Jon the Impaler wrote: ↑26 Jan 2022, 19:35
I liked Fire & Water , superb album . Would have to listen UJP as I have forgotten it now , sure it would be pretty good though . I listened to DM this week for the first time since at least Xmas , it's good imo though Down definitely not to my taste ( bleedin acoustic guitar) . I did say that though there are 6 songs I like , non would make my all time favourite list , but then those songs on that list are superb and it would also include stuff post Hugh, though I guess like the live set 75% plus of the best are M1 lineup.
Must give UJP a listen . Never heard Wolf so can't comment .
I somehow think Wolf won’t be to your taste
I wish the French version of “Down” was more easily available, something like that is to my taste.
What I seem to pick up is punters who prefer the stranglers 77-79, like more recent material because it has a harder edge. I can’t help feeling it’s actually quite tame and sounds a bit forced, inorganic even. I’ve nothing against the stranglers sounding more hard, but it’s not natural raw aggression like Rattus was for example. I dunno, I’m not saying they’re faking it, but it just doesn’t work me up that much, Baz’s voice is a lot to do with it, and the sound is more managed, lyrics are also not that good really. I think it’s too straight rock, where as the original stranglers were never just straight forward Rock, there’s not much uniqueness to DM in my opinion.
I somehow thought you might say thatStanInBlack wrote: ↑26 Jan 2022, 20:18 I wouldn't say Un Jour Parfait was better than Wolf, but I still rank it far higher than Dark Matters or pretty much everything released by the Stranglers' brand post-90.
I don’t mind Wolf, there are mostly good tracks on it, and it beats 10 for sure