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Black And White (Album) by The Stranglers
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The Stranglers Are A Rock Music Group Formed On September 11 1974 In Guildford Surrey England United Kingdom. They Were Originally Called The Guildford Stranglers And Operated From An Off-Licence In The Town. They Also Based Themselves In The Nearby Village Of Chiddingfold For A While. Original Personnel Were Singer/guitarist Hugh Cornwell From Kentish Town London Keyboardist/guitarist Hans Wärmling From Sweden Replaced Within Two Years By Brighton-Born Keyboardist Dave Greenfield London-Born Bass Guitarist Jean-Jacques Burnel And Drummer Jet Black Real Name Brian Duffy A Native Of Ilford Essex. They Began As A Sinister Sounding Hard-Edged Pub Rock Group But Eventually Branched Out To Explore Other Styles Of Music. The Stranglers Were Beginning In 1976 Tangentially Associated With Punk Rock Due In Part To Their Opening For The Ramones' First British Tour. The Stranglers Were Also Associated With New Wave Music As Well As Gothic Rock But Their Idiosyncratic Approach Never Fit Completely Within A Musical Genre. In August 1990 Founding Member Cornwell Left The Band To Pursue A Solo Career. In His Autobiography Cornwell States That He Felt The Band Was A Spent Force Creatively And Cited Various Examples Of His Increasingly Acrimonious Relationship With His Fellow Band-Members Particularly Burnel. The Remaining Members Recruited Two Replacements Including John Ellis Who Had Opened For The Band In The 1970s As A Member Of The Vibrators And Singer Paul Roberts. Interest In The Stranglers Resurfaced When In 2001 Singer Tori Amos Covered Their Song "Strange Little Girl" And Titled The Album It Was Featured On Strange Little Girls. "Golden Brown" Was Also Used In The Hit Film Snatch By Film Director Guy Ritchie And Extensively In The Australian Film He Died With A Felafel In His Hand. Their Hit "No More Heroes" Was Covered By Violent Femmes And Used For The Film Mystery Men. "Peaches" Finally Also Appears Prominently In Another British Movie Sexy Beast By Director Jonathan Glazer. The Stranglers Had A Critical And Popular Renaissance In 2004 Together With Their First Top 40 Hit For 14 Years - "Big Thing Coming" With The Acclaimed Norfolk Coast Album And A Subsequent Sell-Out Tour. The Follow-Up Album Suite XVI Was Released In September 2006 The Title Is A Pun On "Sweet 16" And Also A Reference To The Fact That It Is The Band's 16th Studio Album . During The Recording Of Suite XVI Paul Roberts Left The Band To Pursue His Solocareer. Guitarist Baz Warne Who Replaced John Ellis In 2000 Became The Main Vocalist. A Quite Rare Hugh Cornwell Audio Interview May Be Listened To On Http //www.Jasonwrightonline.Com/
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The Stranglers Are A Rock Music Group Formed On September 11 1974 In Guildford Surrey England United Kingdom. They Were Originally Called The Guildford Stranglers And Operated From An Off-Licence In The Town. They Also Based Themselves In The Nearby Village Of Chiddingfold For A While. Original Personnel Were Singer/guitarist Hugh Cornwell From Kentish Town London Keyboardist/guitarist Hans Wärmling From Sweden Replaced Within Two Years By Brighton-Born Keyboardist Dave Greenfield London-Born Bass Guitarist Jean-Jacques Burnel And Drummer Jet Black Real Name Brian Duffy A Native Of Ilford Essex. They Began As A Sinister Sounding Hard-Edged Pub Rock Group But Eventually Branched Out To Explore Other Styles Of Music. The Stranglers Were Beginning In 1976 Tangentially Associated With Punk Rock Due In Part To Their Opening For The Ramones' First British Tour. The Stranglers Were Also Associated With New Wave Music As Well As Gothic Rock But Their Idiosyncratic Approach Never Fit Completely Within A Musical Genre. In August 1990 Founding Member Cornwell Left The Band To Pursue A Solo Career. In His Autobiography Cornwell States That He Felt The Band Was A Spent Force Creatively And Cited Various Examples Of His Increasingly Acrimonious Relationship With His Fellow Band-Members Particularly Burnel. The Remaining Members Recruited Two Replacements Including John Ellis Who Had Opened For The Band In The 1970s As A Member Of The Vibrators And Singer Paul Roberts. Interest In The Stranglers Resurfaced When In 2001 Singer Tori Amos Covered Their Song "Strange Little Girl" And Titled The Album It Was Featured On Strange Little Girls. "Golden Brown" Was Also Used In The Hit Film Snatch By Film Director Guy Ritchie And Extensively In The Australian Film He Died With A Felafel In His Hand. Their Hit "No More Heroes" Was Covered By Violent Femmes And Used For The Film Mystery Men. "Peaches" Finally Also Appears Prominently In Another British Movie Sexy Beast By Director Jonathan Glazer. The Stranglers Had A Critical And Popular Renaissance In 2004 Together With Their First Top 40 Hit For 14 Years - "Big Thing Coming" With The Acclaimed Norfolk Coast Album And A Subsequent Sell-Out Tour. The Follow-Up Album Suite XVI Was Released In September 2006 The Title Is A Pun On "Sweet 16" And Also A Reference To The Fact That It Is The Band's 16th Studio Album . During The Recording Of Suite XVI Paul Roberts Left The Band To Pursue His Solocareer. Guitarist Baz Warne Who Replaced John Ellis In 2000 Became The Main Vocalist. A Quite Rare Hugh Cornwell Audio Interview May Be Listened To On Http //www.Jasonwrightonline.Com/
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Published: 11 Nov 2008, 21:16
Black And White Is The Stranglers Third Studio Album And Was Recorded Within 18 Months Of Their Debut Rattus Norvegicus. Produced By Martin Rushent And Engineered By Alan Winstanley The Album Is Divided Into The Black Side And White Side Each Nominally Characterised By The Style And Mood Of The Songs Which They Contain. This Release Sees The Stranglers Adopting A More Experimental Approach To Song Structures And Time Signatures For Example "Curfew" Features 7/4 Time . The Band Recorded A Version Of "Sweden" Sung In Swedish And Released This In Sweden The Song Was Inspired By Cornwell's PhD Placement At Lund University In The Mid 1970s . The Song Title "Death And Night And Blood" Is Taken From A Line From Yukio Mishima's Novel Confessions Of A Mask. When Released In 1978 On The United Artists Label The First 75 000 LPs Came With A Free White Vinyl 7" - Walk On By / Mean To Me / Tits. "Walk On By" Was Their Cover Of The Bacharach And David Song Written For And Originally Recorded By Dionne Warwick. "Mean To Me" Was A Stranglers Vocal Version Of The Song The Band Had Previously Recorded With A Cover Of "Mony Mony" Both With A Female Singer Celia Golin Released Under The Moniker "Celia And The Mutations". United Artists Released This As A Single In Nov '78 But It Failed To Chart. "Tits" Is A Tongue-In-Cheek Live Recording From "The Front Row Festival" At The Hope And Anchor. The Cassette Version Included "Mean To Me" On The White Side Between Tokyo & Sweden . The US Version Of The Album On The A&M Label Was Pressed On Black & White Marbled Vinyl But Came Without The EP. Singles From The Album Were "Nice'n'Sleazy" B-Side "Shut Up" And An EP Containing "Walk On By" "Tank" And "Old Codger". Old Codger Featured A Guest Vocal From Jazz Singer George Melly. An Edited Version Of "Walk On By" With "Tank" Was Also Pressed As A Double A Side Radio Play Single. Most Of These Tracks Were Included In The Remastered 2001 CD Re-Issue Of The Album. The Album Peaked At No.2 On The Album Chart In 1978 Spending 18 Weeks On The Chart.