Stranglers

The Stranglers - The Old Testament (UA Studio Recs 77-82) (5CD Box Set) (Remastered) (2013) Music

Posted by Rtax at Aug. 15, 2021

The Stranglers - The Old Testament (UA Studio Recs 77-82) (Remastered) (2013)
WEB FLAC tracks - 2.3 GB | MP3 CBR 320kbps - 870 MB
06:01:20 | Rock, Pop, Punk, New Wave | Label: Parlophone UK

A lavish package celebrating the myriad bumps, bruises, and highlights of the Stranglers' earliest and best, the boastfully titled Old Testament is a four-CD set (five, in some editions) that spans the group's first six albums (up to 1981's La Folie), also including a number of non-LP singles and B-sides. (Physical editions of the box also contain an exhaustive – if blindly…er, boastful – 112-page book, which makes the package all the more attractive for longtime fans who have long since hunter-gathered the rarities.) It would be a major gamble to make this your first Stranglers purchase, especially due to the 1997 release of The Hit Men, which runs through the band's stylistically varied singles and doesn't indulge too much in the Stranglers' lengthy deterioration phase(s). They were productive from 1977-1981, discounting the number of album tracks that really shouldn't have seen the light of day. Make no mistake, nearly every good thing they did can be found within these four discs, save for the odd later hit like 1984's soft rock gem "Skin Deep." The 80-plus songs on The Old Testament definitely prove the Stranglers to be worthy of a box set.
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The Stranglers - Dark Matters (2021) Music

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 9, 2021

The Stranglers - Dark Matters (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 255 MB | 42:55
Rock | Label: Coursegood Limited

Surviving Stranglers band members, JJ Burnel, Baz Warne, and newest member Jim Macaulay completed 'Dark Matters' remotely during lockdowns, making it their first album since 2012. The album features the single 'And If You Should See Dave…', an honest tribute to their much-missed keyboard player Dave Greenfield who tragically passed away a year ago from Covid-19. 'A year ago, on May 3rd my great friend and colleague of 45 years, Dave Greenfield, passed away, another victim of the pandemic.' says JJ Burnel. 'We had already recorded most of the album with him and during the lockdowns our only wish was to complete it as a fitting tribute to his life and work. I consider this to be one of our finest recordings.' Greenfield himself features on 8 of the 11 tracks, which were made over the course of two years at the band's studios in the rural idylls of Somerset, and in Southern France, produced by long-time collaborator Louie Nicastro.

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The Stranglers - The Best Of The Epic Years (2008) {Sony BMG Music Greece} Music

Posted by TestTickles at Nov. 5, 2018

The Stranglers - The Best Of The Epic Years (2008) {Sony BMG Music Greece}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 498 mb
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | RAR | 176 mb
Genre: rock, post-punk

The Best Of The Epic Years is a 2008 compilation CD by British rock band The Stranglers. It focuses on some of the best music of their Epic years. This is a Greek edition released by Sony BMG Music.

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The Stranglers - Greatest Hits On CD&DVD (2012) Music

Posted by v3122 at Oct. 2, 2019

The Stranglers - Greatest Hits On CD&DVD (2012)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
EMI G6360622 | ~ 365 or 129 Mb | Artwork(png) -> 154 Mb
DVD-5: PAL 4:3 (720x576) VBR | LinearPCM, 2 ch
New Wave, Pop Rock, Punk

The Stranglers are an English rock band who emerged via the punk rock scene. Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning four decades, the Stranglers are one of the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" bands to have originated in the UK punk scene…

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The Stranglers - Never To Look Back. The Video Collection 1983 - 2012 (2013) Music

Posted by v3122 at Feb. 8, 2019

The Stranglers - Never To Look Back. The Video Collection 1983 - 2012 (2013)
DVD9: NTSC 4:3 (720x480) VBR | LPCM 2 ch, 1536 kbps
Punk Rock, New Wave, Post-Punk | 02:09:12 | ~ 7.96 Gb

he DVD compiles promo videos and live footage of 22 of the band’s singles charting their career from the Feline era right up to the present day and Giants, most for the first time on the DVD format…

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The Stranglers - The Hit Men (1996) Music

Posted by v3122 at Oct. 8, 2019

The Stranglers - The Hit Men (1996)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2CD | EMI, 7243 8 54167 2 9 | ~ 1003 or 359 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 19 Mb
New Wave, Punk

The Stranglers worked better as a singles band than they did as album artists, but that doesn't mean that the double-disc, 43-track retrospective The Hit Men 1977-1991 is consistently engaging. Considerably older than their punk peers, the Stranglers nevertheless knocked out several terrific songs in their first records, including "(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" and "Hanging Around," but by the mid-'80s they had become a little bland and predictable, as evidenced by covers of "96 Tears" and "All Day and All of the Night."…

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The Stranglers - Aural Sculpture (1984) Music

Posted by v3122 at Dec. 19, 2018

The Stranglers - Aural Sculpture (1984)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Sony/Epic, 474676 2 | ~ 279 or 101 Mb | Artwork(png) -> 68 Mb
Post-Punk, New Wave

What an out and out shock. The Stranglers have gone sensual, sounding sincere, serene, and sensitive (and philosophically introspective). And it's perfect. It took 'em nine years, but they're at their peace now. Which isn't to say that this is preferable to putting on their first couple albums and early singles and rocking out to the sheer unrepentant, harsh rock of greats like "Hanging Around," "Straighten Out," or "No More Heroes"; but it sure is OK to veg out and dream along with these lithe little pop songs, with Hugh Cornwell now cooing instead of growling the likes of "Let Me Down Easy" and "No Mercy," and especially "Skin Deep."…

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The Stranglers - Peaches: The Very Best Of The Stranglers (2002) Music

Posted by BlondStyle at Sept. 15, 2018

"Peaches: The Very Best of The Stranglers" is a compilation album by The Stranglers. It reached #21 in the UK Albums Chart in June 2002. The album cover was designed by design4music who would design a similar cover for the compilation The Best Bands…Ever! several months later.

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The Stranglers - All Live And All Of The Night (1987) [2014, Paper Sleeve Vinyl Replica] Music

Posted by v3122 at Oct. 1, 2019

The Stranglers - All Live And All Of The Night (1987)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Culture Factory, 88843037802 | ~ 423 or 123 Mb | Artwork(png) -> 224 Mb
Post-Punk, New Wave

While not as good as Live (X-Cert), the Stranglers' live album it bookends, this does have some things to recommend it. First, it was recorded a decade down the line and was able to draw from a wellspring of generally excellent material…

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The Stranglers - Feline (1983) [10 Tracks, US Edition] Music

Posted by v3122 at Aug. 8, 2019

The Stranglers - Feline (1983)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Sony/Epic, EK 38542 | ~ 259 or 99 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 20 Mb
Post-Punk, New Wave

Another Stranglers concept album, but a much lesser work than forerunner La Folie. While not an instant classic, it does repay repeated listening – especially the rustic English charms of "Midsummer Night's Dream" and the more Eurocentric "Last Tango in Paris" and "All Roads Lead to Rome." Instead of the belligerent tunefulness of yesteryear, the Stranglers were trying to expand their sound and reach…

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