Black and White (The Stranglers album)

Black and White
Studio album by
the Stranglers
Released12 May 1978
RecordedFebruary–March 1978
("In the Shadows", July 1977)[1][2]
StudioT.W. Studios, Fulham, London
Genre
Length39:50
LabelUnited Artists (UK)
A&M (US)
ProducerMartin Rushent
the Stranglers chronology
No More Heroes
(1977)		 Black and White
(1978)		 The Raven
(1979)
Singles from Black and White
  1. "Nice 'n' Sleazy"
    Released: April 1978
  2. "Walk On By"
    Released: July 1978[3]

Black and White is the third studio album by English rock band The Stranglers. It was released on 12 May, 1978 through United Artists. It went to number 2 in the United Kingdom, number 81 in Australia and number 35 in Sweden.

Track listing

All tracks are written by the Stranglers (Hugh Cornwell, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Dave Greenfield and Jet Black), except as noted. All CD releases (except the 2018 reissue) have a slightly different running order, with "Hey! (Rise of the Robots)" appearing after "Outside Tokyo" and "In the Shadows" coming after "Threatened"[4]

White side
No.TitleLength
1."Tank"2:54
2."Nice 'n' Sleazy"3:11
3."Outside Tokyo"2:06
4."Mean to Me" (original cassette release only[5])1:55
5."Sweden (All Quiet on the Eastern Front)"2:47
6."Hey! (Rise of the Robots)"2:13
7."Toiler on the Sea"5:23
Black side
No.TitleLength
7."Curfew"3:10
8."Threatened"3:30
9."Do You Wanna"2:38
10."Death and Night and Blood (Yukio)"2:50
11."In the Shadows"4:15
12."Enough Time"4:16
Total length:39:50
Bonus 7"
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Walk On By"Burt Bacharach, Hal David6:22
2."Mean to Me" 1:55
3."Tits" (live at the Hope and Anchor Front Row Festival, London, 22 November 1977) 5:25
Total length:13:42
2001 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)OriginLength
13."Mean to Me" Cassette album track; Black and White bonus single1:55
14."Walk On By"Bacharach, DavidNon-album single, 1978; Black and White bonus single6:22
15."Shut Up" B-side of "Nice 'n' Sleazy"1:07
16."Sverige" Non-album single, 19782:49
17."Old Codger" B-side of "Walk On By"2:49
18."Tits" (live) Black and White bonus single5:25
Total length:60:13
2016 expanded vinyl edition

Self-released by the Stranglers, Black and White received a deluxe vinyl reissue in 2016, limited to 1000 numbered copies. The original 12-track album is coupled with a bonus 7-track album, which includes various associated tracks from the period and the previously unreleased "Social Secs/Wasting Time".[6]

  • Side one and two as per original vinyl edition
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)OriginLength
1."Walk On By"Bacharach, DavidNon-album single6:21
2."Mean to Me" Cassette album track; Black and White bonus single1:55
3."Sverige (Jag Är Insnöad På Östfronten)" Non-album single2:49
4."Shut Up" B-side of "Nice 'n' Sleazy"1:06
Side four
No.TitleOriginLength
5."Social Secs/Wasting Time"Previously unreleased3:54
6."Old Codger"B-side of "Walk On By"2:53
7."Tits" (live)Black and White bonus single5:25
Total length:24:23
  • "Social Secs", later renamed "Wasting Time", is the original version of "Yellowcake UF6", before it was reversed and the vocals taken out, and becoming the B-side of the "Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)" single in 1979. The original riff also resurfaced on "Do the European" from bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel's solo album Euroman Cometh, which he was working on at the time.[2]
2018 CD reissue bonus tracks (Parlophone)
(Associated recordings)
No.TitleOriginLength
13."Shut Up"B-side of "Nice 'n' Sleazy"1:06
14."Walk On By"Non-album single6:21
15."Mean to Me"Cassette album track; Black and White bonus single1:55
16."Tits" (live)Black and White bonus single5:26
17."Old Codger"B-side of "Walk On By"2:51
18."Sverige (Jag Är Insnöad På Östfronten)"Non-album single2:51
19."Walk On By" (single edit)Promo single4:25
Total length:64:55

References

  1. ↑ "History: 40th anniversary of 1977 - part 2". thestranglers.co.uk. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 "JJ Burnel: Black and White - track by track". The Stranglers Ratter. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "The Stranglers - Discography (UK)". 45cat. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Black and White - Versions". Discogs. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Black and White - Cassette release". Discogs. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Black And White vinyl reissue". thestranglers.co.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
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