Dark Matters v Giants
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Re: Dark Matters v Giants
I'd say Water, This Song, Something's Gonna, Payday and Moon are quite typical Strangers songs. Down is kind of Harry meets In the end and No man's land is kind of Enough time/ Summat/ Soldiers diary territory. Stallion is quite unique though because there doesn't seem to be keyboards much on that but the production makes up for it! That's got to be one of their best songs ever. Great album.
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Re: Dark Matters v Giants
No maybe it doesn't, but do the songs have to sound stranglersly? if it is a good song in it's own right and even more if you do like the song too isn't it also refreshing to hear something different maybe? that's how i see this album and why i play as many still as i do because they are sounding fresh and different.Not forgeting that their are also plenty of typicasl sounding stranglers songs on this album too if that's what you want to hear with the like's of Water,This Song,No Man's land,If something.I too really like Breathe such a great grower.
Re: Dark Matters v Giants
Giants beats Dark Matters by far for me. Last Stranglers landmarks for me.
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Re: Dark Matters v Giants
I would be more likely to compare DM with Suite XVI. DM wins hands down, in fact of the last 4 albums for me it goes like this:
1 Dark Matters
2 Suite XVI
3 Norfolk Coast
4 Giants
They are all great albums
Jez
1 Dark Matters
2 Suite XVI
3 Norfolk Coast
4 Giants
They are all great albums
Jez
I Spend My Time Watching The Ocean....
Re: Dark Matters v Giants
My current Stranglers all time studio album ratings, personal opinions can be shocking, and subject to changes;
- The Gospel According To The Meinblack
Black & White
Feline
Rattus Norvegicus
La Folie
Dreamtime
The Raven
Aural Sculpture
No More Heroes
Norfolk Coast
Dark Matters
Suite XVI
10
About Time
Giants
Stranglers In The Night
Written In Red
Coup De Grace
- StanInBlack
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Re: Dark Matters v Giants
post-Hugh ranked:
Suite XVI
Norfolk Coast
About Time
Written in Red
Stranglers in the Night
Dark Matters
Giants
Coup de Grace
Suite XVI
Norfolk Coast
About Time
Written in Red
Stranglers in the Night
Dark Matters
Giants
Coup de Grace
Re: Dark Matters v Giants
post-Hugh ranked:
Suite XVI
Dark Matters
Norfolk Coast
Giants
Coup de Grace
About Time
Stranglers in the Night
Written in Red
Suite XVI
Dark Matters
Norfolk Coast
Giants
Coup de Grace
About Time
Stranglers in the Night
Written in Red
Then I got tired of counting all of these blessings, and then I just got tired.
Re: Dark Matters v Giants
And all ranked:
Black and White
The Raven
The Gospel According To The Men In Black
Rattus Norvegicus
Suite XVI
Dark Matters
Norfolk Coast
La Folie
No More Heroes
Feline
Giants
Coup de Grace
Aural Sculpture
Dreamtime
About Time
Stranglers in the Night
10
Written in Red
Black and White
The Raven
The Gospel According To The Men In Black
Rattus Norvegicus
Suite XVI
Dark Matters
Norfolk Coast
La Folie
No More Heroes
Feline
Giants
Coup de Grace
Aural Sculpture
Dreamtime
About Time
Stranglers in the Night
10
Written in Red
Then I got tired of counting all of these blessings, and then I just got tired.
- alaninblack
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Re: Dark Matters v Giants
I'm sure there must be another thread somewhere, but anyway
The Raven
Rattus Norvegicus
Black and White
No More Heroes
The Gospel According To The Men In Black
La Folie
Dark Matters
Feline
Nosferatu
Norfolk Coast
Giants
Suite XVI
Monster
Aural Sculpture
Dreamtime
Euroman Cometh
10
Fire and Water
Coup de Grace
About Time
Stranglers in the Night
Written in Red
There are other Hugh and JJ releases, but I've only flicked occasionally through them so no real comment on them.
The Raven
Rattus Norvegicus
Black and White
No More Heroes
The Gospel According To The Men In Black
La Folie
Dark Matters
Feline
Nosferatu
Norfolk Coast
Giants
Suite XVI
Monster
Aural Sculpture
Dreamtime
Euroman Cometh
10
Fire and Water
Coup de Grace
About Time
Stranglers in the Night
Written in Red
There are other Hugh and JJ releases, but I've only flicked occasionally through them so no real comment on them.
Re: Dark Matters v Giants
What’s Stranglersly?
The band have constantly evolved and changed, you may get one album that is very similar to it’s predecessor but by the second or third later the sound is quite different. Compare Raven to Rattus, or Feline to Raven, although there are similarities in some tracks, others sound totally different. The best Stranglers albums have that variety, always with tracks that don’t sound like what’s come before.
Then I got tired of counting all of these blessings, and then I just got tired.
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