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Aural Sculpture

The Stranglers

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Album Review

A massively underrated album by a band too quickly dismissed as relevant only to the '70s — fair enough, as the accompanying statement of intent (the title was meant to be descriptive) is pretentious rubbish. Yet there is a real majesty to some of these pop compositions, notably Burnel's devastating "North Winds." The hit single "Skin Deep" is excellent, if a little self-important. Other cuts, like the infectious "Uptown" and "Mad Hatter," reveal the eternally grim Stranglers to be in a playful mood. Not quite what everyone expected, but a great album nevertheless. [The 2001 reissue offers eight more songs, including "In One Door" and "Hot Club"]

Customer Reviews

Genius. The Last Brilliant Stranglers Album.

This is a must-have Stranglers album. That is not to say it is perfect. There are two dogs on it that I always skip. You'll know them when you hear them. But the rest is MAGIC wonderful, a collection of terrific tracks. HOWEVER! There is something oddly missing in this rendition of the album. Where is the pompous 'Aural Sculpture Manifesto'?! What a ridiculous omission! Also sadly missing is the first of the 'Vladimir' stories, 'Vladimir and Olga'. You'll find both of them stuck at the tail end of the extended version of 'Feline'. [Let me take a moment to INSIST that you gather together ALL the Vladamir stories. They are hilarious absurdities following the strange misadventures of USSR comrade Vladimir. The best of them is 'Vladimir and the Beast', happily included with this version of Aural Sculpture.] This is an extended version of the album that includes eight (!) bonus tracks. Of the eight, my favorite is 'Hot Club'. It works perfectly as an intermission between Vladimir stories. Also nice is 'Place De Victoires', which is an instrumental of 'Let Me Down Easy'. Gone is the hard edge of The Stranglers. But what they created here is CLASSIC, easily one of my faves.

Biography

Formed: 1974

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

The Stranglers formed as the Guildford Stranglers in the southern England village of Chiddingfold (near Guildford) in 1974, plowing a heavily Doors-influenced furrow through the local pub rock scene — such as it was. Of the four founding members, only Hugh Cornwell had any kind of recognizable historical pedigree, having played alongside Richard Thompson in the schoolboy band Emil & the Detectives. According to Thompson, their repertoire stretched from "Smokestack Lightning" and...
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