
new songs are ‘I Don’t See The World
Like You Do’ and their forthcoming single
‘Retro Rockets’.
‘Retro Rockets’ is just as good as
the classic Stranglers material, the song has
a great groove which features the classic bouncy
bass lines that The Stranglers are well known
and loved for, the drums are keep up a good constant
pace which proves that Jett Black still has it
after all this time and the vocals come across
stronger and clearer than ever before.
The other new song ‘I Don’t See The
World Like You Do’ is quite an mellow song
which sadly doesn’t have the same appeal
as ‘Retro Rockets’ or the bands classic
material, however it is still listenable but not
a song you will come back to that often.
The great thing about ‘Decades Apart’
is that it is bundled in a massive time line so
as the album goes on you get to see how The Stranglers
have progressed across the years and you can easily
pick out which era of The Stranglers you liked
the most, for me it has to be the late 70’s
and early 80’s that was defiantly when they
were at their strongest.
‘Golden Brown’ is obviously the main
Stranglers song that everyone knows and also ‘No
More Heroes’ but it is Tracks such as ‘Waltzinblack’
which really appeal to me and make me wonder if
the band were stoned back in 1981 when they wrote
that as the song is a pure instrumental track
which has the feel of a circus but a very freaky
circus where you are on a major trip, either way
it is a classic piece of music.
I would imagine ‘Decades Apart’ will
be the last release from The Stranglers and I
also expect that their forthcoming UK tour will
also be their last tour as drummer Jett Black
is in his early 70’s and the rest of the
band are not far behind and I know their last
UK tour was due to be their last but they have
decided to carry on for one more. so I recommend
that you all go out and buy ‘Decades Apart’
and catch The Stranglers on the road before it
is to late as they are a band who write great
lyrics, play classic riffs and have overall amazing
songs that have stood the test of time.
5/5
Review by Trigger |
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Jean-Jacques Burnel
Baz Warne
Jet Black
Dave Greenfield |
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Disc 1
1. Retro Rockets
2. (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)
3. Peaches
4. Go Buddy Go
5. Something Better Change
6. No More Heroes
7. 5 Minutes
8. Nice 'N' Sleazy
9. Walk On By
10. Duchess
11. Nuclear Device
12. Waltzinblack
13. Golden Brown
14. La Folie
15. Strange Little Girl
16. European Female
17. Skin Deep
18. No Mercy
Disc 2
1. Always The Sun
2. Nice In Nice
3. All Day And All Of The Night
4. 96 Tears
5. Heaven Or Hell
6. Sugar Bullets
7. Time To Die
8. Golden Boy
9. Lies And Deception
10. In Heaven She Walks
11. Coup De Grace
12. Norfolk Coast
13. Big Thing Coming
14. Long Black Veil
15. Unbroken
16. Spectre Of Love
17. I Don't See The World Like You Do |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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