The Collection 1977-1982

by The Stranglers

The Collection 1977-1982 cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: September 1982
  • Label: Liberty
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 55:04
  • Community rating: 4.09/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Olaf Cramer, Nuclear Hyde, Marc Steinmeier

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Rounding up the most successful singles from their tenure with Liberty Records, this compilation tracks the notoriously combative English group's studio evolution. It documents their stylistic pivot from aggressive, pub-rock-inflected punk toward a much more polished, keyboard-driven new wave aesthetic defined by swirling organ melodies and melodic basslines.

Genres

Descriptors: menacing, bassy, melodic, dark-humor, infectious

Tracklist

  1. (Get A) Grip [on Yourself] (4:03)
  2. Peaches (4:07)
  3. Hanging Around (4:27)
  4. No More Heroes - Edit (3:31)
  5. Duchess (2:30)
  6. Walk on By (6:22)
  7. Waltzinblack (3:40)
  8. Something Better Change (3:37)
  9. Nice 'N' Sleazy (3:14)
  10. G.m.b.H. (aka Bear Cage) (3:54)
  11. Who Wants the World (3:16)
  12. Golden Brown (3:26)
  13. Strange Little Girl (2:41)
  14. La Folie (6:11)

Credits

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