Aural Sculpture [Extra tracks, Original recording remastered, Import]

Stranglers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 22, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: Epic Europe
• ASIN: B00005NZH9
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #163,542 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ice Queen

2. Skin Deep

3. Let Me Down Easy

4. No Mercy

5. North Winds Blowing

6. Uptown

7. Punch & Judy

8. Under the Name of Spain

9. Laughing

10. Souls

11. Mad Hatter

Editorial Reviews

Import remastered reissue of 1984 album that's out-of-print domestically. 19 tracks including eight bonus tracks, 'Here & There', 'In One Door', 'Head On The Line', 'Achilles Heel', 'Hot Club' (Riot Mix), 'Place De Victoires', 'Vladimir & The Beast' & 'Vladimir Goes To Havana'.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hard to believe this is 20+ years old, February 13, 2005

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Paul Kendall "Paul" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Aural Sculpture (Audio CD)

Guess I date myself when I say I'd listen to this CD all the time way back when.

The Strangler's poppier future was coming nicely into play with the release of Feline and was pretty much cemented into place with Aural Sculpture. Early Stranglers purists will scream sellout, I'd call it evolution. If the Stranglers were trying to capitalize on the 80s sound, they did it masterfully.

Wonderful pop tunes lurk all over. "Ice Queen" has a gloriously repetitive warbling that stays with you. Things don't skip a beat with the silky smooth "Skin Deep" and catchy "Let Me Down Easy", "No Mercy" and "Under the Name of Spain". Each and every track is a gem really in its own right, Hugh Cornwell's calm vocals add sparkle. A favorite CD of mine for those laid back moods.

Love them or hate them for their direction change and seemingly endless collection of greatest hits CDs, it's impossible to discount the charms of Aural Sculpture.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Want the facts?, December 25, 2005

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Gaylen Halbert (Weimar, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aural Sculpture (Audio CD)

There are those who strongly prefer the Stranglers' early stuff and do not like Aural Sculpture or Dreamtime. Please include me amongst those who do not like the early stuff [which dominates "The Very Best of" CD] and much prefer this album and Dreamtime.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stranglers Go Pop, June 3, 2002

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Carl Mack (Palm Springs, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Aural Sculpture (Audio CD)

As an early fan of the Stranglers after Meninblack and Feline you have to admit if nothing else they keep it interesting and fresh. Actually this album is far superior to the rather bland and uneven "Dreamtime". Plenty of great cuts here. "Skin Deep" and "No Mercy" are perfectly crafted pop songs. "Let me down easy" a song about when your time is up is very comforting and a great ballad. Probably my favorite is "Laughing" a beatuiful ballad that really can touch you. Elsewhere there are plenty of revved up horn spiced pop gems so I think all in all the Stranglers did a very good job on this one