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| Released | 1 March 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 1976-2010 | |||
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| Length | 132:24 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Producer | Various | |||
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Decades Apart is a 2-CD career spanning compilation album by English rock band the Stranglers, released on 1 March 2010 by EMI.[4] It features 35 singles and album tracks from 1977 to 2006, as well as two new tracks, "Retro Rockets" and "I Don't See the World Like You Do".[5] The album reached #146 in the UK Albums Chart.[6]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [4] |
James Allen, writing for AllMusic, said, "The latter-day cuts basically alternate between classy but vague, '80s-indebted alt-rock and more visceral tracks harking back to the Stranglers' early sound ... and the fact remains that the first disc's impact vastly outweighs that of the second. Still, this is as thorough a Strangler's history as one could want, and the Burnel-led lineup comes off much better than some might expect."[4] Both Martin Hutchinson of The Bolton News and Ian D. Hall of Liverpool Sound and Vision called it the definitive Stranglers' compilation.[3][5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Retro Rockets" | Jet Black, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Dave Greenfield, Baz Warne | New track | 3:45 |
| 2. | "(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" | Black, Burnel, Hugh Cornwell, Greenfield | Rattus Norvegicus, 1977 | 4:03 |
| 3. | "Peaches" | Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield | Rattus Norvegicus | 4:06 |
| 4. | "Go Buddy Go" | Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield | B-side of "Peaches", 1977 | 3:58 |
| 5. | "Something Better Change" | Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield | No More Heroes, 1977 | 3:36 |
| 6. | "No More Heroes" | Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield | No More Heroes | 3:29 |
| 7. | "5 Minutes" | Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield | Non-album single, 1978 | 3:17 |
| 8. | "Nice 'n' Sleazy" | Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield | Black and White, 1978 | 3:13 |
| 9. | "Walk On By" | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | Non-album single, 1978 | 6:22 |
| 10. | "Duchess" | Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield | The Raven, 1979 | 2:30 |
| 11. | "Nuclear Device" | Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield | The Raven | 3:32 |
| 12. | "Waltzinblack" | Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield | The Gospel According to the Meninblack, 1981 | 3:38 |
| 13. | "Golden Brown" | Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield | La folie, 1981 | 3:28 |
| 14. | "La folie" | Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield | La folie | 6:06 |
| 15. | "Strange Little Girl" | Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield, Hans Wärmling | The Collection 1977–1982, 1982 | 2:42 |
| 16. | "European Female" | Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield | Feline, 1983 | 4:01 |
| 17. | "Skin Deep" | Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield | Aural Sculpture, 1984 | 3:55 |
| 18. | "No Mercy" | Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield | Aural Sculpture | 3:34 |
| Total length: | 69:14 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Always the Sun" | Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield | Dreamtime, 1986 | 4:00 |
| 2. | "Nice in Nice" | Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield | Dreamtime | 3:46 |
| 3. | "All Day and All of the Night" | Ray Davies | All Live and All of the Night, 1988 | 2:31 |
| 4. | "96 Tears" | Rudy Martínez | 10, 1990 | 3:04 |
| 5. | "Heaven or Hell" | Black, Burnel, John Ellis, Greenfield, Paul Roberts | Stranglers in the Night, 1992 | 4:32 |
| 6. | "Time to Die" | Black, Burnel, Ellis, Greenfield, Roberts | Stranglers in the Night | 3:50 |
| 7. | "Sugar Bullets" | Black, Burnel, Ellis, Greenfield, Roberts | Stranglers in the Night | 5:28 |
| 8. | "Golden Boy" | Black, Burnel, Ellis, Greenfield, Roberts | About Time, 1995 | 3:14 |
| 9. | "Lies and Deception" | Black, Burnel, Ellis, Greenfield, Roberts | About Time | 3:51 |
| 10. | "In Heaven She Walks" | Black, Burnel, Ellis, Greenfield, Roberts | Written in Red, 1997 | 3:49 |
| 11. | "Coup de Grace" | Black, Burnel, Ellis, Greenfield, Roberts | Coup de Grace, 1998 | 3:23 |
| 12. | "Norfolk Coast" | Black, Burnel, Greenfield, Roberts, Warne | Norfolk Coast, 2004 | 3:45 |
| 13. | "Big Thing Coming" | Black, Burnel, Greenfield, Roberts, Warne | Norfolk Coast | 3:01 |
| 14. | "Long Black Veil" | Black, Burnel, Greenfield, Roberts, Warne | Norfolk Coast | 4:03 |
| 15. | "Unbroken" | Black, Burnel, Greenfield, Roberts, Warne | Suite XVI, 2006 | 3:47 |
| 16. | "Spectre of Love" | Black, Burnel, Greenfield, Warne | Suite XVI | 3:37 |
| 17. | "I Don't See the World Like You Do" | Black, Burnel, Greenfield, Warne | New track | 3:27 |
| Total length: | 63:10 | |||
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart[6] | 146 |
| Single | Chart | Peak position |
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| "Retro Rockets" | UK Singles Chart[6] | 198 |
Personnel
See individual albums for full personnel credits.
- The Stranglers
- Jean-Jacques Burnel – bass, vocals
- Dave Greenfield – keyboards
- Jet Black – drums
- Hugh Cornwell – guitar, vocals (disc 1 / disc 2: 1-4)
- Paul Roberts – vocals (disc 2: 5-14)
- John Ellis – guitar (disc 2: 5-11)
- Baz Warne – guitar, vocals (disc 1: 1 / disc 2: 12-17)
- Technical
- Martin Rushent – production (disc 1: 2-9)
- Alan Winstanley – production (disc 1: 10, 11 / disc 2: 8, 9)
- The Stranglers – production (disc 1: 10-17 / disc 2: 1-3, 8-11)
- Steve Churchyard – production (disc 1: 13-16)
- Laurie Latham – production (disc 1: 17, 18)
- Mike Kemp – production (disc 2: 1, 2, 5-7)
- Ted Hayton – production (disc 2: 3)
- Roy Thomas Baker – production (disc 2: 4)
- Andy Gill – production (disc 2: 10)
- Cenzo Townsend – additional production (disc 2: 10)
- David M. Allen – production (disc 2: 11)
- Mark Wallis – production (disc 2: 12-14)
- Pete Glenister – production (disc 2: 12)
- David Ruffy – production (disc 2: 13, 14)
- Louie Nicastro – production (disc 2: 15, 16)
- John McMurtrie – photography
- Phil Johnson – sleeve design, concepts
- Owen Carne – liner notes
References
- 1 2 Hughes, Rob (6 May 2020). "The Stranglers: A Guide to Their Best Albums". Classic Rock. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ↑ Fricke, David (31 October 2011). "U.K. Punk's Dark Lord, the Stranglers' Hugh Cornwell, Brings New Aggro". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- 1 2 Hall, Ian D. (3 February 2010). "The Stranglers. Decades Apart. Album Review". Liverpool Sound and Vision. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- 1 2 3 Allen, James. "AllMusic review". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- 1 2 Hutchinson, Martin (18 February 2010). "CD Review: The Stranglers - Decades Apart". The Bolton News. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- 1 2 3 Tobias Zywietz. "The Official Zobbel Homepage". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
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