The Stranglers - Raven (+4 Bonus Tracks)
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Artist: The StranglersBrand: Dig
Edition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2006-11-21
Music Label: Caroline
Soundtracks:
- Longships
- Raven
- Dead Loss Angeles
- Ice
- Baroque Bordello
- Nuclear Device
- Shah Shah a Go Go
- Don't Bring Harry
- Duchess
- Meninblack
- Genetix
- Bear Cage [*]
- Fools Rush Out [*]
- N'Emmenes Pas Harry [*]
- Yellowcake UF6
Music reviews of Raven (+4 Bonus Tracks)
Music Review: flying straight with perfection
Rating: 5 Stars
This album is the Stranglers finest hour. Following the fascinating 'Black & White' which highlighted two distinct and developing sides to the Stranglers music - the lighter, faster,melody flooded White side with the darker, slower, spikier more challenging Black, this LP kind of mixed the both into a wonderful collection of intelligent songs that still entrance, intrigue and envelop you 22 years later. Gone are the naive, 'notice me' brutal lyrics of the early songs, seceded by an international theme born of tours beyond bristol, bolton and birmingham. Here each of the four players dance with and around each other in musical games - each offering different parts that somehow complement to add to a gorgeous whole on tracks like Genetix, Baroque Bordello and Ice. Many of the songs feature very strong, very intelligent opening instrumental passages that never over stay their welcome but transform into a seemingly separate song in an instant - 'shah shah a go-go' is a perfect example. The drum patterns are very inventive too and add to the layered, textured feel of a lot of the tracks. And then there is " the Raven' - the title track and 5 minutes and 12 seconds of perfection. The sectional approach to the song, the bleak romanticism of the lyrics, the interplay of keyboard and guitar, the driving bass and the final ethereal, swirling last minute of synthesizer magic evoking the flight of 'the Raven' is just breathtaking at loud volume. This is The Stranglers' masterpiece.
Description of Raven (+4 Bonus Tracks)
UK repackaged reissue of 1979 album, includes new artwork with extensive sleeve notes and previously unseen photos. 15 tracks including four bonus tracks, 'Bear Cage', 'Fools Rush Out', 'N'Emmenes Pas Harry' & 'Yellowcake UFO'. This was perhaps the band's most commercial album to date and features many tracks that remain firm fan favorites including 'Duchess', 'Nuclear Device', 'Baroque Bordello' and the title track. In the U.S., this album was released as Stranglers IV with a few tracks removed and some non-album tracks added. EMI.General CDs
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