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Category Archives: Record Review

26 Oct 2022 Review: Moments of Madness, Maximum Volume

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REVIEW: HUGH CORNWELL – MOMENTS OF MADNESS (2022)
maximumvolumemusic.com
"This is a truly gifted and understated record. “Iwannahideinsideaya” appears to have been in stream of consciousness, but it works magnificently."

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05 Jun 2022 Review: Golden Brown, Far Out Magazine

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The literal meaning behind The Stranglers' opus 'Golden Brown'
faroutmagazine.co.uk
"But there’s more to ‘Golden Brown’ than might initially meet the eye, and for Cornwell, the song is as much about the enduring presence of love at a time of cholera in the mind."

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31 May 2022 Review: A Multitude Of Sins, rattusinheritus

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A Multitude Of Sins
rattusinheritus.co.uk
"Or ‘The Gospel according to Hugh’ for this is indeed a somewhat Cornwell-centric view of things. Perhaps expected in an autobiography and especially given the acrimony documented with the split but not only is there a sense of him wanting to set the record straight here but I have to say that the contribution of the other three is somewhat underplayed."

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26 April 2022 Review: Hanging Around Peel Session, Far Out Magazine

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Five songs made better with John Peel
faroutmagazine.co.uk
"While the album was near-perfect in its refined punk splendour, the group took ‘Hanging Around’ up another notch during their session with John Peel on March 1st, 1977."

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12 Apr 2022 Review: Rattus Norvegicus, Outlaw Bookseller

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06 Aug 2021 Review: Dark Matters, Phil Broadhope

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MATTERS OF FACT
philbroadhope.wixsite.com
"One thing that did strike me upon listening to this album is how it subtly picks up on themes and ideas from across all the different eras of the band. It’s very clever, and the more you listen, the more you pick up on some of these little nuances and characteristics within the songs."

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19 Jan 2021 Record Review: European Female, gpreactions

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15 Jan 2021 Record Review: Always The Sun, Enoma

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22 Sep 2020 Record Review, No More Heroes, gpreactions

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01 Jul 2020 Review: Rattus Norvegicus, Cedric Suggests

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The Stranglers, Rattus Norvegicus – AOTM June 2020
cedricsuggests.co.uk
"Choosing Rattus as album of the month this month was bold. Producing a review for this masterwork is rather very difficult. You would not believe it from first listening but this album was released in 1977, making it 43 years old at the time of writing."

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19 Jun 2020 Review: Golden Brown, Arctic Reviews

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100 Greatest Songs of the 1980’s #54 The Stranglers – Golden Brown
arcticreviews.co.uk
"If music is in part of the reflection of the drugs taken by the people who make it, the late 70’s and early 80’s did little to dispel the notion."

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18 Jun 2020 Review: Aural Sculpture, Post Punk Monk

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Battle Of The Mid-80s Horn Sections: The Stranglers – Aural Sculpture
postpunkmonk.com
"It was there that the horns added a syncopated riff that had an electrifying effect on the song from that point onward. Interesting… Who would have expected horns in this band?"

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