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titoloiv rattus norvegicusartistastranglers etichettaemin. dischi1data10 settembre 2001supportocd audiogenerepop e rock internazionale----brani1.sometimes 2.goodbye toulouse 3.london lady 4.princess of the streets 5.hanging around 6.peaches 7.get a grip (
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Stranglers IV?,
By Phillip (Poole, Dorset United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rattus Norvegicus: IV (Audio CD)
No this wasn't The Stranglers fourth album, but their debut. Tagging it IV was their playful way of causing confusion on its release. Sexist, violent, misogynistic? Certainly - but this band delighted in being controversial and getting up the noses of the Press and the Establishment alike; it also ensured this album sold reasonably well and reached a respectable figure in the charts after its release. The Stranglers worked hard for their success, constantly gigging up and down the country in a battered old ice-cream van, before they were eventually signed by United Artists. Rattus Norvegicus contains tracks penned during those early years. Hanging Around, (Get a) Grip (On Yourself), Princess Of The Streets and Ugly are personal favourites. This CD also contains bonus tracks not available on the original vinyl LP; gems such as Choosey Susie and a live version of Peasant In The Big Shitty. If you don't own this classic album from that short period of punk rock, or (heaven forbid!), have never even given it a listen - you don't know what you're missing!
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Get A Grip,
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This review is from: Rattus Norvegicus: IV (Audio CD)
This is the album that rescued my jaded ears from the morass of mid-seventies mediocrity and lost me a few friends in the process, but then punk and the new wave wasn't for everybody! However, I am glad to report that Rattus Norvegicus still sounds fresh and vital today, even though the both of us are thirty years older.
Of course, the Stranglers weren't really punks at all as their music had none of the brash amateurism of the genre and there was no avoiding the fact that they had more in common with the musical dexterity and overall sound of the Doors, those icons from the previous decade. Hugh Cornwell and Dave Greenfield were the Robbie Krieger and Ray Manzarek of the new generation and their interplay between guitar and keyboards invoked an earlier age of musical invention and creativity despite being pigeonholed with the anti-talent attitude of the punk revolution. But the Stranglers had something that the Doors did not and it was the grinding melodic bass lines of Jean Jacques Burnel which added an earthiness and an in-your-face immediacy that their distant American cousins lacked. Also, their lyrics were less unashamedly poetic and more streetwise - some would say veering towards misogyny - but the effect is a rougher, less esoteric sound. Although their career was to last longer than may have first been expected, this album is arguably their best effort, dodgy lyrics aside, and deserves to be rated up amongst the best. It brims with energy and dare I say it, tunes, at a time when all you really needed to produce was an earnest racket. If you only buy one Stranglers album, make it this one.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
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A peach,
By Bulb-in-Black (Cambridge UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rattus Norvegicus: IV (Audio CD)
The Stranglers first album. The original vinyl had 9 tracks ending, as it should, with Down in The Sewer. What was a so-called punk group doing playing a LONG mainly instrumental song that sounds like an adaptation of a piece for orchestra? This was the time of eschewing the pretentious 20 minute songs of 'Freebird' or Led Zeppelin.
The Stranglers brought not only a refreshing burst of energy (as did the Sex Pisols, Damned and others) and socio-political commentary (like the Clash and later Stiff Little Fingers and Gang of Four), the Stranglers were the first British group of the mid-70s to try to bring some 'intellectual' reflection on the lives we were living, all those years ago. Of course, with a sense of urgency. They were glum times. Something Better CHANGE - as they said on their next album. Every one of the 9 tracks is excellent. It is rare to find an album on which every track works - and works so well. Four tracks were released as singles - London Lady, Hangin' Around, Peaches and (Get a) Grip (on yourself). The sound is raw. The bass guitar is like nothing that had come before. In many ways it is the bass which is the 'lead' guitar. The vocals are rasping. The keyboards soar. In places all the instruments seem to be going off in different directions then coming crashing together again. The 'delivery' is superb - raw energy, do something - NOW, there is no time to wait, people are going to push you around, read, find out what is going on, create change. You will probably like this album if you like rock'n'roll, if you like gigs and music that sounds 'live', you are not easily offended, if you are male, or if you like the Doors, Velvet Underground or Patti Smith. It was an innovation. It is art. Don't buy this if you like music that is all about 'love', says nothing, or which says things which will help you confirm the politically correct beliefs you hold.
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