Dreamtime

Stranglers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: July 6, 1987
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000269T
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #482,727 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Always the Sun

2. Dreamtime

3. Was It You?

4. You'll Always Reap What You Sow

5. Ghost Train

6. Nice in Nice

7. Big in America

8. Shakin' Like a Leaf

9. Mayan Skies

10. Too Precious

11. Since You Went Away

12. Norman Normal

13. Dry Day

14. Hit Man

15. Was It You [7" Version]

16. Burnham Beeches

Editorial Reviews

Import remastered reissue of 1987 album that's out-of-print domestically. 16 tracks including seven bonus tracks, 'Since You Went Away', 'Norman Normal', 'Dry Day', 'Hit Man', 'Was It You?'(7 inch version) & 'Burnham Beeches'. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Growth doesn't always hurt, June 18, 2005

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Grey Eagle (Philadelphia, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dreamtime (Audio CD)

My first experience of The Stranglers was the "Black & White" album. I've been a fan of just about ALL their albums since!

The Stranglers started out as a harsh, edgy sounding band whose style was each member playing a different riff(s) held together by Jet Black's rock-steady drumming.

In time, they began smoothing-out & becoming more lush. The vocals going from a snarl to a murmuring croon. They're still The Stranglers, mind you!

This album marks their most musically mature work(s) without becoming saccahrine or schmaltzy. It's very "Euro", but it's not pop. It's more concrete than Kraftwerk, having roots in the late punk era. A very interesting album that's easy to listen to.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Move over Beethoven... here come the Stranglers, May 7, 2002

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C. K. Corder "kundalinicomics" (Towson, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dreamtime (Audio CD)

I'm a big fan of the Stranglers ever since a friend turned me on to their early stuff like "Golden Brown" and "Midnight Summer's Dream". This album holds true to that style with songs like "Always the Sun", "Mayan Skies" and the title track. But my favorite and possibly all-time fave Stranglers cut is "Too Precious", an absolute masterpiece and culmination of the Stranglers unique talent for fine lyrics and musical arrangement. My grandfather, a classical music aficianado, would have loved this piece. The way the bass carries a hypnotic beat throughout, while the guitar and and synthesizers build to a crescendo at the end. I love it.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stranglers are always worth 5 stars, February 28, 2002

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G. Obach Luetje "The German" (Fullerton, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dreamtime (Audio CD)

well nearly always. This Album is for everyone who loves good pop music that gets not boring. Listening Tips: Always The Sun, Mayan Skies, Shankin' Like A Leaf, Too Precious. If you like the old stuff '77-'79 this one is probably too soft, oh well The stranglers were luckily never Motorhead or AC/DC and published 100 times the same album just with different titles. GET This one!