Black and White
Studio album by The Stranglers
Released	May 12, 1978
Recorded	TW Studios, Fulham
Genre	post-punk
Length	??:??
Label	United Artists 1978 EMI 2004
Producer	Martin Rushent
Professional reviews
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The Stranglers chronology
No More Heroes (1977) Black and White (1978) The Raven (1979)

Black and White is The Stranglers third studio album and was recorded within 18 months of their debut Rattus Norvegicus. Produced by Martin Rushent and engineered by Alan Winstanley, the album is divided into the Black side and White side, each nominally characterised by the style and mood of the songs which they contain. This release sees The Stranglers adopting a more experimental approach to song structures and time signatures (for example, "Curfew" features 7/4 time). A studio album is a collection of studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... The Stranglers are an English rock music group, formed on September 11, 1974 in Guildford, Surrey. ... is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Post punk generally refers to the particularly fertile and creative period following the initial punk rock explosion. During the first wave of punk, roughly spanning 1976-1983, bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones and The Damned began to challenge the current styles and conventions of rock... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... United Artists Records logo from 1971, when then owner Transamerica dropped the Liberty label, until new owner EMI changed the labels name to Liberty in 1980 United Artists Records logo used from 1968 to 1971 at the time when it was co-owned with Liberty Records. ... For other uses, see EMI (disambiguation). ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 2. ... The Stranglers are an English rock music group, formed on September 11, 1974 in Guildford, Surrey. ... No More Heroes is the second album by The Stranglers, produced by Martin Rushent, and released in 1977 (see 1977 in music). ... The Raven is an album by The Stranglers, released in 1979. ... The Stranglers are an English rock music group, formed on September 11, 1974 in Guildford, Surrey. ... Rattus Norvegicus is the first album by the New Wave/British Punk group The Stranglers and was released in 1977. ... Martin Rushent is an English musician and record producer. ... Alan Winstanley is a British record producer active from the mid-1970s onwards. ...

The band recorded a version of "Sweden" sung in Swedish and released this in Sweden (the song was inspired by Cornwell's PhD placement at Lund University in the mid 1970s). The song title "Death and Night And Blood" is taken from a line from Yukio Mishima's novel Confessions of a Mask.   IPA: is a city in SkÃ¥ne in southern Sweden. ... Yukio Mishima ) was the public name of Kimitake Hiraoka , January 14, 1925–November 25, 1970), a Japanese author and playwright, famous for both his highly notable nihilistic post-war writings and the circumstances of his ritual suicide by seppuku. ...

When released in 1978, on the United Artists label, the first 75,000 LPs came with a free white vinyl 7" - Walk On By / Mean To Me / Tits. "Walk on By" was their cover of the Bacharach and David song written for (and originally recorded by) Dionne Warwick. "Mean to Me" was a Stranglers Vocal version of the song the band had previously recorded with a cover of "Mony Mony", both with a female singer (Celia Golin), released under the moniker "Celia and the Mutations". United Artists released this as a single in Nov '78 but it failed to chart. "Tits" is a tongue-in-cheek live recording from "The Front Row Festival" at the Hope and Anchor. The Cassette version included "Mean to Me" on the White Side (Between Tokyo & Sweden). Burt Bacharach (IPA: ; born May 12, 1928) is an award-winning American pianist and composer. ... Hal David (born May 25, 1921 in New York City, New York) is an American lyricist and songwriterFicticiousbyMichaelAlfredMontalbano. ... Marie Dionne Warrick (born December 12, 1940), known professionally as Dionne Warwick, is an acclaimed five-time Grammy Award-winning African American singer best known for her work with Hal David and Burt Bacharach as songwriters and producers. ...

The US version of the Album, on the A&M label, was pressed on Black & White Marbled Vinyl, but came without the EP.

Singles from the album were: "Nice'n'Sleazy" (B-side: "Shut Up"), and an EP containing "Walk on By", "Tank" and "Old Codger". Old Codger featured a guest vocal from jazz singer George Melly. An Edited Version of "Walk on By" with "Tank" was also pressed as a double A side Radio play single. George Melly (born: 17 August 1926 in Liverpool, England) is a British jazz and blues singer. ...

Most of these tracks were included in the remastered 2001 CD re-issue of the album.

Track listing

White side

1. "Tank"†
2. "Nice 'N' Sleazy"†
3. "Outside Tokyo"†
4. "Sweden (All Quiet on the Eastern Front)"†
5. "Hey! (Rise of the Robots)"†
6. "Toiler on the Sea"†

Black side

1. "Curfew"‡
2. "Threatened"‡
3. "Do You Wanna"§/"Death and Night and Blood (Yukio)"‡
4. "In the Shadows"†
5. "Enough Time"†

Bonus tracks on 1988 CD reissue:

• Mean to Me†
• Walk on By†

Bonus tracks on 2001 CD reissue: Walk on By is a song recorded by Dionne Warwick. ...

• Mean to Me†
• Old Codger
• Shut Up‡
• Tits" (live)†
• Walk on By†

The above track listing is as per the original Vinyl LP Release (both UK United Artists & US A&M versions). The CD changed the running order, moving "Hey" to before "Sweden" and "In The Shadows" to before "Do You Wanna". Walk on By is a song recorded by Dionne Warwick. ...

Line up

• Hugh Cornwell: guitars, lead† and backing vocals
• JJ Burnel: bass guitar, lead‡ and backing vocals
• Dave Greenfield: keyboards (Hammond L100 Organ, Hohner Cembalet electric piano, Minimoog synthesizer), lead§ & backing vocals
• Jet Black: drums
• Lora Logic (of Essential Logic and X-Ray Spex): guest saxophone on "Hey!"
• George Melly: guest vocals on "Old Codger"
• Lew Lewis: harmonica on "Old Codger"

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References

• The Torture Garden - Official Hugh Cornwell site. Discography - Black and White. Retrieved on March 19, 2005.