Burning Up Time - The Stranglers and Hugh Cornwell Unofficial Forums

Generally all albums have a downward trend as they go except for singles or the ones that happens to be used elsewhere (in films or tv etc). I wouldn't look into it that much tbh. I'd imagine there's a chunk of Spotify users who'd only listen to generated playlists and radios rather than sit down wi...

Does Spotify show the number of plays of all Stranglers Albums? Can you share a link please? I'd love to see a ranking, but can never find it? It does if you use their PC application instead of web player. I can screenshot some of them for you... Dark Matters.PNG Not too shabby so far. For comparis...

Dark Matters will probably be The Stranglers worst selling album. Simple reason hardly anyone 'buys' albums anymore, so the 15,000 or so it sold pre-release gets it to 4. I don't know what the cut off for making the top 100 each week is in terms of actual sales maybe a few hundred?? So even these a...

With DM, it feels the format changed at least. From Norfolk to Giants, they all kinda followed a similar template of starting with aggressive rock 'n roll, some pastiche jazz/melancholic number in the middle and then go out with rocking bangers albeit slightly more contemplative

Ehh I'd never expect anything to be "all killer, no filler". Seems prone to setting yourself up for disappointment.

If I do it your way... Water vs Camden Water Freedom vs This song Freedom Giants vs Dave Giants Lowlands vs If Something If Something No Man's land vs Boom Boom No Man's Land Fickle vs Payday (+ The Lines) Fickle Time vs Down Time Was Moon vs Mercury Moon Stallion vs Adios Stallion 15 Steps vs Breat...

Great result!

After tomorrow probably

About nearly a week on, here's how I feel about them... Water Much improved from the live versions. Feels like the entire Stranglers band in full flow. This Song Maybe a bit too over the top with the vocals from Baz. For better or worse, it's the most reminiscent of their classic sound. I heard the ...

About 5 days on and Water, No Man's Land, Last Men On The Moon, White Stallion and Breathe has stuck the most. I'm quite happy if this turns out to be their final one

I don't think No Man's Land would do anything if it was released. Surely it's too uncommercial. I think all 3 singles released should have got attention but haven't so I'm not sure if anything would do well as a single now. Agreed, I can't really see them do another single once the album drops off ...

Those are great numbers to see. I think it's a success if Dark Matters finish in the top 20