DISCOGRAPHY 1977 - 1990

Jet Black / Hugh Cornwell / J.J. Burnel / Dave Greenfield


Prehistory, Songs & Aliases

Songs Concordance
Live Performances 1974 - 1990
March 1975 My Young Dreams / ( ? )
Safari Records (unreleased 7" 45) (note: released in 1992 on LP)
1976 Tomorrow Was The Hereafter / ( ? )
(unreleased 7" 45) (note: released in 1980 on 45)
December 6, 1976 - The Stranglers sign record contract with United Artists.
January 28, 1977
(Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / London Lady

United Artists UP 36211 (promo 7" 45; stamped with "demo" & release date)
United Artists UP 36211 (7" 45 + ps; issued in card & paper sleeves)
 United Artists 5C 006-98735 (7" 45 + ps; Grip plays out 20 seconds longer than standard version; Holland)
1977 Dead on Arrival (unreleased LP)
United Artists (note: debut LP recorded live at the Nashville, London, UK; December 23, 1976)


April 15, 1977
Rattus Norvegicus (LP)

United Artists UAG 30045 (note: LP originally titled: "Dead On Arrival")
EMI Fame FA 3001 (1982 LP reissue)
EMI CDP 7 46362 2 (1988 CD reissue)
EMI 7243 8 52266 2 (1996 2CD reissue)
 EMI 724353469124 (2001 remastered CD reissue)
 Sister Ray / EMI UAG 30045-P (2006 picture disc LP reissue)
Sometimes / Goodbye Toulouse / London Lady / Princess Of The Streets / Hanging Around // Peaches / (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / Ugly / Down In The Sewer

1996 CD reissue adds: Choosey Susie / Peasant In The Big Shitty (live: Nashville; December 10, 1976) / Go Buddy Go
2001 CD reissue adds: Choosey Susie / Go Buddy Go / Peasant In The Big Shitty (live: Nashville; December 10, 1976)

April 15, 1977
Peasant In The Big Shitty (live: Nashville; December 20, 1976) / Choosey Susie

United Artists FREE 3 (bonus 7" 45 in orange ps issued with first 10,000 LPs) (note: run-out groove reads: "What do you want for nothing!")
 United Artists FREE 3 (7" 45; 1980 SIS reissue) (note: run-out groove reads: "Ello Ellen")
Liberty FREE 3 (7" 45; 1982 SIS reissue)

May 6, 1977
Peaches / Go Buddy Go

United Artists UP 36248 (7" 45; issued in withdrawn "blackmail" ps; limited release)

May 1977
United Artists UP 36248 (7" 45; reissue; in replacement "panties" ps)
 United Artists UP 36248 (7" 45; most originals issued in either plain black or white sleeve)

May 20, 1977
Peaches (Radio Play) / Go Buddy Go
United Artists FREE 4 (promo 7" 45; stamped with "demo" & release date) What a Summer!

1978
Peaches / Oh Shit (by The Buzzcocks)
United Artists UP 36248 / 36348 (7" 45 mis-press)

1978
Peaches / What Do I Get? (by The Buzzcocks)
United Artists UP 36248 / 36348 (7" 45 mis-press)

1977 Hanging Around / (?)
United Artists (unreleased 7" 45)
1977
Sometimes / Go Buddy Go
United Artists CM-89 (7" 45 + ps; Japan)
July 1, 1977
Mony Mony (by Celia & The Mutations) / Mean To Me (by Celia & The Mutations)

United Artists UP 36262 (7" 45 + ps)
Liberty FREE 18 (7" 45; 1982 SIS reissue)
July 22, 1977
Something Better Change / Straighten Out

United Artists UP 36277 (promo 7" 45 + ps; stamped with "demo" & release date)
United Artists UP 36277 (7" 45 + ps)

Japan 45 ps

1977
Something Better Change / Criminal World (by Metro)
 United Artists #? (7" jukebox 45; Italy)
September 23, 1977
No More Heroes (promo edit)
United Artists FREE 8 (one-sided promo 7" 45; stamped with "demo" & release date)

September 23, 1977
No More Heroes
United Artists UP 36300 (one-sided promo 7" 45; stamped with "demo" & release date; "No More Stheroes")

September 23, 1977
No More Heroes / In The Shadows

United Artists UP 36300 (promo 7" 45 + ps; stamped with "demo" & release date; "No More Sthereos")
United Artists UP 36300 (7" 45 + ps; first issued with "wreath" label on A side)
 United Artists UP 36300 (7" 45 + ps; reissued with regular & cream labels)

1977
No More Heroes / Something Better Change
United Artists 11.435-A (7" 45 + ps; Spain)


September 23, 1977
No More Heroes (LP)

United Artists UAG 30200
United Artists UAG 30200 (LP mis-press features one side of Al Kooper LP "Act Like Nothing's Wrong" UAG 30020; 1976)
Liberty #? (1985 LP reissue)
EMI Fame FA 3190 (1987 LP reissue)
EMI CDP 7 466132 (1988 CD reissue)
EMI 7243 8 52265 2 6 (1996 2CD reissue)
 EMI 724353440725 (2001 remastered CD reissue)
I Feel Like A Wog / Bitching / Dead Ringer / Dagenham Dave / Bring On The Nubiles / Something Better Change // No More Heroes / Peasant In The Big Shitty / Burning Up Time / English Towns / School Mam

1988 CD reissue adds: 5 Minutes
1996 & 2001 CD reissue adds: Straighten Out / 5 Minutes / Rok It To The Moon

November 1977
Something Better Change / Straighten Out // (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / Hanging Around
A&M 1973 (promo 7" pink vinyl EP + promo ps; USA) (note: label imprints "Promotion Only - Not For Sale"; sleeve imprints "Totally Suitable for Radio Airplay")

November 1977
Something Better Change / Straighten Out // (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / Hanging Around
A&M 1973 (7" pink vinyl EP + ps; USA)

December 1977 - Jet Black reads The Flying Saucer Review detailing the MeninBlack at Bear Shank Lodge, Norfolk Coast; band begins wearing black as a uniform
January 27, 1978
5 Minutes / Rok It To The Moon

United Artists UP 36350 (promo 7" 45 + ps; stamped with "demo" & release date)
United Artists UP 36350 (7" 45 + ps)
 Liberty UP 36350 (7" 45; 1982 SIS reissue)

Japan 45 ps

March 3, 1978
Hope & Anchor Front Row Festival (2 LP)
Warner Brothers K66077
various artist live compilation features: Straighten Out / Hanging Around (note: recorded live November 22, 1977)
April 26, 1978
Nice 'n' Sleazy / Shut Up

United Artists UP 36379 (promo 7" 45 + ps; stamped with "demo" & release date)
United Artists UP 36379 (7" 45 + ps; issued in card & paper sleeves; 2 different label variations)

May 1978
Nice 'n' Sleazy // (The Intro And The Outro by The Bonzo Dog Band) / (The Strain by The Bonzo Dog Band)
United Artists UP 36379 (7" 45 mis-press includes b-side from Bonzo Dog Band 45United Artists UP 36397 I'm The Urban Spaceman // The Intro And The Outro / The Strain

1978
Shut Up / Shut Up
United Artists UP 36379 (7" 45 mis-press)

May 12, 1978
Black and White (LP)

United Artists UAK 30222 (note: early versions were issued with stickers over labels)
Liberty #? (1986 LP reissue)
EMI CDP 7 90596 2 (1988 CD reissue)
 EMI 724353469122 (2001 remastered CD reissue)
Tank / Nice 'n' Sleazy / Outside Tokyo / Hey! (Rise Of The Robots) / Sweden/All Quiet On The Eastern Front / Toiler On The Sea // Curfew / Threatened / In The Shadows / Do You Wanna?/Death And Night And Blood (Yukio) / Enough Time

1988 CD reissue adds: Mean To Me / Walk On By
2001 CD reissue adds: Mean to Me / Walk On By / Shut Up / Sverige/Jar Är Insnöad På Östfrönten / Old Codger / Tits

May 12, 1978
Walk On By // Mean To Me / Tits

United Artists FREE 9 (bonus 7" white vinyl EP with title card included with first 75,000 LPs)
 United Artists FREE 9 (bonus 7" pink/clear or blue/clear vinyl EP miss-press)

August 11, 1978
Walk On By (promo edit) // Old Codger / Tank
United Artists UP 36429 (promo 7" 45; stamped with "demo" & release date)
 United Artists UP 36429 (jukebox 7" 45; no promo stamps)

August 11, 1978
Walk On By // Old Codger / Tank

United Artists UP 36429 (7" 33 1/3 + ps)
 Liberty UP 36429 (7" 33 1/3; 1982 SIS reissue)

1978 Tank (Russian version) / (anti-western propaganda)
label? (7" 45 of unconfirmed and doubtful existence; U.S.S.R.)
1978
5 Minutes // Outside Tokyo / Death And Night And Blood (Yukio)
United Artists CM-192 (7" 45 + ps; Japan)
1978 Sweden/All Quiet On The Eastern Front // ( ? )
United Artists (unreleased 7" 45)
September 21, 1978
Sverige/Jar Är Insnöad På Östfrönten // In The Shadows

United Artists UP 36459 (7" 45 + ps; Sweden)

December 15, 1978 - New Musical Express announces in a parody piece by M.A. Choman - a new Stranglers LP entitled "Eastern Front"
January 1979
Two Sunspots / ( ? )
United Artists (unreleased 7" 45) (note: released in 1981 on LP; unused cover art used on "Who Wants The World?" 45 and USA "Stranglers IV" LP)
February 21, 1979
Live X-Cert (LP)

United Artists UAG 30224
Liberty #? (1985 LP reissue)
EMI CDP 7 90597 2 (1988 CD reissue)
 EMI 724353468729 (2001 remastered CD reissue)

(Japan LP)
United Artists GP 670 (gatefold with poster and 7" 45; Japan)

(Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / Dagenham Dave / Burning Up Time / Dead Ringer / Hanging Around / I Feel Like A Wog // Straighten Out / Curfew / Do You Wanna?/Death And Night And Blood (Yukio) / 5 Minutes / Go Buddy Go (note: recorded live at The Roundhouse, London, UK: December 1977; November 5-6, 1977; and Battersea Park, UK: September 1978)

Japan LP in gatefold sleeve includes 40" x 28" poster and: Choosey Susie / Mean To Me
United Artists 17F-3 (bonus 7" 45; Japan)

1988 CD reissue adds: Peasant In The Big Shitty (live: Nashville; 12-10-1976) / In The Shadows (live: Hope & Anchor)
2001 CD reissue adds: Peasant In The Big Shitty / In The Shadows / Sometimes / Mean to Me / London Lady / Goodbye Toulouse / Hanging Around / Strange Little Girl (all previously un-released)

1979
Hanging Around (live) / (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) (live)
United Artists K 7431 (7" 45; Australia)
March 1979 - Jet Black sees a UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) in Wiltshire. The Meninblack mythos begins.
August 10, 1979
Duchess / Fools Rush Out

United Artists BP 308 (promo 7" 45 + ps; stamped "demo")
United Artists BP 308 (7" 45 + ps)
September 21, 1979
The Raven (LP)

United Artists UAG 30262 (lenticular 3D cover on first 20,000 LPs; Queensland State President Joh Bjelleg Petersen cartoon on inner sleeve)
 United Artists UAG 30262 (regular cover issue; some LPs include Queensland State President Joh Bjelleg Petersen cartoon on inner sleeve)
 United Artists UAG 30262 (LP mis-press features one side of country music by Kenny Rogers?)
EMI Fame FA 4131311 (1985 LP reissue)
EMI CDP 7 46615 2 (1987 remastered CD reissue)
 EMI 724353468729 (2001 remastered CD reissue)
 Let Them Eat Vinyl / EMI LETV001PD (2005 picture disc LP reissue)
Longships / The Raven / Dead Loss Angeles / Ice / Baroque Bordello / Nuclear Device (The Wizard Of Aus)/Down Under // Shah Shah A Go Go / (Don't Bring) Harry / Duchess / Meninblack / Genetix

1987 CD reissue adds: Bear Cage
2001 CD reissue adds: Bear Cage / Fools Rush Out / (N'emmènes Pas) Harry / Yellowcake UF 6

October 3, 1979
Nuclear Device (The Wizard Of Aus)/Down Under // Yellowcake UF 6

United Artists BP 318 (promo 7" 45 + ps; stamped "demo")
United Artists BP 318 (7" 45 + ps)
1979
Nuclear Device (The Wizard Of Aus)/Down Under // (Don't Bring) Harry
United Artists EP 1000 (7" 45 of unconfirmed existence; Australia)
November 9, 1979
(Don't Bring) Harry / Wired (by Hugh Cornwell & Robert Williams)
United Artists STR 1-DJ (promo 7" 45)

November 9, 1979
(Don't Bring) Harry / Wired (by Hugh Cornwell & Robert Williams) // Crabs (live) (by J.J. Burnel) / In The Shadows (live: Hope & Anchor)

United Artists STR 1 (7" 33 1/3 EP + ps)

1979
(Don't Bring) Harry / Wired (by Hugh Cornwell & Robert Williams) / Sverige/Jar Är Insnöad På Östfrönten // Crabs (live) (by J.J. Burnel) / In The Shadows (live: Hope & Anchor) / (N'emmènes Pas) Harry
United Artists GXA 6 (12" 45 + ps; Japan)
December 25, 1979 - death of Kevin Sparrow
1980
(N'emmènes Pas) Harry / Bear Cage

United Artists 2 C 008 82868 (7" 45 + ps; Bear Cage titled "Livin' In A Bear Cage"; France)

1989
(N'emmènes Pas) Harry / Bear Cage
New Rose HARRY 1 (12" 45; Bear Cage titled "Livin' In A Bear Cage"; Fan Club release; France)

March 7, 1980
Bear Cage / Shah Shah A Go Go

United Artists BP 344 DJ (promo 7" 45 + ps; stamped "demo")
United Artists BP 344 (7" 45 + ps)

March 7, 1980
Bear Cage (Extended version) / Shah Shah A Go Go (Extended version)
United Artists 12-BP 344 (12" 45 in UA sleeve)

March 7, 1980
United Artists 12-BP 344 (12" 45 in limited edition ps)

1980
Bear Cage / Turning Japanese (by The Vapors)
United Artists BP 344 / 334 (7" 45 mis-press)

1980
Shah Shah A Go Go / Turning Japanese (by The Vapors)
United Artists BP 344 / 334 (7" 45 mis-press)

May 29, 1980
Who Wants The World? / The Meninblack (Waiting For 'Em)

United Artists BP 355 DJ (promo 7" 45 + ps; stamped "demo")
United Artists BPX 355 (limited edition 7" 45 + ps; sold at 75p; designated on sleeve corner)
United Artists BP 355 (standard edition 7" 45 + ps)
1980
Who Wants The World? / Bear Cage (Extended version) / Meninblack // Shah Shah A Go Go (Extended version) / Who Wants The World? (Extended version)
United Artists GXA 7 (12" 45 + ps; Japan)
August 31, 1980
Tomorrow Was The Hereafter / Bring On The Nubiles (Cocktail version)
SIS 001 (7" 45; some issued with misspelt "Nublies")


SIS 001 (7" 45 + ps; 1988 reissue edition of 1,000)

September 24, 1980
The Stranglers IV (LP; USA)
I.R.S. SP 70011
I.R.S. CD 70011 (1987 CD reissue; USA)
The Raven / Baroque Bordello / Duchess / Nuclear Device (The Wizard Of Aus)/Down Under / Meninblack // 5 Minutes / Rok It To The Moon / Vietnamerica / G.m.b.H. / Who Wants The World? (note: G.m.b.H. is a Bear Cage re-mix)

CD reissue adds: Do The European (by J.J. Burnel) / Choosey Susie / White Room (by Hugh Cornwell & Robert Williams) / Straighten Out

September 24, 1980
Do The European (by J.J. Burnel) / Choosey Susie // White Room (by Hugh Cornwell & Robert Williams) / Straighten Out
I.R.S. SP 70952 (bonus 7" EP + ps issued with Stranglers IV LP; USA)

1981
BBC Rock Hour (radio show LP; USA)
Bulldog Broadcasting Company/London Wavelength 148 (note:Live Radio Transcription Disc; recorded at The Ritz, New York, NY, USA - 11-30-1980; with timing insert)
(introduction) / Hallow To Our Men / I Feel Like A Wog / Toiler On The Sea / (ad break: Scotch cassettes / Heath candy bars) / Hanging Around / Down In The Sewer // Who Wants The World? / Tank / Nuclear Device (The Wizard Of Aus)/Down Under / (ad break: Scotch cassettes / Heath candy bars) / Genetix / The Raven / (closing)
January 19, 1981
Thrown Away / Top Secret

Liberty BP 383 (7" 45 + ps)
February 9, 1981
The Gospel According to the Meninblack (LP)

Liberty LBG 30313 (note: promotional cassette issues have different mixes)
Liberty #? (1985 LP reissue)
EMI Fame #? (1988 LP reissue)
EMI Fame CD-FA 3208 (1988 CD reissue)
 EMI 724353469023 (2001 remastered CD reissue)
Waltzinblack / Just Like Nothing On Earth / Second Coming / Waiting For The Meninblack / Turn The Centuries, Turn // Two Sunspots / Four Horsemen / Thrown Away / Manna Machine / Hallow To Our Men

1988 CD reissue adds: Top Secret / Maninwhite
2001 CD reissue adds: Top Secret / Maninwhite / Tomorrow Was The Hereafter

March 1981
Waltzinblack / Maninwhite
Liberty (unreleased 7" 45)
March 23, 1981
Just Like Nothing On Earth / Maninwhite

Liberty BP 393 (7" 45 + ps)

March 1981
Just Like Nothing On Earth / Just Like Nothing On Earth
Liberty BP 393 (7" 45 mis-press)

November 2, 1981
Let Me Introduce You To The Family / Vietnamerica

Liberty BP 405 (7" 45 + ps; sleeve reverse issued with "guns" or "hearts" design motif)
November 9, 1981
La Folie (LP)

Liberty LBG 303421
Island L 20033 (some LPs pressed in red vinyl; Australia)
EMI Fame FA 4130831 (1983 LP reissue)
EMI CDP 7 46614 2 (1987 CD reissue)
 EMI 724353468828 (2001 remastered CD reissue)
Non Stop / Everybody Loves You When You're Dead / Tramp / Let Me Introduce You To The Family / Ain't Nothin' To It / The Man They Love To Hate // Pin Up / It Only Takes Two To Tango / Golden Brown / How To Find True Love And Happiness In The Present Day / La Folie

1987 CD reissue adds: Cruel Garden
2001 CD reissue adds: Cruel Garden / Bring On The Nubiles (Cocktail version) / Vietnamerica / Love 30 / You / You Hold The Key To My Love In Your Hands

January 11, 1982
Golden Brown / Love 30

Liberty BP 407 (7" 45 + ps; first edition sleeve: gold lettering; was actually in the shops in December 1981)
 Liberty BP 407 (7" 45 + ps; second edition sleeve: white lettering)
 Liberty 20008-83255 (7" 45 + ps; initial copies mis-pressed: Love 30 plays at 1 + 1/2 speed; France)

1982
Golden Brown / Everybody Samba (by Music for Boys)
Liberty BP 407 (7" 45 mis-press edition of 10-15,000)

1982
Golden Brown / Love 30
 Liberty ICK 05283255ZA (12" 45 + ps; Germany)

1982 Non Stop / ( ? )
Liberty (unreleased 7" 45)
1982 Tramp / ( ? )
Liberty (unreleased 7" 45)
March 1982 - The Stranglers depart EMI and sign with CBS (Epic).
April 20, 1982
La Folie (promo edit) / Waltzinblack
Liberty BP 410 DJ (promo 7" 45; stamped "demo")

April 20, 1982
La Folie / Waltzinblack

Liberty BP 410 (7" 45 + ps)

July 1982
Strange Little Girl
Liberty #? (one-sided promo 7" 45)

July 1982
Cruel Garden
Liberty #? (one-sided promo 7" 45)

July 9, 1982
Strange Little Girl / Cruel Garden

Liberty BP 412 (7" 45 + ps)

1982
In Concert Transcription Disc 276 (radio promo LP was never broadcast)
BBC 150461/2S (Live for "In Concert" program; recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK: 02-08-1982)
Down In The Sewer / Just Like Nothing On Earth / Second Coming / Non Stop / The Man They love To Hate / Who Wants The World? // Golden Brown / How To Find True Love And Happiness In The Present Day / Duchess / Let Me Introduce You To The Family / Tramp / The Raven / Genetix
September 1982
The Collection 1977-1982 (LP) (note: LP originally titled: "The Old Testament")
Liberty LBG 30353 (sleeve design version one was rejected: shiny black plastic Stranglers logo - but some issued)
 Liberty IC 064-83327 (sleeve design version one: shiny black plastic Stranglers logo; Germany)

September 1982
Liberty LBG 30353 (sleeve design version two: diamonds motif with "get fit" girl; Every Mistake Imaginable)
 Liberty #? (1985 LP reissue)
EMI CDP 7 46066 2 (1988 CD reissue)

unissued 1982
Liberty LBG 30353 (sleeve design version three: Stranglers' concept)

(Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / Peaches / Hanging Around / No More Heroes / Duchess / Walk On By / Waltzinblack // Something Better Change / Nice 'n' Sleazy / Bear Cage / Who Wants The World? / Golden Brown / Strange Little Girl / La Folie

December 24, 1982
European Female / European Female (promo edit)
Epic EPC A2893 - DJ (promo 7" 45; stamped "promo")

December 982
European Female
Epic #? (one-sided promo 7" 45; Spain)

December 24, 1982
European Female / Savage Breast

Epic EPC A2893 (7" 45 + ps; issued in yellow and black vinyl editions)

December 24, 1982
European Female / Savage Breast
Epic EPCA 11 2893 (7" 45; picture disc)

January 1983
Feline (LP)

Epic EPC 25237
EMI CDEPC 25237 (CD issue)
Epic #? (doublepack LP coupled with Aural Sculpture & poster; Australia)
Epic EPC 32711 (1986 Nice Price LP reissue)
Epic CD 25237 (1992 CD reissue)
 Epic 467395 (triplepack CD reissue coupled with Aural Sculpture & Dreamtime)
 Epic #? (2001 CD reissue)
Midnight Summer Dream (LP mix) / It's A Small World / Ships That Pass In The Night / European Female // Let's Tango In Paris / Paradise / All Roads Lead To Rome / Blue Sister / Never Say Goodbye

USA LP issue adds: Golden Brown (note: European Female titled "The European Female (In Celebration Of)")

January 1983
The Aural Sculpture Manifesto

Epic XPS 167 (one-sided bonus 7" 45 included with LP; first issue: matte b-side)
Epic XPS 167 (one-sided bonus 7" 45 included with LP; second issue: grooved b-side) (was also distributed by SIS in the late 1980s)

1999 Japan CD reissue adds: (The Strange Circumstances Which Lead To) Vladimir & Olga ('Requesting' Rehabilitation In A Siberian Health Resort As A Result Of Stress In Furthering The Peoples' Policies) (by The Upper Volga Corngrowers Co-Operative Association Choral Dance Troop Ensemble) / Pãwsher / Permission / Here And There / Vladimir & The Beast (Part III) / Medley: Midnight Summer Dream / European Female (note: medley recorded live in 1985) Epic ESCA 7747

2001 Epic CD reissue adds: Savage Breast / Pãwsher / Permission / Midnight Summer Dream/European Female (Live) / (The Strange Circumstances Which Lead To) Vladimir & Olga ('Requesting' Rehabilitation In A Siberian Health Resort As A Result Of Stress In Furthering The Peoples' Policies) (by The Upper Volga Corngrowers Co-Operative Association Choral Dance Troop Ensemble) / The Aural Sculpture Manifesto

February 26, 1983
Midnight Summer Dream (Special Single mix) / (The Strange Circumstances Which Lead To) Vladimir & Olga ('Requesting' Rehabilitation In A Siberian Health Resort As A Result Of Stress In Furthering The Peoples' Policies) (by The Upper Volga Corngrowers Co-Operative Association Choral Dance Troop Ensemble)

Epic EPC A3167 (promo 7" 45 + ps; stamped "promo")
Epic EPC A3167 (7" 45 + ps)

February 26, 1983
Midnight Summer Dream (Special Single mix)
Epic EPC A13 3167 (one-sided promo 12" 45)

February 26, 1983
Midnight Summer Dream (Special 12" mix) / (The Strange Circumstances Which Lead To) Vladimir & Olga ('Requesting' Rehabilitation In A Siberian Health Resort As A Result Of Stress In Furthering The Peoples' Policies) (by The Upper Volga Corngrowers Co-Operative Association Choral Dance Troop Ensemble)
Epic EPC A13 3167 (12" 45 + ps)

August 6, 1983
Paradise / Pãwsher

Epic EPC A3387 (promo 7" 45 + ps; stamped "promo"; features different mix)
 Epic EPC A3387 (7" 45 + ps)

August 6, 1983
Paradise
Epic TA 3387 (one-sided promo 12" 45 )

August 6, 1983
Paradise // Pãwsher / Permission
Epic TA 3387 (12" 45 + ps) (note: retail promotion sells 12" single at 7" price for first two weeks of issue.)

1983 Top Of The Pops (radio transcription disc LP)
BBC 979 (note: issued with timing insert)
features: Paradise
1983
The Great Lost Stranglers Album (LP; Japan)
Liberty K28P-321
Choosey Susie / Peasant In The Big Shitty (live: Nashville) / Go Buddy Go / Straighten Out / 5 Minutes / Rok It To The Moon / Shut Up // Walk On By / Tits / Mean To Me / Old Codger / Fools Rush Out / Yellowcake UF6 / Sverige/Jar Är Insnöad På Östfrönten
1983
The Great Lost Stranglers Album Continued (LP; Japan)
Liberty K28P-322
(N'emmènes Pas) Harry / In The Shadows (live: Hope & Anchor) / Bear Cage / Bear Cage (Extended version) / Shah Shah A Go Go (Extended version) / Who Wants The World? // The Meninblack (Waiting For 'Em) / Top Secret / Maninwhite / Love 30 / Strange Little Girl / Cruel Garden
1983
Famous Numbers (LP; Japan)
Liberty K28P-333
No More Heroes / Sometimes / (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / Nice 'n' Sleazy / Something Better Change / Nuclear Device (The Wizard Of Aus)/Down Under / In The Shadows // Waltzinblack / Golden Brown / Strange Little Girl / Thrown Away / Duchess / Outside Tokyo / (Don't Bring) Harry / La Folie
March 12, 1984
Golden Brown / Strange Little Girl
Liberty G 456 (Old Gold reissue 7" 45 + ps)
1984
Skin Deep
Epic #? (one-sided promo 7" 45; Spain)

October 6, 1984
Skin Deep / Here And There

Epic A 4738 (7" 45 + ps; first edition: sleeve issued with skin texture; some with tattoo sheet)
 Epic A 4738 (7" 45 + ps; second edition: sleeve issued without skin texture)

October 6, 1984
Skin Deep (Extended version) // Here And There / Vladimir & The Beast (Part III)
Epic TA 4738 (12" 45 + ps; first edition: sleeve issued with skin texture)
 Epic TA 4738 (12" 45 + ps; second edition: sleeve issued without skin texture)


November 1984
Aural Sculpture (LP)

Epic EPC 26220
EMI CD 26220 (CD issue)
Epic EPC 40-26220 (cassette)
Epic #? (doublepack LP coupled with Feline & poster; Australia)
Epic EPC 450448-1 (1987 Nice Price LP reissue)
 Epic CD 26220 (1987 CD reissue)
Sony Collectors #? (1993 CD reissue)
 Epic 467395 (triplepack CD reissue coupled with Feline & Dreamtime)
 Epic #? (2001 CD reissue)
Ice Queen / Skin Deep / Let Me Down Easy / No Mercy / North Winds Blowing // Uptown / Punch & Judy / Spain / Laughing / Souls / Mad Hatter

cassette issue includes: "Aural Quest" (Sinclair 2X Spectrum computer game with introduction by Dave Greenfield; minimum moves to complete game = 137)

1999 Japan CD reissue adds: In One Door / Hot Club / Achilles Heel / Place De Victoires / Vladimir Goes To Havana / The Aural Sculpture Manifesto Epic ESCA 7748
2001 Epic CD reissue adds: Here And There / In One Door / Head On The Line / Achilles Heel / Hot Club (Instrumental Riot mix) / Place De Victoires / Vladimir And The Beast (Part III) / Vladimir Goes To Havana


December 1, 1984
No Mercy / In One Door

Epic A 4921 (7" 45 + ps)

December 1, 1984
No Mercy / In One Door
Epic WA 4921 (7" 45; ear sculpture shaped picture disc)

December 1, 1984
No Mercy / In One Door // Hot Club (Instrumental Riot mix) / Head On The Line
Epic GA 4921 (7" EP + gatefold ps; interior gatefold features photos from Aural Sculpture exhibition)

November 1984
No Mercy (Cement mix) // In One Door / Hot Club
Epic TA 4921 (12" 45 + ps)


1984
No Mercy / Let Me Down Easy
Epic EXP-7097 (7" 45 + ps; Canada)

1984
No Mercy (Cement mix) / Let Me Down Easy (Extended version)
Epic 12EXP-7097 (12" 45 + ps; Canada)

1984
Spain
Epic EPCA 6229 (one-sided promo 7" 45 + ps; Spain)

1984
Spain / Punch & Judy
Epic EPCA 6229 (7" 45 + ps; Spain)


1985
Rock Over London (radio transcription disc LP; USA)
London Wave #202 (Live Radio Transcription Disc features interview with Hugh Cornwell; for broadcast 01-13-1985)
features: Uptown
February 16, 1985
Let Me Down Easy / Achilles Heel

Epic A 6045 (7" 45 + ps)

February 16, 1985
Let Me Down Easy (Extended version) // Achilles Heel / Place De Victoires
Epic TA 6045 (12" 45 + ps)

February 16, 1985
Let Me Down Easy (Extended version) / Achilles Heel // Place De Victoires / Vladimir Goes To Havana / The Aural Sculpture Manifesto
Epic QTA 6045 (limited edition 12" 45 + ps and poster)


1985
Let Me Down Easy / Ice Queen
Epic #? (7" 45 + ps; Australia)

1985
In Concert Transcription Disc 356 (radio transcription LP)
BBC 155221 / 2S (Live Transcription Disc #356) (Live Radio Transcription Disc: recorded at the Dominion Theatre, London, UK: 02-26-1985; for broadcast on Radio 1: April 11, 1985)
1986
"12" Tape

 Epic EPC 450129-4 (cassette EP)
CBS CBS 450129-4 (chrome cassette EP; Holland)
European Female / Midnight Summer Dream (Extended version) / Skin Deep (Extended version) / No Mercy (rejected 12" mix) / Let Me Down Easy (Extended version) (note: The rejected 12" mix of No Mercy was released here in error by CBS, and not released elsewhere.)
1986
6 Songs (LP; Greece)
Liberty 062-26100211
Nice 'n' Sleazy / Strange Little Girl / No More Heroes // Golden Brown / Hanging Around / La Folie
August 11, 1986
Nice In Nice / Since You Went Away

Epic EPC 650055-7 (7" 45 + ps)

August 11, 1986
Nice In Nice / Since You Went Away
Epic 650055-0 (7" 45; hand-cuffs shaped picture disc)

August 11, 1986
Nice In Nice (Porridge mix) / Since You Went Away // Midnight Summer Dream (live) / European Female (live)
Epic EPC 650055-6 (12" 45 + ps)


September 8, 1986
Off the Beaten Track (LP)
Liberty LBG 5001
Liberty #? (note: Argentina release features different cover)
Go Buddy Go / Top Secret / Old Codger / Maninwhite / Rok It To The Moon / Love 30 / Shut Up // Walk On By / Vietnamerica / Mean To Me / Cruel Garden / Yellowcake UF 6 / 5 Minutes

October 1986
Dreamtime (LP)

Epic EPC 26648
EMI CD 26648 (CD issue)
Epic EPC 11 26648 (picture disc)
Epic CD 26648 (1989 CD reissue)
 Epic 467395 (triplepack CD reissue coupled with Feline & Aural Sculpture)
 Epic #? (2001 CD reissue)
Always The Sun / Dreamtime / Was It You? / You'll Always Reap What You Sow / Ghost Train // Nice In Nice / Big In America / Shakin' Like A Leaf / Mayan Skies / Too Precious

1999 Japan CD reissue adds: Head On The Line / Since You Went Away / Norman Normal / Dry Day / Hitman / Viva Vlad! Epic ESCA 7749

2001 Epic CD reissue adds: Since You Went Away / Norman Normal / Dry Day / Hitman / Was It You? (re-mix) / Burnham Beeches


1986
Rock Over London (radio transcription disc LP; USA)
London Wave #340 (Live Radio Transcription Disc features interview with Hugh Cornwell; for broadcast October 5, 1986)
features: Always The Sun
1986
Always The Sun
Epic #? (one-sided promo 7" 45; Spain)

October 18, 1986
Always The Sun / Norman Normal

Epic SOLAR 1 (7" 45 + ps)

October 18, 1986
Always The Sun / Norman Normal
Epic SOLAR P1 (7" 45; sun shaped picture disc)

October 18, 1986
Always The Sun (Hot mix) // Norman Normal / Souls (live)
Epic SOLAR T1 (12" 45 + ps)

October 18, 1986
(disc 1) Always The Sun / Norman Normal (Epic SOLAR 1)
(disc 2) Nice In Nice / Since You Went Away (Epic EPC 650055-7)
Epic SOLAR D1 (doublepack 7" 45s + gatefold ps)


1986
Always The Sun / unknown track (by Til Tuesday)
 Epic #? (7" jukebox 45; Italy)
December 13, 1986
Big In America / Dry Day

Epic HUGE 1 (7" 45 + ps)

December 13, 1986
Big In America / Dry Day
Epic HUGE P1 (7" 45; hamburger shaped picture disc)

December 13, 1986
Big In America (Texas mix) // Dry Day / Uptown (live)
Epic HUGE T1 (12" 45 + ps)

December 13, 1986
(disc 1) Big In America / Dry Day (Epic HUGE 1)
(disc 2) Always The Sun / Norman Normal (Epic SOLAR 1)
Epic HUGE D1 (doublepack 7" 45s + gatefold ps)


March 7, 1987
Shakin' Like A Leaf / Hitman

Epic SHEIK 1 (7" 45 + ps)

March 7, 1987
Shakin' Like A Leaf / Hitman
Epic SHEIK P1 (7" 45; television shaped picture disc)

March 7, 1987
Shakin' Like A Leaf (Jelly mix) // Hitman / Was It You? (live)
Epic SHEIK Q1 (first edition 12" 45 + sealed ps & poster)
Epic SHEIK T1 (second edition 12" 45 + ps)

March 7, 1987
Shakin' Like A Leaf (live) / Hitman // An Evening With Hugh Cornwell (note: recorded live on the Aural Sculpture Tour 1983-1985)
Epic SHEIK B1 (limited "official bootleg" 12" 45 + ps)


1987
Was It You? (re-mix) / ( ? )
Epic (unreleased 7" 45) (note: released in 1996 on CD)

1987 Was It You? (Extended version) / ( ? )
Epic (unreleased 12" 45) (note: released in 1992 on CD)

May 21, 1987 British disc jockey Chris Lowe plays three solid hours of Stranglers music on his final show after being sacked for playing too much Stranglers music on Signal Radio in Wolverhampton, UK
1987 Spellbinder (later remixed by The Weevil)
manufacturer? (computer game that lifts Midnight Summer Dream for its soundtrack; The Stranglers are thanked in the credits)
1987
Interview (LP)
Baktabak BAK 2033 (Limited edition picture disc features 1982-83 interviews with Jet Black, Hugh Cornwell and J.J. Burnel)
withdrawn
All Day And All Of The Night / Viva Vlad!

Epic VICE 1 (withdrawn 7 inch "Mary Coughlan" ps; distributed later by SIS without 45)

January 1988
All Day And All Of The Night / Viva Vlad!
Epic VICE 1 (7" 45 + replacement "bordello" ps)

Jnuary 1988
All Day And All Of The Night / Viva Vlad!
Epic VICE P1 (7" 45; bordello shaped picture disc)

January 1988
All Day And All Of The Night (Jeff re-mix) // Viva Vlad! / Who Wants The World? (live)
Epic VICE T1 (12" 45 + "bordello" ps; initial issues included poster)

January 1988
All Day And All Of The Night (Jeff re-mix) / Viva Vlad! / Who Wants The World? (live) / Strange Little Girl (live)
Epic CDVICE 1 (CD; first issue edition of 5,000; "6511992" above bar code)
 Epic CDVICE 1 (CD; second issue edition of 6,500; "VICE 1" above bar code)


February 1988
All Live and All of the Night (LP)

Epic EPC 460259-1 (limited edition in gatefold sleeve)
 Epic EPC 460259-1 (single pocket sleeve)
 Epic CD 460259-2 (CD issue)
 Epic #? (2001 CD reissue)
No More Heroes / Was It You? / Down In The Sewer / Always The Sun / Golden Brown / North Winds Blowing // European Female / Strange Little Girl / Nice 'n' Sleazy / Toiler On The Sea / Spain / London Lady (note: all cuts except All Day And All Of The Night recorded live at Le Zenith, Paris: April 29, 1985; Hammersmith Odeon, London: March 31, 1987; The Reading Festival: August 30, 1987) / All Day And All Of The Night

1999 Japan CD reissue adds: Souls (live) / Uptown (live) / Who Wants The World? (live) / Nuclear Device (The Wizard Of Aus)/Down Under (live) / All Day And All Of The Night (live) / Punch & Judy (live) Epic ESCA 7750

2001 Epic CD reissue adds: Souls / Uptown / Shakin' Like A Leaf / Who Wants The World? / Peaches / Straighten Out / Nuclear Device (The Wizard Of Aus)/Down Under / All Day And All Of The Night / Punch And Judy


1988
Strange Little Girl (live) // Golden Brown (live) / Was It You? (live)

Epic EPC 6515172 (12" 45 + ps; France)
Epic EPC 6515172 (CD; France / Holland)

November 1988
Rarities (LP)
EMI EMS 1306
EMI CDP 7 910722 (CD issue)
 Epic #? (07-24-2002 CD reissue)
Choosey Susie / Peaches (Radio Play) / Mony Mony (by Celia & The Mutations) / Mean To Me (by Celia & The Mutations) / No More Heroes (promo edit) / Walk On By (promo edit) / Sverige/Jar Är Insnöad På Östfrönten // (N'emmenes Pas) Harry / Fools Rush Out / Bear Cage (Extended version) / Shah Shah A Go Go (Extended version) / The Meninblack (Waiting For 'Em) / La Folie (promo edit)

CD issue adds: Rok It To The Moon / Shut Up / Old Codger / Yellowcake UF 6 / Vietnamerica / Love 30

January 29, 1989
Grip '89 (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / Waltzinblack

Liberty EMR 84 (first edition 7" red vinyl 45 + ps in plastic folder with mini-poster)

January 29, 1989
Grip '89 (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / Waltzinblack
Liberty EM 84 (7" 45 + ps)

January 29, 1989
Grip '89 (Grippin' Stuff mix) / Grip '89 (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) (Single mix) // Waltzinblack / Tomorrow Was The Hereafter
Liberty 12EM 84 (12" 45 + ps)
Liberty CDEM 84 (CD)


February 1989
Singles (The UA Years) (2 LP)
Liberty EM 1314
Liberty CDP 7 917962 (CD issue)
(disc 1) (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / Peaches / Go Buddy Go / Something Better Change / Straighten Out // No More Heroes / 5 Minutes / Nice 'n' Sleazy / Walk On By / Duchess

(disc 2) Nuclear Device (The Wizard Of Aus)/Down Under / (Don't Bring) Harry / Bear Cage / Who Wants The World? / Thrown Away // Just Like Nothing On Earth / Let Me Introduce You To The Family / Golden Brown / La Folie / Strange Little Girl

June 1989
The Man They Love To Hate / Nuclear Device (The Wizard Of Aus)/Down Under // Genetix / Down In The Sewer

Strange Fruit / Nighttracks SFNT 20 (12" 45 + ps) (note: recorded live for the BBC in 1982)

June 1989
The Radio 1 Sessions - The Evening Show (CD)
Strange Fruit / Nighttracks SFNTCD 20
The Man They Love To Hate / Nuclear Device (The Wizard Of Aus)/Down Under / Genetix / Down In The Sewer (note: recorded live for the BBC in 1982)

1989
Solid Gold (3" CD in card sleeve gatefold; Holland)
EMI 6551683
(tracks unknown)
February 17, 1990
96 Tears / Instead Of This

Epic TEARS 1 (7" 45 + ps)

February 17, 1990
96 Tears / Instead Of This
Epic TEARS Q1 (7" 45 in round black tin can)

February 17, 1990
96 Tears / Instead Of This / Poisonality
Epic TEARS P1 (CD picture disc edition of 4,000)

February 17, 1990
96 Tears (Tearaway Mix) / Instead Of This / Poisonality
Epic TEARS C1 (3" CD in paper sleeve; edition of 5,000)
 Epic 6556561 (3" CD in card sleeve gatefold sealed edition)

February 17, 1990
96 Tears (Tearaway mix) // Instead Of This / Poisonality
Epic TEARS T1 (12" 45 + ps)
Epic TEARS T1 (12" 45 + ps; issued in limited paint box)


1990
Top of the Pops (radio transcription disc)
BBC 1320 (note: issued with insert)
features: 96 Tears
March 1990
10 (LP)

Epic 4664831
Epic 11 4664831 (LP picture disc)
 Epic CD 4664832 (CD issue)
Epic #? (1992 CD reissue)
 Epic #? (2001 CD reissue)
Sweet Smell Of Success / Someone Like You / 96 Tears / In This Place / Let's Celebrate // Man Of The Earth / Too Many Teardrops / Where I Live / Out Of My Mind / Never To Look Back

1999 Japan CD reissue adds: Instead Of This / Poisonality / Motorbike / Something / You Epic ESCA 7751
2001 Epic CD reissue adds: Instead Of This / Poisonality / Motorbike / Something / You / Viva Vlad! / All Day And All Of The Night / Always The Sun (Sunny-Side Up mix)


April 21, 1990
Sweet Smell Of Success / Motorbike

Epic TEARS 2 (7" 45 + ps)
Epic TEARS P2 (7" picture disc)

April 21, 1990
Sweet Smell Of Success // Motorbike / Something
Epic TEARS T2 (12" 45 + ps & limited edition "10" print)

April 21, 1990
Sweet Smell Of Success (Indie-Pendence mix) / Sweet Smell Of Success (Strangled House mix) // Sweet Smell Of Success (Strangled House dub)
Epic TEARS B2 (The Judge Jules Remixes: special edition 12" 45 + ps)

April 21, 1990
Sweet Smell Of Success / Motorbike / Something
Epic TEARS C2 (3" CD in paper sleeve; edition of 4,000)


1990
Man Of The Earth / ( ? )
Epic (unreleased 7" 45 + ps)
1990
Someone Like You // Motorbike / Something
Epic EAS 2160 (promo 12" 45; USA)
Epic ESK 2160 (promo CD; USA)
August 12, 1990 Hugh Cornwell leaves The Stranglers forever
Withdrawn
Stranglers Gallery The Best of 1977 - 1990
Epic #? (LP) planned release date: November 12, 1990

November 19, 1990
Greatest Hits 1977-1990 (LP)
Epic 4675411 (CD)
 Epic 4675419 (CD; limited edition picture disc)
Epic ESCA 7752 (1999 Japan reissue CD)
Peaches / Something Better Change / No More Heroes / Walk On By / Duchess / Golden Brown / Strange Little Girl / European Female / Skin Deep / Nice In Nice / Always The Sun / Big In America / All Day And All Of The Night / 96 Tears / No Mercy


January 1991
Live at the Alexandra Palace 11th August 1990 (CD)

Epic 656 430 5P
Always The Sun / Nuclear Device (The Wizard Of Aus)/Down Under / All Day And All Of The Night / Punch & Judy (note: final recording of original line-up at The Alexandra Palace, London: August 11, 1990)
January 1991
Always The Sun (Sunny Side Up mix) / Burnham Beeches

Epic 6564307 (7" 45 + ps)

January 1991
Always The Sun (Long Hot Sunny Side Up mix) // Burnham Beeches / Straighten Out (live)
Epic 6564307 (12" 45 + ps)
 Epic 6564303 (CD; issued in cardboard sleeve; edition of 2,000)

January 1991
Always The Sun (Long Hot Sunny Side Up Mix) / Nuclear Device (The Wizard Of Aus)/Down Under (live) / All Day And All Of The Night (live) / Punch & Judy (live)
Epic 6564305 (CD; edition of 7,500)


March 30, 1991
Golden Brown / You

Epic 6567617 (7" 45 + ps)

March 30, 1991
Golden Brown / You // Skin Deep (Extended version) / Peaches (live) (note: recorded: March 20, 1990)
 Epic 6567612 (12" 45 + ps; edition of 4,000)
 Epic 6567612 (CD)


1991
New Day Today

SIS 004/LYN 28581 (flexi-disc issued with Strangled V.2 #32)
 SIS 004/LYN 28581 (flexi-disc mis-press: no print on flexi; issued with Strangled V.2 #32)

1991
European Female / Skin Deep
Old Gold OG 9964 (7" 45; reissue + ps)
1991
Golden Brown / No More Heroes
Old Gold OG #? (7" 45; reissue + ps)
 Old Gold 1262363392 (1995 CD reissue)

1991
The Story of Rock (CD)
label? 878057701
(greatest hits package; contents unknown)
February 1992
The Early Years 1974-1975-1976 Rare Live & Unreleased
Newspeak SPEAK DLP 101 (2 LP colored vinyl; issued in blue, red, green, & brown)
Castle CLACD-401 (1994 CD reissue)

(LP 1) Grip (1976) / Bitching (1976) / Go Buddy Go (1976) // Wasted (1974) / Strange Little Girl (1974) / My Young Dreams (19744) / Princess Of The Streets (live at The Railway Tavern: November 15, 1975) / (note: 1974 pre-Greenfield demos recorded with Hans Warmling)

(LP 2) (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / Sometimes / Bitching / Peasant In The Big Shitty / Hanging Around // Peaches / Ugly / Down In The Sewer / Go Buddy Go (note: disc 2 recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon on December 23, 1976)


February 23, 1992
All Twelve Inches (CD / cassette)
Epic 4714162
Midnight Summer Dream (Extended version) / Skin Deep (Extended version) / No Mercy (Cement mix) / Let Me Down Easy (Extended version) / Nice In Nice (Porridge mix) / Always The Sun (Hot mix) / Big In America (Texas mix) / Shakin' Like A Leaf (Jelly mix) / All Day And All Of The Night (Jeff re-mix) / Was It You? (12" Extended version) / 96 Tears (Tearaway mix) / Sweet Smell Of Success (Indie-Pendence mix)
March 9, 1992
Live at the Hope & Anchor (CD / cassette)
EMI CDP7987892
Tits / Choosey Susie / Goodbye Toulouse / Bitching / Mean To Me / School Mam / Peasant In The Big Shitty / In The Shadows / Walk On By / Princess Of The Streets / Go Buddy Go / No More Heroes / Straighten Out / Peaches / Hanging Around / Dagenham Dave / Sometimes / Bring On The Nubiles / London Lady (note: recorded live November 22, 1977)

December 1992
The Old Testament (4 CD boxed set with 112 pg. book)
EMI CD STRANG 1
(CD 1) Sometimes / Goodbye Toulouse / London Lady / Princess Of The Streets / Hanging Around / Peaches / (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / Ugly / Down In The Sewer / Choosey Susie / Go Buddy Go / I Feel Like A Wog / Bitching / Dead Ringer / Dagenham Dave / Bring On The Nubiles / Something Better Change / No More Heroes

(CD 2) Peasant In The Big Shitty / Burning Up Time / English Towns / School Mam / Straighten Out / 5 Minutes / Rok It To The Moon / Tank / Nice 'n' Sleazy / Outside Tokyo / Sweden/All Quiet On The Eastern Front / Hey! (Rise Of The Robots) / Toiler On The Sea / Curfew / Threatened / In The Shadows / Do You Wanna?/Death And Night And Blood (Yukio) / Enough Time / Shut Up / Walk On By / Mean To Me / Old Codger

(CD 3) Longships / The Raven / Dead Loss Angeles / Ice / Baroque Bordello / Nuclear Device (The Wizard Of Aus)/Down Under / Shah Shah A Go Go / (Don't Bring) Harry / Duchess / Meninblack / Genetix / Fools Rush Out / Yellowcake UF 6 / Vietnamerica / Bear Cage / Who Wants The World? / Waltzinblack / Just Like Nothing On Earth / Second Coming / Waiting For The Meninblack / Turn The Centuries, Turn

(CD 4) Two Sunspots / Four Horsemen / Thrown Away / Manna Machine / Hallow To Our Men / Top Secret / Maninwhite / Non Stop / Everybody Loves You When You're Dead / Tramp / Let Me Introduce You To The Family / Ain't Nothin' To It / The Man They Love To Hate / Pin Up / It Only Takes Two To Tango / Golden Brown / How To Find True Love And Happiness In The Present Day / La Folie / Love 30 / Strange Little Girl / Cruel Garden


June 1993
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning

Essential ESS LP 194 (LP)
Essential ESS 194 (CD)
Toiler On The Sea / 96 Tears/ Always The Sun / No More Heroes / Golden Brown / Tank / Strange Little Girl / Something Better Change / Hanging Around / All Day And All Of The Night / Duchess / Was It You?/Down In The Sewer (note: final recording of original line-up at The Alexandra Palace, London: August 11, 1990)

1993
Rock 'n' Roll According to the Meninblack: 20 Years of The Stranglers
SIS (promo cassette features 90 minute radio special compiled by Dave Mason; features interviews with past and current Stranglers)

2001
Rock 'n' Roll According to the Meninblack: 20 Years of The Stranglers
SIS (2CD features 100 minute radio special compiled by Dave Mason; features interviews with past and current Stranglers; updated with new interviews & 3 exclusive bonus tracks from acoustic session)

May 1994
Death and Night and Blood (CD)
Receiver RRCD 187
Castle CMR CD 455 (02-25-2002 CD reissue; different sleeve art)
Something Better Change / No Mercy / Skin Deep / Let Me Down Easy / Death And Night And Blood (Yukio) / Peaches / Golden Brown / London Lady / I Feel Like A Wog / Uptown / Midnight Summer Dream / Burning Up Time / Strange Little Girl / Souls / Threatened / Nice 'n' Sleazy / Straighten Out / Punch & Judy / European Female / Dead Ringer (note: various dates recorded live; "Threatened" is mis-titled "She Was Quite Close To Me")

July 1994
Strangled from Birth and Beyond (CD)

SIS CD 001
Voiceprint SOF002CD (1998 CD reissue)
Tomorrow Was The Hereafter / Bring On The Nubiles (Cocktail version) / My Young Dreams (by A Marriage of Convenience) / Goebbels, Mosley, God & Ingrams (by J.J. Burnel) / Waiting For The Trees To Grow (by J.J. Burnel) / Gone Are Those Days (by J.J. Burnel) / The Beast / New Day Today / Mr. Big / I'll Be Seeing You

February 1995
The Stranglers and Friends Live in Concert (CD / cassette)

Receiver RRCD 195
Introduction (Jet Black) / (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / Hanging Around / Threatened / Toiler On The Sea / The Raven / Dead Loss Angeles / Nice 'n' Sleazy / Bring On The Nubiles / Peaches / Bear Cage / Duchess / No More Heroes / 5 Minutes / Something Better Change / Down In The Sewer (note: guest vocalists and guitarists replace the incarcerated Hugh Cornwell; recorded live at The Rainbow, London: April 4, 1980)

The Stranglers and Friends Live in Concert (CD reissue)
Hallmark 302902
Castle CMR CD 459 (02-25-2002 CD reissue; different sleeve art)
Introduction (Jet Black) / Tank / Threatened / The Raven / Dead Loss Angeles / Bring On The Nubiles / Down In The Sewer / Toiler On The Sea / Nice ' n Sleazy / Duchess / No More Heroes / 5 Minutes / Something Better Change (note: guest vocalists and guitarists replace the incarcerated Hugh Cornwell; recorded live at The Rainbow, London: April 4, 1980)

November 13, 1995
The Sessions (CD)

Essential ESS CD 283
Hanging Around / I Feel Like A Wog / Goodbye Toulouse / Something Better Change / Dead Ringer / No More Heroes / Burning Up Time / Bring On The Nubiles / The Man They Love To Hate / Nuclear Device (The Wizard Of Aus)/Genetix / Down In The Sewer (note: recorded in 1977 and 1982 for BBC Radio)

1996
The Hit Men - The Singles 1977-1990 Extraits (promo CD; France)
EMI SPCD2019
(tracks unknown)
1996
The Hit Men (2 CD)
EMI CDADV101 (promo issued without sleeve; edition of 500)
 EMI 7243 8 55536 2 2 (issued in regular & "crosshair" sleeve)
(CD 1) Grip '89 / London Lady / Peaches / Go Buddy Go / Hanging Around / Choosey Susie / Something Better Change / Straighten Out / No More Heroes / English Towns / 5 Minutes / Nice 'n' Sleazy / Toiler On The Sea / Mean To Me / Walk On By / Duchess / Nuclear Device (The Wizard Of Aus)/Down Under / (Don't Bring) Harry / The Raven / Bear Cage / Who Wants The World?

(CD 2) Waltzinblack / Thrown Away / Just Like Nothing On Earth / Let Me Introduce You To The Family / Golden Brown / La Folie / Tramp / Strange Little Girl / European Female / Midnight Summer Dream (Special Single mix) / Paradise / Skin Deep / No Mercy / Let Me Down Easy / Nice In Nice / Always The Sun (Sunny Side Up mix) / Big In America / Shakin' Like A Leaf / Was It You? (7" re-mix) / All Day And All Of The Night / 96 Tears / Sweet Smell Of Success


1997
The Collection (CD)
EMI GOLD CD 1071724385623929
Walk On By / Go Buddy Go / Top Secret / Old Codger / Maninwhite / Rok It To The Moon / Love 30 / Shut Up / Vietnamerica / Mean To Me / Cruel Garden / Yellowcake UF 6 / 5 Minutes / Sverige/Jar Är Insnöad På Östfrönten / (N'emmes Pas) Harry / Fools Rush Out / (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / Straighten Out
1997
The Best of the Epic Years (CD)
Epic 4879972
European Female / Midnight Summer Dream (Special Single mix) / Paradise / Skin Deep / No Mercy / Hot Club / Let Me Down Easy / Nice In Nice / Always The Sun / Big In America / Shakin' Like A Leaf / All Day And All Of The Night / Was It You? / 96 Tears / Sweet Smell Of Success / No Mercy (Cement mix) / Always The Sun (Sunny Side Up mix) / Sweet Smell Of Success (House mix)
1997
Live in London (CD)
Rialto RMCD 220
Something Better Change / No Mercy / Let Me Down Easy / Peaches / Golden Brown / London Lady / Uptown / Midnight Summer Dream / Burning Up Time / Strange Little Girl / Threatened / Nice 'n' Sleazy / Straighten Out / Punch & Judy / European Female / Dead Ringer (note: various dates recorded live; "Threatened" is mis-titled "She Was Quite Close To Me")
1998
Live at the Hammersmith Odeon 1981 (CD)

EMI 724349777323
Down In The Sewer / Just Like Nothing On Earth / Second Coming / Non Stop / The Man They Love To Hate / Who Wants The World? / Golden Brown / How To Find True Love And Happiness In The Present Day / Duchess / Let Me Introduce You To The Family / Tramp / The Raven / Genetix (note: actually recorded February 8, 1982)
1998
Collection (CD; Holland)
Disky DC 881872
Golden Brown / No More Heroes / Pin Up / Sometimes (live) / Mean To Me (live) / London Lady (live) / Cruel Garden / Tank / Goodbye Toulouse / Straighten Out (live) / Waltzinblack / Who Wants The World? / It Only Takes Two To Tango / Hanging Around (live)
1999
The Stranglers Hits Collection (CD)
EMI 7243 4 98749 2 3
Peaches / Go Buddy Go / Top Secret / Maninwhite / Walk On By / Golden Brown / Shut Up / Mean To Me / London Lady / Cruel Garden / Strange Little Girl / Fools Rush Out / Old Codger / Love 30 / 5 Minutes / (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / Dagenham Dave / Who Wants The World?
1999
Rare Live & Unreleased 1974-76 (CD reissue)
Castle ESMCD 715
Grip ('76) / Bitching ('76) / Go Buddy Go ('76) // Wasted ('74) / Strange Little Girl ('74) / My Young Dreams ('74) / Princess Of The Streets (live at The Railway Tavern: November 15, 1975) / (note: 1974 pre-Greenfield demos recorded with Hans Warmling) / (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / Sometimes / Bitching / Peasant In The Big Shitty / Hanging Around / Peaches / Ugly / Down In The Sewer / Go Buddy Go (note: final 9 songs recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon on December 23, 1976)
October 4, 1999
Hits and Heroes (2 CD)
EMI 521 0892
(CD 1) (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / Peaches / Hanging Around / Go Buddy Go / Something Better Change / Straighten Out / No More Heroes / 5 Minutes / Nice 'n' Sleazy / Walk On By / Duchess / Nuclear Device (The Wizard Of Aus)/Down Under / Who Wants The World? / Golden Brown / La Folie / Strange Little Girl / No More Heroes (video) / Duchess (video) / Golden Brown (video)

(CD 2) Choosey Susie / Peaches (Radio Play) / No More Heroes (promo edit) / Mony Mony (by Celia & The Mutations) / Mean To Me (by Celia & The Mutations) / Rok It To The Moon / Shut Up / Walk On By (promo edit) / Sverige/Jar Är Insnöad På Östfrönten / Old Codger / Fools Rush Out / (N'emmes Pas) Harry / Yellowcake UF6 / Bear Cage (Extended version) / Shah Shah A Go Go (Extended version) / Tomorrow Was The Hereafter / Bring On The Nubiles (Cocktail version) / Vietnamerica / The Meninblack (Waiting For 'Em) / Love 30 / You Hold The Key To My Love In Your Hands

October 4, 1999
Hits and Heroes (CD)
EMI 523 2180
(Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / Peaches / Hanging Around / Go Buddy Go / Something Better Change / Straighten Out / No More Heroes / 5 Minutes / Nice 'n' Sleazy / Walk On By / Duchess / Nuclear Device (The Wizard Of Aus)/Down Under / Who Wants The World? / Golden Brown / La Folie / Strange Little Girl / No More Heroes (video) / Duchess (video) / Golden Brown (video)
February 2000
Always the Sun (CD; Germany)
Sony CBU 67607
Always The Sun / Big In America / European Female / Skin Deep / 96 Tears / No Mercy / Let's Tango In Paris / Blue Sister / Dreamtime / Shakin' Like A Leaf / Too Precious / You'll Always Reap What You Sow / Mayan Skies / Ships That Pass In The Night
2001
The Stranglers & The Buzzcocks (promo CD)
EMI #? (limited edition promo)
Peaches / 5 Minutes / Nice 'n' Sleazy / Go Buddy Go / Duchess / Waltzinblack / Strange Little Girl / Moving Away From The Pulsebeat (by The Buzzcocks) / Ever Fallen In Love (by The Buzzcocks) / What Do I Get? (by The Buzzcocks)
July 2001
The UA Singles 77-79
EMI 724388917223 (1 CD promo for boxed set)
(tracks unknown)
July 2001
The UA Singles 77-79 (boxed set of 10 CD singles in sleeves)
EMI 8891722
CD1: (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / London Lady UP 36211
CD2: Peasant In The Big Shitty (Live) / Choosey Susie UP FREE 3 (note: originally free with Rattus Norvegicus LP)
CD3: Peaches / Go Buddy Go UP 36248 (note: in original "blackmail" sleeve)
CD4: Something Better Change / Straighten Out UP 36277
CD5: No More Heroes / In The Shadows UP 36300
CD6: 5 Minutes / Rok It To The Moon UP 36350
CD7: Nice 'n' Sleazy / Shut Up UP 36379
CD8: Tits / Mean To Me / Walk On By (promo edit) FREE 9 (note: originally free with Black and White LP)
CD9: Walk On By / Old Codger / Tank UP 36429
CD10: Duchess / Fools Rush Out BP 308
August 11, 2001
The Meninblack: The Story of The Stranglers
BBC Radio Two (radio promo CD features BBC radio special narrated by Glen Matlock; features interviews with past and current Stranglers and music excerpts)
October 1, 2001
The Stranglers The Epic Years (limited edition boxed set of 5 CD reissues of Epic LPs with photo prints) (note: CDs also available separately)
 Epic 5045962

Feline Epic #?
Midnight Summer Dream (LP mix) / It's A Small World / Ships That Pass In The Night / European Female / Let's Tango In Paris / Paradise / All Roads Lead To Rome / Blue Sister / Never Say Goodbye
bonus tracks: Savage Breast / Pãwsher / Permission / Midnight Summer Dream/European Female (Live) / (The Strange Circumstances Which Lead To) Vladimir & Olga (by The Upper Volga Corngrowers Co-Operative Association Choral Dance Troop Ensemble) / The Aural Sculpture Manifesto

Aural Sculpture Epic #?
Ice Queen / Skin Deep / Let Me Down Easy / No Mercy / North Winds Blowing / Uptown / Punch And Judy / Spain / Laughing / Souls / Mad Hatter
bonus tracks: Here And There / In One Door / Head On The Line / Achilles Heel / Hot Club (Instrumental Riot mix) / Place De Victoires / Vladimir And The Beast (Part III) / Vladimir Goes To Havana

Dreamtime Epic #?
Always The Sun / Dreamtime / Was It You? / You'll Always Reap What You Sow / Ghost Train / Nice In Nice / Big In America / Shakin' Like A Leaf / Mayan Skies / Too Precious
bonus tracks: Since You Went Away / Norman Normal / Dry Day / Hitman / Was It You? (7" re-mix) / Burnham Beeches

All Live And All Of The Night Epic #?
No More Heroes / Was It You? / Down In The Sewer / Always The Sun / Golden Brown / North Winds Blowing / European Female / Strange Little Girl / Nice 'n' Sleazy / Toiler On The Sea / Spain / London Lady (note: all cuts except All Day And All Of The Night recorded live at Le Zenith, Paris: April 29, 1985; Hammersmith Odeon, London: March 31, 1987; The Reading Festival: August 30, 1987)
live bonus tracks: Souls / Uptown / Shakin' Like A Leaf / Who Wants The World? / Peaches / Straighten Out / Nuclear Device (The Wizard Of Aus)/Down Under / All Day And All Of The Night / Punch And Judy

10 Epic #?
Sweet Smell Of Success / Someone Like You / 96 Tears / In This Place / Let's Celebrate / Man Of The Earth / Too Many Teardrops / Where I Live / Out Of My Mind / Never To Look Back
bonus tracks: Instead Of This / Poisonality / Motorbike / Something / You / Viva Vlad! / All Day And All Of The Night / Always The Sun (Sunny-Side Up mix)

2001
Rattus Britanicus (CD)
(official bootleg release)
Dead Ringer / Sometimes / Dagenham Dave / Hanging Around / Bitching / Burning Up Time / Straighten Out / I Feel Like A Wog / Something Better Change / London Lady / Peaches
(note: recorded live at The Roundhouse, London, UK - November 1977; previously released on bootleg LPs: London Ladies / Rattus Britanicus)
2001
Forgotten Heroes (CD)
(official bootleg release)
Threatened / Burning Up Time / Straighten Out / London Lady / Down In The Sewer / 5 Minutes / Toiler On The Sea / (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / Dagenham Dave / Bring On The Nubiles / Dead Ringer / Hanging Around / Nice 'n' Sleazy / No More Heroes / Tank / Hanging Around / Something Better Change
(note: recorded live at The Cleveland Ballroom, Cleveland, OHio, USA - March 4, 1978; previously released on bootleg LP)
June 10, 2002
Peaches - The Very Best of The Stranglers (CD)
EMI 24354020223
Peaches / Golden Brown / Walk On By / No More Heroes / Skin Deep / Hanging Around / All Day And All Of The Night / Straighten Out / Nice 'n' Sleazy / Strange Little Girl / Who Wants The World? / Something Better Change / Always The Sun (Sunny Side Up mix) / European Female / Grip '89 (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / Duchess / 5 Minutes / (Don't Bring) Harry / La Folie / 96 Tears

October 18, 2002
The Rarities (CD; Germany)
EMI 5410792
You Hold The Key To My Love In Your Hands / Bring On The Nubiles (Cocktail version) / Tomorrow Was The Hereafter / (N'Emmenes Pas) Harry / Sverige/Jar Är Insnöad På Östfrönten / Walk On By (Promo edit) / Mean To Me (by Celia and the Mutations) / Mony Mony (by Celia and the Mutations) / No More Heroes (promo edit) / Peaches (Radio Play) / My Young Dreams (by A Marriage of Convenience) / Goebbels, Mosley, God And Ingrams (by JJ Burnel) / Waiting For The Trees To Grow (by JJ Burnel) / Gone Are Those Days (by JJ Burnel) / The Beast / New Day Today / Mr. Big / I'll Be Seeing You
2003
The UA Singles 79-82 (boxed set of 10 CD singles in sleeves)
EMI 5516722
CD1: Nuclear Device/Down Under (the Wizard Of Aus) / Yellowcake UF6
CD2: (Don't Bring) Harry / Wired / Crabs (live) / In The Shadows (live)
CD3: Bear Cage / Bear Cage (extended mix) / Shah Shah A Go Go / Shah Shah a Go Go (12" version)
CD4: Who Wants the World? / The Meninblack (Waiting For 'Em)
CD5: Thrown Away / Top Secret
CD6: Just Like Nothing On Earth / Maninwhite
CD7: Let Me Introduce You To The Family / Vietnamerica
CD8: Golden Brown / Love 30
CD9: La Folie / La Folie (radio edit) / Waltzinblack
CD10: Strange Little Girl / Cruel Garden
CD11: Sverige/Jar Är Insnöad På Östfrönten // In The Shadows
CD12: (N'Emmenes Pas) Harry / Bear Cage
2003
Live in Glasgow 1981 (CD)
Burning Airlines PILOT 160 (note: recorded in 1981 at The Apollow, Glasgow, Scotland)
Waltzinblack / Non Stop / Threatened / Just Like Nothing On Earth / Second Coming / The Man They Love To Hate / Meninblack / Who Wants The World? / Golden Brown / Tank / Nuclear Device/Down Under (The Wizard of Aus) / Genetix / Bring On The Nubiles / Duchess / Let Me Introduce You To The Family / Hanging Around / The Raven.

2003 Live Apollo Revisited (CD reissue)
Alchemy PILOT 177 (note: recorded in 1981 at The Apollow, Glasgow, Scotland)

2003 Live in Glasgow (web release)

2003
Sweet Smell of Success - Best of the Epic Years (CD)
Sony Entertainment 5 099750 982 624
contents forthcoming
June 12, 2006
The Very Best of The Stranglers (CD)
Sony / BMG 82876862092
No More Heroes / Something Better Change / Peaches / Golden Brown / Nice 'n' Sleazy / Duchess / (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / Nice in Nice / Hanging Around / Skin Deep / All Day and All of the Night / Strange Little Girl / European Female / No Mercy / Big in America / Let Me Down Easy / Midnight Summer Dream / Walk On By / Big Thing Coming / Always The Sun / 96 Tears.
August 13, 2007
The Story So Far (2 CD)
EMI 397 2972
(CD 1) Peaches / (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / London Lady / Ugly / Dagenham Dave (live) / I Feel Like A Wog / Bring On The Nubiles / Bitching / No More Heroes / English Towns / Peasant In The Big Shitty / Tank / Sweden/(All Quiet On The Eastern Front) / Nice N' Sleazy / Mean To Me / Walk On By / Shut Up / In The Shadows.

(CD 2) Nuclear Device (The Wizard Of Aus)/Down Under / The Raven / (Don't Bring) Harry / Duchess / 5 Minutes (live) / Bear Cage / Just Like Nothing On Earth / Thrown Away / Waiting For The Meninblack / Non Stop / Strange Little Girl / Tramp / La Folie / Golden Brown / Big Thing Coming (Mk III) / Norfolk Coast (Mk III) / Unbroken (Mk IV) / Spectre Of Love (Mk IV)

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FILM / TELEVISION / VIDEO / DVD

1977-1979
Untitled
unreleased proposed feature-length film (4 hours and unedited)
("The Stranglers are also still compiling film footage for their proposed feature-length movie. Recently they shot some satirical film in Portugal to go along with the new single "Nuclear Device." They've been adding to it for almost two years, tucking in a bit of live footage here, a comedy routine there. Already there is four hours waiting editing." - George Gimarc (October 1979)

1978
Live '78 San Francisco
Target (1978; VHS;30 minutes)
 Target (2005; DVD; 30 minutes)
Burning Up Time / Dagenham Dave / Bring On The Nubiles / Dead Ringer / Hanging Around / London Lady / (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) (edit)
1978
Arena
BBC 2 TV programme (documentary by George Melly)
The Stranglers are described by George Melly as "The heirs to the throne of Da-Da."
March 1982
The Colour Black
BBC Southwest, Bristol TV programme: RPM (30 minutes) (documentary written by Jet Black & Hugh Cornwell)
Semi-documentary (starring Jet Black & Hugh Cornwell) / features: Turn, The Centuries Turn
Duchess (The Stranglers - LIVE; The Granary, Bristol) / La Folie