Stranglers - Black And White CD

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 It becomes Black and White
A dark and menacing album that exudes bleek wasteland imagery and references the cold war and death as a theme. U2 and Joy Division went on to create dark music with war torn overtones but the Stranglers did it first with Black and White and I believe influenced the aformentioned bands to do similar. For me the greatest album ever made and I am always puzzled when this album never gets a mention in those top one hundred lists that are regularly compiled.
Submitted by mark.shippen (Manchester, England)
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 Best Album by the Stranglers
..."What's that in the Shadows "is probably the scariest song ever recorded..
Submitted by a reviewer (Anderson, IN, USA) 
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 Rock Music At Its Best.
This is the third stranglers album and a change of direction from "Rattus Norvegicus" and "No More Heroes" For me every track is a masterpiece. The cd opens with "Tank" a thundering number done as only the stranglers could do it Nice "N" Sleazy was the single once again a classic with the hallmrk classic stranglers bassline."Toiler On Yhe Sea" is just brilliant.Check out the last line of "Threatened" where j.j. sings the line "Bring me a piece of my mummy,she was quite close to me" awesome stuff."In The Shadows" is as atmospheric a track as you will find anywhere in rock music and it has that stranglers bass riff again brilliant. Listen to the transition between "Do You Wanna and the brilliant "Death And Night And Blood" this is the stuf that gets the hairs on the back of my neck tingling. As for the tracks i havn't mentioned they are all briliant, this album surely must go down as one of rocks best. The Stranglers wer't just another punk band they were something more than all that and this i think is the album that demonstrates this perfectly. Oh and the new pressing cd has six bonus tracks on it "Old Codger" features the vocals of jazzer George Melly and some brilliant bass harmonica,also there is the classic Stranglers version of "Walk On By" If you like rock music at it's best buy this cd you wont be dissapointed it makes the Nu Metalers sound like pop idol.
Submitted by bollockman2001 (wales great britain)
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 Sinister Memories
I have this on marble vinyl but hadn't heard the music in years. Once I heard that pounding and sinister bassline that drew me to this band in the first place I was hooked again. Purchased their first 4 CD's from you guys and I recommend them all, but this is the one to start with.
Submitted by spongedavep (Hamilton, NJ, USA) 
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 The Best of the Genre
I must concur with Bollockman2001 on this one: It is funny that he mentions the transition between "Do You Wanna" and "Death and Night..." - he is absolutely spot on there: this raw bass phrase with its syncopated rhythm "hand-off" is lifetime-memorable, and reminiscent of J.J. Burnell's "Euroman Cometh": the guy is an iceman for real. People need to hear this stuff!
Submitted by j.middlebrook (Little Rock, AR, USA)
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