Black and White

by The Stranglers

Black and White cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 12 May 1978
  • Label: United Artists
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:00:28
  • Community rating: 4.01/5 from 7 ratings

Artists on this release: Hal David, Jet Black, Hugh Cornwell, Dave Greenfield, J.J. Burnel, Burt Bacharach, Lora Logic

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Stranglers rapidly evolved beyond their abrasive pub-punk roots with 'Black and White', delivering a highly rhythmic, strikingly cold exploration of early post-punk. Driven by Jean-Jacques Burnel's metallic, aggressive basslines and Dave Greenfield's swirling keyboards, the album is a profoundly anxious, delightfully misanthropic masterpiece featuring remarkably complex time signatures.

Genres

Descriptors: uncommon-time-signatures, rhythmic, synth, menacing, minimal, distorted, atmospheric, synthesizers, witty, guitars, melodic, bassy

Tracklist

  1. Tank (2:57)
  2. Nice 'N' Sleazy (3:14)
  3. Outside Tokyo (2:07)
  4. Hey! (Rise of the Robots) (2:15)
  5. Sweden (All Quiet on the Eastern Front) (2:48)
  6. Toiler on the Sea (5:28)
  7. Curfew (3:16)
  8. Threatened (3:34)
  9. In the Shadows (4:37)
  10. Do You Wanna? (2:28)
  11. Death and Night and Blood (Yukio) (2:50)
  12. Enough Time (4:18)
  13. Mean to Me (1:54)
  14. Walk on By (6:22)
  15. Shut Up (1:07)
  16. Sverige (2:50)
  17. Old Codger (2:51)
  18. Tits (5:25)

Credits

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