STRANGLERS Suite XVI (XVIAnniversary Edition)

Popis:

SUITE XVI builds on the more traditional trademark sound of THE STRANGLERS that was rediscovered on the commercially successful NORFOLK COAST and was further galvanized here by the new, lean, stripped-down fourpiece.

Many of the songs - or at least the initial ideas - were conceived when JJ and Baz decamped to Looe in Cornwall, in 2005 to focus on the writing. In this new 2CD Edition, CD1 features the original eleven track album. The songs cover a real range from the full- on exuberance, bouncy, infectious melody contrasts, to aggression, and topical tracks covering many, sometimes dark, subject matters within the writing and meaning of the song.

CD2, titled SUITE XVI - EXTRA SUITE includes 8 previously unreleased recordings. There are blistering live takes of seven of the album tracks; six of which are previously unreleased on CD. They were mostly recorded in the UK between 2007 and 2019. The three live acoustic tracks include an unreleased solo performance by Baz of BLESS YOU (SAVE YOU, SPARE YOU DAMN YOU) at THEWEEKENDINBLACK in London in 2011. As well as some previously unreleased tracks and an album Talk Through by the band with Journalist John Robb.

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Stranglers
Suite Xvi

Suite XVI
1-I Unbroken
1-II Spectre Of Love
1-III She's Slipping Away
1-IV Summat Outanowt
1-V Anything Can Happen
1-VI See Me Coming
1-VII Bless You (Save You, Spare You, Damn You)
1-VIII A Soldier's Diary
1-IX Barbara (Shangri-La)
1-X I Hate You
1-XI Relentless
Suite XVI - Extra Suite
2-I Spectre Of Love (Live)
2-II Unbroken (Live)
2-III Summat Outanowt (Live)
2-IV A Soldier's Diary (Live)
2-V Bless You (Save You, Spare You, Damn You) (Live Acoustic)
2-VI I Hate You (Live Acoustic)
2-VII Spectre Of Love (Live Acoustic)
2-VIII Relentless (Live)
2-IX Retro Rockets (Live)
2-X Unbroken (Radio Edit)
2-XI You Won't See Me Coming (TV Size)
2-XII Retro Rockets
2-XIII I Don't See The World Like You Do
2-XIV 'IV On XVI': An Interview With John Robb