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toilerinblack wrote: ↑05 Jun 2020, 21:07 I could list a hundred things why it was better when paul left

Go on, then...

Someone Like You is a good song, but Never to Look Back is head and shoulders above anything else on the album. It's interesting, given that he wasn't contributing much, that JJ arguably wrote the 2 best songs of that period, in Never to Look Back & Instead of This. I'd argue that during the 10...

Suite XVI definitely wasn't as successful as Norfolk Coast in the commercial sense, but generally the fans and even the critics liked it, whereas almost everything from "Retro Rockets" onwards has had a cooler reception.

Someone Like You over the overrated Never to Look Back

Face.

This was MKII's strongest album in terms of songwriting.

Voted for "Hopefully it won't be YEARS before the next album"

Yeah, Loose Windscreen is a gem :lol: Wasn't it Keith Richards that came up with the name Brenda in the early '80s when Mick was starting to pay more attention to a solo career? I know it was used by the band to slag Mick off behind his back. To digress, my favourite Stones story is the one when - w...

Pure Evel

Y'know, this album really isn't as bad as its reputation, and at least was an attempt by the band to sound current. It does fall off after "Joy de Viva" though, in my opinion.

So that's two of my musical heroes that have passed away this year. Fucks sake...

Sad news,the reason know announcement on Stranglers site is JJ and Dave hated the album and its production,a torrid time for the band,even Dave nearly quit around that time,patchy album with some good songs but also the worst Stranglers song ever IMHO the dire "Miss you",my god they had g...

He seems to have had quite the career, not only did he work on one of the least favoured Stranglers albums, but he also worked on the Red Hot Chili Peppers debut album(!) and then much later on with The Futureheads.

I agree with John Robb when he refers to Gang of Four as overrated, though.