The Gospel According to the Meninblack

by The Stranglers

The Gospel According to the Meninblack cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 9 February 1981
  • Label: Liberty
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 40:37
  • Community rating: 3.23/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Jet Black, Dave Greenfield, Hugh Cornwell

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Stranglers built 'The Gospel According to the Meninblack' around a strange mythology of alien visitation and secretive figures in black. Its experimental production, religious parody, and synthetic textures made it one of the band's most divisive early records.

Genres

Descriptors: conceptual, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Waltzinblack (3:37)
  2. Just Like Nothing On Earth (3:54)
  3. Second Coming (4:23)
  4. Waiting For The Meninblack (3:44)
  5. Turn The Centuries, Turn (4:34)
  6. Two Sunspots (2:32)
  7. Four Horsemen (3:40)
  8. Thrown Away (3:30)
  9. Manna Machine (3:17)
  10. Hallow To Our Men (7:26)

Credits

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