![The Stranglers - Black And White [2001 reissue]](images/stranglers-blackwhite.jpg "The Stranglers - Black And White [2001 reissue]")
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CD: 534691-2
RELEASED: 2001
LABEL: EMI
01. Tank
02. Nice N' Sleazy 
03. Outside Tokyo
04. Hey! (Rise Of The Robots)
05. Sweden (All Quiet On The Eastern Front)
06. Toiler On The Sea
07. Curfew
08. Threatened
09. In The Shadows
10. Do You Wanna
11. Death And Night And Blood (Yukio)
12. Enough Time
13. Mean To Me *
14. Walk On By *
15. Shut Up *
16. Sveridge *
17. Old Codger *
18. Tits *
* bonus tracks
Digitally remastered reissue of 1978 album, includes new artwork with extensive sleeve notes & previously unseen photos. Black and White was the last Stranglers album
to even flirt with the socio-sexual shock troop imagery which fired their first
records; with the live X-Cert album rounding
off 1978 with a final flurry of gruffness, the band was now free to experiment
beyond even the most indulgent fan's wildest imaginings.
Black and White was previewed by the hits "Five Minutes" and "Nice'n'Sleazy" (self-mythology
in a nutshell), and was swiftly followed by one of the band's finest moments,
a murderously slowed-down version of Bacharach/David's "Walk on By."
And with the extravagant Toiler On The Sea, The Stranglers finally hit upon
their perfect new sound. Mainly instrumental and surprisingly atmospheric, Toiler
caught the band flying off into almost uncharted territories in the way they
had hinted at in the closing sections of Rattus Norvegicus. The Stranglers were
closet jazz freaks and the cat was out of the bag. The track rambled on and on
about nothing in particular, but dripped with gravitas. This
CD release of the album contains a selection of 6 bonustracks: Mean
To Me, Shut Up, Sveridge, Old Codger and Tits, but it was only the night club
jazz version of "Walk On By" which remained in the memory.
It showed what the band could do if they had a decent tune to work with and demonstrated
potential future directions which they went on to exploit with some finesse.
Cornwell's guitar and singing were inspired and lifted the band to whole new
levels of achievement.
Influences / Similar Artists:
Fischer-Z, The Clash, Stiff Little Fingers, The Doors
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