Black and White (The Stranglers album)
album by The Stranglers
Black and White is the third studio album by English rock band The Stranglers. It was released on 12 May, 1978 through United Artists. It went to number 2 in the United Kingdom, number 81 in Australia and number 35 in Sweden.
| Black and White | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 12 May 1978 | |||
| Recorded | February–March 1978 ("In the Shadows", July 1977)[1][2] | |||
| Studio | T.W. Studios, Fulham, London | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 39:50 | |||
| Label | United Artists (UK) A&M (US) | |||
| Producer | Martin Rushent | |||
| the Stranglers chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Black and White | ||||
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Track listing
changeAll songs written and composed by the Stranglers (Hugh Cornwell, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Dave Greenfield and Jet Black), except as noted.
All CD releases (except the 2018 reissue) have a slightly different running order, with "Hey! (Rise of the Robots)" appearing after "Outside Tokyo" and "In the Shadows" coming after "Threatened"[4].
| White side | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Tank" | 2:54 | |||||||
| 2. | "Nice 'n' Sleazy" | 3:11 | |||||||
| 3. | "Outside Tokyo" | 2:06 | |||||||
| 4. | "Mean to Me" (original cassette release only[5]) | 1:55 | |||||||
| 5. | "Sweden (All Quiet on the Eastern Front)" | 2:47 | |||||||
| 6. | "Hey! (Rise of the Robots)" | 2:13 | |||||||
| 7. | "Toiler on the Sea" | 5:23 | |||||||
| Black side | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 7. | "Curfew" | 3:10 | |||||||
| 8. | "Threatened" | 3:30 | |||||||
| 9. | "Do You Wanna" | 2:38 | |||||||
| 10. | "Death and Night and Blood (Yukio)" | 2:50 | |||||||
| 11. | "In the Shadows" | 4:15 | |||||||
| 12. | "Enough Time" | 4:16 | |||||||
Total length: |
39:50 | ||||||||
| Bonus 7" | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Walk On By" | 6:22 | |||||||
| 2. | "Mean to Me" | 1:55 | |||||||
| 3. | "Tits" (live at the Hope and Anchor Front Row Festival, London, 22 November 1977) | 5:25 | |||||||
Total length: |
13:42 | ||||||||
| 2001 CD reissue bonus tracks | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Origin | Length | ||||||
| 13. | "Mean to Me" | Cassette album track; Black and White bonus single | 1:55 | ||||||
| 14. | "Walk On By" | Non-album single, 1978; Black and White bonus single | 6:22 | ||||||
| 15. | "Shut Up" | B-side of "Nice 'n' Sleazy" | 1:07 | ||||||
| 16. | "Sverige" | Non-album single, 1978 | 2:49 | ||||||
| 17. | "Old Codger" | B-side of "Walk On By" | 2:49 | ||||||
| 18. | "Tits" (live) | Black and White bonus single | 5:25 | ||||||
Total length: |
60:13 | ||||||||
- 2016 expanded vinyl edition
Self-released by the Stranglers, Black and White received a deluxe vinyl reissue in 2016, limited to 1000 numbered copies. The original 12-track album is coupled with a bonus 7-track album, which includes various associated tracks from the period and the previously unreleased "Social Secs/Wasting Time".[6]
- Side one and two as per original vinyl edition
| Side three | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Origin | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Walk On By" | Non-album single | 6:21 | ||||||
| 2. | "Mean to Me" | Cassette album track; Black and White bonus single | 1:55 | ||||||
| 3. | "Sverige (Jag Är Insnöad På Östfronten)" | Non-album single | 2:49 | ||||||
| 4. | "Shut Up" | B-side of "Nice 'n' Sleazy" | 1:06 | ||||||
| Side four | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Origin | Length | ||||||
| 5. | "Social Secs/Wasting Time" | Previously unreleased | 3:54 | ||||||
| 6. | "Old Codger" | B-side of "Walk On By" | 2:53 | ||||||
| 7. | "Tits" (live) | Black and White bonus single | 5:25 | ||||||
Total length: |
24:23 | ||||||||
- "Social Secs", later renamed "Wasting Time", is the original version of "Yellowcake UF6", before it was reversed and the vocals taken out, and becoming the B-side of the "Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)" single in 1979. The original riff also resurfaced on "Do the European" from bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel's solo album Euroman Cometh, which he was working on at the time.[2]
- 2018 CD reissue bonus tracks (Parlophone)
| (Associated recordings) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Origin | Length | ||||||
| 13. | "Shut Up" | B-side of "Nice 'n' Sleazy" | 1:06 | ||||||
| 14. | "Walk On By" | Non-album single | 6:21 | ||||||
| 15. | "Mean to Me" | Cassette album track; Black and White bonus single | 1:55 | ||||||
| 16. | "Tits" (live) | Black and White bonus single | 5:26 | ||||||
| 17. | "Old Codger" | B-side of "Walk On By" | 2:51 | ||||||
| 18. | "Sverige (Jag Är Insnöad På Östfronten)" | Non-album single | 2:51 | ||||||
| 19. | "Walk On By" (single edit) | Promo single | 4:25 | ||||||
Total length: |
64:55 | ||||||||
References
change- ↑ "History: 40th anniversary of 1977 - part 2". thestranglers.co.uk. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "JJ Burnel: Black and White - track by track". The Stranglers Ratter. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ "The Stranglers - Discography (UK)". 45cat. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ "Black and White - Versions". Discogs. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ "Black and White - Cassette release". Discogs. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ "Black And White vinyl reissue". thestranglers.co.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
