Stranglers in the Night

Infobox Album |
Name = Stranglers In the Night
Type = Album
Artist = The Stranglers


Released = 1992
Recorded = ???
Genre = post-punk
Length = (LP)
Label = Psycho
Producer = Mike Kemp
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|1.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ud9fs34ua3ng link]
Last album = "10"
(1990)
This album = "Stranglers In the Night"
(1992)
Next album = "About Time"
(1995)

"Stranglers in the Night" opened the recording career of the Stranglers MK II, with Paul Roberts on vocals and John Ellis on guitar. It was also the first release on the band's own record label, "Psycho", in 1992. The band returned to a purer, less "produced" sound; the horns have departed and the songs have a less-constrained, harder edge. Styles vary from ballads such as "Southern Mountains" and "Grand Canyon" to the fast-paced "Sugar Bullets" and "Brainbox". The North American version of this album (with a white, rather than dark gray, cover) contains three extra tracks ("Coffee Shop", "Vicious Circles" and "So Uncool"), which were originally B-sides in Britain. The Album peaked at #33 in the U.K. Charts in September 1992. The single 'Heaven And Hell' was released from the album but could only chart at #46 in August 1992. The follow up single 'Sugar Bullets' failed to chart.

Track listing

# "Time to Die"
# "Sugar Bullets"
# "Heaven or Hell"
# "Laughing at the Rain"
# "This Town"
# "Brainbox"
# "Southern Mountains"
# "Gain Entry to Your Soul"
# "Grand Canyon"
# "Wet Afternoon"
# "Never See"
# "Leave It to the Dogs"