STRANGLERS RATTUS NORVEGICUS SIGNED LP PUNK ROCK CLASH
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FOR SALE IS FOR A RARE LP BY THE STRANGLERS UK RELEASE RATTUS NORVEGICUS. FULLY SIGNED BY THE BAND....Hugh Cornwell - JJ Burnell - Dave Greenfield & Jett Black
SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION VINYL IS ALSO IN EXCELLENT CONDITION
THIS IS A FANTASTIC PIECE OF PUNK / STRANGLERS MEMORABILIA AND WOULD LOOK STUNNING FRAMED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rattus Norvegicus (alternative title The Stranglers IV) is the first studio album by The Stranglers, released on 17 April 1977. The album was originally to be entitled "Dead on Arrival" but was changed at the last minute. It was one of the highest-selling albums of the punk era in Britain, eventually achieving platinum record sales.
The album's title is the taxonomic name for the common brown rat. It was produced in one week by Martin Rushent, and was basically a snapshot of the band's live set at the time.
The first 20,000 copies of the original vinyl release included a free 7" single, containing "Peasant in the Big Shitty (live)" and "Choosie Susie". Two singles were taken from the album: "Grip", and "Peaches" (released as a double A-side with the non-album track "Go Buddy Go"), which gave the band their first major hit single, reaching No.8 on the UK chart. A remastered version of the album was reissued on CD in 2001, including these three additional tracks.
The album peaked at No.4 in the UK album chart, eventually spending 34 weeks on the chart
Track listing
All songs credited as written by The Stranglers
Side 1
1. "Sometimes" (4:56)
Written by Hugh Cornwell, describes a violent argument with a girlfriend. The same girlfriend is the subject of Strange Little Girl which was written earlier by Cornwell and Hans Wärmling.2. "Goodbye Toulouse" (3:12)
Music by Cornwell, lyrics by Burnel. Describes the destruction of Toulouse predicted by Nostradamus.3. "London Lady" (2:25)
Music by Cornwell, lyrics by Burnel. Loosely based on a contemporary female journalist.4. "Princess of the Streets" (4:34)
Written in 6/8 time, music and lyrics by Burnel. Penned 'pre-Stranglers'.5. "Hanging Around" (4:25)
Music by Burnel, lyrics by Cornwell. Describes the characters found in the London pubs that the band played live at.Side 2
6. "Peaches" (4:03)
Burnel/Cornwell. The Stranglers influenced by Reggae music.
7. "(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" (3:55)
Music and lyrics by Cornwell. Based on band life in their Chiddingfold squat, featured Eric Clarke, a Welsh coal miner, on saxophone.8. "Ugly"(4:03)
Music and lyrics by Burnel. Described as 'abstract psychedelia' by Cornwell, the poem Ozymandias is featured.9. "Down in the Sewer" (7:30)
Comprises of four sections, Falling/Down In The Sewer/Trying To Get Out Again/Rat's Rally. Music by Burnel, lyrics by Cornwell. The 'sewer' refers to London.
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